GRISHLEY

Glancing Girl here …

So, Amanda Grisham is a pretty regular contributor to this blog.

We were lucky enough to snag her during her senior year at OSU, before she headed into the designing world full time.

Last year, she took home the title of Emerging Designer at Portland Fashion Week.

This year, her collection was an unprecedented home run.

In fact, there’s not a single criticism of her work in the Portland Monthly’s review:

What I loved: The entire collection. After voting for Grisham to win last year’s Emerging Designer competition and profiling her for our January issue, I was anxiously crossing my fingers she would avoid the dreaded “Sophomore Slump.” Instead Grisham turned out a beautifully crafted collection still incorporating her signature use of Pendleton prints and wool, but expanding to additional solid colors in the line of cute and flirty skirts, dresses and tops. There was growth in her designs as she moved into pieces that flatter different silhouettes and while her last collection almost bordered on overworked, this one felt effortlessly cool.

Hoping to be helpful: Not a whole lot, the styling was even spot on. Well done.

We know that girl.

Congrats, Grish!

{pc|via Portland Monthly}

xoxo