Pearl District Sidewalk Sale starts Friday
By Karen Vitt, NEAT editor in chief
Sorry, people, there’s no slacking off this holiday weekend. It’s our duty to put the “labor” back in Labor Day! We know there’s nothing more strenuous than serious shopping, so a weekend’s worth of sidewalk sales in the Pearl District oughta honor the holiday nice enough. More than 50 [...]
Le Train Bleu pops up shop in Northwest Portland
August 25, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat STUFF
By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
Wouldn’t it be amazing if for one day your favorite blog or online shopping site suddenly appeared in front of you in the flesh? Well it’s possible people, because we are living in the glorious age of the pop-up shop, and it just so happens that favorite local online retailer Le Train [...]
Nab pretty dresses at Bubble Boutique End of Summer Sale
By Karen Vitt, NEAT editor in chief
Labor Day weekend?! Noooooo, we’re not ready! Oh, ok then. Well, if summer has to end, at least we can end it in high style. Perhaps draped in a brilliant European cocktail dress? Oh yes, dresses for your last hot hurrah can be snatched up on the cheap at [...]
Neat SHOES! PedX opens Manifesto on Mississippi
August 19, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat EVENT, Neat SHOP, Neat STUFF
By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
PedX Shoes is preggers y’all, and they’re due to have a fully grown hybrid shoe baby named Manifesto (if anyone is interested in writing a true life PDX fashion comic book, this could be your starting point).
After kicking ass and taking orders in the women’s shoe business for the past seven [...]
Shop 150+ craft and market vendors at Alberta Street Fair
August 17, 2010 by karenvitt
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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 [...]
Hawthorne Street Fair sidewalk sales + specials
August 11, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat EVENT
By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
On any given day Hawthorne Boulevard is packed with shop-hungry pedestrians, but come this Sunday it will be pure Portland pandemonium. Grab your sunscreen, comfy walking shoes and a wad of cash because it’s time for the annual summer Hawthorne Street Fair, taking place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on [...]
IDOM anniversary party + sale Saturday
August 10, 2010 by karenvitt
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By Karen Vitt, NEAT editor in chief
Modi Soondaratok, one of Portland’s most visionary (and beloved) fashion designers, opened IDOM boutique three years ago to show and sell her own IDOM Designs, plus a ton of other eye-catching international fashion finds. Now sharing the business with partners Salwa Nassar and Evangelina Owens, the stylish trio will [...]
Union Rose anniversary sale Saturday + Sunday
By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
Union Rose boutique has been blooming bright for three years now, and they’ve been a beautiful addition to the garden of Portland’s fashion scene. Sorry for the lame metaphors, we’ve just always loved their name – and even more, we love the shop’s stock of cool, quirky, stylish and locally made [...]
Bubble Boutique introduces online shopping
July 23, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat STUFF
By Karen Vitt, NEAT editor in chief
Trapped in a cloudy cubicle on a sunny summer day? Well, stop your pouting – we’ve got a pretty new way to pass the time ’til the clock strikes Happy Hour. Bubble Boutique, the Pearl District’s go-to source for gorgeous Euro-designer cocktail dresses and sexy separates, has just introduced [...]
First Friday with Seth Aaron at Anne Bocci Boutique
July 23, 2010 by karenvitt
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By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
We’ve got exciting news for all you Project Runway-philes out there. As most of you know, last season Vancouver, Wash.-based designer Seth Aaron Henderson took home the big prize thanks to his daring high-fashion, hard-rock aesthetic and expert trademark tailoring (and we’re already gearing up for PR8 with another local [...]
