Top Picks for FashionXT

Tonight kicks off the reincarnation of Portland Fashion Week into the newly remodeled FashionXT. As has happened every year for the last billion (real time 8) years, I will be front row for the shows applauding, raising eyebrows, Tweeting and, in general, pretending to be Anna Wintour (with longer hair and far more smiley). If you’re not familiar with all the names or who to be excited about, Shop Talk offers up picks for who we look forward to seeing.
If you can’t make it out to the shows, make sure to check back every day for our reviews and slideshows, in addition to live Tweets from the runway.
FashionXT Show and Market Location
Vigor Industrial Shipyard, Swan Island
5555 N. Channel Ave.
Portland OR 97217
Exhibits @ Lifestyle Plaza |
Runway Shows |
Post Show Market |
After-party* |
·Exhibits: 6pm |
Runway-seating 8pm |
Market Hour 9:15pm |
Saucebox 10pm |
Wed Oct 10 |
Runway Designers: Top Pick: After an impressive showing at last year's NYFW with his Project Runway finale collection of pretty Rorschac prints, we can't wait to see what Luna came up with for his Spring collection |
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Thursday Oct 11 |
Runway Designers: Top Pick: After winning last year's Catapult collection (and appearing in our January issue) we're excited to see what this Pendleton loving youngster has been up to in the last year. |
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Friday Oct 12 |
Runway Designers: Top Picks: Known in part for being last season's bully to Becky Ross, this alum just revealed his spot on the new season of Project Runway All Stars 2. We're itching to see if he shows something that lives up to that casting. |
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Saturday Oct 13 |
Runway Designers: Top Picks: All of them. Stephanie D. Couture has a history of showing flowing evening dresses that impress while Silvania is a new Portland designer on the scene. Both Gehlhausen and Costello are return vistors to Portland and sent beautiful looks down the runway last time. |