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The time has passed for gentle chiding. It is absolutely inadvisable at this point to delay your Christmas shopping any further. I know, I know, even though I have been publicly urging people to get started on this since summer was barely over, even I haven’t actually managed to crawl out of semi-hibernation to get […]

Portland has been defining itself in the fashion world recently, happily capitalizing on the new international focus on “green” and “sustainable” everything—from dog food to haberdashery. Through increasing media exposure, the city is claiming its rightful stake as the ancestral land of environmentally minded design innovation. And while nowadays it’s perfectly standard to see highfalutin’ […]

Perhaps you are more gifted in the art of personal finance than I. As the holidays loom near, I am leery of spending anything on myself. And it’s all for the sake of my loved ones, for whom I am staving off in order to deliver a round of Christmas gifts. Friday is, of course, […]

Imagine if we lived in a season-less, controlled temperature environment, and you could forget about what month is on the calendar and just wear whatever you wanted—sweaters in July, bikinis in January. While somewhat appealing, I wonder how many would bundle up all the time, relieved not to have to deal with a “swimsuit season,” […]

Oddly enough, when Local.35 first opened its doors on prime real estate on SE Hawthorne, there weren’t many stores in Portland like it. Since then, the personally curated, locally owned boutique has been sprouting up all over town, peppering every neighborhood, and helping Portland become the underrated shopping destination it is. And for Justin Machus, […]

The crowd was thick at last Friday’s finale of Portland Fashion Week, a night that included everything from stripper superhero gear (Urban Metallics) to darling pieces you’d wear to meet your boyfriend’s granny (Leanimal, Magalí Corzo, Eden Dawn Apparel). Much of what was shown is familiar to those who’ve attended past events thrown in association […]

Hundreds made the two-elevator pilgrimage up to the top floor of the “Stinky Pinky” [US Bancorp Tower] for the inaugural Portland Fashion Week show last Friday, October 20—although most of the familiar faces that habitually haunt Portland fashion events were absent. But with a couple more nights bringing up the rear of Portland Fashion Week, […]

We’re really pulling up the rear here. In a season of fashion weeks around the globe, Portland’s small and relatively novel series of events is one of the last, well behind the grand affairs of Paris, New York, and Milan, and even trailing second-tier cities like Los Angeles. Or rather, one can think of it […]

Not to insinuate that you are easily swayed by alcohol (ahem), but sometimes it takes a little fanfare to remind us when and where to shop. Luckily, the world of commerce is keen to spur you on, plunging into the pre-holiday season of shopping events, where sales, performances, special deals, and (often free) booze are […]

As we take a breather between the year’s two major fashion weeks (September’s the Collections, and Portland Fashion Week, which begins October 20), biding our time with internet links to other fashion weeks around the globe (New York, London, Milan), there is one Portland designer who is currently the busiest of them all: Magalí Corzo. […]

While it may be the byproduct of gentrification and other popular controversies, for the purposes of this column all I care about is that shopping on North Mississippi is getting better and better. There’s the Memoir/Duchess shop (909 N Beech), where you can find clothing made from vintage patterns, plus custom suits and paper goods. […]

It may not have been as attention grabbing as the demise of Marshall Fields, but it’s still hard for Portlanders not to notice that the familiar Meier & Frank store downtown has been transformed into Macy’s. Having acquired May Department Stores in February of ’05, Federated Department Stores (the huge corporation behind Macy’s), is converting […]