Fashion I don't often get naked in public. Now, I've occasionally shed my chemise for an arty college photo shoot, but the path of my life hasn't offered many opportunities to flash my rack. Maybe that's ...   More

Fashion If you're at all follicle-forward, you've probably noticed Portland's recent salon boom. Now, it's not so much that there's been a spike in the quantity of local hair haciendas. I'm talking about ...   More

Fashion While lovers may be shacking up right and left, when it comes to cohabitation the business world is a bunch of singletons. But Portland designers and shop owners aren't so afraid of commitment. Lo ...   More

Fashion Thank god the knitting craze is upon us, just in time for sweater weather. Vogue Knitting is flogging a book devoted to shrugs and mufflers crafted by famous fingers--Daryl Hannah, Eartha Kitt, Vann ...   More

Fashion I recently got the following letter from a reader. Dear Ms. Dye,Practical or not, I can no longer deny I want to make a career in fashion.... Could I get your honest opinion on the feasibility of ma ...   More

Fashion The fashion gods have finally heard your prayers. Right now, the sky is opening up over all over our city and raining down chic little (and not so little) boutiques. OK, maybe autumn's freshest tren ...   More

Fashion Right now, our city is a three-ring circus, packed with public exhibitions and events designed to draw attention to our creative scene.Three events fall under one big tent known as the "Portland Des ...   More

Fashion Portland. Fashion. Week. In a few days those words will come together to form an event unlike anything this city has ever seen. Portland has been bustling out runway romps for years now, but who k ...   More

Fashion With last Friday's fashion show in his brand-new atelier, it appears that Adam Arnold has finally arrived. But truth is, Adam actually arrived in Portland a year and a half ago. That's when he qui ...   More

Fashion Remember 1994? That's when "Cerebral America" was besotted with identity politics. It was the year of sensitivity workshops and "condoms are fun" campaigns. The coolest thing to be was biracial, b ...   More