Featured PFW 2011 Designer: Lenzanita
At PFW 2011 Lenzanita designer, Anita Kealey is presenting, S/S 2012 “Urban Geometrix” sustainable couture collection of bold, colorful patterns in sportswear, dresses and special occasion pieces featuring:
- PET
- Sonic fabric (recycled media tape)
- natural fibers: bamboo, hemp, linen, silk, wool and organic cotton
- Indigenous materials: discarded deer antlers and abandoned SD pheasant feathers
- hand loomed wool woven from SD grown sheep w/ dyed with natural dye (sage, onion skins).
Ms. Kealey is the designer behind the sustainable clothing lines as well as the Evenings by Design couture label seen on the “red carpet” and special event evening wear. The Anita Kathryn pageant footwear and Evenings by Design evening wear has graced the Miss America runway for over two decades and was one of the first to introduce green fashion and sustainability to the pageant runway. She is president and founder of The Design Studio, Inc., an award winning and innovative designer in both fashion and contract design. She is also Creative Director for the Institute of Design & Technology – SD She has received recognition over the past twenty-five years for her achievements and creative design solutions. Her work has been seen in many publications along with her historic loft and studio as featured on HGTV.
She proudly advocates that her garments are “Crafted with pride, made in the USA” as well as Dakota Made. She adds, “We all need to make a conscience effort to recycle, redesign and discontinue outsourcing the domestic jobs that supports of our own country’s economy.”
Lenzanita will be launching “Urban Geometrix” at Portland Fashion Week on Thursday, October 6th along with other leading sustainable designers from around the world. Doors @ 6pm / Show seating @ 8pm
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5555 N. Channel Ave., Swan Island
Portland, OR 97217
Industry&Art Exhibition at PFW 2011 Venue
Nearly two weeks before Portland Fashion Week 2011, Vigor Industrial Shipyard presents another event focusing on eco- consciousness and the arts. This Thursday, September 22nd, kicks off “Industry&Art: The River Runs Through Us” a juried exhibition of multimedia artists organized by the Working Waterfront Coalition (WWC). The four day long event serves to celebrate the relationship between the harbor industries’ people and businesses and the Portland community at large. Harbor businesses contribute tens of thousands of jobs to our local community and over a billion dollars to our economy. WWC is an organization of these businesses, all of which emphasize environmental health and want to ensure the continued vitality of the Portland Harbor. WCC president, Alan Sprott, expands on the idea: “The WCC recognizes that the first step in ensuring the continued vitality of harbor businesses is to engage the citizens of our community, to let them know who WWC is and the advocacy work it does to promote environmental, social and economic sustainability. What better what to do that than art?”
The exhibition includes paintings, sculptures, film and much more. Saturday and Sunday add activities for kids and families—jet boat tours, opportunities to board the last steam-powered tugboat built in the US, an upclose view of a WWII boat and raffles. Indusry&Art is free to the public with a suggested $5 donation. All proceeds from donations and activities plus a portion of the sale of art will go to industrial job training and environmental initiatives: two organizations that support critically important issues for the harbor businesses.
Show Dates & Times:
Thurs Sept. 22&Fri Sept. 23 10am – 6pm
Sat Sept. 24&Sun Sept. 25 (Family friendly) 11am – 7pm
Industry&Art takes place two weeks before Portland Fashion Week 2011, at the same location:
Vigor Industrial Shipyard on Swan Island
5555 N. Channel Avenue, Portland OR 97217
For more info on Industry&Art, check out http://www.industryandart.com/
Learn about the WCC at http://www.workingwaterfrontportland.org/
-Sarah Kiley
Featured PFW 2011 Designer: Anna Cohen
PFW 2011 IMPERIAL KNITS COLLECTION
Imperial Yarn, a division of Oregon’s historic Imperial Stock Ranch celebrates 140 years in continuous operation this year launching its first in-house hand knitwear collection of patterns, The Imperial Knits Collection. The collection was designed by internationally recognized sustainable designer and creative director Anna Cohen, and guest designers Chrissy Gardiner and Edie Eckman.
It is very rare for a hand knit collection of patterns to be featured on a ready-to-wear runway. The partnership between Imperial Yarn and Anna Cohen has been developing into a leading story of bridging urban and rural, fashion and craft, and bringing audiences and discerning consumers along on a journey back to the source, and the very roots of fashion. This presentation is made possible through the partnership of Imperial Stock Ranch and Iberdrola Renewables, working together toward a cleaner energy future and building local community.
Imperial Yarn and patterns can be found locally at Twisted where we invite you to join us for a trunk show of our collection, Friday October 7th from 4:00pm-6:00pm.
(Twisted 2310 NE Broadway, Portland OR 97232 503-933-1150)
*Please note that all woven and cut & sew knit styles shown are not part of the hand knit collection and have been sourced from previous Anna Cohen collections. 
Anna Cohen will be showing at Portland Fashion Week in collaboration with Imperial Ranch and Earthtec on Thursday, October 6th, alongside other leading sustainable designers from around the world.
Doors @ 6pm / Show seating @ 8pm -Sarah Kiley
5555 N. Channel Ave. , Swan Island
Portland, OR 97217
