Portland Sewing
My blogs
| Industry | Education |
|---|---|
| Occupation | apparel designer and instructor |
| Location | Portland, OR, United States |
| Introduction | Fashion entrepreneur, designer and writer, Sharon Blair owns and directs Portland Sewing. Her apparel life began more than 20 years ago as a custom clothing business called BlairWear. That company is now two lines of clothing. StudioSKB (www.studioskb.com) features ready-to-wear made from eco-fabrics. SK-PDX offers alt-rock-wear. Sharon also produces a line of patterns. Her work has been featured in national and local publications: Threads, The Oregonian, Willamette Week, The Mercury, UltraPDX – and local fashion shows. She has appeared on KATU’s AMNorthwest as the “Sewing 101” expert. |
| Interests | apparel design and construction |
| Favorite movies | Vintage movies with Claudette Colbert, Bette Davis, Katherine Hepburn |
| Favorite music | Rap (Ice Cube), hip-hop (Chris Brown), al-rock (Shins) |
| Favorite books | The ones I write. |