The second night of Portland Fashion Week (Friday) was the most lively of the trio, with a somewhat needlessly stated emphasis on "ready to wear." As previously stated, the production levels of these shows was nice, but at this point we're out of the student category and the quality of designs varied pretty wildly from awful to (overwhelmingly) okay, with just a few shining moments.

I'm picking it all apart over on MOD.

• Dawn Marks