Sky Speir Maybe you’ve seen them: a pair of black, raw silk wrap pants. Communicating ease as well as mathematics, the bowed, Eastern-inspired shape of the tapered garment might cause a double take. Like many of the best-designed objects, this signature piece from emerging Portland brand Mônom has the practical function of plain black pants […]
Marjorie Skinner
Marjorie Skinner is the Portland Mercury's Managing Editor, author of the weekly Sold Out column chronicling the area's independent fashion and retail industry, and a frequent contributor to the film and other arts and feature sections of the paper. She has been writing about Portland life and culture for the Mercury since 2001, produces one of Portland's largest annual spring fashion shows, and occasionally answers emails.
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This Week’s Letters Section: In Which We Process Portland’s Newcomers
EDITOR’S NOTE! The responses to our first-ever Newcomers’ Guide to Portland were so myriad that we blew this issue’s Letters to the Editor up to twice the usual size. Of course there are even more comments where these came from… and many more still to come. CHANGE IS HARD RE: “Welcome to Portland!” [Feature, Sept 16], […]
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Inside Portland’s German Film Festival
This year: Metal music festivals, funky houseboats, and… uh… genital torture?
Metal music festivals, funky houseboats, and… uh… genital torture?
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New In: Fashion/Retail/Design News with the Aesthete Society, Ophelia Darkly, and the Junk Bonanza!
• Everyone’s happy when more locally designed menswear shows up on the Portland radar, and new brand the Aesthete Society is about to join the fray with an installation event titled Amalgamated Allure. Slated for Monday, October 12 (6 pm) at the Portland Art Museum, it’s all ages and free to attend. They’re keeping images […]
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New In: Fashion/Retail/Design News with Design Week Portland, Gretchen Jones, ADX, & Schmidt’s
• The sprawling, annual Design Week Portland festival is due for its fourth appearance, but for its fourth edition it’s moving the main event to spring: April 15-23, to be precise. However, they’re not leaving you completely hanging this fall, either, with a much smaller string of open houses, talks, and other doings scheduled Oct […]
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It’s Like The Hunger Games, But Crappier!
MAZE RUNNER: THE SCORCH TRIALS Not pictured: Katniss Everdeen. The Maze Runner series may deservedly live in the shadow of YA book-to-film darling The Hunger Games, but it’s got a few things going for it. Handsome and brave Thomas (Dylan O’Brien) leads the cast of plucky, likeable teenagers as they face a mysterious threat in […]
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The Weekend Shopper: Evo, Tilde, Jane’s Vanity, & More
FRIDAY SEPT 18 • Hey maybe this winter we’ll get some decent snow on yonder mountain. All you winter sports fans should make note of the preseason tent sale happening at Evo this week, where they’re letting go of past seasons’ snowboards, skis, and accessories at “waist deep” discounts. Evo, 200 SE MLK, Fri Sept […]
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Weird But Good: The Newcomers’ Guide to Portland Fashion
If you’re just arriving in Portland, I hope you’re not bringing too many windbreakers and flannels with you in preparation. Yes, the city is basically the capital of outdoor clothing companies. Yes, flannel will keep you warm, and you will need to be kept warm. But does that mean it defines the current state of […]
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Confused, and Running, Through The Scorch Trials
It’s Like The Hunger Games, But Crappier!
It’s like The Hunger Games, but crappier!
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Travel Portland
Get the Tourist Stuff Out of the Way
Visit Portland’s tourist attractions sooner rather than later.