Portlandia Abroad

On Carrie: Kate Towers Dipped Tulip dress, $350 at katetowers@gmail.com
On Fred: Calvin Klein two-button black blazer, similar available at Macy’s; Found Item Clothing Classic Tuxedo T-shirt, $22 at founditemclothing.com

Image: Michael Cogliantry

How can I get me hams on one of them? And the book.
Posted by Rebecca over 1 year Ago
as a portlander and hater of all things mall like, having the models, carrie and fred wear items from macy's is the antithesis of portlandia. there are a number of local designers that could/should have been utilized instead. Columbia, Nike, Adidas, Norm Thompson, are all local as well as internationally recognized. Once again the Portland Monthly has shown me that their staff is out of touch with the real portland.
Posted by reb16 over 1 year Ago
Do you both know you click on the passport to see more? Even so that was right, actually several of those aren't very Portlandy. That's a good new Portland word, Portlandy. Most of those clothes look like 50's clothes or Alaskan clothes, not much imagination in those like Portland clothes at all. For instance even a Portlander goes to a thrift store, most Portlanders will pick the ones that are pretty hip. Those clothes you can't say were hip at all, so agree with them you did miss the mark on the Portland clothes thing that time Portlandia.
Posted by Tasha over 1 year Ago
Local item checklist: Found Item Clothing Shirts Holly Stalder dress Veronica Chenvert custom shirts Demimonde necklace Locket 2 You necklace Kate Towers dress Swim trunks from Popina Pendleton - multiple items Columbia - multiple items And a few items from Macy's! -The out of touch stylist who also happens to be a fashion editor that cheerleads her city (aka Eden Dawn)
Posted by Eden Dawn over 1 year Ago
This show epitomizes to me the junior-high cafeteria maturity level of my formerly fair city's faddish self-obsession. I miss the old unpretentious blue-collar town, much as I miss the Seattle of my childhood. I would actually consider moving to Colorado or Minnesota to leave this farcical tourist trap for dilettante real estate tycoons, wanna-be musicians, and unupwardly-interested hobos.
Posted by Corwin over 1 year Ago
I am not very hip and too old to be pretentious AND I live in Portlands way less glamorous suburb Beaverton.....I thought it was hilarious. And local and relevant if you know Portlandia.....thanks for my daily smile
Posted by Laurie over 1 year Ago
I think they did a good job of getting the Portland look, a near impossible feat considering the dwindling ratio of natives to imports, combined with the fact that we pride ourselves on being a collective of individual, unique little snowflakes. I'm not sure I'd want to see the outfit that perfectly encompasses Portlanders in every way - even if it were possible, no one would want to wear it.
Posted by Karen B over 1 year Ago
Thank you for capturing "my" Portland here. Portland lights it's own energy blip on the fashion, food, urban planning, arts...and heart, radar. I liken it to being in a crowded room listening to former President Clinton speak and feeling convinced he is speaking just to me. However controversial on the outside, there is a uniquely charming, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm "pass" , granted to humanity here. Maybe it is all the oxygen from the tree lined streets, the intelligent transportation, the priority of the pedestrian, the ratio of person to space or just the abundance of quality wine, brew and ______?! In all the criticism about Portland by Portlanders or for that matter, America by Americans;cherish the fact that we CAN! We are in the place that we individually shape it to be. And in Oregon, we generally do this with politeness, a sense of humor, in quality footwear.
Posted by Cara Lee over 1 year Ago

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