Fashion fantasy weekend at the McMinnville UFO Festival
May 12, 2012 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat STUFF, Neat TRAVEL
Feel like spacing out in style this weekend? Fashion is all about fantasy, of course, and that makes the McMinnville 13th 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 [...]
Get the Total Package from Oh Baby, Souchi + Zelda’s!
November 19, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat EVENT
By Monique Balas, NEAT contributor
We lurrrrrv making our holiday wish-list, and tonight’s Total Package party at Oh Baby lingerie boutique promises naughty AND nice goods from a trifecta of neat local shops. Oh Baby’s Northwest Portland location will host Souchi and Zelda’s Shoe Bar for Total Package party, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m Friday, Nov. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
EMU + Pistil Trunk Show at PedX Shoe Shangri-la
November 5, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat EVENT
By Karen Vitt, NEAT editor in chief
Weather experts are predicting colder weather and heavy snows for Portland this winter, so local fashion experts — hey, that’s us! — are predicting more of a need for cute knit caps and furry boots. We’re pretty excited about this, so we’re racing to La Nina-proof our winter wardrobes [...]
Oh Baby lingerie boutique Corsets + Cognac event
October 28, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat EVENT
By Monique Balas, NEAT contributor
Oh, how we covet a corset. We love the way it flatters our figure and makes us feel like we’re living in a Jane Austen novel. And we’ll get to celebrate them — and show them off, if we have them — at the luxe lingerie shop’s Corsets & Cognac event [...]
Going Gaga for Portland’s BENT Halloween Ball
October 25, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat EVENT
By Karen Vitt, NEAT editor in chief
Fashion’s favorite holiday is right around the creepy corner, and this year many of Portland’s most stylish citizens will be taking their elaborate, sexy and crazy costumes to BENT: A Hallow’s Eve Ball, a badass benefit for the Equity Foundation of Oregon at the Left Bank Annex at 8:37 p.m. [...]
Portland’s Keen on the KEEN Garage block party tonight
August 26, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat EVENT
By Karen Vitt, NEAT editor in chief
Hey, Portland party people! KEEN footwear — a.k.a. the local makers of what every stylish outdoor-lovin’ gal is wearing on her feet — is shutting down the street outside its Northwest Portland headquarters for a bangin’ block party tonight, 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, August 26.
The outdoor outfitters are [...]
Oregon Bride Best of Bride party + fashion show
July 1, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat EVENT
By Karen Vitt, NEAT editor in chief
Ready to party like it’s the happiest day of your life? No matter if you’re engaged to be wed or wed to a simple love of gorgeous bridal fashion, summer’s most extravagant bridal event is marching into view. Oregon Bride magazine will host it’s annual Best of Bride party [...]
