Neat SHEET: Pretty local luxuries to weather April showers
April 6, 2010 by karenvitt
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Once upon a time, The Neat Sheet was just that – a neat sheet of pretty things to buy and wear in the Portland area. We’ve decided to go back to our roots and introduce a new Neat Sheet feature that rounds up our favorite local luxuries each month. We can all use a bit [...]
WeMa Designs recycled raincoat from plastic water bottles
March 10, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat STUFF
WeMa Designs fashion designer Wendi Martin is taking out Portland’s recycling just in time for spring showers: The inventive local designer has created a stylish, modern raincoat made from recycled plastic water and beverage bottles.
Available exclusively at Physical Element boutique in Portland and through local online retailer pdxboutique.com, the coat’s outer shell is made from waterproof [...]
Reversible coat for a reversible rainy day
January 2, 2010 by karenvitt
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Holy palindrome! It’s 01/02/2010! What’s a girl to wear on a rainy Portland day that reads the same both forward and backward? How about Varnish Clothing’s reversible Rose City Raincoat, as pretty inside as it is out?
We love the raincoat’s playful mix of solids and stripes, which come in four colors you can switch up as you [...]
Neat EVENT
Sorel apres-ski theme party + trunk show
November 29, 2009 by karenvitt
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Joan of Arctic, meet Nanook of the Northwest.
Could you hear the collective laughter among stylish Oregon women when Vogue magazine went ape-nuts recently over Sorel’s furry winter Joan of Arctic boots?!
C’mon fashion pokies, we discovered Sorel ice ages ago. Northwest girls are born with a natural instinct for styling cute outfits around warm, waterproof boots, [...]
NEAT DEAL
Stylish, waterproof raincoats? Oh yes!
Admittedly, we haven’t stepped foot in Eddie Bauer since that awkward moment in the mid-90s, when even the hot cast of “Friends” was wearing high waisted mom jeans and Polar fleece pullovers. You know, back when you had to say “Polar fleece” instead of just “fleece” because it was a brand new, trademarked way to [...]
