Madeline Shannon
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Lark & Meadow Boutique in Lincoln City, Ore.
Three Best Boutiques on Oregon Coast
Knitted lace shorts in muted colors, springy tops with bell sleeves and fringe earrings greet customers at a month-old boutique in Lincoln City, a city of more than 8,900 on a rural stretch of the Oregon coast, situated just west of Highway 101.
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Levi’s Goes Public For Second Times in 165 Years
Levi Strauss & Co. became a publicly-traded entity for the second time in the company’s history, according to The New York Times, something the stock market celebrated by allowing traders to wear denim on the trading floor.
Fashion consumers and professionals sound off on fur’s sustainability
In light of top fashion house Chanel announcing the brand’s decision to stop using fur and other exotic animal skins in the production of their garments, many are sounding off on the use of fur in the fashion industry in general, bringing up many issues related to the use of animal hides in fashion.
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Why those who think fashion is trivial are wrong
At the beginning of this semester, I told an acquaintance I was getting my master’s degree in Fashion Journalism here at Academy of Art University.
While the man I talked to seemed intrigued, a comment he made that implied he thought fashion was essentially frivolous got to me. He admitted he didn’t consider fashion to be important enough to study on a graduate level.
“Why not go for a master’s in something more worthwhile, like political journalism?,” he asked me.
Fashion is getting more diverse, but not fast enough
The fashion industry is getting more diverse, but it’s not enough.
Just ask the 3’5-tall Sinead Burke, the petite Vanessa Youshaei and transgender model Maxim Magnus.
Feminism, A Shaping Force In The Fashion Industry
Feminism, long a political as well as sartorial movement, is getting new life in the political and cultural spheres both in the United States and elsewhere. Although some of the most notable examples of this may be in politics, economics and judicial matters, the influence of modern feminist efforts clearly manifests itself in the runway collections of many fashion designers.
Too mature for Buckle, too young for Chico’s
PACIFIC CITY — Nancy Horning, owner and manager of Lucky Beach Boutique in Pacific City, Oregon, is new to town, but that didn’t stop her from displaying her clothes in a women’s club fashion show in February.
Lark and Meadow newest boutique in town
On the west side of one of the busiest stretches of the westernmost highway in the United States, Danielle Hutchinson, owner and manager of Lark and Meadow boutique in Lincoln City, Oregon, walked around, pointing out her favorite items in the shop on a sunny Saturday afternoon in March.
“We like to cater to our locals and to people who are visiting here,” Hutchinson said of her typical clientele. “It’s mostly locals here right now, but that’s why we wanted to open in February so we could get the locals’ opinion."
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