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Urban Weeds

urban weeds

I really love street fashion. It all started when I was maybe 16 or 17 and first discovered the Japanese magazine Cutie. It’s filled with page after page of adorable girls on the street in quirky styles and I would go back and to my old issues for years when I was looking for inspiration.

Nowadays of course, there’s a wide assortment of street fashion blogs out there, from professionals like The Sartorialist and Garance Doré to the quirkier-leaning Hel Looks and London Street Fashion. Each is wonderful in its own specific way, much like the cities they cover.

So I am delighted that there is a new street style blog for all the cool, stylish people around Portland: Urban Weeds. There are certain to be a lot of food carts, a lot of tattoos, a lot of bikes, and a lot of beards.

Sarai Mitnick

Founder

Sarai started Colette back in 2009. She believes the primary role of a business should be to help people. She loves good books, sewing with wool, her charming cats, working in her garden, and eating salsa.

Comments

chelsea

June 24, 2009 #

Thank you so much for posting about Urban Weeds! I am super excited about the project and can’t wait to share more photos!

Some of my Frolic! readers introduced me to your patterns a few weeks ago and I just love them!!

xo Chelsea

Lisa Warninger

July 3, 2009 #

Hello Sarai!

I’m so excited about your patterns I’m telling everyone I know. So awesome. They are adorable.

Cheers,
Lisa