Portland Fashion Examiner

Housing Works Fashion For Action

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:14:25 -0700

Last week I was very lucky to be on the gala committee for a charity that I really love; Housing Works. They are a fantastic charity in NYC where you donate clothing, accessories or housing goods, which they then re-sell at their several ...

Portland Pop-Up Shops!

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:42:10 -0700

I just love this story. The Portland Business Alliance saw there are a bunch of for rent commercial spaces available downtown and came up with a brilliant idea to make use of them while still looking for new permanent tenants: Pop-up Shop...

Me on the CW

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:13:03 -0700

've been bad about updating, and that's totally lame of me. I have been traveling, and was without much computer access, and also just run down from traveling so much. Thankfully I am now back home AND I broke down and bought a laptop...

rag & bone at Mercantile

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:41:11 -0700

Ok peeps, listen up this is a major coup not only for the lovely people at Mercantile, but for Portland in general. The suave designers of rag & bone, Marcus Wainwright and David Neville, will be making an in store appe...

Fashionable or Fugly: Dita Von Teese

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:07:11 -0700

Dita Von Teese has always been a bit of a mystery to me. I know people love her, but I really don't get who she is or what she does, even though I've actually seen her perform once at a party for her signature flavor of Cointreau. She bas...

Hot Fashion Mess: Lindsay Lohan

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:25:11 -0700

Lindsay Lohan just goes from bad to worse doesn't she? This is a an ad shot for her leggings line, 6126. Who on earth thought this was a good idea? I mean, this picture is supposed to entice people into forking over $100 for legging...

Portland Fashion Synergy FUSE

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:10:27 -0700

On Friday night I was lucky enough to attend Portland Fashion Synergy's FUSE fashion show at the Portland Art Museum. Portland Fashion Synergy is run by lovely local designer Mai Tee and collaborates with a number of businesses and insti...

Look of the Week...... Paula Abdul?!

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:09:15 -0700

This is so confounding for me. I'm having trouble even typing the words, but somehow, someway, Paula Abdul actually looks pretty and demure. So much so that I think she's my look of the week. Could it be that maybe the drug sh...

Just because....

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:30:34 -0700

Is this really Britney?

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:25:24 -0700

I don't know if it's my humble blog or what, but apparently Britney is capable of dressing somewhat maturely on her own. Here she is grocery shopping, instead of on her standard Starbuck's run, and she surprisingly doesn't look like a trailer p...

Hot Fashion Mess: Britney Spears

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:26:04 -0700

Now, am I the only one who hoped with Britney's hugely successful comeback, now that she acts like a grown up she would also be dressing like one too? Seriously, what is this look here? I didn't cover her face too much because you have to...

Emmy Fashion Do's and Don'ts

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:53:53 -0700

The Emmy awards were presented on CBS last night, and I gotta say it was a rather lovely affair thanks in no small part to host and co-producer Neil Patrick Harris. The NPH was firing on all cylinders which helped create a well paced and witty ...

VH-1 Divas Do's and Don'ts

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:20:41 -0700

VH-1 brought back it's old Divas concert last night with a somewhat dubious troupe of "Divas". While most are talented and have good voices, it seems a little soon to tout the likes of teenage Miley Cyrus for all her vocal contributio...

Look of the Week: Selena Gomez

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:20:59 -0700

God can you imagine being 17 and getting to play dress up like this? Ms Selena Gomez is one lucky teenager. Here she is at the ALMA awards wearing a gorgeous Tracy Reese dress looking so elegant and flawless. I especially love the e...

Hot Fashion Mess: Drew Barrymore

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:36:19 -0700

Drew. Oh Drew. Sometimes you really make it hard to love you. First and foremost, let's talk about the hair. I mean..… dip dyed black fringed hair? What the what? I don't know that I've ever really seen this befor...

Windows Phone Designer Themes

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:55:01 -0700

New York Fashion Week is happening as I'm sure most of you know, and while every Tom, Dick and Harry is always trying to associate themselves nonsensically with the fashion world, here's something that I actually think is kinda interesting. Mic...

Dan Vickery Wins Fan Favorite On-Line Show

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:14:12 -0700

I suppose it's not a huge surprise that Dan Vickery has won the on-line show on HGTV. He should have won his own cable show, but since HGTV has its own agenda, we will all have to settle for this show. My dream would be for Dan's show to ...

Fashionable or Fugly: Whitney Port

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:40:40 -0700

The VMA's continue to be great fashion fodder this week, which makes me very excited for the upcoming Emmy awards. Hopefully I'll get a lot of inspiration from Sunday's event. Anyway, here we have Whitney Port of the Hills and the City p...

VMA Do's and Don'ts

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:33:05 -0700

MTV's Video Music Awards were actually quite good this year. The tribute to MJ, lead by a rather touching and eloquent Madonna, was smart and not overdone, but really it was all about the performances. So many fantastic, astounding moment...

Design Star

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:26:01 -0700

So, I know the Sunday night TV re-cap chatter is dominated by the VMA's today, but I wanted to talk about my favorite show, HGTV's Design Star, because last night was the big season finale. I am obsessed with that show, and it's true "Sta...