Open Season: The Mercury’s 8th Annual Fashion Show
May 12, 2012 by karenvitt
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By NEAT SHEET staff
It’s once again open season on the PDX fashion landscape, thanks to The Portland Mercury’s 8th annual Open Season spring fashion show at Sandbox Studio, 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 12.
Each spring, The Mercury’s managing editor Marjorie Skinner (M.O.D. fashion editor extraordinaire) manages to round up much of the best design talent [...]
Portland Fashion Week photos + Saturday Preview
October 9, 2010 by karenvitt
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By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
Friday’s show at Portland Fashion Week showed us a glimpse of our fashion future, and we’re happy to report that Spring/Summer 2011 in Portland will be filled with easy, wearable and — for lack of a better descriptor — super-cute clothes that anyone can pull off.
Day 3 of PWF was a [...]
Isaac Hers Fall 2010 Launch Party at Phlox
September 19, 2010 by karenvitt
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By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
Portland Fashion Week is still weeks away, but there is another opportunity to check out new designs from one of our fave local indie designers. To get an early fall fashion fix, you’ll want to stop by the Isaac Hers Fall 2010 Collection launch party at Mississippi’s Phlox Boutique from 6 p.m. to 9 [...]
Blowout End of Summer Sale at Phlox Boutique
By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
There are blowouts that are good (hair), blowouts that are bad (tire) and blowouts that are just plain awesome. In this case, the latter is referring to end-of-summer blowout sales. Favorite local Mississippi Street shopping haunt Phlox is having just such a sale this Thursday, August 26 through Sunday, August 29.
In [...]
Neat PEOPLE! Portland jewelry designer Sahlia Michelle
June 23, 2010 by karenvitt
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By Karen Vitt, NEAT editor in chief
Last week, we introduced you to the new Sahlia Michelle Jewelry Design website, and offered a look at the local line of gorgeous, handmade jewelry. This week, we’d like to introduce you to the equally gorgeous jewelry designer herself. Sahlia Michelle Spaan sat down with us to dish about [...]
Neat TREND! Portland fashion is a sheer delight
May 18, 2010 by karenvitt
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By Erin Flesch, NEAT Contributor
If ever there was a good time to revamp the oft-neglected undergarment aspect of your wardrobe, now might be it. Thanks to this season’s sheer abundance of gorgeous see-through tops, tanks and dresses, you may feel the need to dump that old stretched out Victoria’s Secret number in favor of some pretty [...]
Neat TREND: Portland fashion makes the cold shoulder hot
May 5, 2010 by karenvitt
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By Erin Flesch + Karen Vitt, NEAT Portland trend watchers
Giving someone the cold shoulder just got hot. Dresses, tops and even swimsuits are getting the asymmetrical treatment for Spring 2010 in Portland. More modern than strapless and sexier than a traditional neckline, the one-shoulder silhouette is having a serious fashion moment and local shops are [...]
Isaac Hers Spring 2010 party at Phlox boutique Thursday
March 22, 2010 by karenvitt
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Barbara Seipp, owner of Mississippi boutique Phlox and designer of the line Isaac Hers, will host an in-store evening reception and party to launch the new “In Full Bloom” Isaac Hers Spring 2010 Collection, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Thursday, March 25.
Isaac Hers celebrates its fifth anniversary this spring, and Seipp is excited to continue expanding [...]
What is Portland wearing New Year’s Eve?
December 30, 2009 by karenvitt
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Still rooting around for something sexy, sparkly or shimmery to wear New Year’s Eve? Let. Us. Help. You.
We scoured our favorite local shops for the best New Year’s Eve party togs amid the post-Christmas sales, and we rounded up these neat deals on designer denim, WOW dresses and pretty party tops for hopping around on [...]
Neat EVENT
Art by Marla reception + Save 15% at Phlox
December 15, 2009 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat EVENT, Neat SALE
Phlox Clothing Boutique on Mississippi Avenue, one of our favorite destinations for modern local and indie designs, will host an artist reception for Marla Schroeder-Swade and a sale for YOU, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. this Wednesday, Dec. 16.
Schroeder-Swade will present her series of original paintings and limited edition giclées on paper and canvas of iconic Portland [...]
