Wednesday, October 6th.
Emily Christiansen is the creator of Filly designs who moved to Portland in the fall of 2007. In the midst of all the creative madness setting up the installations, I took a moment to examine Filly Design’s art piece. Not surprisingly, I felt a little more tranquil. The set up was very nice, and very Filly.
And look who loved the dog! Our Mayor Sam Adams.
(photo: OSI photography)
Emily Christiansen believes that she doesn’t need to throw sparkles all over a garment to make a statement. Rather, with undemanding details and soft neutral colors, the message Filly speaks is “admire and appreciate yourself, feel purposeful, sexy and comfortable in your own skin”. Filly Designs is a perfect representation of functional beauty.
Welcome to the the Sword + Fern Jungle cabana.
Emily Baker is the creative mind behind Sword + Fern and a native of Seattle Washington. Her passion lies in sustainable design and creating art out of what others overlook on a daily basis. Featured last night was her latest jewelry collection inspired by the beaches and forests she grew up in the company of.
All of the jewelry seen was handmade using natural and found materials like old car parts, recycled glass, leather, bone, driftwood, vintage chain, rusty metals and shell.
(photo: OSI photography)
It was an inspiring display giving the audience a first hand look at what nature gives us to work with turned into awesome jewelry!
According to Dawn Sharp, Winter is over (if you want it).
The concept of the presentation was something like a fierce-girl picket line for the releasing of Spring/Summer 2011, and we shouldn’t dare cross it.
The bold patterns and bright colors almost makes me want to skip winter and go straight for Dawn Sharp’s S/S 11 collection was up for grabs, consider me there! The models subtly demanded the audience’s attention, to say the least, and worked their magic with the audience.
Over the past few years, there’s been some panic over a dramatic decrease in the world’s honeybee population. Last night, in 6 simple steps, I was shown how I could prevent this problem from getting worse, one flower at a time.
Laura Allcorn is a honeybee enthusiast who Portland Fashion Week, the opportunity to imitate the pollination process just as a honeybee does. This installation certainly smelled great!
Who knew you could imitate the natural honeybee pollination process with a chic set of handmade “pollinating” jewelry?
IDOM never ceases to amaze, that’s for sure. Created by Modi Soondarotok, IDOM continues to liberate fashion from just plain ready-to-wear to wearable art
The drapery flows very gracefully from top to bottom, accenting the beautiful hues of gray and silver.
The little peacock dress had amazing colors and detail in the print,including orange and gray, two colors that don’t always go so well, but always work amazingly with IDOM.
The execution of the simple lines, playful silhouettes and modern appeal was spot on and definitely something IDOM has mastered. Can’t wait for more!
-Samantha
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