Portland Fashion Week 2008

Portland Fashion Week has been kicked off with a soiree, a homegrown project runway bit produced by the Art Institute of Portland, and a view of Icebreaker’s spring line.
Icebreaker is an apparel company from New Zealand that makes outdoor wear of pure merino wool and not long ago moved their North American HQ to Portland.
The [...]

New Zealand fashion designer jailed for cannabis plants

The Auckland District Court has sentenced New Zealand based leading fashion designer Jason Crawford with six years in jail on drugs and receiving charges laid after police raided his warehouses in south Auckland in 2005 and found $1 million worth of cannabis plants and nearly $400,000 in stolen goods.
Jason is 37 years old and the [...]