A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MERCEDES-BENZ OF WILSONVILLE PORTLAND FASHION WEEK:

2002 PORTLAND FASHION WEEK BECAME THE 3RD OFFICIAL "FASHION WEEK" IN THE USA AND ONE OF THE 1ST FEW IN THE WORLD.

VETERAN'S DAY OF 2002 PORTLAND FASHION WEEK INITIATES OUR ANNUAL CLOTHING DRIVE. NOW ACTIVE FOR 22 YEARS.

MARCH 18, 2002 THE FIRST PORTLAND FASHION WEEK FINALE' IS HELD AT THE PORTLAND ART MUSEUM.

SEPT. 22, 2003 PORTLAND FASHION WEEK IS HELD FROM PIONEER COURTHOUSE SQUARE.

2005 VOGUE MAGAZINE LAUDS PORTLAND FASHION WEEK'S FORESIGHT FOR BEING THE 1ST FASHION WEEK IN THE WORLD TO SHOWCASE BOTH SUSTAINABLE APPAREL AND PLUS SIZED APPAREL FROM THEIR OWN DEDICATED NIGHTS AND FROM THE SAME SERIES.

2005 PORTLAND FASHION WEEK WAS HELD FROM THE TOP 44TH FLOOR IN THE CITY’S TALLEST BUILDING.

2005 PORTLAND FASHION WEEK BECAME THE FIRST FASHION WEEK TO SHOWCASE A COLLECTION FROM A CITY HALL.

2006 PORTLAND FASHION WEEK LAUNCHES A HAND CRAFTED SUSTAINABLE BAMBOO RUNWAY CATCHING THE ATTENTION OF BOOK MODA, WHO THEN DECLARED PORTLAND FASHION WEEK AS THE MOST SUSTAINABLY PRODUCED FASHION WEEK IN THE WORLD AFTER TAKING NOTICE OF PORTLAND FASHION WEEK’S EXTENSIVE SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION VALUES.

2007 PORTLAND FASHION WEEK BECAME THE FIRST FASHION WEEK TO INITIATE A CARBON MITIGATION PROGRAM PLANTING THOUSANDS OF TREES AND HENCE BECOMING CARBON NEGATIVE IN THE PROCESS.

2008 PORTLAND FASHION WEEK ALUMNA LEEANNE MARSHALL WINS PROJECT RUNWAY.

2008 PORTLAND FASHION WEEK TEAMS WITH BLUE OCEAN EVENTS FOR THE WORLD'S FIRST SUSTAINABILITY PRODUCED GREEN TRADE SHOW. HELD FOR 3 DAYS FROM THE PORTLAND EXPO CENTER TO 20,000 ATTENDEES, IT WAS AN EVENT AND RELATIONSHIP WHICH RAN FOR 7 YEARS.

2009 PORTLAND FASHION WEEK SHOWCASED A CUSTOM SOLAR PANEL FROM SOLAR WORLD,AS OUR RUNWAY-THE FIRST FASHION WEEK IN THE WORLD TO DO SO.

2009 PORTLAND FASHION WEEK BUYS “CARBON CREDITS” TO OFFSET THE EVENT’S CARBON FOOTPRINT.

2009 PORTLAND FASHION WEEK’S EXECUTIVE PRODUCER BEGINS WORK ON THE “PORTLAND/CHINA FASHION CONNECTION”. BRINGING 10 CHINESE BILLIONAIRE TEXTILE COMPANY OWNERS TO LEARN ABOUT U.S. SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES.

2009 PORTLAND FASHION WEEK EXECUTIVE PRODUCER BEGINS HIS PERSONAL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR THE PORTLAND ART INSTITUTE.

2010 PORTLAND FASHION WEEK'S EXECUTIVE PRODUCER PRODUCED LADY GAG'S PRE-CONCERT FASHION SHOW FOR LADY GAGA AND THE MODA CENTER.

2010PORTLAND FASHION WEEK EXECUTIVE PRODUCER IS ASKED TO RUN FOR MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PORTLAND, OR BY A CONSORTIUM OF LOCAL BUSINESSMEN, WHICH HE POLITELY DECLINED.

2010 PORTLAND FASHION WEEK EXECUTIVE PRODUCER IS ASKED TO HEAD THE OFFICIAL OFFICE OF PORTLAND FASHION, WHICH HE DECLINED AS WELL.

