
STYLE FEATURE
Portland’s Newest Bridge Meets the City’s Sharp Architectural Fashion
Tilikum Crossing serves as a fitting stage for local designers' structured and trussed dresses, suits, and separates.
The newly opened Tilikum Crossing has unleashed an architectural specimen of soaring cables and brawny concrete spanning the Willamette River. With a similar dual focus on style and structure, local designers Liza Rietz, Emily Bixler, and Alexa Stark inspire with exquisitely tailored, multidimensional fashion.

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Liza Rietz asymmetrical tiered dress, $375 at Six/Seven; boots and knee-highs, stylist’s own.

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Alexa Stark Sitzler dress with fiber sleeve details by felt artist Tash Wesp, $650 at alexastark.com.

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6/7 (a collaboration between Liza Rietz and Emily Bixler) cropped bias tank ($98) and scoop pant ($236), and Boet by Emily Bixler artichoke armor necklace ($425), all at Six/Seven (811 E Burnside St, #111, shopsixseven.com); heels, model’s own.