It’s been just a few short months since Hazel Cox and business partner Genevieve Dellinger shuttered the much-loved Denwave boutique in the bustling 811 E Burnside, and opened her solo venture, Hazel Grayslayer in the same building. She’s since been juggling her substantial wholesale business and store hours, using Grayslayer double duty as studio and […]
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Recession Relief
The recession’s a bummer, but the silver lining I suppose is that spots like Sotto Boutique are trying to keep their prices accessible by offering various deals. A locally based online boutique, Sotto is offering 25% off all purchases until June 15—just enter the code “relief” at checkout. They stock womens clothing and accessories from […]
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“It’s The Shoes”
Classic Air Jordan Sneakers Aren’t Just a Fashion Statement, They’re an Obsession. Just Ask the Guys Who Will Do Anything to Get Them
It’s 6:30 in the morning, pouring rain, and I’m standing outside Niketown with 20 other people watching a man in a shirt and tie hand out copies of The Watchtower. I’m under-caffeinated, wet, and amused by the fact that this Jehovah’s Witness doesn’t realize this crowd already has a god to worship—the Air Jordan. “I […]
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Mercury Fashion Show Winners!
Photography by Tim Gunther Makeup and Hair by Erin Walters The Winner of the Third Annual Mercury Spring Fashion Show… LEANIMAL Leanne Marshall is the creator of Leanimal, the line that won the Jury Award at the Mercury‘s third annual spring fashion show on April 22. Marshall also happens to be a graphic designer at […]
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Fresh Crop
Meet the Designers of the Mercury‘s Spring Fashion Show
Photography by Tim Gunther Does Portland need another fashion show? That was the question the Mercury faced when it came time to contemplate our third annual showcase of local fashion talent. Boutiques now frequently hold fashion shows to display their latest merchandise, last year we were home to two Fashion Weeks, and moreover, fashion seems […]
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Shop This Town
A Directory of Portland Boutiques
8 Women 3614 SE Hawthorne, 236-8878 This lingerie-oriented store stocks lingerie, sleepwear, and loungewear for women of all ages, plus handbags and jewelry from local creators. Alteration Nation 3953 SE Hawthorne, 234-2045 Specializes in goth, fetish, punk, and industrial gear, like sky-high industrial metal-plate platform boots by Demonia, as well as corsets, body jewelry, and […]
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Mercury‘s 2005 Charity Gift Auction Winner
Teen Beat-style Pin-Up!
Congratulations to Paloma Clothing, winners of the Mercury‘s 2005 Charity Gift Auction item “Win a Teen Beat-style Pin-Up in the Mercury!” who would like to remind you to support local businesses by shopping Portland’s independent boutiques! Stop by Paloma (6316 SW Capitol Hwy), and find more goodies in the 2006 Mercury Charity Gift Auction, coming […]
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Fashion of Fall
Prepare Your Fall Wardrobe NOW—with Help from Portland’s Best Designers and Their Latest Show, the Collections
Photography by Angela Cash Say good-bye to the playful days of summer. And while carousing on the grass in the rompers and ruffles of this past spring and summer’s collections may have been what we needed after a long winter, it’s time to welcome back fall—and a return to a slightly more formal, more mature […]
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Wearing it Out
Style and Substance Clash Once Again
Portland’s caught a fashion bug all right, and with typical lack of focus, its influence is bleeding into arts from the visual to the performative. In oh-so-Northwest DIY, tailoring-be-damned style, October First Thursday’s aptly named “On A Limb, By A Thread” art-meets-runway-show performance exemplified the extreme, chaotic end of things—even employing reaction-baiting elements like blackface […]
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A Tale of Two Fashion Weeks
Portland Joins Paris and New York in Promoting Local Designers—Now with TWICE the Fashion!
We may be small, but we’re nimble. Unlike San Francisco, which is only on its second year of joining established fashion capitals like New York and Paris in hosting “Fashion Week(s),” Portland is already on its third consecutive year of showcasing local designers, with a sprawling schedule of shows spread through September 16. And, if […]
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Southwest Stereotype
SW: Adam Arnold jacket at Adam Arnold Studio; Acne Jeans leather tie, at Lit; belt, jeans, jewelry, and boots, model’s own. Hair by Joe V. Makeup by Laura Leiby for Execute. Model: Jedediah of Diamond Tuck. Eye candy: Sexkimo, Coco Delite.
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Shop Downtown
Avalon 410 SW Oak, 224-7156 Wonderfully cluttered, well-selected vintage and antique treasures. A downtown staple. Ray’s Ragtime 1001 SW Morrison, 226-2616 Formerly jammed into a pair of neighboring, intensely cluttered storefronts, Ray’s Ragtime has relocated to a much more breathable and hospitable space, making it one of the best vintage spots downtown, now that you […]