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a midsummer night's dream

i love love love the play "a midsummer night's dream". the story, the scenery, the time of year, the author, etc... i think of twinkling stars, muted dusk,mossy trees, forest animals, the scent of lavender, glistening ponds, flowing dresses, and ethereal-ly long wavy hair.

being as today is the summer solstice i did a little googling on the matter and came across the 1935 film production of "a midsummer nights dream". apparently the director, max reinhardt, and i had (have?) the same little bug in our brains as the images i found were pretty much exactly how my swimming little head has always pictured it to be. much lovelier than the home video of the play that i saw in high school-although i still couldn't help but love the play. i just really thought i could style it a lot better. just saying.

i can stop fretting now though. apparently my version was done 76 years ago. ding dong.

oh, and mickey rooney was in it. and james cagney. i live under a rock.

stills:

 

 
 
 
 

 

posters:
 

 
 

(images via)

i wish people still made stuff like this.

oh! right, the whole purpose of looking up solstice imagery was to let everyone know that we are having a sale to celebrate one of our favorite times of year.

*20% off regularly priced items through sunday*

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if you don't know who is playing in the super bowl...

then we know exactly where you belong on super bowl sunday.

with us at

 
shop, drink, eat, shop, drink, shop.

just because we aren't on the above list doesn't mean narcisse won't be there, we just had a little bit of a deadline problem otherwise known as procrastination. but whatever.

the point is we'll be there with some pretty serious discounts on previous season items.  like up to 75% off discounts.

there will be a slew of other shops and artists as well and admission is free!

bargain hunting

crystal ballroom

1332 w.burnside

p.s. to go along with this sale we are also marking down the entire store 30% for the week of february 6-13.

although i suppose if you came in say, now...we'd still give you the discount.

we're going to denmark next week and you know how that puts us in a good mood.

(if you're at bargain hunting on sunday we're just a few blocks away!)

black friday

come down to the westend to support your favorite local boutiques!

narcisse joins radish underground, covet, frances may, flora, and tender loving empire on friday november 26th in the westend's 15% off of everything all day sale!

here are some gifts from yours truly that we're pretty sure will score you some big points.  oh, yeah and make someone happy too!

 
clockwise from top: brehan todd earrings, urban valentine key charms, vintage gloves, brehan todd cameo locket, noa noa flower pins, kiki ami black bird bone necklace, noa noa waist belt, paper treasure earrings, noa noa booties.

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clockwise from top: noa noa mary janes, gianna rose dress form soaps, handmade dress with antique lace by allison jovone, gianna rose bonne nuit soap pillows, feather and lace hair clip, brehan todd locket with bow, noa noa pink wool sweater with two peek-a-boos.

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clockwise from top: assorted flower clips, gianna rose robins eggs soaps in apothecary jar, kiki ami necklace, gianna rose robin's egg soaps in nest, noa noa teal wool sweater, urban valentine key multi strand necklace, feather and lace hair clip, noa noa tall boots.

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get down to the westend on friday, grab a coffee at stumptown, hit up all your favorite portland shops, have lunch at kenny and zukes, drinks at clyde common, and if you just can't make it home after all that get a room at the ace hotel! 

if you can't come in friday no worries...you can still enjoy 10% off through sunday december 5th.

art opening and fashion show this weekend!

join narcisse as we team up with splendorporium for an art opening and fashion show.

this friday splendorporium opens the tarot show and narcisse is honored to present our newest noa noa collection as part of the show!

 
if by some chance you absolutely can't make it to the event make sure you stop by the shop as we have recevied the last of the fall shipment.   this means the long awaited boots and coats are here!

 
 
 

stay tuned for updates to the website as well!
 

wow! we're two years old!

to celebrate the wonderful two years that we have been open we are having a fall fete!

 
here are the details...

1.  we will be introducing the fall collection for noa noa

2.  we will have displays from the wonderful people who make narcisse extra special:

paloma soledad has brought in several of her 'too fantastic for words' corsets that take her tens of hours to construct.  paloma has also been working in collaboration with artist robb kramer to produce the perfect pairings of art and fashion in a project entitled mythaus.  as an extra treat we are honored to have an original piece by robb that comes to life as well in the form of a beautiful corset by miss paloma.  perfect pairing.

 
(skirt, corset, styling: paloma soledad

model: lori madison

makeup and hair: alicia mariah elfving

photo: kenneth benjamin reed)

 
(waist cincher: paloma soledad

 photo: saturn studios)

also we will have new jewelry from brehan todd and paper treasure.  both ladies will be here to show off their specialty pieces as well as new fall inventory.

 

 
 
 

we are still featuring photos by dmitri von klein at monovita as well.

3.  ok, let's see...whatelse?  photobooth by our good friend jonny, dj curatrix, tarot reading by the lovely jewelie from flora, a live performance by 'so now then' - a cute little three piece band, drinks, yumms, magic.

4.  sale!  20% off everything!!! (excluding handmade)

please come!  have fun!  win a prize!

saturday september 18 2010

8-late

narcisse

1015 sw washington

portland oregon 97205

 

come clean house. double sale!

as mentioned yesterday we will be participating in the bargain hunting 101 event held at the crystal ballroom on sunday. 

this is really an event not to be missed as over 50 awesome shops, including yours truly, will be purging their racks to make room for everybody's favorite style season-autumn. 

speaking of autumn...noa noa autumn 2010 is making its transatlantic journey as we speak, soon to arrive at the welcoming doorstep of narcisse. 

 
  
   
 
  

 

 
(the collection is very gypsy! give me your tears.  no?)

as autumn is our favorite season, we generally go a little overboard on the ordering because we just can't leave any lovely morsel out.

this benefits you with a word.  sale.

the day after the bargain hunting 101 sale we will mark down the entire store.

30% off all regularly priced merchandise

(excluding handmade)

august 16-22

so here's the lowdown:

up to 75% off out of season merchandise at

 

followed by an in-store sale the next week!

lucky little you!  

 

 

 

giant sale and booze. tiny flier.

join us at the bargain hunting 101 sale and come get all the stuff you know you want.

  

mississippi street fair!

we did our first little fair shin-dig type thing last saturday, and while it was pretty brutal to wake up at 5:30 on a saturday morning, we had too much fun!

 
thanks to my good friend amber for the photos and for dragging her bum out of bed to help me all day.

it was nice to meet so many new people!  see you next year lovely mississippi avenue.

xo: narcisse.

spring sale and a wonderland of crafts...

come in and enjoy 10% off this weekend at narcisse to celebrate spring...even though it is still hiding a little bit.

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join narcisse's lovely jewelstresses brehan todd and jess from paper treasure  as well as 200 other vendors at

rumor has it the sun will also be making an appearance, so happy weekend shopping! 

 

we love scandinavia!

we were honored to have the scandinavian heritage foundation write a lovely article about narcisse in their current newsletter...its a brilliant way to spread the news to those who are most likely very familiar with noa noa that they have a little piece of home right here in portland.

even better!  we are teaming up with shf this thursday for a nordic business after hours get together!

there will be shopping and wine and cheese, and all merchandise (excluding hand-made) will be 20% off.

our shop is a little different than the typical beautiful and simple scandinavian look of most white walled noa noa shops which generally look like this:

 
so it will be interesting to hear everyone's thoughts on our take!

so turn in your taxes and have a drink with us...

nordic business after hours at narcisse

thursday, april 15th

5:30-7

(don't forget-20% off!)