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It's official. According to local designer, business owner and coproducer of Fashion Week, Mitra Chester, the two biggest fashion shows of Eugene Fashion Week will be hosted at The Shedd, May 3 & 4. Beautiful clothes in a beautiful venue? We're in. Belly and Oak Street Speakeasy will be hosting the smaller runway shows. Continue reading
EUGENE, Ore., April 2015: The fifth annual Eugene Fashion Week is only days away and the Eugene Garment House is a beehive of activity. Frenzied designers dart around the open space on the third floor of the Woolworth Building overlooking Willamette Street, colorful swatches of fabric tucked under their arms and pincushions wrapped around their wrists. Apprentices hurriedly reorganize racks of fluttering paper patterns and sample garments while production sewers put the finishing touches on a pair of couture overalls and a hemp wedding gown. Continue reading
“I definitely eat,” aspiring model and Eugenean Ayuni Kelton says with a smirk. “I do try to eat clean but I’m not going to deny myself a cheeseburger.” With one look at Kelton you know she is unusually beautiful. But there’s more to her than long legs, a thin shape, gorgeous hair and stunning complexion. She may be beautiful but she’s got substance, she’s got spunk and she’s ready to kick ass. She effortlessly proves all of the typical assumptions about fashion models false. Continue reading
The streets of Eugene are filled with treasures: free boxes overflowing, Dumpsters unlocked and waiting to be searched, all of it yours for the taking. All you need is a good eye, a little bit of imagination and maybe some rubber gloves. All of these clothes were found in free boxes around Eugene and have been dressed up with shoes and accessories from my collection. Blue and white polka dot dress Continue reading
Revivall Clothing by Laura Lee Laroux Spandex Body by Marcia Lent-Knee Make Me by Rebecca Welton Revivall Clothing by Laura Lee Laroux Continue reading
EDITOR’S NOTE: EW first profiled Alli Ditson in 2009 when she was a 20-year-old designer, just getting started. Three years later, she’s still going strong. What have you been working on lately? Continue reading
Tucked away in the sleepy corner of a west Eugene neighborhood is the workspace and studio of leatherworker Amber Jensen. The entire place is militantly organized — an arts bunker — with waxed canvas, rivets, bags, production tables and tools at the ready. Continue reading
Photographs by Rob Sydor. click any image to see a slide show. Continue reading
Allihalla by Alli Ditson Man shorts by Jeremy Covert Shady lady by Annie Rupp Revivall clothing by Laura Lee Laroux Spandex Body + Richard Quigly by Marcia Knee Continue reading
As promised, here’s the sixth and final piece in a series of longer Q&As with the designers featured in this week’s fashion issue. AUGURY by Rebecca Fischer, 34 Continue reading