Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Neat TREND: Jewelry classic still key for Spring 2010

April 6, 2010 by karenvitt  
Filed under Neat STUFF, Neat TREND

By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
If trends were a disease (and basically they are, although we like to think of them in a more positive sense), then this week’s Neat TREND has officially become a full blown epidemic. Key necklaces, while classic, have suddenly staged a coup on the jewelry scene. We can’t turn our heads [...]

Some bunny loves you! Neat Easter gift guide for grownups

March 27, 2010 by karenvitt  
Filed under Neat STUFF

By Karen Vitt and Erin Flesch, NEAT shopping co-conspirators
Why should kiddies have all the fun on Easter Sunday? Grownup chicks are just as excited to receive pretty spring baskets brimming with colorful treats, and sweet ‘lil tokens of affection to let them know some bunny cares. Easter is Sunday, April 4, so we’ve scoured Portland [...]

Paul + Joe Beaute “Alice in Wonderland” Tea Party

March 4, 2010 by karenvitt  
Filed under Neat EVENT

French fashion label Paul & Joe will launch a new “Alice in Wonderland” beauty collection at Harrods department store in London tomorrow, but guess what! You can find the cute cosmetic collection in Portland today.
Fez Studio Apothecary in the Pearl District, the city’s exclusive retailer of Paul & Joe Beaute, will launch the new Alice [...]

Alice in Portland (er, Wonderland) fantastical spring fashion

March 3, 2010 by karenvitt  
Filed under Neat STUFF

By Karen Vitt, NEAT editor in chief
We’re mad as a hatter over “Alice in Wonderland” buzz, and we’re not alone.
As Tim Burton’s take on the classic Lewis Carroll fantasy adventure tale tumbles into theaters Friday, it’s evident that fashion designers, jewelry makers and artists on a local and national level have been whipped into a [...]

Neat CONTEST
Win a neat New Year’s Eve at The Nines

December 28, 2009 by karenvitt  
Filed under Neat EVENT, Neat WIN

How about stepping into an alternate world for New Year’s Eve? (You mean one where we aren’t watching TV in sweats and wondering when Dick Clark himself is going to drop? No way! Yes, way!) Posh Portland hotel The Nines is throwing an Alice and Wonderland themed “Through the Looking Glass” New Year’s bash, and one lucky [...]