Mar 18, 2019 | Fashion and Accessories, Native Owned/ Indigenous, Story
“I come from a culture and lineage of people that have been storytellers ever since we have been here. I want to keep our stories alive.” Palani Bearghost | Owner of NEO Clothing Share this Story As a member of the Three Affiliated Tribes: Mandan, Hidatsa, and...
Dec 29, 2018 | Black or African American, Fashion and Accessories, Story
“There’s a lot of antiques here along the Willamette Valley and we just continued that love of finding treasures, looking at old photographs and old books, reading about old history. ”— Thea Villasenor Thea Villasenor is the owner of Thea’s Vintage Living in the Pearl...
Dec 29, 2018 | Asian, Fashion and Accessories, Health and Wellness, Home goods, Story
“There is no purpose if you’re not able to share what you have, what you know, or what you do with others. Those people impacted our lives, and I hope that I can do that for others in some way.” — T...
Dec 29, 2018 | Black or African American, Fashion and Accessories, Home goods, Story
“With Soapbox Theory, I wanted to make sure that all the way from super light to very dark skin tones were covered, especially because we’re not all one shade. There is no one way to be Black.” – Kayin Talton Davis “My...
Dec 18, 2018 | Fashion and Accessories, Native Owned/ Indigenous, Story
“When I’m making a piece, I put on my good attitude and spirits. The Grandmas [and] Grandpas used to say ‘If you’re making something, you can’t make it with anger.'” – Regana Begay Regana Begay started...
Dec 12, 2018 | Fashion and Accessories, Native Owned/ Indigenous, Story
“We’re sewing the stories of our family into this [and] our story isn’t the story of all American Indians.” — Erik Brodt In the mid-1980s, a teenaged Erik Brodt spent several summers helping his grandparents around their...
