Diamond Leggings and Owls

beautiful finds from a lovely online store: Pixie Market

Holiday inspiration

My Stepmom gets this rad catalog, that is called Viva Terra. I am feeling inspired by the quartz icicles....

Wish I Were Here

I lately feel compelled to reconnect with nature, my friends, and the root of my own joys. These images are here to remind me of these things. Mmm, they all have water in them. I guess that means another trip to the beach.
xo
Emily

Fashion Crush.

amazingness from Von Sono.

taking my bow

photo by Christine Taylor

More from CONTENT

These images from my room at CONTENT are from here.

mmm, wallpaper

here.

OUR DAILY BREAD, or uber fashionista bread

yum? not so sure.....

Daily Bread
Flamboyant Magazine N1 The Hate Issue
Shot by: Paolo Pizzetti
Concept by: Andrea Boschetti
Artwork by: Ivo Bisignano

some images from CONTENT 09

Light in darker times...

Beauty in Spain

More at http://www.airedebardenas.com/

across the world

People from 22 countries are reading our little blog!
sweet!

Bucky's Map

Learn more about it here.

Fashion Show Tonight

I am so excited about tonight. Every season these lovely ladies definitely bring a beautiful collection of sculptural and elegant pieces.

come see for yourself:

Emily Ryan, Liza Rietz, Fuschia Lin, Idom.

designs above by Emily Ryan, and Liza Rietz. (who are also having a trunkshow on the 24th. )

EXHIBITION SUNDAY OCT 18TH

Come out this coming Sunday to see the array of Portland designers that are showcasing their collections in a exhibition format.
for more info:
content-portland.com

Beautiful Knitwear

by Aino Vainio

LOVE CAKE

First Friday October

Library - 5027, originally uploaded by brandt.kimberly.

This first friday was the opening for Papergirl. you should check out their happening coming up on October 18th, they will be distributing artwork to unknowing passerby via bicycle. there is some amazing work by outsider artists as well as up and comers.
come by Second Nature to check it all out!

xo
Emily

Raincoats Raincoats

Now is the season for jackets. In my etsy shop this month I have a special on the trench and wow raincoat.
get em for when it's chilly, and I promise you will be warm, dry, and fashionable.

xo

Emily

Early Morning Forest Love

This morning my love and I awoke at 6:30 am. This, for those of you who know me personally, is very rare. But the only time we could trek into the NW forest together is early, before he goes to work.
We dressed in our coziest sweaters and pants, boots and hats, and drove 40 minutes up a mountain into the heart of the Gorge. I knew all this rain would bring an abundance of forest fruit, and so with my excitement building, we parked and headed into the damp conifer forest. Paper bag in hand, knife in hand, we eyed the wet, mossy, perfumed forest.
but as my good friend Erin the night before had said, many people probably already hit up the good spots.
we saw clusters of chopped off chanterelle stumps. But deeper into the forest we hit a jackpot.

On Monday we are having my friend Tracey Forrest over for wild mushroom dinner.
I will post pictures from it!

xo
Emily

Consolidation

So, somehow I have 6 blogs. 6 blogs, a band, 2 clothing lines: Emily Katz, and Bonnie Heart Clyde, a side job working at an amazing Portland restaurant, a boyfriend, and a store. wow. how did this happen?

So for one, I am going to consolidate the blogs. I have a food blog:
love-menu.blogspot.com,
a fashion inspiration blog:
fashion-nature.blogspot.com

and a few others.
so now if you want to hear about my world, I suggest you, dear reader, read on, read here.

Feasts for your eyes, your mouth, and your body.

xo

Emily

Spring 2010 On the Runway

Men Swear Vest in Cypress
Sweet Thing Dress in Cream

Photo By Lisa Warninger
more here.

tanuki

Last night the plan was to go see The Dirty Three. Probably one of my favorite bands. At 5:30 my honey invited me to dinner at Tanuki, we have wanted to eat there for weeks...and we finally made it.

it was so delicious. I don't have pictures, but get yourself there and drink sake and fill your belly with comfort.

we never made it to the show. the food put us into a lazy coma, and we fell asleep by 10pm...

