Fremont Fest 2010! Arts, shops, music + more
July 20, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat EVENT
By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
There are so many things to love love love about summers in Portland. On the top of our must-do-every-weekend list? Neighborhood fairs! Community, friends, fashion, artists and music… what more could a local fashion news site ask for? Coming up Saturday, August 7 is the annual Fremont Fest, and already we [...]
Neat street: Pedaling into spring, North Portland style
March 7, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat STREET
A cold, grey front may be moving back in, but spring sprang in Portland for one glorious Saturday, when gals about town tucked flowers behind their ears, hopped on their bikes and pedaled fast to catch the sun.
Anya Hankin was one such pretty pedaler, who we found moving at fast clip in a blur of [...]
Neat street style: Military + menswear on N.W. 23rd Ave.
February 28, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat STREET
We love meeting a gal with the keen fashion insticts to mix military touches with menswear, then top it all off with cherry red lipstick and stroll down Northwest 23rd Avenue like she invented Saturday afternoon.
Meet Madison High School senior Tiffany Perry, who says fellow students think her style is “weird” because she’s often able [...]
Neat street style: Denim-hating on Lower East Burn
February 14, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat STREET
When we spotted Alison Hawley wearing “jeggings” on Lower East Burnside Saturday afternoon, we pulled right over to ask her what she thinks of the denim-meets-leggings trend we covered just last week. Turns out Hawley, who owns Frank James boutique and was hanging out in front of her shop on a coffee break, much prefers jeggings [...]
Neat street style: Seeking adventure in Southeast Portland
February 7, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat STREET
Portland State University student Beryl Bessemer and her boyfriend went out looking for adventure in Southeast Portland this week, and they found it when Neat Street nabbed Bessemer to ask about her casually chic (and very Portland) Bohemian style.
Bessemer, who is enrolled in Middle Eastern Studies and Spanish at PSU, says her layered look is [...]
Neat street style: Burnin’ the paycheck in The Pearl
January 31, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat STREET
Aspiring designer Bre Wagner whipped past us in The Pearl District this week, on the fashion fast track in happy stripes and badass boots. We chased her down (literally), and learned she works as a server/bartender in Northwest Portland, and she enjoys burning her paychecks in The Pearl.
Wagner, who moved to Portland from the Eugene [...]
Designer Chelsea Erhart takes her street style on the road
January 26, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat STUFF
Portland-based streetwear designer Chelsea Erhart don’t stop. The petitite powerhouse behind successful local label Erhart Streetwear is taking her cool collections on the road next month, and putting yet another Portland push-pin on the global street style map.
First, Erhart’s Spray Paint Collection (above) will be featured at independent fashion’s big, biannual Pool Trade Show, [...]
Neat street style: Wascally winter wear off Hawthorne
January 24, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat STREET
Does urban street style get any more perfectly Portland? We found Robin (last name held upon request) running Thursday errands in the Hawthorne neighborhood, and feeling a bit over-dressed as she’d prepared for cold and rain and got some suddenly sunny weather instead.
This Lewis & Clark College law school graduate was the epitome of urban [...]
adidas Originals introduces its A.039 spring collection
January 20, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat STUFF
Sweet, colorful spring arrives this week – at least to adidas Originals. Sadly, Portland’s Pearl District store closed shop last week, but that’s not stopping adidas Originals from launching its new A.039 blue label collection for spring 2010. The bold, bright line of sportswear-meets-streetwear styles will be available online soon, and we want it bad.
Named for the [...]
Neat street style: Rainy Saturday splash of color downtown
January 17, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat STREET
It was easy to spot fun fashion risk taker Christy Williams in downtown Portland Saturday afternoon. The aspiring writer made a colorful splash on this grey, rainy day, strolling through Old Town beneath a bright pink, polka-dot parasol she paired with a long, green cardigan and purple suede platform pumps.
We interrupted Williams, on a daytime [...]
