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H&M Portland to open this summer – probably
Darn, those Swedes are tight-lipped! Rumors have circulated in local fashion circles for years about an H&M store coming to Portland, but until today we haven’t been able to confirm the speculation. And frankly, it’s still a little confusing. That said, it’s looking positive – and here is what we can tell you:
Sources in [...]
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Your local, online holiday shopping gift guide
Why are they calling this weather an Arctic Blast? It doesn’t sound like much fun at all (yuk yuk). Ok, but seriously, holiday shopping in freezing rain is the pits, and we’re on the frenzied two-week countdown to Christmas.
Fortunately, we can still shop online at select Portland retailers who are making it easy to finish [...]
Neat SHOPS
Your local, feel-good holiday shopping guide
Gifts that give back are the only way to go this holiday shopping season. Creative Portland shops and businesses have dreamed up so many inspiring and generous ways to help others this year, we can’t help but want to shop local and spend money on things that will benefit people in need, children, pets – [...]
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Our favorite Frock introduces online shopping
Shoppers who’ve been missing out on Alberta’s funky fresh Frock Boutique – whether they live across town or in another city entirely – can now shop Frock’s fun stash of local and independent clothing and accessories online at frockboutique.com.
Opened in 2003 by Ali Wykhuis (shown left sporting a Knot Ugly handmade hat by Portland designer [...]
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Egg Press + Office PDX holiday pop-up shop
Popular letterpress card maker Egg Press and chic, modern online business boutique Office have combined forces to set up a joint holiday pop-up shop in downtown Portland. Egg Press opened the shop this weekend, and will be joined by Office on Saturday, Dec. 12. The joint pop-up will remain open through Thursday, Dec. 24.
Shop now for [...]
Neat SHOP
A flurry of shops pop up downtown
November 11, 2009 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat EVENT, Neat SHOP
We love pop-up stores! The way they swoop in and save the shopping day, featuring so many fantastic things you’d otherwise need to buy online or race all over town to find. Of course, we don’t like the part where the shops disappear again, but let’s try to live in the moment.
Portland city officials apparently [...]
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New shopping deals + steals at Modo Boutique
We hate the word “recessionista,” but we love shopping like one. Bringing home high fashion for just a few of your precious funemployment dollars feels good, and Modo boutique just received new fall and winter shipments that will make you feel very good, indeed.
Friends Allison Fordham and Myla Crowell first opened Modo as an eBay store [...]
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Solestruck.com pops up in the Pearl
Have you noticed Portland’s new pop-up store shopping trend? Online retailers and independent designers or artists who don’t have brick-and-mortar stores are popping up all over town, opening temporary outlets to showcase their merch to new shoppers.
Portland-based online shoe retailer Solestruck is the latest pop-up project, opening this Friday, Oct. 30 in the Pearl District [...]
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New boutique Jet lands on Mississippi
Portland designer Jennifer Thomas, who has been peddling her Northwest-flavored fashions at Dragonlily and other Portland boutiques for years, has opened a sleek shop on Mississippi Avenue to showcase her label, “Jet.” Stop by the Grand Opening event from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 9 to meet Thomas, view a fashion walk [...]
Neat STUFF
Colorful coats and dresses @ Amai Unmei
September 28, 2009 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat SHOP, Neat STUFF
Amai Unmei designer Allison Covington just unveiled a new collection of colorful coats at her Nob Hill boutique, including this bright magenta beauty with big buttons and asymmetrical collar ($560). Covington played with rich fabrics like bronze taffeta, raw silk and wool in creating the coats, along with imaginative use of color and detail – all bright [...]
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