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—There’s more Portland-made apparel to be had from SE Hawthorne’s Mink boutique. Owner Carla Mink’s eponymous line of mid-priced womenswear features dresses and separates in a slew of new prints, and their in full force now for the spring/summer season.

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—Newish downtown store West End Select Shop is on that lookbook train. Their submission for spring is called “First Light”—see more images on their home page.

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—If you’ve been shopping for a new place to get your hair done—a more modern place, perhaps—enter de stijl. Recently opened by husband and wife team Sean and Aryn Hogan, it’s meant to be “a modern space, created to encourage and nurture creativity.” It takes its name from the Dutch design movement, and the Hogans built and designed “virtually every element” along with Portland artist Damien Gilley. They even made some videos of the space coming together, like this one:

Marjorie Skinner is the Portland Mercury's Managing Editor, author of the weekly Sold Out column chronicling the area's independent fashion and retail industry, and a frequent contributor to the film and...