FALL CLOTHING EXCHANGE

October 25th
2-4pm at Multnomah Arts Center

7688 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland, OR

$25.00

You will bring up to 30 items to exchange: clothes, shoes, bags, accessories (no jewelry please). You will drop off your items at least 1 week ahead of time (by Oct. 18; drop off locations given at time of registration) to give us time to assign tokens, sort, and display. Then you’ll show up on the day for 2 hours of shopping, socializing, and snacking.

We will assign tokens to each item, giving you a total number of tokens to “shop” with. We will assign tokens based on quality of the items you bring:

  • 4 tokens: high quality brands (e.g., Reformation, Jungmaven, Sezane, Rudy Jude, Hey Gang, Ilana Kohn, Doen, Babaa, Loup); vintage in excellent condition; high quality leather goods, shoes, and coats in excellent or new condition

  • 3 tokens: middle quality brands (e.g., Madewell, Everlane, Eileen Fisher, Anthropologie, Free People, & Other Stories, Gap, J. Crew); vintage items in good condition; leather goods, shoes, and coats in good condition

  • 2 tokens: unique fast fashion items in new/excellent/good condition

  • 1 token: all other items

Items should be gently used, clean, and free of stains—if you wouldn’t give it to a friend, please don’t bring it! We welcome you to bring clothing of all sizes. It's also likely that most participants (and therefore most clothing) will identify as femme, and we welcome anyone with this clothing preference.

ALSO! We will have an on-site sewist available for mending and alterations, Paige McKenzie (@thankspaige on IG). You can bring items from home that you aren’t exchanging or have Paige work on items you find at the event. Rates vary.

ALSO ALSO! We will have a small number of items available for sale, from our own collections.

If you have any questions about items to bring or the logistics, don’t hesitate to reach out to us!

SUMMER SOCIAL CLOTHING EXCHANGE

August 2nd
4-6pm at Bar Carlo

6433 SE Foster Rd, Portland, OR

Registration includes entry and $15 credit toward food & drink: Early bird registration ($30) will be before July 19; late registration ($40) will be July 20-July 30.

Registration for this event has closed.

This event is a happy hour meets mini clothing exchange. We’re thrilled to collaborate with Bar Carlo’s chef and owner, Mel, who has made it part of her mission to support women entrepreneurs and community building in Portland. 

Each person will bring 5-10 items to exchange on the day of. While we hang and organize, you’ll have time to enjoy drinks, appetizers, and good company before the shopping begins. We’ll have the run of the restaurant! And if you haven’t seen it before, it’s gorgeous. 

Registration includes entry and credit toward food and drinks. Early bird registration ($30) will be before July 19; late registration ($40) will be July 20-July 30.

WHAT TO BRING

We will assign tokens based on the number of items you bring (1 item = 1 token); you can bring up to 10 items from the list below. Items should be gently used, clean, and free of stains—if you wouldn’t give it to a friend, please don’t bring it!

We welcome you to bring clothing of all sizes. It's also likely that most participants (and therefore most clothing) will identify as femme, and we welcome anyone with this clothing preference.

Because this exchange will have a smaller number of items, please be selective and bring 5-10 items (clothing, shoes, accessories, bags) from the following list:

  • Quality or local brands (e.g., Madewell, Everlane, Eileen Fisher, Anthropologie, Free People, & Other Stories, Reformation, Jungmaven, Sezane, Rudy Jude, Hey Gang, Ilana Kohn, Doen, Faithfull the Brand—definitely not limited to these brands!)

  • Unique or interesting fast fashion items (e.g., unique dress, linen, 100% cotton, fun colors/patterns, on-trend denim, something you bought second hand because it was unique!)

  • High-quality or unique vintage items 

  • Sneakers, sandals, clogs, heels, boots, flats, etc. (e.g., Birkenstock, Chacos, Lottie from Stockholm, Swedish Hasbeens, Dansko, Superga, Adidas, Nike, New Balance, Gola, Jeffrey Campbell, Hoka—definitely not limited to these brands!)  

  • Leather goods (e.g., bags, boots)

  • Purses, fanny packs, backpacks, etc.

  • Coats