Hubble

WOW!

Laura Lombardi

laura lombardi's jewelry gives me wet dreams.
24ct gold dipped quartz crystals.

Spring 2010

keywords:

men swear
mens wear

keyhole
backless
sweat heart
sweetheart

sweat it out

wear me to a party
to a picnic on an island
to your first date with the man you will marry.

lake and stars

every time I walk into Lille, I am always drawn to the fanciful lingerie line Lake and Stars. I found their spring lookbook haunting and droolworthy...

inspiration 1 ::::::::recycled houses.

Lovely story from the NYtimes about a man from Texas who has built 14 houses entirely out of salvaged materials. they are so beautiful. read about them here.

Crystal Caverns

these are sewer stalagtites!
found here.

inspiration.

Nice styling from designer Studio Violet.

holy edibles and fashion combined

Taking food and fashion to the NEXT level.
Luxirare

Design for a Living world

So inspirational. Christien Meindertsma is a very talented Dutch designer. WOW.
She has wonderful things to say about designers creating products.
Take the time to watch, you will be thrilled...
xo

Emily

CUSTOM embroidery on your item or mine

I began my venture into job description: "clothing designer" by taking vintage apparel and embroidering whimsical drawings on them.
That line, called Bonnie Heart Clyde, has taken a long hiatus, but I am now taking custom embroidery orders. You can either bring me a loved item, a vintage item, or a blank garment that you would like embroidered.
contact me here:

emilykatzpdx (@) Gmail dot com

The Last Splash!

Above are some backstage shots of the fashion event that took place yesterday at Penninsula Park. Submissions for experimental swimwear were made by a few of Portland's talented artists and designers. Many thanks to Tiffany (shown above in aqua), Curtis and Fox for modeling my clothes so so well. Everyone looked amazing!! The Last Splash was smash.

Boating

Emily Rose and Emily Katz, friends for over 15 years

Some summer days call for playing hooky. Yesterday was one of them. A friend called and enticed us out to play on the river, he rented a boat and we watched the most beautiful sunset.

Ben Weiner

Oracle, 2007, oil on canvas, 64 x 96 inches

holy shit. this is a painting.
i'm in love.

BlueBerry Boy Bait

No, it is not the name of a new dress style, but of a scrumptious gift our fellow 811 building resident, Tamara of Redux, brought to us this afternoon. She said it hasn't been successful in attracting men, but in making her gaggle of girlfriends happy!

Heather enjoying the tasty treat while making her swimsuit for "The Last Splash" fashion show that happens on August 22nd.

Yum! thanks Tamara!

xo

Emily

gorgeousness

Sky Planter

Jordan Domont in September

"David Lynch" by Jordan Domont

A bio from his website:

Jordan Domont hails from the corn-fringed and cul-desac’d suburbs of Indiana. He grew up tall and earned a BFA from the University of Oregon in Eugene, where he studied figurative painting. It was there that he fell skull over-sneakers for portraiture. After college, he moved to Portland, where he now lives and paints.

To infuse depth and luminosity into his work, Jordan employs a palette of punchy hues. Experimenting, he discovered that when inks layer heavily onto Mylar, it creates a rich, almost melted effect. Pigments become slightly volatile, even mercurial, and their behavior enlivens the entire process. Jordan likes to explore how different amalgams of color work together, because it sure trumps sitting back and watching paint dry.

Clients Include: New York Magazine, Business Week, Dallas Observor, Atlanta Magazine, Eye Weekly, Virgin/Atlantic, The Scientist, UCLA Magazine, Inside Counsel, Time-Out Chicago, VICE, Portland Mercury, Seattle Weekly, Chicago Magazine, MBA Jungle, Westchester Magazine, Toronto Life Magazine, Las Vegas City Life, and HOW Magazine.

It sure will be a colorful party!
see more of his work here.

xo
Emily

Open House

First Friday 8/7/09

Gorgeous flower arrangement that my lovely friends Tracey and Tyler Forrest sent us!

Heather (dressed in her fantastic Mezzo Top) and Emily (in her new Fall 09 Audrey high waisted pant) on Opening night!




