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 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 [...]
Jené Despain Black Honey jewelry show at Pin-Me
July 6, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat EVENT
By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
A perfect storm of fun fashion-y events is brewing here in Portland, and it’s looking like we’ve got quite the exciting week ahead of us. If there wasn’t already enough going on, including our very own Neat Sheet launch party, we’ve got one more must-stop to throw into the mix. Brooklyn-based [...]
Save 30% on Orla Kiely handbags Pin-Me Apparel!
Oh weekend, must we wait? Must you be so far away? We’ll be doing the over-eager shoppy hoppy dance ’til this weekend, when Pin-Me Apparel will mark down some of our favorite Orla Kiely designs by 30 percent all day Saturday, May 22 and Sunday, May 23.
We are big-time fans of Orla Kiely, a British label with [...]
Spring Greening eco-friendly fun on Mississippi Ave.
April 21, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat EVENT
Spring cleaning is rarely fun, but Spring Greening is a whole ‘nuther story! Put the chores on hold this weekend and hit Mississippi Avenue for eco-friendly shopping steals, dining deals, music and family fun at the Historic Mississippi Business Association’s Spring Greening Earth Month event, noon to 6 p.m. this Saturday, April 24.
In celebration of [...]
Neat STREET style: Mixing it up on Northeast Glisan Street
April 18, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat STREET, Neat STUFF
By Karen Vitt, NEAT editor in chief
When Michelle Gerlach strolled past our sunny table on the patio of Northeast Glisan Street’s new Migration Brewing pub, we were so captivated by her grass green espadrilles we slammed down our happy hour glass to chase her down and ask where she got ‘em.
“I have a passion for shoes,” she said. [...]
Neat STREET style: Colorful good vibes on Mississippi Ave.
April 11, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat STREET, Neat STUFF
Laura Bieluczyk was putting off good vibrations when we found her breezing down Mississippi Avenue on Saturday afternoon. This was due in part to a nice lunch she’d just had at Miss Delta with her mom, who was visiting from Houston, Texas, and in part due to the positive energy coming from her pretty stone [...]
Party + Save 25% storewide at Pin-Me Apparel Saturday
Happy Belated Birthday to Pin-Me Apparel, and happy shopping to us! This sweet Mississippi Avenue boutique is celebrating its fifth anniversary a few months late, but no worries – they’re still gifting shoppers with 25 percent markdowns storewide and a big birthday party from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. this Saturday, April 3.
Stop by for drinks and [...]
Isaac Hers Spring 2010 party at Phlox boutique Thursday
March 22, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat EVENT
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 [...]
Neat EVENT! Grayling trunk show @ Pin-Me
September 26, 2009 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat EVENT
It’s always nice having another good excuse to shop Pin-Me Apparel, a favorite Mississippi Avenue destination for feminine streetwear and artful jewelry. The latest excuse to shop Pin-Me is Grayling jewelry designer Katy Kippen’s trunk show, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 26. (That’s today, folks, in case you’re nursing the same Icon [...]
