Portland Fashion Shows

I don't usually partake in the fashion shows going on in October in this city. This year I went to a few, and have another to go to on Sunday evening (Content '09), should be neat.

Last Friday I went to the best fashion show I have ever seen. It was called The Procession. Pinkham Millinery created the hats, and local designers the garments. The location was top secret. When I pulled up, I realized that the show was in a cemetery! The weather could not have been more perfect. Here is a photo from local photographer Pete Springer:

Also a write up with some more photos.

Not sure how anyone is going to top this, but it sure beats the hell out of overpriced, late starting events.

Fall Production

Fall production has been going nicely. I have quite a bit of material cut out, and am finishing up my designs and will be cutting the remainder in the upcoming weeks. Here is a sneak peak of one of my sweaters being laid up and getting ready to cut out. (I LOVE the 7 yard long cutting table at my work).


I am very excited to announce that I am joining work spaces with 2 of my best friends Sarah Wallace of Lucia Apparel, and Carolyn Hart of Carolyn Hart Designs. We move into our space on July 1. VERY exciting. We all feel like real live professionals. It will be so nice to be able to ride my bike a short distance and be able to access a studio workspace 24/7. The only thing I am not looking forward to is moving my Juki serger down and then up stairs, it weighs a ton. Good thing I have some strong friends. We have jokingly named it the "S.A.C." studio, after a joke we had in school, and our initials, duh.

I am also going to be doing a photo shoot for a model with Pete Springer. Pretty exciting, the gal is super cute, and they are going to use my fall clothing for the shoot. I am really excited about that, since Pete is a great photographer, and I haven't done a "organized" fashion shoot with hair and make up in ages.

On a totally non-apparel related note, I got a word into Urban Dictionary It is "bodangle". Click the link, and give it a thumbs up if you like it. I didn't make the word up, but use it quite frequently.