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May 9, 2025

Clothing retailer with Utah roots finds new home in Portland’s Old Port

28 Exchange St. storefront in Portland on a sunny day. Photo / Renee Cordes Clothing retailer Lazy Sun, located at 28 Exchange St. in Portland's Old Port Neighborhood, is scheduled to open for business on Memorial Day weekend.
By Sloane M. Perron

Lazy Sun, an outdoor apparel and lifestyle shop founded in Park City, Utah, is coming full circle as Maine native, Jordan Haddadi, and her husband, Mark Pomykato, open a store at 28 Exchange St. in Portland’s Old Port neighborhood.

Lazy Sun will offer a variety of domestic and international brands, including Wythe New York, the South Korean label Orumm, the Japanese brands Snow Peak and Puebco and a climbing apparel outfitter Gramicci, which had its roots in Ventura, Calif. 

Store interior
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The interior of Lazy Sun

The store will also stock in-house products that the firm designed with a Los Angeles-based team, where their apparel is inspired by traditional workwear with classic silhouettes.

“My husband opened Lazy Sun in 2021, and I like to say it was his first child, because we now have a real baby,” Haddadi said.

“Mark has worked in the outdoor industry for over 20 years, and he noticed this gap in the market where most ski and outdoor shops focused on the hard goods and technical gear, but not on clothing that fit into everyday life. That's our inspiration. He wanted to bring in pieces that felt great, functioned well outdoors, were technically sound, but still looked stylish when grabbing a coffee, heading to work, or spending a day in town.”

Lazy Sun will stock camping accessories, gender-neutral skincare products, organic sunscreens and more. The goal is to sell functional goods and usable lifestyle products that you can use immediately once you leave the store, Haddadi said.

New England ties

Haddadi, who is originally from Portland, and Pomykato, who was born and raised in New Hampshire, grew up exploring in their backyards and woods.

Those interests inspired a life-long passion for nature, skiing and exploring, a love that the couple hopes to pass down to their two-year-old son. He has already accompanied his parents on hiking trips to Zion National Park and Capitol Reef National Park in Utah and visited Puerto Rico.

As they prepare to open the new location, the entrepreneurs are excited to have a street-level, easily accessible space where they can keep the door open and warmly welcome customers.

They also expect to hire three to five employees to help manage the shop and their e-commerce site. The sense of community is why they selected Portland, not just for their store, but for their new family home as well.

“I'm just so excited for the small business community that's here right now, walking around, going into some of these stores, it just feels like a special time. The energy of the Old Port just has this charm about it that we're really excited about,” Haddadi said.

Plans for Lazy Sun’s grand reopening at 28 Exchange St. are still underway, with festivities scheduled for Memorial Day weekend.
 

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