Are your ears ringing? Because Lucky’s talking about you. (Thanks Modi of IDOM for the scan.) Lucky Magazine, you know, the magazine about shopping, has shopped Portland, and writer Emily Hsieh calls out a heaping dose of our favorite independent boutiques. Among those included in the piece are Amalee, Canoe, Flutter, Hazel Grayslayer (jewelry designer […]
Elizabeth Dye Spring Fashion Show
One of the hardest working women in Portland fashion, Elizabeth Dye, designer, shop owner (The English Dept.), fashion writer, and bride’s best friend, is throwing her Spring Summer Fashion Show to coincide with The English Dept.’s (1124 SW Alder) third anniversary on Friday, May 9 at 7 PM. It’s not a huge space so RSVP […]
Au Revoir Nau
As of last week, Portland-based Nau closed it’s doors. This company, staffed by heavy hitters from the apparel industry, aimed to build sustainability into their business of manufacturing and retailing low-key, fashion-conscious apparel for the active/outdoor life. They donated a part of every sale to good causes, and just opened a couple mores stores (including […]
Jumpsuits. Friend Or Foe?
For his first column in the April edition of Elle magazine, Creative Director Joe Zee draws from his fashion career spanning over 20 years to lend his opinion to some of this seasons most prevalent runway looks he feels should be taken with a grain of salt. Jumpsuits made the list. I was not too […]
This is How
I had planned to tell you that this is how we are going to get through one more grey day: marveling at directional knitwear by a Portland designer Jasmine Zamora, a student (!) at the Art Institute of Portland. I had planned to say that though the skies weigh heavily, there is the promise of cozying up in Zamora’s scultptural knitwear and killer wrap-y grey trousers
Five Year Plan
Ebb and flow. We forget sometimes in our celebrations of new and shiny that good boutiques come and go. So it is that the longevity and adaptability of Jo Carter’s Pearl District boutique Physical Element (1124 NW Lovejoy) bears remark.
Review: Mercury Fashion Show
Themes of the night? Hotpants! Jumpsuits! Little dresses! We review the Mercury’s Sunday night dozen-designer fashion show
Gotta Whole Lotta Love
Okay, Valentine’s Day is over, but it’s nice to know we’re so LOVED! The love meme is alive and thriving in Portland’s fashion community, rearing its lovely head at label and shop….Why now? What does it all mean? Outpouring of/invitation to emotional connection, genuine affection and gratitude, subconscious branding gambit, twee ironic sentimentalism, tennis reference, Gigantic Coincidence?
