“ME Clothing”: Recognize Why You Stand Out!

Recognize Why You Stand Out: With clothing lines creativity is everything. Ali from Maybach Entertainment believes there is always room for another clothing line if you can be creative about what you do. Make your designs interesting and let your personality shine through. Don’t play it too...

January 26th, 2010 | URBAN FASHION | Read More

SpeakEasy Agency: MODEL MONDAY

Erin works in fundraising for non-profit organizations and schools. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing and Finance and aims to complete her MBA within the next few years. She aspires to branch out further into the marketing world, especially event planning. She also has goals of becoming...

January 26th, 2010 | URBAN FASHION | Read More

Re-Fashioning the Eco Clothing Future

Elusive Printing By Diezel P It wasn’t difficult for Hussein Al-Baiaty to find his passion for art, at an early age he was surrounded by the visual poetry that is painting, drawing, and sculpting, artistically expressed by his father. He always knew he had an exceptional talent as an artist, but it...

January 22nd, 2010 | URBAN FASHION | Read More

SpeakEasy Agency: MODEL MONDAY

Bella Grace: I am attending college at Western Oregon University in my 3rd year, majoring in Criminal Justice and Minoring in Human biology. Persuing a career in law enforcement to become a Portland Police Officer or a homicide detective with hopes of moving to LAPD. I have been dancing since 4 yrs...

January 18th, 2010 | URBAN FASHION | Read More

City Life: “2010…Are You Ready For It”?

City Life: Volume 5 2010… Are you ready for it? Lisa and the girls I am curious to see how you all kicked off the new decade. Against my best intentions, my own New Year’s Eve celebrations straddled the line between average evening and utter fiasco. The planning began reasonably well. My roommates...

January 15th, 2010 | PDX SOCIAL | Read More

Is There a Place For Eco Hip Hop?

Get To Know Your Artists: T&E By Diezel P It was a cold night on October 21st, 2009 where an epic and highly anticipated Grind Time battle was about to take place at Downtown Portland’s “The Backspace”, between two time world rap champion Illmaculate and his frequent counterpart The Saurus....

January 15th, 2010 | Eco Hip Hop | Read More

Future of Fashion: Eco Friendly/ Sustainable

Future of Fashion - ‘dpol’ - Eco Friendly/ Sustainable Author: siddhartha upadhyaya Over the last years there has been a relative rush of books on eco and ethical fashion published across the globe. We think this is an excellent indicator of the public’s awareness of how, what, where and...

January 15th, 2010 | URBAN FASHION | Read More

Green Living Within Your Means

Energy Saving Tips: Green Living Within Your Means Author: Melanie Broemsen With high gas prices and global warming on many people’s minds, consumers are looking for ways they can participate in energy conservation and reduce their carbon footprint. And while you may not be ready to buy a Toyota...

January 11th, 2010 | GREEN COMMUNITY | Read More

SpeakEasy Agency: MODEL MONDAY

Cassandra is a full time medical student with hopes of becoming a Doctor one day. All her life she has been interested in what makes a body sick and the process of getting well. Cassandra was born premature and because of that she spent alot of her childhood seeing many doctors and specialists. It was...

January 11th, 2010 | URBAN FASHION | Read More

First Eco Hip Hop Artist at Ecofest in 20 yrs!

I hope this artist gets a chance to be on Jay Leno someday. He is the first eco hip hop artist at Ecofest in 20 years. He made history! However, I did hear about the cancellation rumors ( Jay Leno ), and how his future on NBC is up in the air. I have my fingers crossed, because I want to see...

January 8th, 2010 | Eco Hip Hop | Read More