Kris Krug photo from VFW’s SS08 Roca Wear show

It’s that time of year again, as Vancouver Fashion Week prepares to kick off with an opening gala tomorrow night at Leone. This year’s schedule looks promising with numerous designers new to the Vancouver fashion scene; it will be good to see some fresh talent, and I’m optimistic that the quality and appeal will be vastly improved from last season’s showings.

VFW has graduated from the small confines of the Chapel and a brief stint in a dusty wood factory (an admirable concept that didn’t quite translate into an environment conducive to fashion) to the large open Storyeum space.  I’m quite excited to see how this venue is transformed for the shows.

The closing gala will be held in the Storyeum space on Sunday evening, and VFW has partnered with the Junos to bring you the official afterparty with lots of celebs and musicians – this promises to be an epic evening, to be sure.

I’m all booked at Blo blow dry bar to ensure I’ve got big and fabulous hair (I’m thinking heavy on the curls) for the opening and closing galas, and set to wear a little black dress from Obakki’s spring/summer collection tomorrow.  Outfit for Sunday festivities still TBD.

Check out the VFW show and after party schedule here.  I’m looking forward to Saturday’s shows, but aim to be at pretty much all of them.

Hope to see you there!