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Some people have such terrible, awful problems. Such as: what to wear on their winter vacations to warm places. Apropos of nothing, Retail Therapist dedicates this post to ending first-world, off-season wardrobe panic. Don a pair of special edition smoke and mirror-finish Raybans, imported direct from Italy in your favorite gelato colors, $139 at Optical Brokers. Wear this classy w...   More

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Interns always know what's what, so when Retail Therapist sees something different on one of Willamette Week's trainees, she knows to pay attention. On Brittany: a belted, Hermès-inspired scarf—paired with a skirt so short it owes grandmothers everywhere an apology....   More

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Retail Therapist is instinctively terrified of the newly-crowned tallest skyscraper of all time—the 160-story Burj Khalifa in the never understated city-state of Dubai. What better opportunity to discuss good tall versus bad tall? As a shining example of bad tall, we have the af...   More

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Mix one part Clear Creek Distillery Cranberry liqueur ($29) with five parts Argyle Brut sparkling wine ($28) and you have yourself an all-Oregon Kir Royale....   More

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Retail Therapist doesn't usually cover real estate on this blog, but this unique dwelling in the Clinton neighborhood—close to New Seasons and Genie's—was too interesting to pass up....   More

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Retail Therapist doesn't care how anti-celebratory you say you are about New Year's Eve. You're still going to end up drinking, and you know it. Of course you'll need to do so in a way that doesn't undermine your anti-social cred, which means you'll want something pompously obscure to drink alone while you're absolutely not marking the occasion of one year ending and a new one begi...   More

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So you didn't get the Zhu Zhu Hamster Num Num you wanted. Or even a Hamusuta, the Zhu Zhu wanna-be. So what? Salve your post-Christmas sorrows by making an investment in Christmas future. Head over to Anthropologie and pick up some of those previously preposterously-priced Christmas-themed accoutrements you passed on before the holiday for 50 percent off. Pictured: Fair Isle Sweat...   More

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Around tea time yesterday, Retail Therapist stopped by serial tea brand creator Steven Smith's new Portland outlet. It's a true, old-world-meets-new gem located next to Carlyle Restaurant on NW Thurman Street. The teamaker himself was in, and proudly gave us a tour of his new digs—complete with...   More

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As promised in last Friday's post about wide belts, here is a photo of the long down puffy coat (J. Crew, 2007) with Manhattan skyline belt from Anthropologie ($68)....   More

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SmartPark is sponsoring a "Parking Amnesty Day" on Saturday, December 26. If you pull into any one of the SmartPark garages between the hours of 10am–12:30pm that Saturday, you can park your car there all day for FREE. For a list of SmartPark garages, check out this handy online map: http://w...   More