Sara Shaw in the Zerrin Cloak. ($300)

opening

our opening was a lovely success. thank you all for attending and celebrating with us!
pics to come

xo

Emily and Heather

postcard!!!

Sarah Meadows

We are very pleased to present our very first First Friday artist, photographer Sarah Meadows.
you can see more of her work here.

This friday, August 7th, is the grand opening of Second Nature. Please join us for some wine and snacks and to welcome us into the space!

California

Many new posts to come, with pictures. Right now we are headed to Sonoma for some wine tasting and then up to the redwoods for tree magic.

We plan on camping north of Arcata and then will be back on Thursday!
Hooray for roadtrips with wonderful and inspiring women.
Check out the sites of the ladies I am traveling with:

Mothlove.com
AKVintage.com
appetite.etsy.com

xo
Emily

Renegade

Sitting at renegade fair!

Hollywood love

Brea Grant, an actress from the TV show Heroes rocked this Heather Treadway dress from local boutique Olio United at a comic con gig last year. You too can get one like it at our little shop!

Hanna Hedman

Beautiful art is jewelry is art.
find her work here.

Hermione

Oh Hermione. Loving the mood of this image.
found this here.

home

WOODSTOCK HANDMADE HOUSES (paperback)
by Robert Hanley, David Ballantine, Jonathan Elliot

found here.

Favorite blogs #2

Senseless Acts of Beauty. yes.

Treehugger Write UP!!

I had a lovely conversation today with Amy Dufault who writes for Eco Salon and does some freelance repping for a fantastic group of eco-designers, and she mentioned that someone was going to contact me today about a writeup of the Emily Katz line. Well, I guess they had enough information, because no one got in touch, but they did say some nice things.

Read it here.

Viral

Dave Chappelle at Pioneer Square


SO, I was one of the many to stand in Pioneer Square last night waiting for Dave Chappelle. It was a bonafide adventure unlike anything I had seen for a long while.

more info here

I was almost hoping it had been some kind of crazy marketing scheme, but then again, I wasn't thinking at the time and should have piped in as well:

"Dave Chappelle stopped in Second Nature today and bought himself an embroidered tie. He said he would wear it in the square tonight!"

xo

Emily

blog write up

Olio United Trunk Show: Spotlight on Emily Katz | Green Grechen ...

Check out Green Grechen's blog. She has some really nice things to say about my line!

xo

Emily

Renegade Craft Fair this weekend!

This weekend, I am joining my lovely lady friends and driving to San Francisco for the 2 day sale.
Renegade Craft
If you are in the area come by! the shop in Portland will be closed for the weekend.

Images of the show at Mahan Gallery

It's so nice to see my name on the wall. The show looks beautiful, I just wish I could have been there.
Mahan Gallery

East+West Trunkshow starts today

Today our friends over at Olio United launched a trunkshow that I participated in. Get made to order items from the summer 09 collection. Also items from Form and Fauna, Bahar Shahpar, and Sword and Fern. I love supporting these women and you should too:
Oliounited

curtains are going up!

So in the spirit of being a busy bee, I woke early and went to Ikea to buy a curtain rod/cord/thingy I found online to stretch across the back of the shop
.
Very excited, that I somehow managed to escape that place having spent only $35 (my cart was much more full, but one of the workers walked away with my treasures to restock them, thinking I had abandoned them, within 5 minutes, so I had the excuse to think that I probably didn't need all of that...) I headed back to the shop ready to install.

One thing you need to know about Ikea is that those Swedes are smarter than you. Really. I think of myself as a pretty handy and intuitive person, but the simplest directions evade me. So, I tried to screw in the male part into the female part. And it was not working! Come on, this screwing thing is so elementary...

In a huff I brought it back to the store, to exchange it for a functioning pair, and the clerk tells me that it isn't broken, just totally backwards. UGGGH.

Ah well. Now !!!!! The curtains are going up!

xo
Emily

Betsy Walton

Embers

June 2009, 11x14, acrylic gouache on panel

Yesterday, the lovely artist Betsy Walton came into the shop. We are doing a trade: a painting of hers for a few things of mine.

