How bad do you want this hat? Shop Phlox!
December 23, 2009 by karenvitt
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How bad do you want this hat? Imagine then how bad she’ll want it, too. We found this gorgeous, hand-embroidered and faux-fur lined violet Eve hat by Nobis ($60) while browsing at Phlox Clothing Boutique on Mississippi Avenue, where we bet you can find the perfect, last gifts for all the indimidatingly stylish women in your life.
This [...]
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Save 25% on Orla Kiely bags at Pin-Me
No offense Santa, but we hardly need you. Now through Christmas Eve, Pin-Me Apparel boutique on Mississippi Avenue is offering a 25 percent discount on all Orla Kiely handbags, wallets, cosmetic bags and shopping trolleys – which you’ll need to wheel all this cool stuff home without a sleigh.
Save on classic shoulder bags and wallets [...]
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Grayling Jewelry + Prairie at Pin-Me tonight
Tonight’s trunk show and sale event at Pin-Me Apparel on Mississippie Avenue is a style trifecta of unstoppable shopping. Darling local designer Katy Kippen of Grayling Jewelry will present her collections alongside new Northwest classic Prairie Underground at our favorite feminine-with-street-smarts boutique, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 17.
Kippen said she’ll be showing and [...]
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Art by Marla reception + Save 15% at Phlox
December 15, 2009 by karenvitt
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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 [...]
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Designer extravaganza on Mississippi Thursday
December 8, 2009 by karenvitt
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Mississippi Avenue is where it’s at this Thursday, when neighborhood shops will stay open late for holiday celebrations and specials, and Phlox Clothing Boutique will host a Filly Designs trunk show, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 10.
Phlox is a favorite source for sleek and utterly wearable modern designs, like the Filly Designs pieces (above) [...]
Neat TREND! Bring home the Bacon while it’s sizzling hot
November 27, 2009 by karenvitt
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By Karen Vitt, NEAT editor in chief
Whatever negative things we may be hearing about swine, there’s still plenty to love about ever-popular pork. Namely, bacon – the latest sizzling hot trend to captivate Portlanders who can’t get enough salty, fatty, crispy deliciousness.
This meaty trend has been building bit by bacon bit over the past [...]
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Cuddle up in Flutter’s pretty new clutter
November 9, 2009 by karenvitt
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Mississippi Street’s cheerfully cluttered boutique, Flutter, is celebrating cuddle-up-indoors weather with pretty fall arrivals of unique home décor, jewelry, bath products, fragrance and artful books.
Shop for new sepia print bird pillows (left), Tokyo Milk perfumes and soaps, Skeem Vintage Peony candles, postcard albums, antique lamps and whimsical white stag wall decor. You’ll also find vintage [...]
Neat EVENT
A Fortes Design green trunk show at Pin-Me
November 3, 2009 by karenvitt
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You really must squeeze this latest shopping event into Thursday’s busy fashion calendar: Designer Janessa Bautista of A Fortes Design, a notable talent on Portland’s green scene, will host a trunk show at fave Mississippi boutique Pin-Me Apparel, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 5.
Enjoy drinks, snacks and a raffle while browsing the latest [...]
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Portland’s biggest fashion Friday yet
October 9, 2009 by karenvitt
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Dress hot and prepare to move fast, it’s a racy night for fashion in PDX. Between Pinkham Millinery’s designer hat show in Southeast Portland; opening parties for Jet and LAND on Mississippi Avenue; and the most highly anticipated night of Portland Fashion Week at the shipyards on Swan Island, you may want to dress in [...]
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New boutique Jet lands on Mississippi
Portland designer Jennifer Thomas, who has been peddling her Northwest-flavored fashions at Dragonlily and other Portland boutiques for years, has opened a sleek shop on Mississippi Avenue to showcase her label, “Jet.” Stop by the Grand Opening event from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 9 to meet Thomas, view a fashion walk [...]
