Earlier this week Kara Mack of KPTV Fox 12 stopped by Red Light to get some last minute celebrity costume ideas. Check it out:
Thanks Kara, Eric and Katie!
Celebrity Costumes on KPTV Fox 12!
$1 Sale for Caldera Was MAJOR Success!
WOW – last Sunday’s $1 Sale was crazy! Thank you to everyone who came out and shopped for a cause!
Not only was it our most successful $1 Sale yet this summer, the event also featured our youngest-ever $1 Sale shopper (the cutie pictured above took home a vintage beaded purse).
And, as if that weren’t enough, this $1 Sale also had the biggest single customer purchase ever: 70 items! Yep, one of your fellow Portlanders found 70 great garments…and their purchase translated into $70 cash to Caldera.
As with all of our summer $1 Sales, 100% of proceeds from the event are going to a local non-profit. Sunday’s $1 Sale benefited Caldera – an exceptional organization that supports the arts on many levels, including artist-in-residence programs and extensive outreach to struggling schools and students.
We have one $1 Sale left on the 2011 Summer calendar: Sunday, August 24 from 10 am – noon. The last $1 Sale of the summer will benefit Dove Lewis, an amazing emergency veterinary center, so get ready to shop!
$1 Sale to Benefit Caldera This Sunday!
Image courtesy of www.calderaarts.org
This Sunday, August 14, we’ll be hosting another awesome $1 Sale from 10 am – noon! 100% of the proceeds from this Sale will go to Caldera, a local non-profit that promotes the importance of arts in education. In their own words:
Today, we work year-round with thousands of students, and we invite artists from all over the world for month long residencies at our arts center near Sisters.
Caldera’s mission is to be a catalyst for transformation through innovative art and environmental programs.
Sunday’s $1 Sale will feature hundreds of vintage and name brand items for men and women…There’s lots of good stuff and it’s all just a buck a piece! (CASH ONLY.)
Past $1 Sales have benefited Basic Rights Oregon, Cat Adoption Team, Northwest Down Syndrome Association and St. Francis Dining Hall. All Red Light $1 Sales help keep clothes out of landfills and money in the coffers of great non-profits that directly aid and enrich Portland residents – by shopping local you are supporting your community in so many ways!
Raising Money and Awareness With Used Clothes
Today we hosted our third Shop Local, Support Local $1 Sale; the event benefited Northwest Down Syndrome Association (www.nwdsa.org).
From 10 am – noon, hundreds of items were just a buck and 100% of the Sale’s proceeds are going to NWDSA.
Tons of people stopped by, several shoppers found 20+ items they couldn’t live without…And all those purchases added up to our most successful $1 Sale yet! Thank you to everyone who shopped and supported!
This little girl was adorable, trying on a bunch of different dresses and spinning around on the sidewalk to see which had the best swirl:
We have three more Shop Local, Support Local $1 Sales planned for the summer. The next Sale takes place on Sunday, July 24!
$1 Sale Benefiting Northwest Down Syndrome Association This Sunday!
This Sunday, July 10, from 10am until noon Red Light will be having a $1 Sale benefiting Northwest Down Syndrome Association! Hundreds of men’s and women’s vintage and name brand items and everything’s just a buck…with 100% of the proceeds going to NWDSA (www.nwdsa.org).
The $1 Sale will be on our sidewalk, at 36th and Hawthorne. It’s cash only, so please come prepared.
Northwest Downs Syndrome Association works to empower and support families and individuals who have been touched by Down syndrome. NWDSA provides opportunities for social and family support, education, and information for families touched by Down syndrome and their wider community.
This Sunday is the third event in our summer series of Shop Local, Support Local $1 Sales. 100% of proceeds from each $1 Sale in the series goes to a different Portland-area non-profit. Past recipients are Basic Rights Oregon and Cat Adoption Team.
$1 Sale This Sunday Benefits C.A.T. (Cat Adoption Team)!
Remember how we told you we are having $1 Sales to benefit Portland non-profits all summer? Every second and fourth Sunday of the month, June – August? Well….It’s that time again!
This Sunday, June 26, we’ll have tons and tons of clothes – men’s and women’s, vintage and brand name – all just $1 each! And 100% of the proceeds will go to Portland’s Cat Adoption Team!
