Announcing…

Pendleton Woolen Mills — Fri, 11 May 2012 16:58:36 +0000

Reading Material

Pendleton Woolen Mills — Wed, 09 May 2012 14:46:02 +0000

Collecting ideas for Fall 2013.

Washougal Plaid

Pendleton Woolen Mills — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:18:17 +0000

The photo above is of a handloom of our Washougal Plaid for Fall 2012. For experimental fabrics, handlooms are often done to make sure the fabric is weaving as hoped. With this plaid, we wanted to recreate the texture and design of a vintage swatch found in Pendleton’s archives. The ability to develop our own fabric is one of the most exciting parts of designing for The Portland Collection. It has been fascinating getting to learn the nuances of wool production from idea stage to final production yardage.

Archive Inspiration

Pendleton Woolen Mills — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:21:43 +0000

Creating our Fall 2012 Painted Hills Robe from an archival blanket dating back to early 1900′s.

The Portland Collection in Zurich

Pendleton Woolen Mills — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:38:16 +0000

Mai Lynn Miller shot by Clarissa Striker.

Cute PR from French ELLE

Pendleton Woolen Mills — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:44:28 +0000

Pendleton, The Portland Collection returns with its second season for Fall 2012

Pendleton Woolen Mills — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 22:12:59 +0000

Below is our latest press release, and our lookbook is here.

Pendleton Woolen Mills, the Oregon-based company with origins dating back to 1863, presents its second season of The Portland Collection for Fall 2012.

After the highly successful first season launch, The Portland Collection returns with its heritage-influenced designs for menswear, womenswear and home. With fabrics woven exclusively in Pendleton’s Northwest Mills and all of the apparel produced in the U.S.A., The Portland Collection continues to be a leader in the resurgence of domestic production.

Building upon the Fall 2011 foundation, this new collection has a wider range of woven styles, knits, accessories, and blankets. The design team of Nathaniel Crissman, Rachel Turk, and John Blasioli has created a completely exclusive fabric story for The Portland Collection this season. The expanded color palette and wider variety of fabric weights for Fall 2012 showcase the unique capacities of Pendleton Woolen Mills.

Inspired again by the Pendleton archives, the designers reached back to the late 1800s and early 1900s to highlight the early square designs of that era. These designs predate looms that were able to create angular motifs, such as arrows, giving these new blankets and fabrics an exciting, innovative feel.

2012 promises to be another exciting year for The Portland Collection as it continues to illustrate its singular point of view within both the heritage and contemporary markets.

March Madness for The Portland Collection

Pendleton Woolen Mills — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:52:11 +0000

You keep sending requests for Fall 2011 product, and I just want to make you happy. The very last of it has been sent to our North Bend outlet in Washington state (near Seattle), and will be brought out for liquidation this Saturday. The staff will do their best to take charge & send orders during the sale and can be reached at 425-831-0888. You can check out their tweets: @PendletonWM39 . So go get the last of it and have fun!

Sporting Life and TPC

Pendleton Woolen Mills — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:45:29 +0000

A nice shot of the Harding Poncho from Canada’s Sporting Life magazine. The shearling cuffed boots are terrific with it.

Alexandra Stewart

Pendleton Woolen Mills — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 19:04:15 +0000

Alexandra Stewart is a Canadian songstress with a haunting sound that’s halfway between the melodic charm of Feist and the driving darkness of Timber Timbre. Her debut LP, Waba, is coming out later this year.

Waba is the small village in Ontario where Alexandra grew up. ”Waba” is the Algonquin word for “white” or “light.” The town used to be known as Wabalac, or “white lake,” a combination of the Algonquin word for white and the French word for lake. All of the songs on Waba reflect on Alexandra’s childhood in that village.

The record’s first track, “Lone Wolf” is available on her Facebook page for listening.Alexandra is working with a respected crew that includes Alexander Overington, Mark Lawson and Joe Lambert.

Here’s a slideshow with a more photos from the shoot in Bloomingdale, Ontario. So put on her song and enjoy the beauty of both her voice, and the region that helped form her artistic vision.

Click to view slideshow.

Photos courtesy Oresti Tsonopoulos