2011 PORTLAND FASHION WEEK ALUMNUS SETH AARON WINS PROJECT RUNWAY.

2011 PORTLAND FASHION WEEK EXECUTIVE PRODUCER IS ASKED TO PRODUCE A FASHION RELATED EVENT FOR KATY PERRY BUT WAS ALREADY PRODUCING ECOPALOOZA THE WORLD’S FIRST 100% SUSTAINABLE AND SOLAR POWERED FASHION SHOW AND WAS UNABLE TO DO SO.

2011 PORTLAND FASHION WEEK IS NOMINATED FOR MOST SUSTAINABLE COMPANY IN OREGON BY THE FRIENDS OF THE COLUMBIA GORGE.

2011 PORTLAND FASHION WEEK EXECUTIVE PRODUCER IS NOMINATED FOR “THE BEST AWARD” FOR LOCAL PORTLAND BUSINESS.

2011 THE EXTIRPATED COHO SALMON RETURNED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER 40 YEARS TO THE UPPER REACHES OF THE JOHNSON CREEK WATERSHED WHERE OUR CARBON MITIGATION PROGRAM RETURNED STREAM SIDE CONDITIONS BACK TO NATURAL LEVELS.

2012 PORTLAND FASHION WEEK EXECUTIVE PRODUCER TOD HUNTER FOULK RESTRUCTURES THE COMPANY, EJECTING BOTH FORMER EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS PRANSENJIT TITO CHOWDHURY AND CHRISTOPHER JAIME CONE FROM THE ORGANIZATION.

2012 PORTLAND FASHION WEEK CREATES A TOXIC FREE,TRANSPARENT ENVIRONMENT AND RESTRUCTURES FOR A RELAUNCH IN 2013.

2012 PORTLAND FASHION WEEK EXECUTIVE PRODUCER CREATES, WRITES AND PRODUCES “THE PORTLAND FASHION AND STYLE AWARDS“ HELD FROM THE ARLEEN SCHNITZER CONCERT HALL.

2012 PORTLAND FASHION WEEK EXECUTIVE PRODUCER BEGINS WORK ON A 4 PART TELEVISION COMMERCIAL SERIES FOR KPDX FOX 49 PORTLAND’S LOCAL FOX AFFILIATE.

2012 PEI PEI SUN, MODEL AND WRITING FOR TIME MAGAZINE, DECLARES PORTLAND FASHION WEEK AS THE BEST INDIE FASHION WEEK IN THE USA. A TITLE HELD EVER SINCE.

2012 PORTLAND FASHION WEEK ALUMNA GRETCHEN JONES WINS PROJECT RUNWAY.

2013 PORTLAND FASHION WEEK EXECUTIVE PRODUCER TOD HUNTER FOULK EARNED AN EMMY FOR “BEST LEAD IN TO A DAYTIME NEWS SHOW’’, WITH HIS PRIOR WORK ON PRODUCING THE 4 PART COMMERCIAL SERIES IN 2012. DEBUTING DURING THE SUPER BOWL 2013 HALF-TIME SHOW.

2013 PORTLAND FASHION WEEK ALUMNA MICHELLE LESNIAK WINS PROJECT RUNWAY.

2015 PORTLAND FASHION WEEK TEAMS WITH THE U.S. DEPT. OF STATE IN THE "YOUNG LEADERS OF THE AMERICAS INITIATIVE" MENTORING LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN ISLAND NATION FASHION DESIGN ENTREPRENEURS. WITH PORTLAND FASHION WEEK’S EXECUTIVE PRODUCER BEING INVITED TO NO LESS THAT 16 NATIONS TO PRODUCE ANNUAL FASHION EVENTS FOR THOSE COUNTRIES IN THE PROCESS.

2015 PORTLAND FASHION WEEK IS DECLARED AS A TOP 1”00 THINGS TO DO IN PORTLAND BEFORE YOU DIE” BY THE REEDY PRESS’ “BUCKET LIST”.

2015 PORTLAND FASHION WEEK BECAME PLASTICS FREE.

2015 PORTLAND FASHION WEEK BECAME CRUELTY FREE.

2015 PORTLAND FASHION WEEK CEASES PURCHASE OF “CARBON CREDITS” BELIEVING A BETTER USE OF FUNDS IS IN SUPPORT OUR THE COMPANY’S CARBON MITIGATION PROGRAM.

