The Row by Ashley + Mary Kate Trunk Show at Mario’s
October 14, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat EVENT
By Karen Vitt, NEAT editor in chief
Gotta love those Olsen twins. Who knew those adorable “Full House” tykes Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen would grow up to become fashion icons? Fashion icons known for pioneering homeless chic, no less. Ok, sorry, “bohemian.” And sorry again, Ashley seems to have slightly more sophisticated taste. We digress.
The point [...]
Find your perfect jeans at Mario’s 3.10 Diesel event
September 20, 2010 by karenvitt
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By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
By now you’ve probably seen all those Diesel Jeans ads and billboards encouraging you to “Be Stupid.” To Diesel, being stupid usually involves running around in varying levels of nudity with other young, fashionably punked out models, disregarding traffic laws and such. Regardless of whether or not you choose to take [...]
Shop Fashion’s Night Out in downtown Portland
August 30, 2010 by karenvitt
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By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
Just as fashion magazines double in size this time of year, fall fashion events tend to be pretty heavy as well. In early October, we’ve got our very own Portland Fashion Week to look forward to (and believe us, we are), but before that there’s Vogue editor Anna Wintour’s ode to [...]
Save big all weekend with these local summer sales
By Erin Flesch, NEAT Contributor
As exciting as the impending barrage of fall fashion arrivals at our favorite local shops is, at this particular moment what we’re most psyched for is all of the end-of-summer clearance sales going down right now and through this weekend.
All over Portland, boutiques are making way for fresh fall merchandise and [...]
Neat TREND! Bottoms up to soft, baggy pants
August 23, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat STUFF, Neat TREND
By Marianne Schnell, NEAT contributor
Do you ever look forward to pulling out your “fat pants?” Didn’t think so. Thankfully the time has come to ditch these depressing duds in favor of the recent reinvention of loose fitting pants. Let us not revert to the days of the running man, because, yes, we are indeed too [...]
Loro Piana 2011 Resort Trunk Show at Mario’s
June 22, 2010 by karenvitt
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How are your vacation fantasy daydreams going? If all this recent dreary weather has exhausted your imagination, hit up the Loro Piana Resort 2011 Trunk Show at Mario’s from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. this Wednesday, June 23 and Thursday, June 24.
Portland’s posh downtown boutique department store Mario’s will showcase Italian heritage brand Loro Piana [...]
Save 20% on designer style with Mario’s discount coupon
Woo-hoo-hoo, have we got the designer goods for you! Chic boutique department store Mario’s is gifting The Neat Sheet readers its Mario’s customer appreciation discount coupon, so you can save 20 percent on any item in store (with just a few minor exceptions – read the small print!) now through Sunday, May 16!
Just click the [...]
Neat TREND: Nude fashion streaks through Portland
April 20, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat STUFF, Neat TREND
By Erin Flesch, NEAT Contributor
With Earth Day upon us Thursday, we ask ourselves… is there anything more natural than nude? Now, we’re not advocating (necessarily) public nudity, but with the arrival of spring we see nothing wrong with going a little au naturale here and there. Prudish individuals will want to shield their eyes, ’cause Portland [...]
Test drive Agave jeans + the Tesla Roadster at Mario’s
March 20, 2010 by karenvitt
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Hot jeans and fast cars! If you’ve got a need for speed, today’s a good day to zip on down to Mario’s, when the boutique department store will host an event spotlighting Agave Denim and Tesla Motors, noon to 5 p.m., Saturday, March 20.
Agave Denim designer Jeff Shafer will be in store showing the latest Agave denim [...]
Portland fashion stylist Kevin Lennox launches The Studio
March 18, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat STUFF
Calling the concierge is something most of us do on vacation when we want dinner reservations or a taxi. But what if you could call the concierge right from your own Portland home, and order up an image consultation or some help getting dressed for dinner?
Introducing “style concierge” Kevin Lennox, who’s just opened a posh [...]
