As many of you know, Portland Fashion Week is happening again this year, and its organizers are making a concerted effort to have it grab the attention of the national and international press, eventually making it an annual mecca for designers working within a sustainable/ethical model to show their work. Local designers who aren’t specifically working with a sustainable focus are also encouraged to audition for the show (buying locally being an arguably sustainable act itself). So far, the week has been written up by Book Moda, an international trade publication covering runways around the world. Each issue costs something like $80+, but it’s quite the souvenier, and should be hitting the world’s streets in the next couple weeks. They will be covering the event as, apparently, will WWD, and hopefully many more memebers of the press. I’m on the advisory committee this year, and also part of the selection commitee along with designer Anna Cohen and other local buyers and editors.