2015 PORTLAND FASHION WEEK BECAME THE TEMPLATE FOR THE CFDA'S KINDER, GENTLER AND NON PREDATORY FASHION WEEK BUSINESS MODEL.

2015 PORTLAND FASHION WEEK DECLARED THE WORLD'S ONLY CARBON NEGATIVE FASHION WEEK BY THE HUFFINGTON POST.

2016 PORTLAND FASHION WEEK BEGINS WORKING WITH ALLIED GLOBAL MEDIA COMPANY PROMOTING HOLLYWOOD FILMS. WE JUST COMPLETED OUT 15TH CAMPAIGN WITH THEM SEPT. OF 2022.

2016 PORTLAND FASHION WEEK BEGINS AN ANNUAL CHARITY GOLF TOURNEY.

2016 PORTLAND FASHION WEEK WAS INTRODUCED TO THE HOLLYWOOD PRESS CORPS, WITH A FEW NEAT THINGS IN 2023 TO CULMINATE FROM THAT FORTUNATE EVENT.

2017 PORTLAND FASHION WEEK IS APPROACHED BY ANTHROPOLOGIE TO PRODUCE “THE PORTLAND COLLECTION” FEATURING LOCAL APPAREL DESIGNERS.

2018 PORTLAND FASHION WEEK HOSTS URUGUAY WITH THE YOUNG LEADERS OF THE AMERICAS INITIATIVE.

2019 PORTLAND FASHION WEEK BECOMES A SIGNATORY OF THE PARIS ACCORDS ON CLIMATE CHANGE.

2019 PORTLAND FASHION WEEK BEGAN THE "NEW AND EXPECTING MOMMIES' FUND" HELPING AT RISK YOUNG MOTHERS MEET MONTHLY LIVING EXPENSES.

2019 PORTLAND FASHION WEEK EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CO-HOSTS ALONG WITH JORDAN SCHNITZER, THE JAPANESE LIVING TREASURE MULTI-MEDIA ARTIST NORITAKA TATEHANA (FAMOUS AS LADY GAGA’S HEELLESS SHOE DESIGNER) RECEPTION FROM THE JAPANESE GARDEN, HONORING TATEHANA SAN’S FIRST EVER VISIT TO THE USA.

2010 PORTLAND FASHION WEEK UTILIZED PREVIOUS CONTINGENCY PLANS REGARDING SUSPENSION OF EVENTS AND WAS ABLE TO HOLD THE PORTLAND FASHION WEEK 2020 SERIES DESPITE SHUT DOWNS WHILE FOLLOWING ALL CDC GUIDELINES. UNLIKE ALMOST ALL OTHER INTERNATIONAL FASHION WEEKS WHICH HAD TO CANCEL.

2021 MARKED OUR 20TH ANNIVERSARY.

2022 PORTLAND FASHION WEEK DEBUTS THE ‘’SHELTER SUITS’’ A COLLABOARATION BETWEEN DUTCH FASHION DESIGNER BASS TIMMER, NIKE, AND CHLOE. PORTLAND FASHION WEEK STOLE THEM AWAY FROM IMG INC PARIS FASHION WEEK AS OUR ENVIRONMENTAL ETHOS WAS A BETTER ‘’FIT’’.

2023 PORTLAND FASHION WEEK BECOMES PARTNERS WITH MERCEDES-BENZ OF WILSONVILLE AND THE SWICKARD AUTO GROUP TO BECOME MERCEDES-BENZ OF WILSONVILLE PORTLAND FASHION WEEK WITH THE SERIES VENUE BEING THE DEALERSHIP ITSELF.

2023 PORTLAND FASHION WEEK PLANTS OUR 15,000TH TREE.

2024 IS PORTLAND FASHION WEEK’S 23RD ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, WITH SUPPORTING AND ANCILLARY EVENTS HAPPENING ACROSS THE CITY ALL SUMMER LONG.

2024 PORTLAND FASHION WEEK BECOME VEGETARIAN IN ALL OF OUR CATERING NEEDS.

2024 PORTLAND FASHION WEEK GOES VIRTUAL IN THE A.I. WORLD.

2024 PORTLAND FASHION WEEK HOSTS “STAR WORN” A LIVE STREAMING CELEBRITY APPAREL CHARITY AUCTION.

2024 PORTLAND FASHION WEEK HOSTS ANGEL MEN CHAN OF FORBES MAGAZINE.