Poppycock December/January 2014-15 | Page 8

fashion winter’s new looks We took a look around town at some of our local boutiques and asked the style experts there what we should be grabbing to look our most Portland. Let’s face it, we could use the help. So unless you’re running out at midnight for cookie dough and red wine (not that we do that more than we’d like to admit), leave the yoga pants at home and get these looks asap. by zara zhi photos by stephanie m. nelson 8 Sweater Weather is Best Weather Sasha from Yo Vintage gave us the skinny on what everyone will be wearing to stave off the cold: “Chunky, vintage sweaters; fur, wool trench coats in creams and burgundy”. Dense materials and allover knits were seen on the runway this year – most notably by Marc Jacobs and Stella McCartney – and Portland is the perfect “sweater weather” town. Cape-town Winter is here, and Portlanders are setting the trends for Pacific Northwest style. Both Billy Goat Vintage and Pendleton cited cape-coats and ponchos as hot – or should I say “cool” – in the PDX. “The new Lindsay Thornbird capes are selling out like hotcakes!” declared the manager of the downtown Pendleton store, Vicki Wooten. Both Burberry and Etro used ponchos as their main theme for fall/winter; and Dolce and Gabbana and Valentino were all about the capes.