I first saw the new designs from Church + State—an exclusive collab with Frances May—at the boutique’s grand re-opening last week. My favorite pieces read as workwear-inspired (the Carhartt-esque pants, the roomy-pocketed overshirts) and are in nubby winter-weight fabrics. See ’em all over on MOD, as photographed by Caesy Oney. Caesy Oney
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Win Tickets to Hear Tales of Sex, Lies, & Social Media at Back Fence PDX!
Back Fence PDX Are your weekend plans still super tentative? Do you wish you had something bookish to do tonight? Well, you’re in luck, because we’re giving away a pair of tickets to Back Fence PDX, for tonight or tomorrow. The lineup this weekend is hard to beat: You get to hear stories about sex, […]
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Lookbook of the Day: Hand Eye Supply’s “From the Desk of…”
Hand Eye Supply went the extra mile to showcase some of their desk-ier products in front of the gift-buying season, and I for one appreciate it. In a feature titled “From the desk of…” they profiled 21 creative types in Portland, asking them about their methods and tools (and yeah, inserting some of their handy […]
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This Week in Art: Bizarro Fiction, Science for Women, & the Allure of Mid-Brow Entertainment
Artwork by Eatcho In which we talk about art that stands out. The arts section was jam-packed this week, as we continued our weeks-long stretch of covering vaguely creepy things that live in the great, generative space between high and low culture (previously: David Cronenberg’s cannabilism-meets-philosophy debut novel, Consumed; William Gibson‘s latest; and severed heads […]
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If Dollhouses Were Honest: Tiny Domestic Spaces at Open Gallery
Megan Burbank Malcolm Kentner’s “31 Spofford” Open Gallery, at 323 NW 6th, is a small exhibition space that fronts studios. From the outside, you might not even know it’s a gallery. But once inside its sticky door, you’ll see evidence of the contrary. The artists who work in the gallery space take turns curating, and […]
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The Art of Food Photography
It’s International Food Photography Day on Thursday. (No idea who gets to decide these things but it is associated with the Food Photographer of the Year, which is itself sponsored by an apple.) There’s an opportunity to win a nifty Fujifilm X-E2 camera kit but otherwise it seems like an opportunity to share pictures with […]
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Remembering Cookie Mueller, and Her Friendship with Nan Goldin
Nan Goldin Yesterday was the 25th anniversary of Cookie Mueller’s death. Even if you don’t know anything about her, you’ve probably seen her severe, winged-out eyeliner or watched her in a John Waters movie—she was in four of them, including Pink Flamingos. She was also a writer (for Details, the East Village Eye, and BOMB) […]
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Lookbook of the Day: Hand-Eye x L.C. King
Hand-Eye Supply doesn’t always market themselves as a destination for men’s fashion per se—workwear, yes. But if you’re into the nice lines and sturdy, quality materials that go into shirts, jackets, and pants by brands like Edgevale and Pointer, you oughta add them to your regular route of gentlemanly acquisition. Now, they’ve taken it a […]
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Help Right a (Cinematic) Wrong: Go See Je t’aime je t’aime Tonight!
I (voluntarily) watched a truly odd movie this week (THE THINGS WE DO FOR FILM SHORTS), but before I say anything else about it, you should probably just watch this trailer for it: Here‘s what I ended up writing about it: A recent study published in the journal Science found that many adult humans prefer […]
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Win Tickets to See Some of Portland’s Funniest Ladies
Pat Moran Susan Rice: A most hilarious person, with the most adorable pair of Keens. Did you miss All Jane No Dick, and now find yourself wracked with regret? Did you go, and see Susan Rice, Amy Miller, and Joann Schinderle tell jokes that made laughter-tears stream down your cheeks? Well, we’re giving away two […]
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Lookbook of the Day: R.A.W. Textiles’ “The Work Cycle”
R.A.W. Textiles‘ Rio Wrenn has taken her company—the backbone of which is her hand-dye technique, which involves everything from rust to squished bugs—in many different directions over the years, from hang-able art to one-of-a-kind corsetry. For Fall/Winter ’14, she is focusing on scarves, in a collection called “The Work Cycle,” a tarot theme that goes […]
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Content 2014 at Ace Hotel
Saturday at Ace Hotel was the annual fashion installation show Content—in which fashion designers, perfumers, home goods manufacturers, florists, and more are given free reign over the guest rooms on the hotel’s second floor—and it was another doozy, representing some of the city’s finest brands (shout-out to Seattle menswear designer Doberman, whose quilted denim pieces […]