It is always inspiring to talk with other artists/designers about their process and what new projects they are working on! And her work is so mystical and beautiful! I can't wait to have one of her original paintings in my life.

xo
Emily

Growing

I need green around me all the time, green living things. I finally planted some snake plants in our entry way, and it makes me feel so good to see them everyday when I walk in the door.

Many Mountains

I do love following blogs, and recently I have found a handful of favorites.
All The Mountains is one I have been obsessively checking.
She has introduced me to many artists, designers, and beautiful things over the past weeks, I don't know what I did without her.

I so want to live in this room. so cozy.

xo
Emily

Leanne Marshall

Eco Designer Leanne Marshall finally debuted her first full collection since appearing on Project Runway, and I must say it has all her style, but I am not in love with the color palate.
Of course she has to appeal to a much wider audience, and Bluefly surely has a little bit of a hand in it...
Leanne and I shared the runway at Portland Fashion week, just 2 years ago and it is so interesting to see how many different directions peoples lives can go...
you can follow her at her blog here.

xo
Emily

Emily Katz Featured on Urban Weeds

So, I was working at Moxie RX, making smoothies, and these two adorable girls came by and asked if they could take my picture. Turns out, they are from a sweet online streetstyle blog called Urban Weeds, I dragged these pics over from their blog...hope that's ok!
I was in a little bind, the Health Dept showed up while I was stuffing strawberries in my mouth. oops..!

Photos copyright Lisa Warninger.

xo
Emily

Embroidered Artwork

This month I have two art show up. The first is a group show at Columbus Ohio's modern Mahan Gallery. You can view the show, titled "Stay Calm" on their website. These works are all new and part of a series that is buzzing in my head.
I also have a selection of embroidered items from my line Bonnie Heart Clyde up there as well. They are going fast!



The other show is a solo show at the lovely local lingerie boutique Lille.
These embroideries are all in hoops and are of animals cuddling with people...so cuddly.
All of the embroidered work is done freeform on an old sewing machine.

please contact me if you would like more info on the embroidered works.

xo
Emily

Artist preview

I was browsing my friend's blogs yesterday, searching out artwork to book for our upcoming gallery shows, and came upon an artist that I am very excited to show in the beginning of next year. I know it is far away, but I can't contain myself!

Her name is Valerie A Molnar, based out of Richmond, VA. and she wrote me back today excited about sharing her fantastic knitted abstracts...

They're Kissing Again

Hand Knit Acrylic Yarn, 20'w x 13'h 2008

Is this a Kissing Book?
Hand Knit Acrylic Yarn and Acrylic Paint on Wall, 10'X15'. 2007

Each work is titled with lines from the Princess Bride. Very cute.
I am not sure what she will make for Second Nature, but by looking at her work here, I know we will not be disappointed!!!

Heather Treadway in SOMA magazine!

Heather Treadway, our lovely co-creater, is featured in this month's SOMA magazine, representing a musical niche in Portland Street Style...
here she is wearing her Futur Z short sleeve sweatshirt...HOT!

So exciting!!!

Design of our sign

The uber talented Ashley Eriksson of the Olympia based band, Lake, will be hand painting our sandwich board with her lovely illustrations.
here are a few examples of her work.

if you are interested in her artwork, contact her here:
ashleyeriksson@gmail.com

Second Nature. Emily Katz and Heather Treadway

The best things happen unexpectedly, when you aren't looking for them. Like new love, or discovering a favorite band, or finding that little necklace you had forgotten, hidden beneath your dresser.

Second Nature is a shop that was born in a similarly magical way.
Acting as the main showroom of Portland based designers Heather Treadway (of paperdoll fashion), and Emily Katz, who met through friends and poof!! a shop/studio was born... The storefront will host 1st friday gallery openings, connecting fiber and art to the greater community, as well as trunkshows of our favorite local and national designers.

please keep your eyes open for more info as it comes,


we are now open most days, and will have our grand opening party on 1st Friday August 7th.

please come join us!!

xo
emily and heather