Palace of Industry mixes vintage shopping + booze
May 15, 2012 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat SHOP, Neat STUFF
By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
Portland’s variety of local vintage clothing shops and second hand stores keep our shopping scene fun and interesting, and we’re happy to take a closer look at this one, which has an extra twist. Palace of Industry, a vintage boutique tucked away in North Portland, is more than just a cute [...]
Save 20% Storewide at Parallel Portland
By NEAT SHEET staff
Life always starts getting good this time of year, doesn’t it? And here’s one more wonderful Wednesday to add to the mix: Parallel Portland boutique will celebrate its fourth birthday with a Prairie Underground Trunk Show and storewide sale, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 23.
Save 20 percent storewide during [...]
Lille Boutique Lingerie Party at Holocene
April 28, 2012 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat EVENT
By NEAT SHEET staff
Elegant East Burnside lingerie boutique Lille will celebrate its fifth anniversary with a party at Holocene to raise funds for the National Breast Cancer Foundation, from 6-9 p.m. on Saturday, May 5. Because Lille is a lingerie boutique, that makes so much sense!
If you’re in the market for something gorgeous to wear under [...]
Save 20% + Hats off to Bonnet’s anniversary!
By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
A tip of the hat goes out to Bonnet Boutique for making it two years in the haute hat business and brightening the crowns of countless Portlanders + beyond!
Let’s face it, headwear is practically mandatory in this rain-soaked town of ours, and we’re happy to have such a friendly shop dedicated [...]
Customize your own morse code necklace at Covet
November 17, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat EVENT, Neat TREND
By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
Morse code may be a thing of the past, but this dot-dash-dot system of communication is having a serious resurgence in an unlikely form: customized jewelry! We mentioned our affinity for local line Besty & Iya’s morse code necklace not too long ago, and now we’ve got a new lady in [...]
Neat PEOPLE! betsy + iya jewelry designer Betsy Cross
November 17, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat EVENT, Neat PEOPLE, Neat STUFF
By Anna Reed, NEAT contributor
Whether or not the moniker ‘betsy & iya’ rings a bell in print, you’ll recognize the bold and beautiful pieces from jewelry designer Betsy Cross as ones you’ve seen dangling from the necks, wrists and ears of Portland’s best accessorized ladies — her wares know no bounds when it comes to [...]
Save 20% at Flora party + Enter to win a spa gift set
November 15, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat SALE, Neat STUFF, Neat WIN
By Karen Vitt, NEAT editor in chief
Flora is four-a (ok, sorry, we couldn’t really help that)… and downtown Portland’s most luscious botanical boutique will celebrate its fourth anniversary with a party and sale from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. this Wednesday, Nov. 17.
Stop by to save 20 percent storewide on modern, nature inspired designs for [...]
Donate gently used winter wear at Souchi + Save 10%
November 14, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat EVENT
By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
For those of you who like to give as well as get during the holiday season, we want to make sure to let you know that Souchi, one of our fave Northwest 23rd Avenue shops, will be accepting donations of gently worn winter wear all throughout the month of November — with [...]
Neat STREET! Warming up Portland Navajo style
November 11, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat STREET, Neat STUFF
By Sora Yi, NEAT contributor
As fall starts to close its fabulous curtains on Portland, we went out searching for the perfect winter coat (following these local coat shopping suggestions from our neat Portland style guru, of course), and we spotted social work student Nicole Cook in the perfect winter warmer of her own — this [...]
Save 20-60% storewide at Moxie + Moxie Online
By Karen Vitt, NEAT editor in chief
Happy Veteran’s Day! Thank you so very much for protecting our beautiful country, and also for giving some of lucky gals a day off from work. Is it OK if we honor the troops by going shopping? Because Moxie, one of our favorite East Burnside boutiques, will mark down everything storewide by 20 [...]

