A local gay publication in Portland called Just Out very kindly asked me to be a fashion columnist for their publication. The behind the scenes is I am good friends with one of their regular contributors, the fabulous Daniel Borgen aka Lady About Town, and he convinced them they needed fashion and I was the person to give it to them. D-Borgen is always a stand up chap like that.
At first I was reticent to say the least. Not only am I not a trained writer in the slightest, but I am good friends with some really wonderful, and truly talented, professional writers, which makes me worry I will be devaluing them by daring to claim myself a columnist. Especially from my dear friend Nan, a breezily brilliant, and always witty writer in NYC. She's the real deal when it comes to fashion commentary. What would this peerless peer think?
Ultimately I decided, "Why not?" I've been slowly building my fashion brand in the Rose City in as many diverse ways as possible, and this would just be another feather in my fashionable chapeau. So, it's with this disclaimer, I present to you my first piece as a columnist (that's right I used the term)- Advice On Fashion: A Disclaimer.
