Crystal Ballroom, 1332 W Burnside, Thursday June 30, 6 pm, $15-$45, all ages
Online retailer ModCloth will be opening a brick and mortar store during the month of July at Pioneer Place Mall as part of its In-Real-Life (IRL) Tour. Portland is the third stop on its five-city IRL tour and was an obvious choice as it’s one of the retailer’s top-performing cities. Offerings include a curated collection of ModCloth styles chosen specifically for Portland, including dresses, separates, shoes, graphic tees, accessories, home decor, one-of-a-kind vintage pieces, and local wares from Portland artists.
Pioneer Place Mall, 700 SW 5th, Friday July 1- Sunday July 31
An exhibition called The Topography of Urban Decay will open at AFRU Gallery and will "explore how urban decay has impacted Detroit and Columbus and how it might be impacting Portland, with its latest issues of gentrification and restructuring." The exhibit will include looks from Guildhall Clothier and Fresh Cut Textiles, and "all fabric was buried in Columbus and Detroit, hand-felted, and naturally dyed to create every unique piece in this collection, whispering aspects of the midwest Rust Belt." The exhibit is on display through the end of July.
AFRU Gallery, 534 SE Oak, Friday July 1, 6 pm-midnight
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Because nail art is ALL the rage right now,Perican Bing will host Meghann Rosales of Austin’s Nails Y’all for a pop-up nail event. Choose from a special Portland nail art menu featuring custom pet portraits and other original designs, and receive 15% off all in-store purchases. Pricing: Custom pet portraits: $10/each; Art: $7/nail or $10/2 nails; Solid color: $1/nail.
Perican Bing, 1620 SE Claybourne, Saturday July 2, 3:30-5:30 pm
I can’t think of a better reason to trek up to Seattle than this: World of Wearable Art, New Zealand’s largest art show, will make its North American premier at the EMP Museum on July 2nd. World of Wearable Art is an annual design competition and award show that has occurred in Wellington New Zealand for the past 28 years. The competition attracts hundreds of entries worldwide from fashion designers, artists, sculptors, architects, blacksmiths, illustrators, and costume-makers tasked with the mission to take “art off the wall and adorn onto the human form.” The exhibit will feature 32 garments from the permanent World of Wearable Art collection, including “Gothic Habit,” a three-dimensional replica of a Gothic cathedral by American designer Lynn Christiansen; “Persephone’s Descent,” a suit of armor made by Stuart Johnson, a New Zealand blacksmith and weapons maker for the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy; “Born to Die,” a dress made of cable ties woven into a sculptural “vertebrae” by design student Guo Xia Tong from China; and “Lady of the Wood,” a replica of a 17th-century ball gown made entirely of mahogany, lacewood, maple, and cedar by Alaskan carpenter David Walker. The exhibit will also feature a workroom for visitors to create their own piece of wearable art. The exhibit will be on display through January 2, 2017.
EMP Museum, 325 5th, Seattle, Opens Saturday July 2, on display through January 2, 2017
Bridge & Burn just released a limited run of espadrille flats. Available exclusively through Bridge & Burn in their Portland flagship store and online, the espadrilles come in two prints- the SS16 signature "Pacific Latitudes" print as well as the brand’s classic painted plaid print. This is the brand's first foray into footwear, and the limited-run espadrilles were made in a factory in Spain where this type of shoe first originated, constructed with a fabric upper, leather heel lining and jute sole.
And we'll end things with a lookbook by Tabor Made. "Dark/Summer, Tabor Made's second full cut and sew collection, is built around the idea of contrasts between light summer tones and deep black fabrics. A jet black overdyed twill anchors both the Ladru Kimono — a top that mixes the fit of a button-up and the detailing of a kimono — and the Vail Cropped Pant — an ankle length pant with the with the waist of a sweat pant and an exterior drawstring. The jet black tones of the Ladru and Vail are off set by the light summer tones of the Hudson dropback tee and Warner curved hem tee."
