Today marks Lark’s 5 year birthday in Mount Pleasant, and they’re celebrating with shopping, wine, and food – with proceeds going to the Growing Chefs program for Mount Pleasant Elementary School (cute).
There will be wine tastings, a silent auction, and of course shopping the new spring items in store. Lark carries beautiful lines so there should be plenty to tempt you with!
Tegan & Sara are fully decked out in “larry.” garb in their new ‘Alligator’ music video, as are their backup dancers. Can’t get the song out of my head, and love their take on the winter wonderland theme, how very Canadian.
Stereogum had this to say:
Tegan & Sara pick much better costumes for “Alligator,” with some winter crochet wraps that exist somewhere between Oak and Etsy.
And Prefix Magazine calls the pieces “stylish crochet headwear.”
I graciously forgive both publications for mixing up crochet and knitting.
The girls are wearing the Sheridan Shawl and La Hache Scarf, hand-knit with BC alpaca yarn.
Watch the full music video on MUCH MUSIC!
dace is running an amazing contest that’s easy as pie to enter: pick two items you covet from their current collection, send your picks to dace, and be entered in a draw to win them.
dace is one of my absolute favourite fashion labels, so it was hard to narrow down just two choices from the collection for my own wish list, but here they are:
Even though my closet is chock full of blazers, I can’t get enough of them and I love this Midnight Blazer with cropped sleeves:
I’m really lacking in high-waisted items right now so I opted for the Trudy skirt as my number two pick, though I was eyeing some blouses as well:
Here are the contest details:
Simply e-mail info@dace.ca with WISH LIST CONTEST in the subject heading. Provide your:
1) Full name
2) Phone number
3) Wish list of your top 2 dace picks
Items must be numbered 1 and 2 in order to qualify.
Contest starts Nov. 9, 2009 and ends December 10th, 2009. Contest winner will be chosen at random draw by December 11th and notified by December 15th, 2009.
dace has also started a great blog where you can keep up to date on what they’re up to, what’s inspiring them in their Vancouver studio, and say in the know when it comes to great contests like this. I am very much looking forward to a sneak preview of their SS10 collection next week – check back for photos from that event soon…
Now get dream shopping!
re-find hat by nate organics
If you want to get all decked out in fall and winter goods without trekking around the shops you should stop by this event and save yourself time and hassle. At the Scotiabank Dance Centre Aug 21-23, Spend on Trend celebrates and promotes independent Canadian fashion designers. From fresh to old favorites there are tons of big names with some awesome new pieces from clutches and jewelry to knitwear and eco-friendly head pieces!
I’m totally onto this think global; spend local kick at the moment. I’ve seen and met so many local and Canadian artists from all walks of life recently and am so inspired to scrap my H&M wardrobe (but don’t worry-I would never) and eat, wear, walk and live local product. Promotion and support of what’s locally ours to take pride in is so exciting. Especially as we’re now less than six months away from hosting the 2010 Olympics I am feeling very passionately Canadian. Not Roots sweatshirt with those weird little creatures on it Canadian, but real, independent Canadian. I will definitely be at ‘Spend on Trend’ to see what our local entrepreneurs and creatives have to offer.
Friday, August 21: 5-9pm
Saturday, August 22: 10-7pm
Sunday, August 23: 11-6pm
Tickets are $5 at the door. And remember, the first 25 people through the door each day get a swag bag of goodies!
Leave a comment and tell us who your favourite Canadian designer is – the first two people to do so will win free tickets to Spend on Trend this weekend!
We did it once a few months ago to wild reviews, satiating the thrifty and sartorial desires of our loyal readers and friends, and now we’re doing it again even bigger and badder.
July 25th at the Grace Gallery on Main & 3rd in Vancouver, mark your calendars and tell your friends because it will likely be another few months before this epic sale happens again.
Stay tuned for photos over the next week of my personal stash, a sneak peek at just a sliver of what will be available at the sale for dirt cheap prices.
I was cruising through Gastown yesterday and was politely stopped by Paul Melo, one of two partners who recently started a street style blog in Vancouver by the name of Style Quotient. You’re probably familiar with the other half of this equation, Sunny Shum, who brings us Partly Sunny.
Obakki jacket, American Apparel tee, pants from F as in Frank, Farylrobin Boots, Larry scarf, vintage bag and glasses.
Keep your eye on Style Quotient for more from the streets of Vancouver!
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