C.A.T. is a terrific organization…Along with operating the Northwest’s largest no-kill kitty shelter, C.A.T. provides discounted spay and neuter services, adoption services and they operate an animal food pantry that allows pet owners in financial straights to get free food for their four-legged friends.
So, you can snag some amazing deals AND support one of Portland’s most awesome animal charities right at Red Light this Sunday!
Our $1 Sale runs from 10 am – noon, CASH only. To take advantage of the summer sunshine, the $1 Sale happens on our sidewalk along 36th Ave., across from the Waffle Window.
Inaugural Shop Local, Support Local $1 Sale Big Success!
Today was our first Summer Shop Local, Support Local $1 Sale and it was a big success! Tons of people turned out to snap up terrific deals on vintage and name brand clothes – and raise money for Basic Rights Oregon. Thank you to all who came out!
If you missed today’s event, don’t fret…We’re hosting $1 Sales all summer. Every second and fourth Sunday, June – August.
Our next $1 Sale benefiting local Portland charities will happen Sunday, June 26, 11 am – noon.
Shop Local, Support Local: Summer $1 Sales @ Red Light
Photo from www.scrapbookpages.com
Get ready to shop, ’cause Red Light will be hosting incredible $1 Sales all summer long, with 100% of proceeds from each sale benefiting a different local non-profit!
The inaugural $1 sidewalk sale happens this Sunday, June 12, from 11 – noon. All money made from it will benefit Basic Rights Oregon.
From 11 am to noon, we’ll be putting out hundreds and hundreds of clothing items: men’s, women’s, vintage, brand name…tons of great stuff and each piece costs just $1! CASH ONLY. All money made from this sale will go directly to a great operation: Basic Rights Oregon, “the state’s chief advocacy, education and political organization dedicated to ending discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.” (Please visit www.basicrights.org for more information on BRO.)
The sale will take place on our sidewalk along 36th, right across from the Waffle Window.
We’ll be hosting $1 Sales every second and fourth Sunday of the month, from 11 am to noon, June – August. Find great deals for yourself and help our community, too…Shop local, support local @ Red Light!
Special Holiday Sale: Local Designer Made in China 10% Off Today!
Today is the Hawthorne Blvd. Holiday Stroll – a special night of shopping on our street! Businesses are staying open late (Red Light will be open until 9 pm), offering a bunch of special deals, plus there will be carolers and free hot cider and cocoa!
Along with the extended hours, Red Light is offering a very special discount on our wildly popular dresses, skirts, jackets and blouses designed by local label Made in China: 10% off today only! Made in China is a pioneer in reworking vintage clothing into totally new designs…her pieces are girly with an edge, a little bit Victorian, a little bit punk.
Today’s Holiday Stroll is a great opportunity to support local businesses AND score a great deal on one-of-a-kind party frock…plus, who knows what other treasures and deals you’ll uncover once you’re here?!
250 Years of Environmentally-Friendly Fashion
Right now we’re wishing r/t tickets to NYC weren’t so expensive in the summer because we’d love to jump on a Jet Blue flight to New York for FIT’s current exhibit, “Eco Fashion: Going Green.”
Don’t be dissuaded by the title; this show is truly investigative, not just spouting more environmentally-friendly fashion b.s.
“Eco Fashion” at FIT surveys environmental issues in fashion over the past 250 years, finding trends good, bad and just weird (a dress dyed with arsenic, see pic above, courtesy of Fashion Institute of Technology. Admittedly, the color is fabulous!). The show touches upon manufacturing, labor, animal rights and farming, among other current hot-button political topics, while showcasing an impressive array of style, from Balenciaga and Halston to no-name mid-19th century “shirt waist” manufacturers (the early predecessors of fast-fashion chains like H&M and Forever 21).
This LA Times review makes the exhibit sound like an incredible trove of fashion trivia, while photos on the FIT exhibit page suggest that this show doesn’t skimp on style while pondering sustainability.
We’re not sure what the curators’ conclusion is – it’s already well-documented that the fashion industry is terribly polluting, unfortunately, and that the only truly environmentally-friendly style is vintage – but it’s rad to see a more inquisitive approach to the history of this complex industry.
Here’s to hoping this turns into a traveling exhibit destined for Portland!