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Portland is known as a creative cultural center with a high quality of life. It's a progressive, eco-conscious, collaboration-minded community filled with creative, entrepreneurial, locally-based businesses … including an ever-growing population of fashion designers.PDXFS supports this community by connecting and leveraging local businesses and professionals with aspiring independent fashion designers to raise awareness and commitment to the local design industry.
See below for recent PDXFS press releases, media coverage, photos and videos.
For specific inquiries regarding Portland’s independent fashion industry, trends, participants, collaborative initiatives, etc., please email info@pdxfashionsynergy.com.
Press Releases
September 9, 2009
Portland Fashion Synergy Unites International and Portland Fashion for FUSE - A Black-Tie Fashion Show Gala benefiting the local design community
Press or Photographers please click here to register.
August 10, 2009
New Non-Profit Organization, Portland Fashion Synergy, Inc., Celebrates at Saucebox with a Launch Party and Networking Mixer
June 10, 2009
Portland Fashion Synergy Launches Contest for Logo and Website Re-Design
May 18, 2009
China Bound: Portland Fashion Goes on Tour
Media Coverage
August 11, 2009
Portland Fashion Synergy: The Mixer
Posted by Marjorie Skinner
If you've heard me talking about Portland Fashion Synergy and you'd like to get more involved in their activities (making high quality, small run local production a reality, opening new markets for Portland-designed apparel in China, awarding grants to apparel design students), here is your golden opportunity: The group is hosted a launch/mixer on Wednesday, August 19 at Saucebox where you are invited to network as well as check out a video from China Fashion Week showcasing the 12 PDX designers whose work was shown there as well as further details on the group's upcoming events. If you're working in the industry in Portland this is a good time to get involved with an organization at the ground level. Its ultimate purpose is still very much being shaped, but it exists out of a need for Portland fashion to get support and find its footing. Now's the time.
September 22, 2008
Portland Fashion Synergy
Posted by Marjorie Skinner
Portland Fashion Synergy: There has been sporadic talk over the years of starting some type of unifying organization for the Portland design scene …
Photos & Videos
Spring 2009 China Fashion Week [video available soon]