I’m mentioning this in part to level the playing field after posting about boner-accommodating Speedos for men. Now, some German (I’m guessing dude) has invented the dissolving bikini, which appears like a normal, nondescript bikini until its seams fall apart on you seconds after you hit the water. Aside from the obvious concerns this generates, […]
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It’s about this time of year that I start to feel a creeping melancholy about the end of summer coming up, and I think I must not be alone in this, since the stretch between now and the holidays is punctuated yearly by fantastic, packed events that keep me distracted from the fact that the […]
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The Greatest Rock and Roll T-Shirt Story (In My Humble Opinion)
We are running an interview with the dreamy Joe Pernice—sigh—next week, but one part of our discussion that won’t make the piece is his amazing—sigh—story about how his “I Hate My Life” T-shirts ended up being unceremoniously donated to a homeless shelter in Vermont. Take it away, Joe. We were going to a show in […]
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Portland + Walt Whitman x Wieden + Kennedy = A Creepy Commercial for Levi’s
I’m not sure what to say about this other than, “Oh.” Apparently it’s part of a national ad campaign, not just regional. You may have seen it on The Twenty before a movie. I’d heard about it, but it’s darker than I expected it to be. Anyhow, I thought PDX should see it and know […]
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How to “Solve” the Boner/Speedo Problem
Someone in the office suggested that I post this over on MOD, but I’m sorry, the sensibilities over there are tad more refined than the ruffian ‘townie scene. Nonetheless, this has some relevance (?) in the waning days of (overcast, threatening-rain) summer. So… You know how you—okay maybe not you, but people?—wear Speedos? And you know […]
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Carson Ellis for Converse
Fans of Carson Ellis‘ work, most notably for the Decemberists (decorating their posters and album covers, bearing the lead singer a son), here’s your new must have in the shoe department: You’ll not only get to wear one of your favorite PDX artists every other day (it’s not good for you to wear the same […]
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Al Jaffee to Design T-Shirt for Plazm
Plazm recently announced that the January shirt in their Plazm Thread T-Shirt of the Month Club will be designed by MAD magazine’s Al Jaffee, creator of “Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions” and the magazine’s famous Fold-In covers. I’m going to wait and see what the design looks like before dropping $99 on a 6-month, 6-shirt […]
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The Last Splash
If you liked Forecast, the Mercury‘s most recent spring fashion show, then the next project coming up for our crew—myself, the illustrious promoter and event planner Connie Wohn, Mercury contributor Brett Glass, and Frances May‘s Pamela Baker-Miller—should be on your radar: It was born out of the fact that Connie, whose birthday is in January, […]
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Those Hello Kitty Sneakers Can Suck It
Remember the Hello Kitty sneakers from Friday? Yeah they can suck it: These were done up by Fuchsia Lin, who works in the costuming department of Portland Center Stage. I’ve just been sent a flurry of startling images of her clothing… …and am trying to find out more. Hit up MOD to know when I […]
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Too Twee or Not Too Twee?
Friday afternoon fashion poll! Hello Kitty Sneakers: YES or NO? More fashion ephemera on MOD, and big ups to High Snobette.
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Minhternet Video: Nightvision
Frequent Mercury contributing photographer Minh Tran just sent me his video project, “Nightvision.” Part documentation of what the kids are doing and wearing while you’re home asleep, part lovenote to PDX’s DJ and club scene, it is perhaps overlong, but filled with flattering images of tipsy young things. In other words, you can probably take […]
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Get Yer Dave Chapelle in PDX Memorial Gear!
As I was standing around outside PGE Park Saturday night biting into a delicious Koi Fusion spicy chicken taco, this guy rode up on a bike hawking homemade Dave Chapelle memorial shirts for 15 bucks. “But the show did happen,” I said. “Yeah, but a lot of people couldn’t hear at all,” the seller explained.