Friday, October 29, 2010

clothes carts

Food Carts are very popular in Portland.
you see them pretty much everywhere you go, and they are cheaper than dining in, yet still so delicious!
you can find a wide range of food, like Mexican, Thai, Korean, crapes,,, you name it!
my husband and I really want to make a ritual of going to one food cart a week,
and check all of them out.(we haven't made a point yet : I)

yesterday, I was reading The Oregonian, a local news paper,
and found an interesting article.
it was about this double-decker vintage dress shop, called Lodekka.
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Erin Sutherland, the owner, got laid off from her job,
 and she decided to pursuit her all time dream, owning a vintage clothes store.
she researched for affordable retail space for rent,
but even tiny space wasn't below $1200/month.
so she decided to go with the cart idea
"if you can sell food from a cart, why not put a dress shop in something that moves?"
so here it is!
a vintage dress shop on a double-decker!!
read more of Erin's story on Lodekka, please visit here,
and her blog and Facebook page.


surprisingly enough, Lodekka isn't only one vintage clothes store on wheels in Portland!
I remembered reading a blog post over at Modish.

Wanderlust
it might seem smaller compared to Lodekka, but they travel well!
they drive over to street/craft fairs!
Wanderlust4Wanderlust5

pretty awesome, uhn?!

I wonder what kind of new type of carts start appearing in Portland in the near future...

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Lodekka pics are from here and here.
Wonderlust pics are from here
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happy Friday!
and have a lovely weekend :)
xo

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