Best of 2011: Gear It was a very good year... for looking good as hell.

Pendleton Portland Collection: Oregon brand Pendleton drew on the vintage-hip skills of three young local designers/ friends, one of whom once worked as a stylist for the Decemberists...more

Moonwoods: Moonwoods crafts custom daily-use spectacles to your specific facial structure from unique, sustainable hardwood...more

Million Dollar Ballers: Million Dollar Ballers honors sports stars of days past with colorful, cleverly designed wearables drawing on a distinct '80s sports nostalgia...more

Danner's New Stumptown Boots: From the legendary local boot-builder, Stump's a just-released run that, for the first time ever, tweaks the classic Vibram-soled, hand-stitched leather crap-kickers into lightweight urban jams...more

MXO:raw: Mannishly branching out from colorfully striated, ex-skateboard-deck chick-kitsch, the folks behind MapleXO have just teamed with a PDX hide-hacker to create a fine selection of man goods for their Raw line...more