Portland Fashion Week photos + Saturday Preview
October 9, 2010 by karenvitt
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By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
Friday’s show at Portland Fashion Week showed us a glimpse of our fashion future, and we’re happy to report that Spring/Summer 2011 in Portland will be filled with easy, wearable and — for lack of a better descriptor — super-cute clothes that anyone can pull off.
Day 3 of PWF was a [...]
Portland Fashion Week recap + Friday preview
October 8, 2010 by karenvitt
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By Marianne Schnell, NEAT contributor
What did Portland’s finest fashionistas wear out to Day 2 of Portland Fashion Week at the Vigor Industrial Shipyards on Swan Island Thursday night? An inspired early fall array of patchwork ponchos, feathered minis and ombre frocks. And in addition to watching each other, what did all these stylish folks watch [...]
Portland Fashion Week recap + Thursday preview
October 7, 2010 by karenvitt
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By Karen Vitt, NEAT editor in chief
Portland Mayor Sam Adams was just one of the stylish local faces gracing the opening night of Portland Fashion Week at the Vigor Industrial Shipyards last night. What’s that, did we just say the Mayor is stylish? We did! He was looking’ good, even if he claims lookin’ good [...]
Portland Fashion Week 2010 Designer Preview + Deals
October 4, 2010 by karenvitt
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By Karen Vitt, NEAT editor in chief
Local shops are getting just as excited for Portland Fashion Week as the designers showing in the upcoming annual event, which is set to be the biggest and brightest Solar-powered PFW yet. Portland Fashion Week will run Wednesday, October 6 through Sunday, October 10, featuring five days of runway [...]
Portland’s Keen on the KEEN Garage block party tonight
August 26, 2010 by karenvitt
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By Karen Vitt, NEAT editor in chief
Hey, Portland party people! KEEN footwear — a.k.a. the local makers of what every stylish outdoor-lovin’ gal is wearing on her feet — is shutting down the street outside its Northwest Portland headquarters for a bangin’ block party tonight, 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, August 26.
The outdoor outfitters are [...]
Portland Fashion Week Emerging Designer Auditions
August 11, 2010 by karenvitt
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By Monique Balas, NEAT contributor
The countdown is on for local fad-flashing phenomenon Portland Fashion Week, and the kick-off starts with tryouts for our fave PFW event: The Portland Fashion Week Emerging Designer Auditions, from 2 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, August 22.
The auditions offer a stylish showcase for up-and-coming designers to show off their wears [...]
Nau Semi-Annual Warehouse Sale! Save up to 80%
By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
Nau is the time to save big on locally produced, environmentally considered fashion. Ok, actually the location is Nau, and the time is Thursday, June 24 through Sunday, June 27. Portland’s favorite eco-friendly sportswear producers are having the Nau Semi-Annual Summer Warehouse Sale this weekend, with savings so big you’ll want to make [...]
AK Vintage Jewelry Goodness Studio Sale
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeet last-minute sale alert! Portland jewelry designer Anna Korte will host a huge studio sale from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. tonight (Wednesday, June 9), offering amazing deals on her locally loved line of AK Vintage Jewelry.
Since starting her Portland jewelry line in 2002, Korte has expanded her work from limited runs of deconstructed vintage [...]
Ecouture sustainable Portland fashion show
June 7, 2010 by karenvitt
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By Karen Vitt, NEAT editor in chief
Hot on the haute heels of this weekend’s “A Feast for the Eyes” graduate student fashion show by The Portland Art Institute, another group of stylish students will present the second annual Ecouture sustainable fashion show, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. this Tuesday, June 8.
The American Marketing Association student [...]
Idom Designs takes new partners + expands sustainability
June 2, 2010 by karenvitt
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By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
Portland’s fashion-forward Northwest 23rd Avenue boutique Idom has just announced it’s expanding its family by adding two new partners to the busy retail business. Modi Soondarotok, owner of Idom and designer of the shop’s in-house label of the same name, has welcomed Salwa Nassar and Evangelina Owens on board to help [...]
