This month--and just in time for Pride--we're really fortunate to have some incredible hand-knit conceptual performance art costumes in the house by PNCA pre-thesis student Travis Beardsley, including the ledgendary No Homo Dress. These pieces are so impressive we felt they deserved their own mini-lookbook, styled and modeled by Loren Hughes and Hidalit Aranda. If you like what you see, please visit us or call (503) 477-5124 between 12-6 PST any day or email us for pricing. Because Travis is a starving artist AND a starving student (who has to throw a chunk of change at his forthcoming thesis), and because we know many of you would like to afford his goods but might not be able to, we give you the option of supporting small business and buying with us, or to contact Travis directly to make payment arrangements sans our 40% comission.

Are you a photographer, stylist or model who would like to participate in a lookbook shoot? If so, contact us. We are always looking for fresh new faces and fresh new eyes for our monthly in-house lookbooks, and we are even more eagerly looking to loan our clothes out to you so you can independently come up with your own concept and execute it for your portfolio developement. We don't require any money (only full payment if you lose or damage something), just your guarantee to get us the clothes back the day after the shoot and an edit of your images withing two weeks of your shoot, and lastly, your promise to graciously thank us all over the place with wardwobe credits! If this sounds like something you'd be interested in we will give you full access to our instore collection (unless our consigners disapprove of your clothing picks) and whats in our basement storage. It can sometimes take a while to schedule out these things, so please contact us ASAP to get the process going!

This is how we do it. Lots of prettiness and lots of silliness! Huge thanks to Hidalit Aranda and Loren Hughes for all the fun!

Stay tuned for this micro lookbook featuring the beautiful crochet designs of PNCA pre-thesis student Travis Beardsly. H-O-T!

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Those of you who know Maya Rose's wonderfully simple and exquisitely constructed pieces know they don't last long. We just got two new pieces in today and if history is any indication, they won't be in the space more than 1-2 days, so get here fast!

If you like what you see, we are open 12-6 all days of the week for you to stop by and visit these guys in the flesh. We also accept all forms of payment by phone (503) 477-5124 or by email and are happy to ship nationally and internationally!

Now that she’s (hopefully) my regular neighborhood and park strolling partner, it’s tough for me to describe Maya Rose without any bias. Screw being impartial, though. Even if I hadn’t shared some lovely conversation with Maya in Laurelhurst park recently (after we drove around trying to find the place for about 20 minutes, and after nearly being accosted by some dude in full-on road rage), I would say this: Maya Rose in one of the most talented ladies I have yet to meet anywhere.

She is level-headed yet hilarious, meek at times yet stubbornly independent, and I’ve heard that she is quite the cook. Have you downed any of the edibles at the First Friday openings at Golden Rule? Maya may have had something to do with it. Ever fawned over the timeless, solidly constructed garments under the label Samuels? Those textiles! Yep. That's Maya, too. She also has a mentally unstable (or just spunky?) feline friend, an enviable work-space, a gift for finding strange and imaginative artifacts and trinkets, tons of insight on nutrition, and better childhood tales than Huck Finn.

Maya and I happened to schedule our interview during a hectic week for both of us. As per her suggestion, we aimed for the aesthetic of a “spooky night shoot,” but ended up catching some golden shades of dusk thanks to the late-setting sun. Maya prefers not to be in front of the camera, but was gracious enough to help me get a few shots of her in her space. Special shout out to Toast the cat, who raced up and down the hallway during the bulk of our interview!

Click “Read More” for an interview with the lovely Maya Rose, featuring Toast the cat and some amazing local design!