The English Dept.

This shop is half bridal atelier, specializing in beautiful-but-decidedly-non-princessy wedding gowns, and half cocktail-dress purveyor. Along with trusted labels like Twinkle by Wenlan and Mint Jodi Arnold, be on the lookout for owner Elizabeth Dye's eponymous line of glam partywear made of lush brocades and chiffons; and check back often for new additions, which trickle down from her upstairs workshop every few days.
1124 SW Alder St., 503-224-0724