September 6, 2010
How to dress like an Oregonian
Finding the right gate for the flight home to Eugene or Portland is always a snap at San Francisco airport, even without checking the departure monitors: Just follow the worst-dressed people.
Oregonians, on the whole, are not fashion plates. You see a lot of jeans and t-shirts here and few jackets and ties. The good news is, that means you don't have to dress like a model to travel here and blend in. Dress is even more casual east of the Cascades, where practicality overcomes fashion any day of the week and just about anywhere you go.
The exceptions might be: A few restaurants and night spots in Portland and that job interview you get at the bank, when you decide what you want most of all in life is to live here. But that's another story.
Photo: Fashion atop Strawberry Moutain, 2003
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