Silly me. For a moment there I thought we were heading into a dry spell of fashion shows, with not much on the horizon after this Saturday’s must-see event, “4”, at the 811 E Burnside building, unless you can drive out to Lafayette, or if you count the precious, but formative showings from the first set of campers at Fashion Design Camp, there isn’t much on the runway horizon between here and this year’s Collections and Portland Fashion Week. And then this came in:

PORTLAND, OR - July 27, 2006 - Ohm Night Club, in collaboration with local clothing stores Local35 and Lit, presents “Fall For Fashion,” a benefit for the Oregon Humane Society. This 21 & over event will showcase local to international designers and will feature live music and performances by local fire artists. Doors open at 8 p.m. and the show will start at 9.

Lit will show designs by Genetic Denim, Suburban Riot, Z-Brand, Orthodoxe, Gsus, Covet, and Ed Hardy. Local35 will exhibit designs by WESC, RVCA, Monsieur T, URAM, Odyn, J Lindeberg, Kasil, Corpus, Jfold, Kimberly Baker, and Grn Apple Tree.

So there. Whew, that was a close one. Here’s an intriguing show from Ed Hardy to whet yr whistle: