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 [...]
Freshen your home + face at Saint Maine Holiday Party
November 15, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat EVENT
By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
What if your skin was as smooooooth as this artful golden figure? We know how to make it happen: Upscale yet quirky and on-trend home design shop Saint Maine in Portland’s Sellwood district not only wants to make sure your house looks its best for the holidays, they want to help [...]
Jet Boutique Anniversary Party + Flybabe Deal
By Karen Vitt, NEAT editor in chief
Jet boutique landed on North Mississippi Avenue a year ago, serving up chic, sustainable and comfortable designs by shop owner Jennifer Thomas, plus a sleek stash of artful bags, shoes and local jewelry. We’re excited to start our weekend with a layover at the Jet Anniversary Party, 5 p.m. to [...]
Shop 150+ craft and market vendors at Alberta Street Fair
August 17, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat EVENT
By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
Summer is fast slipping through our sweat covered fingers and we’ve got to squeeze every last bit of joy out of it. As we’ve stated before, one of our fave summer activities is scouring the local street fairs for neat locally made goods, and happily for us, there’s a big one [...]
Designers Holly Stalder + Laura Irwin open Haunt fashion studio
June 30, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat STUFF
By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
Holly Stalder, a.k.a. one half of the design team that brought Portland’s indie fashion scene to the national stage a decade ago, has a new project up her well-tailored sleeve. Best known as co-founder of the groundbreaking boutique Seaplane, Stalder is now setting up shop alongside local hand-knitwear designer Laura Irwin [...]
Fashion fantasy weekend at the McMinnville UFO Festival
May 12, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat EVENT, Neat TRAVEL
Feel like spacing out in style this weekend? Fashion is all about fantasy, of course, and that makes the McMinnville 11th Annual UFO Festival a perfect weekend getaway or day trip for stylish Portlanders who want to keep it weird while still looking good.
The mothership lands in McMinnville, Ore., this weekend, taking over this picturesque [...]
Coco + Ste. Maine host spring fashion show + party
April 26, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat EVENT
Sellwood’s posh trio of shops for gorgeous home accessories and fashion finds, Ste. Maine + Coco Gets Dressed + Coco & Toulouse, will join together for a spring fashion show in the brand new Ste. Maine space, 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 6.
Ste. Maine, which is celebrating its recent move around the corner into the [...]
Portland milliners tip their hats to the Kentucky Derby
April 23, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat STUFF
By Erin Flesch, NEAT Contributor
Few things excite us more at The Neat Sheet than mint juleps and gigantic hats, so you can probably guess what is our favorite sporting event of the season. Each year Portlanders make the voyage south to the ever-fashionable Kentucky Derby, but they get their stylish and over-the-top hats in town first, [...]
Neat photos! Boutiques Unleashed pet fashion show 2010
April 10, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat STUFF
By Karen Vitt, NEAT editor in chief
Entertainment for pet lovers doesn’t come better than this: A llama in drag, a scaredy cat and a rabbit wearing a graphic black-and-white checkered dress by Project Runway designer de jour Seth Aaron Henderon. Last night’s Boutiques Unleashed, the fifth annual people and pet fashion show to benefit the DoveLewis [...]
Take a local look at Lindsey Reif’s Spring 2010 Collection
March 28, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat STUFF
We can’t put it any better than Lindsey Reif herself: She has “hellof motorcycle jackets” right now!
The Portland designer recently launched her Spring 2010 Collection, which you can view online at www.reif-haus.com or find locally at Radish Underground and Frank James boutiques. It’s her feminine take on soft, feminine motorcycle jackets (left) that first caught our [...]
