November Neat SHEET: Gobble up these local goods
November 11, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat STUFF
By Samantha Lockwood, NEAT contributor
Our roots are showing and they’re fantastic! The literal Neat SHEET is back for November with holiday endorphins on our side. We’ve gathered up a few of our local fall favorites for your purchasing delight: Bubbles for spiking your bath, things to set and stock your Thanksgiving dinner table, the perfect [...]
Neat TREND! Portland winter coats + outerwear wrap-up
October 26, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat STUFF, Neat TREND
By Marianne Schnell, NEAT contributor
So yeah, we’re all pining over the $34.95 H&M trench coat that’s taken over every other commercial on TV. In case that coveted coat is sold out before the highly anticipated H&M grand opening in Portland on Thursday, Nov. 11, we must have a back up plan. Besides, we’re still devoted [...]
Shop hard! It’s the PDX Collective Sale at Ace Hotel
By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
Okay you guys, if you’re looking for a crash course in the best local shopping Portland has to offer, you’ll want to sign up for (and by sign up, we mean go to… no easy online classes for you) the PDX Collective Sale at The Cleaners in the LEGEND – wait [...]
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 [...]
Neat SHEET: What’s blooming in Portland shops this May
May 3, 2010 by karenvitt
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By Karen Vitt and Erin Flesch, NEAT shopping conspirators
Portland shops are blooming with floral things to fawn over this month, and The Neat Sheet has rounded up a few of our favorites for your purchasing pleasure. Going back to our roots as a literal neat sheet of pretty things to buy around town each month, [...]
Neat PEOPLE: Pet talk with designer Seth Aaron Henderson
April 8, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat PEOPLE, Neat STUFF
Boutiques Unleashed is tomorrow night, and local designer Seth Aaron Henderson (of Project Runway 7 fame) is busy putting the final touches on two designs for the benefit people and pets fashion show. Henderson will dress two therapy animals-turned-models, Smokey (a llama), and Miss Mollee Muffin (a rabbit), and he’ll accompany Smokey down the runway. [...]
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 [...]
Clair Vintage Spring Trunk Show + designer giveaway
March 22, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat EVENT, Neat WIN
Ready for your first honest-to-goodness local spring fashion fling? Portland designer Alyson Clair will showcase her new Clair Vintage Spring/Summer 2010 Collection at Union Rose boutique in Montavilla, 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Friday, April 2. And better yet, Clair will gift one lucky Neat Sheet reader a FREE designer dress, skirt or top of [...]
LUSH bath + body treats to combat S.A.D.
February 23, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat STUFF
Seasonal Affective Disorder much? Vancouver, B.C.-based natural cosmetics company LUSH has just launched a new line of perky products to turn your frown upside down.
There’s the Up You Gets Emotibomb (above left), which is a bath bomb of lemon essential oil to make the mornings more enjoyable (is that possible?!); the Therapy Massage Bar (center), a [...]
