Woolly Mammoth Comes to Dinner is a Portland-based contemporary dance collective that will knock your socks off and back on again. Fresh and smart with a combination of choreographed and structured improvisation, with humor, manic elements, and Tammy Faye eyes, Woolly Mammoth Comes To Dinner—Katie Arrants, Rikki Rothenberg, Kathleen Keogh, and David Rafn (who […]
Into The Hatter’s Domain: Dayna Pinkham
“I create hats for the individual. It’s really an art form and every hat is crafted expressly for the wearer. During the initial fitting, I size the man up and create something that suits him perfectly.”
This Is Moth Love + Anna Korte
detail: Moth Love by Gretchen Jones. photo: Minh Tran
They were everywhere suddenly, dancing on sunbeams in the upper story, trembling with the brief, grave duty of their adulthood: to live for a day on sunlight and coitus. –Barbara Kingsolver, Prodigal Summer
This, from the novel Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver, is tacked on a board in […]
New From Queen Bee: Re-Wool Bags
Rebecca Pearcy of Queen Bee Creations introduces a new line of totes and satchels made of recycled wool, plus studio sale on Sunday
Lucina Jewelry’s Shauna Mohr
As Portland heads toward the first ever sustainable fashion week, we turn the spotlight on yet another Portland social entrepreneur, Lucina jewelry’s, Shauna Mohr, who in two years has built a company selling modern jewelry designed and made here in Portland of fair trade and ethically sourced components from around the world. Lucina’s modern jewelry […]
Imitation Being Sincerest Form of Flattery: A Portland Fashion Czar
design: Anna Cohen, Portland. photo: Pete Springer
Portland has a long history of taking things from other cities. Be it a name (that place in Maine), a form of government (Galveston, TX and Des Moines, IA) or a Michael Graves building (every other municipality duped by that purveyor of kitchenware), Portland wants in on what everyone […]
Designer Profile: KitKit Dodge
design: KitKit Dodge
Portland loves its locally grown fashion. Most all of our fêted designers are either native or started their lines in our unique creative-class incubator. So what happens, then, when you throw a transplant into the mix? Willow O’Brien is a Portland native, but made her bones (and KitKit Dodge, her line of repurposed […]
ultra Q: Jenene Nagy
Jenene Nagy is that rare hybrid who is a force to be reckoned with on all fronts, smart and unerring. She’s an artist whose installations have been among the best Portland has seen at PDX Contemporary Art Window Project, the Portland Modern Window Project, and as part of The Hook Up show at NAAU […]
