What do you you see here? Feel free to leave your psychologically revealing interpretations in the comments, but if you guessed “the new collaboration between artist Alyson Fox and go-to designer for hipster girls of Brooklyn Mociun!”, you would be correct. See more from the look book, selections of which are coming to Portland via […]
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Now You Too Can Dress Up as An Impotent Superhero!
When it was announced that Watchmen was finally gonna get made into a movie, fanboys across the internet cried out in terror and glee. Rumors and speculation and panic were loudly typed back and forth. But in all that limp-wristed hand-wringing, the focus of concern was always on the film itself—perhaps because the very notion […]
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More Pendleton for Opening Ceremony
Those of you who are excited about the collaboration between Portland’s Pendleton and Opening Ceremony might want to head here to read more about it, and click over on MOD to see more photos of the line. An outfit you can bring home to mama.
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Paris Menswear Fall 2009
Paris’ menswear shows concluded on Sunday, leaving with a full catalog to browse at our leisure. It seems now that the knee-jerk response to style in rough times has been too predictable. Even as I enthuse Pendleton’s reinventions and take pleasure in the comforting return to sensible decision making in fashion, I’m interested in those […]
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Ask Willow‘s Warwick Davis: What’s Val Kilmer Like?
Apparently, he gets this a lot. From the official F.A.Q. on the excellent warwickdavis.com: What was Val Kilmer like? During the shooting of ‘Willow’, I found Val to be a very helpful chap. He has a great sense of humor and liked to shock. A good example of this occurred when we were about to […]
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Check-Mate: Pendleton to Collaborate with Opening Ceremony
Oh hells, yes: Here’s another reason to scour local thrift stores for always-good Pendleton wool: Opening Ceremony (essentially to the USA what Colette is to France) and the century-old Oregon company are teaming up to make a collaborative line for men and women, set to hit stores in August. Frances May (1013 SW Washington) already […]
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Coraline Costume and Model Makers at Radish Underground
Getting excited about the release of Coraline animated creep-fest? Here’s the 3-D trailer to help get your psych on, so grab your handy 3-D glasses for the full effect. (What, you mean you don’t have a pair?) The premiere is kicking off the Portland International Film Festival this year, with a big fancy screening at […]
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Fritz Exec Wardrobe: $62.50
While her council colleagues are getting cruelly described in the Oregonian as “exceedingly stiff,” City Commissioner Amanda Fritz has embraced both snappy dressing, and the blogosphere since her previous council run, as a way to communicate with Portlanders, and I’d encourage you to add her personal blog to your RSS feed, if you haven’t already. […]
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Eleven Minutes
O.G. Project Runway winner Jay McCarroll (season one) is coming out with a documentary chronicling his career post-show, Eleven Minutes, and I am looking forward to how it will address the help/hurt dynamic of exposure in the fashion industry through reality TV. Because I actually care about some of these people. It will be in […]
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Nau Warehouse Sale Starts Today
The people over at Nau were kind enough to invite me to the VIP preview of their huge warehouse sale last night, where I scoped the crazy deals that are available starting today, from 10 am-8 pm (and tomorrow and Saturday from 11 am-8 pm, and Sunday 11 am-5 pm, at 525 NW 10th). Bring […]
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Sons of the Clash for Prada
A peek at the new Spring campaign for Prada menswear this spring, as shot by Hedi Slimane (a reportedly close buddy of our own hometown auteur Gus Van Sant), features the spawn of… the Clash. Paul Simonon was always the indisputable cute one and he and Tricia are responsible for the creation of Louis and […]
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The Nau Warehouse Sale
How do we feel about Nau these days? Do we wish they manufactured their product in the USA? I certainly do. Does it make a difference that they make an effort to be transparent about it, and why they’ve made those choices? I certainly think it helps. Widespread public opinion still contends that a company’s […]