Here are the days you can catch the sale, from 11am-7pm:

November 18-21
November 24-25
November 27-29

• Vintage Blue Lace Dress from lulu'svintage.com

• Dog.

Here's the idea: Thirty local designers pieced together original clothes from trashed goods, like traffic cones, six-pack rings, bubble wrap and Sytrofoam. For one night only, the clothes are displayed on a stunning catwalk at the Crystal Ballroom at a fashion show MC'd by Mayor Sam Adams and our own Marjorie Skinner, who are forced to wear a top hat and vest, respectively, fashioned from old CDs. The whole thing raises awareness about the waste we create. It's a great idea and a great cause.

Before the show, hundreds of Portlanders packed the Crystal Ballroom, hot-gluing DIY corsages courtesy of SCRAP and generally having a good time. The live band was great, the fashion show set pieced together from giant Styrofoam blocks was stellar.

But once the show actually got going... eh. Marjorie and Mayor Adams were given WAY too long of scripts to read, filling the time between clothing sets with long minutes of forced banter that the audience quickly learned to tune out. It was an example of what should be the number one rule of hosting events: KEEP IT SHORT!

Some of the clothing pieces were cool, but nothing knocked me out and I got tired of the lack of variety—almost every piece in the show was either a wide, fluffy dress or a tight, sexy dress.

I also learned an important lesson: I suck at fashion photography. Below are a couple of the better photos I took of the pieces I most enjoyed, so you can at least get a gist of what went down.

• Old safety vest, maybe?

• Coffee filter and scrap ribbon dress — Adrienne Duckrow

• "Sunkissed" - beanbag and old screen-made dress from Kristin Olson-Huddle

• Bubble wrap jacket and old ticket hat

• Hooves for humans!

Bubble Boutique is kicking off the holiday party season this Thursday evening with a fashion show of holiday party looks from Karen Zambos, Susana Monaco, and Kyumi. Come by early for snacks and bubbly beginning at 6, with the show scheduled to begin at 7. (RSVPs are nice but not required.)

Come out and party!

-Receive Blush certificate equal to 10% of purchase
-New holiday products & our famous holiday gift sets
-Special deals throughout the store
-Tasty treats
-Free gift wrap
-Swag bag with purchase(while supplies last)
-Meet BareMinerals Regional Artist, Learn about the latest Skincare gadget "The Beam" from the creator, Get tips and tricks from one of Seattle's beauty insiders...

Apparently there's limited availability at this thing, so call 503.227.3390 to reserve your spot now!

Don't miss it!

There will be live music, food, and drinks! During the party Garnish is offering 20% off your entire purchase with the donation of a gently used clothing item. Additionally, Garnish will donate 10% of your purchase to Hope Dolls! Be there to make a difference, shop great new styles, and enjoy some partying fun!

If you can't make it to the party, don't fret, you can still donate and receive a 10% discount on any regularly priced item in the store through December 10th! Garnish will also donate 10% of the sale to Hope Dolls. We hope to fill the entire front window with donated clothing!

• Styles found at Garnish

Hope Dolls aims to help at-risk youth, teaching independent life skills and offering job skills training, among other services. Support them and your wardrobe, and stop by Garnish for some good holiday giving.

Winona will be available to sign books, answer questions, compliment your shoes, dispense fabulous fashion advice and magical fairy dust—and she will also share her "go-to" outfit picks from the Mabel and Zora winter collection.

Bubbles and cookies will be served. Giveaways, and a 15% discount on one Mabel & Zora item per person will be offered. Cocktail wear is encouraged. We hope to see you there!

Bubbles AND cookies? These people know what they're doing.

There will also be a joint trunk shpw between habitual collaborators Gretchen Jones of MothLove and Anna Korte of AK Vintage, fresh off their success at Content '09. Jones is creating holiday exclusives of her pieces in rose and black bamboo jersey (yum):

My favorite AK Vintage pieces are those that employ leather salvaged from vintage gloves. I'm especially feeling leather for necklaces:

Come to the shop from 6-9 pm and meet all these lovelies yourself.

• Kevia ring from the Bamboo collection

Kevia designer Kevia Jeffrey-West was an undergrad at Lewis & Clark College (what what!) studying in Zimbabwe when she first started designing her collections. The line really took off once she moved to SoCal, and now it's a pretty big deal, but I think we all know it was the Portland air that got her going, right? She has cited the Pacific Northwest as a source of inspiration and incorporates sustainable and fair-trade practices into all aspects of her production.

In short:
The first part of the event is a moderated panel discussion on trends, design, consumer insights, culture and collaboration with 3 pretty amazing design leaders, all of whom have extensive experience working in China: Greg Stobbs | Retail Director for Nike, Doug Cooke | Co-Founder of Tinder Lab: A design research company, Greg Mitchell: Sr Project Manager/Design for LRS Architects, which just opened an office in Shanghai.
The 2nd part of the event is a networking/shopping party: complimentary cocktails, networking, shopping, art viewing, etc. We have selected a nice grouping of all new and cool design books about China that will be for sale that evening (shown below and online now) along with our usual 20% off portfolio sale, which we reserve just for events.
Per usual - it's free - RSVP not required but kindly requested to shop@officepdx.com - there's still room to attend the panel discussion, too.

I've seen the list of questions the panelists will be fielding, and they encompass everything from recommendations of design inspiration (take notes for your next vacation) to comparisons of the office culture in both countries. Plus the books on Chinese design look gorgeous, and New Deal Vodka will be splashing out free cocktails—holla!

(And don't forget to see the exhibit first so you have a sense of context, okay?!)