Small Business

Orox Leather's Storefront Smashed and $26,000 of Product Stolen

The locally owned, family business has been broken into twice in a month in middle-of-the-night attacks.

03/11/2021 By Eden Dawn

Shopping

Need New Glasses? Here are the Local Spots to Outfit Your Face.

Portland has loads of stylish options for the 164 million Americans who wear glasses.

02/12/2021 By Eden Dawn

Fashion News

After 23 Years, Queen Bee Is Packing Up Their Trademark Bags

Owner Rebecca Pearcy has decided to cease production on her popular bag line and tells us what she has planned for the next chapter.

10/01/2019 By Eden Dawn

Style

These 4 Women Are Behind Some of Portland’s Bloodiest, Weirdest, and Coolest Special Effects Makeup

Sculpting demon faces, seeping wounds, and wrinkles for TV and movies keep these local special-effects makeup artists busy.

05/28/2019 By Eden Dawn

Style

Meet Dayna Pinkham, Portland's World-Class Hatmaker

In her downtown shop, the master milliner crafts hats for stars—and for everyday Portlanders, too.

01/29/2019 By Eden Dawn

Design

Your Crazy Idea for a Sock Design Could Become Reality

Sock It to Me hosts its 14th annual Design-a-Sock contest, featuring special guest judges like Lil Bub the cat.

09/25/2018 By Allison Place

Lookbook

This Portland Jewelry Designer Won Over Cynthia Nixon

Leslie Paige Smith's weird and wonderful baubles spent the summer getting the A-list treatment.

09/11/2018 By Eden Dawn

Straw Awe

You Can Now Wear a Reusable Stainless Steel Straw around Your Neck

Portland company Dräenk wants you to "embräece the plastic straw ban."

08/23/2018 By Rebecca Jacobson

Spotlight

At Portland's Orox Leather, Generations of Mexican Artisanship Live On

From Oaxaca to Old Town, a family business just keeps getting better.

06/28/2018 By Eden Dawn

Design

Vero Watch Company Releases New Series in Collaboration with Wildwood

This Friday, party down and behold the brand's newest timepiece.

06/21/2018 By Talullah Plummer-Blanco

Lookbook

Stop Everything and Look at These Amazing Portland-Made Leather Goods

Minnie and George goes the extra mile with a stunning fall lookbook.

11/06/2017 By Eden Dawn

Happenings

September Is Packed to Bursting with Fashion Events

From jewelry pop-ups to plus size perfection, here's everything happening in style this month.

09/12/2017 By Eden Dawn

Division/Clinton: Oddities

5 Places That Exist Only in Portland's Division/Clinton Neighborhood

You want Old Portland? We've got your Old Portland—and then some.

08/08/2017 Edited by Kelly Clarke

Lookbook

A New Jewelry Lookbook Submerges Models in Milk

Gem Gem's new accessory images go full lactose.

07/18/2017 By Eden Dawn

Style

Take a Peek at Portland's Best Eyewear

From throwback John Lennon rounds to lenses that support kittens, the days of mall shopping for glasses are over.

07/10/2017 By Eden Dawn

Ideas & Innovations 2017: On the Watch

Local Watchmaker Vero Scours the World to Make a Portland Timepiece

Starting retail price: $2,900.

06/12/2017 By Zach Dundas

Winning Finds

Swinging Cocoon Chairs to Leather Handbags, June's Best Local Stuff

Our favorite finds of the moment.

05/15/2017 By Eden Dawn

West End: Shopping

Where to Shop In Portland's West End

Modern housewares to eclectic, high-end local designs, this pocket of downtown is a treasure trove for chic shoppers.

05/15/2017 Edited by Kelly Clarke By Staff

Style News

Fetch Eyewear Reopens after Massive Gas Explosion

After losing everything in October's gas explosion, Fetch reopens in a new spot on NW 23rd, celebrating with adoptable animals and doughnuts April 29–30.

04/28/2017 By Eden Dawn

Steals & Deals

Spend Your Black Friday Money at One of These 220 Portland Shops

The collaborative, city-wide Little Boxes shopping event returns for a sixth go-around after pouring half a million dollars into the local economy just last year. Be part of the fun.

11/21/2016 By Eden Dawn

Portland Monthly

Accessories

Orox Leather's Storefront Smashed and $26,000 of Product Stolen

Need New Glasses? Here are the Local Spots to Outfit Your Face.

After 23 Years, Queen Bee Is Packing Up Their Trademark Bags

These 4 Women Are Behind Some of Portland’s Bloodiest, Weirdest, and Coolest Special Effects Makeup

Meet Dayna Pinkham, Portland's World-Class Hatmaker

Your Crazy Idea for a Sock Design Could Become Reality

This Portland Jewelry Designer Won Over Cynthia Nixon

You Can Now Wear a Reusable Stainless Steel Straw around Your Neck

At Portland's Orox Leather, Generations of Mexican Artisanship Live On

Vero Watch Company Releases New Series in Collaboration with Wildwood

Stop Everything and Look at These Amazing Portland-Made Leather Goods

September Is Packed to Bursting with Fashion Events

5 Places That Exist Only in Portland's Division/Clinton Neighborhood

A New Jewelry Lookbook Submerges Models in Milk

Take a Peek at Portland's Best Eyewear

Local Watchmaker Vero Scours the World to Make a Portland Timepiece

Swinging Cocoon Chairs to Leather Handbags, June's Best Local Stuff

Where to Shop In Portland's West End

Fetch Eyewear Reopens after Massive Gas Explosion

Spend Your Black Friday Money at One of These 220 Portland Shops