Let’s talk about Alicia Wood.
In a sentence: She’s the fashion designer behind the label Ms. Wood.
Although you probably already know that. How can you not? She’s everywhere. A Portland success story. She and her husband Ben Wood (who crafts all of the Ms. Wood wooden accessories and platform shoes), are an undeniable force in our city’s ever-growing fashion scene. Ms. Wood, in the last year, has been featured in seemingly every magazine, blog, and newspaper around town, recently spotted hanging with the most stylish pets in PDX at Boutiques Unleashed, featured all over etsy.com, and her ubiquitous platforms were just paired with Seth Aaron’s new Ready-to-Wear line at LA Fashion Week. As if that wasn’t enough, rumor has it one of the PFW 2010 Makeup artists is now touring with the Royal Badness himself, Prince (yes the Prince). And she has spread the stylish Ms. Wood word to his backup singers who are now bonkers for Alicia’s wearables.
Fresh Talent at PFW’s Emerging Designer Competition
Phase one of CATAPULT, Portland Fashion Week’s emerging designer competition, took place yesterday, August 22, 2010, in Portland’s Pearl District. Nine designers showed up for the chance to move on and become a finalist and get the opportunity to present their Spring/Summer 2011 Collections on October 7, 2010 at Portland Fashion Week. The winner will receive a prize package that will help “catapult” them on their way, which includes marketing consultation with a PR firm, graphic design and photography for a lookbook, production run to help start producing their brand, and an all inclusive collection show at Portland Fashion Week 2011.
