Charles & Victoria trunk show + sale at Xtabay Vintage
By Karen Vitt, NEAT editor in chief
Southeast Portland’s premiere vintage boutique Xtabay Vintage will host a trunk show and sale featuring Charles & Victoria by local designer Rachel Ancliffe, noon to 6 p.m. this Saturday, Nov. 6.
The shop will present Charles & Victoria’s latest collection for fall and winter (top and right), featuring high-waisted wool [...]
Blake Grand Opening! These jeans are worth a party
October 30, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat EVENT
By Monique Balas, NEAT contributor
Portland women have an innate sense of style, but these days many of us are accessorizing with limited funds. This is why we shop carefully, investing in pieces we’ll wear again and again. We know a sweet pair of designer jeans will buy more bang for our butt than a fancy-schmancy [...]
Neat STREET! On the fashion fringe at Subject to Season
October 24, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat STREET, Neat STUFF
By Sora Yi, NEAT contributor
Last night we flagged a cab and rushed to Southeast Portland’s Ford Building to seek out what street stylin’ Portland fashionistas were wearing to the second edition of the Dark Wave: Subject to Season studio fashion event. The curated collective featured designers and stylists for everything from clothing to hair to [...]
Palace of Industry mixes vintage shopping + booze
September 19, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat SHOP, Neat STUFF
By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
Portland’s variety of local vintage clothing shops and second hand stores keep our shopping scene fun and interesting, and we’re happy to announce the arrival of a new addition to the mix – and this one has got a extra twist. Palace of Industry, a vintage boutique tucked away in North [...]
Portland’s in-jean-ious denim shop Blake relocates
August 20, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat STUFF
By Monique Balas, NEAT contributor
Blake Nieman-Davis, our favorite denim dude, has new digs. Nieman-Davis relocated his eponymous store, Blake , from its old location at 2285 N.W. Johnson St. to a snazzy new spot now open at 26 N.W. 23rd Place (alongside Twist in the old Smith & Hawken building).
Blake has dominated the local denim [...]
Designers Holly Stalder + Laura Irwin open Haunt fashion studio
June 30, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat STUFF
By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
Holly Stalder, a.k.a. one half of the design team that brought Portland’s indie fashion scene to the national stage a decade ago, has a new project up her well-tailored sleeve. Best known as co-founder of the groundbreaking boutique Seaplane, Stalder is now setting up shop alongside local hand-knitwear designer Laura Irwin [...]
Portland fashion suits up for a retro swimwear summer
June 24, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat STUFF, Neat TREND
By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
Swimsuit shopping is the bane of existence for most people out there (not just the ladies mind you, we know many a guy whose pasty, un-toned skin shudders at the thought). It’s almost enough to make us dread the summer months, if we weren’t so desperate for them after all the [...]
STARS Antique Mall 20th Birthday Sale on now
STARS Antiques Malls, among our favorite Westmoreland shopping destinations, turn 20 years old this month, and to celebrate they’re holding a huge sale from Friday, June 18 through Sunday, June 20. They’ll be open ’til 8 p.m. Friday night (like, tonight!), so swing by after work to get the best deals!
STARS operates two huge antique [...]
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 [...]
Neat STREET style: A hunger for fashion beneath the bridge
April 25, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat STREET, Neat STUFF
By Karen Vitt, NEAT editor in chief
Just look at this fashionable foodie, Jill Seapker, who we plucked from a very long line waiting to enter Willamette Week’s Eat Mobile food cart festival beneath the Morrison Bridge on Saturday afternoon.
Seapker drove up to Portland from her home in Corvallis just for the food festival, but she [...]
