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A Portland Fashion Events Calendar

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A Guide to Portland Fashion, From Stripper Clothes to Mom Jeans

Welcome to the 2018 Style Issue.

Three NBA Jersey Collectors Show Off Their Rarest Finds

WW sought out Portland-area jersey-philes and asked them about their most prized finds.

Your Mom and Dad Are Suddenly Stylish. Here’s How to Get the Look.

Walk up Burnside on any given day and you’ll find roving packs of hip millennials emulating the style of a senior citizen cycling club, with socks pulled high and jeans even higher.

Portland Guerrilla Fashion Collective Cvllejerx Finds Beauty In the Bins

Cvllejerx (pronounced “kuhl-yuh-HEHR-ex”) is not exactly a fashion line. It’s sold a few clothes through its guerrilla fashion shows, but has no retail platform or commercial ambitions.

Terasa Gilliam Makes the Clothes Portland’s Strippers Love to Take Off

“Clothes for strippers” might read like an oxymoron. But stripping requires a work wardrobe far broader than that of a typical office drone.

A Browse Through Portland’s Best New Boutiques

Talking shops.

Shopping Local Is One Way to Stop the Destructiveness of the Trump Regime

Since November, local retailers tell us they’ve had lean times, pummeled by the sour mood of local consumers and the ever-creeping cost of existence here. Our city government’s bungled response to the snow caused two lost sales weekends, turning a tough situation into a near crisis.

We Asked People What Their Favorite Clothing Store in Portland Is

Here’s where stylish people buy their clothes. Photos by Christopher Garcia Valle.

The NBA’s Great Forgotten Shoe Endorsements

In the sneaker world, the endorsement often makes the brand. Would Nike have become a worldwide giant if it had made Air Sam Bowies? Would Adidas still exist today if it bet on Vitaly Potapenko becoming the breakout star of the 1996 draft over Kobe Bryant? Would even Portland’s most dedicated Blazers fan ever be caught dead rocking a pair of Meyers Leonard Signatures?

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