Neat PEOPLE: Halloween queen + sock star Erica Easley
October 27, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat PEOPLE, Neat SHOP, Neat STUFF
By Anna Reed, NEAT contributor
It’s not easy for a store to stand out on Southeast Portland’s super hip strip of Hawthorne Boulevard, but the Red Light Clothing Exchange does just that because of its dedication to buying directly from the public and keeping prices affordable for those of every age, shape and degree of quirk.
Red Light [...]
Feast your eyes! Art Institute fashion show + auction
June 3, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat EVENT
By Karen Vitt, Neat editor in chief
Feast your eyes on this: Portland fashion design student Claire Katharine Wolfson has turned out a gorgeous senior collection, and she’s just one of many new talents to watch on the runway at this weekend’s “A Feast for the Eyes Fashion Show.” The Art Institute of Portland’s annual graduate [...]
High on life? Check out Rock Socks new WEED design
March 16, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat STUFF
While you’re out sock shopping for Portland designer Adam Arnold’s sock party Friday, take a gander at the latest killer green WEED socks from local label Rock Socks.
Founded about two years ago by Erica Easley, the oft hilarious and irreverent line of unisex ’70s inspired tube socks can be purchased online at rocksocks.net or at [...]
Adam Arnold sock party + studio warming Friday
March 16, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat EVENT, Neat STUFF
Yes, that’s correct, we said “sock party.” Adam Arnold, one of Portland’s most talented independent fashion designers, invites y’all over to for a sock party and studio warming, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m this Friday, March 19.
Arnold recently relocated from his tiny space on Southeast Morrison Street to a more spacious studio on Southeast Martin Luther King [...]
Neat CONTEST
Win these hot stocking stuffers (literally!)
Can you think of a better holiday stocking stuffer than… actual stockings?! Sock star Erica Easley of local label Rock Socks is generously gifting one lucky Neat Sheet reader three free pairs of these rockin’ socks, and we’ll get them to you in time for Christmas!
Take your pick from Rock Socks’ line of kickin’ [...]
Neat TREND! Bring home the Bacon while it’s sizzling hot
November 27, 2009 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat TREND
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 [...]
