What’s Your Favorite Way to Stay Cool?

Our favorite Portland looks this week.

(Sam Gehrke)
By Sam Gehrke
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"Long walks and staying in the shade."

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"Loose, baggy clothing all day."

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"I'm about to get one of those handheld fans so I can stay cool wherever I go."

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"We both like swimming to stay cool."

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"Lots of basketball shorts—but fashionable ones. And no socks after June 1."

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"I don't stay cool—I wear long sleeves no matter what. I do it for the fashion."

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"Drinking lots of Lebronald Palmers at Deadstock."

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"Stay as close to being naked as possible."

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"Getting out early to walk around."

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Sam Gehrke

Sam Gehrke

Sam Gehrke is a photographer born in Milwaukee, WI in 1990 and raised in Eugene, OR. He moved to Portland in 2016 to pursue photography, quitting his full time job and diving head first into an independent career. His work has since appeared in Vice Magazine, OPB, The Fader, Vortex Music Magazine and Premier Guitar Magazine.

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