Portland Fashion Week held a cadre of green runways last week with designers from Samunderneath to Nike. While the PFW shows ran on Friday night at 14 Square, an alternative show appropriately dubbed “Runaway” was held down the street at the swank art mecca, Someday Lounge. New looks for Spring/Summer 09 sauntered across the stage by Reif, Moth Love by Gretchen Jones, Dust by Julia Blackburn, Paige of Paradox, sword + fern, and our favorite PDX designer-Emily Katz.

Emily featured fresh white frocks with accessible retro cuts. Katz’s style is always very wearable and very chic; she gives you well-constructed classics you can hold onto for years. This Spring/Summer collection gave us the perfect dress for a real date or a style-heavy social hour. Depending on how rigorous your social life is, you may want to get yourself more than one.

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