#content 2011

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Content at the Ace Hotel! Try and find me, dancin' in the shower.

[reifhaus]

a nice video from content at the ace hotel, for those of you who didn't make it.  check out my disco shower dance party, and the shoppers perusing my garments on the racks at the boutique.

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The magic of CONTENT, captured by Chris Hornbecker. Lots of the designers from CONTENT are part of our slightly oxymoronic anti-establishment shopping vacation, Stick it to the Man. We already shop tax-free and proud in Oregon, but you can get an additional ten percent off at local designers and boutiques and ten percent off your room when you stay with us in November or December.

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Content 11 caught on Ace x Impossible film. If you missed the installations or weren't able to make it to the pop-up shop before your favorite things sold out -- lots of our Content artists are offering a friendly deal to Ace Portland guests through December.

Photos shot on Ace x Impossible instant analog film by Jeremy Pelley of OMFGCo.

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Also, I participated in Content this past Saturday at the Ace Hotel.  Sort of a first public appearance for Draught.  It was a lot of work, and I very pleased with how the whole thing went down, and how I saw an incalculable number of people I care about (and met just as many).

I took some photos the next morning for those that were unable to make the party.  The photos are nice, but it was better packed full of people, the white light box glowing red in the shower, the slow-motion and chopped video of Alex taking the crews on and off that I edited that morning, the lowrider oldies, and me sitting in the corner, mixing drugs and alcohol and being a Chatty Cathy.

Thanks so much for coming or being involved at any point during the process.

[acehotel]

CONTENT 2011 brought us knitted steel wool, miniature hotel rooms and handmade sequin geodes. Stay tuned for documentation.

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INTERVIEW: BRITT HOWARD OF PORTLAND GARMENT FACTORY

Two years ago, we got together with our favorite Portland fashion designers to create a living installation in the guest rooms on the second floor at Ace Hotel Portland, dubbed CONTENT -- each designer handcrafted, populated and brought to life an embodiment of their inspirations and identities, and this year an astoundingly talented crop of designers is resurrecting this new tradition. October 1, join Ace and NYC via PDX designer and Project Runway alumn Gretchen Jones on Stark Street for beer, spirits and fare by Olympic Provisions and Clyde Common, followed by an unguided adventure through the installations.

Portland Garment Factory is one of the designers creating an installation this year, and they're also handcrafting tissue box covers for all the Aces out of salvaged WWII army ponchos, so we wanted to chat PGFer Britt Howard up up about the work they do and what they'll be bringing to CONTENT.

What do you love about your job?

I love working with the various talented people of Portland -- including the talented and hilarious PGF crew, whom I am lucky to be surrounded by on a daily basis! I love living through our clients' design process......being so close to it makes us all feel like we have a line of baby clothes or backpacks or womenswear. And about the fashion community of Portland? The fashion community in Portland is so varied (i.e. folks from so many different backgrounds -- self taught/DIY to classically trained), and a direct correlation to that are the unique perspectives we see in what the designers create. Since I grew up here, I have a fondness in my heart for wools, plaids, layers, hats, ect. The best designers in Portland play off of the weather here (be it a direct representation of a grey cloud to a bright color blocked dress to liven up the often dreary Portland backdrop). I love em all.

How are the tissue box covers coming along?

We will be cutting the tissue box covers LIVE in our Content room! We are excited to be working on this during the event because it's a great way to merge what we are doing for Ace with the event -- it was a brilliant idea that Rosemary (my partner) had which really helped us nail down what we are doing in our room! (The ideas were getting too grand anyway...) It will basically be a live workroom.....because work and creating are at the heart of what we are all inspired by every day.

Thank you, Britt -- see you at work, then.