Portland Fashion Week: Day 4, Closing Night

The closing night of PFW brought out many emotions in me and everyone else on the team; satisfaction that this year's PFW was very successful and the best one yet; relief that the week was over and I could finally rest; sadness because I would miss coming to the venue and working with all of these amazing people everyday. 

I don't want to get all mushy but as I walked out of the empty venue I could not help but feel like I just wanted to stay there forever, to never leave. I think the magic of PFW comes from the fact that all of these people get together, work their hardest for a week, and then go back to their normal lives. In other words, the experience is fleeting. Of course some of us are working on this throughout the entire year but it's only during the actual Portland Fashion Week that we all seem to drop everything else in our lives and just put all of our energy into this. We don't eat, we don't sleep, we blow off morning obligations because we are too hungover from the after-party from the night before (well I can say that about me at least) and our houses end up in a state of disarray. 

As I drove away from the venue I started to get misty eyed. Even though PFW seems to blow into my life every year like a tornado, I could not help but think about how excited I was to do it all over again next year.

And with that here are the backstage pictures from the closing night, along with some pretty silly staff pictures.

Model Megan Keller looks through her rack.

A look from Lenzanita Couture.

Models Malene Jensen and Katya Timokhina.

A look from Lenzanita Couture.

Amelia Toro's rack.

Souchi's rack.

Pendleton's rack.

Models Mike Waller and Rocky Coates.

A look from Pendleton.

Models Jake White, Garret Amerine, and Jermaine Smith

 

Working on the model line-up boards.

Taking a quick make-up break.

Alana Burke in a look from Amelia Toro.

Patience Haug in a look from Amelia Toro.

With (most) of the female models.

With the male models.

(From right to left) Megan Butler, Tiffany Luckcuck, Libby Boggs, and Arti Danes in looks from Amelia Toro.

(From right to left) Mandi Kremer, Katya Timokhina, Malene Jensen, and Katie Maclean in looks from Amelia Toro.

Looks from Amelia Toro.

Diana King, Patience Haug, and Rachael Lee in looks from Amelia Toro.

(From right to left) Tiffany Luckcuck, Katya Timokhina, Aimee Stubbert, Megan Keller, and Tara Manning in looks from Amelia Toro.

Rachel Gregg, Megan Butler, and Patience Haug in looks from Amelia Toro.

Malene Jensen and Matt Taylor in looks from Lenzanita Couture.

Tara Manning in a look from Lenzanita Couture.

Rocky Coates and Matt Taylor in looks from Ethos Paris.

Diana King in a look from Ethos Paris

Patience Haug in a look from Ethos Paris.

Mandi Kremer in a look from Pendleton Meets Opening Ceremony.

(From right to left) Kamyar Jahar, Diana King, and Jermaine Smith in looks from Pendleton Meets Opening Ceremony.

(From right to left) Myken Dahlen and Patience Haug in looks from Pendleton.

Aimee Stubbert in a look from Pendleton.

A barefoot model in a look from Souchi.

Malene Jensen in a look from Souchi.

Katie Maclean and Myken Dahlen in looks from Souchi.

(From right to left) Arti Danes, Megan Keller, and Alana Burke in looks from Souchi.

Mandi Kremer in a look from Souchi.

Now for the staff pictures: Kayla Rekofke and Tito Chowdhury.

The PFW Team (minus a few of the key players.)

With the Portland Fashion Week magic makers: Executive Producers Chris Cone and Tito Chowdhury.

All photos by Natasha Lampitt