FASHION Diaries
The Styled West
Rebecca Tay
From scoping out hot new stores to test-driving luxe spas and salons, our new Western editor, Rebecca Tay, reports on the best of Vancouver’s skyrocketing fashion scene.
The New, New West
Posted on May 5, 2008
There are the fabulous events (finally, a chance to wear that green 3.1 Phillip Lim dress with rosettes!) and the once-in-a-lifetime designer interview opportunities (last year’s roster included Robert Rodriguez, the boys behind Badgley Mischka, and jewellery magnate Kenneth Jay Lane), but perhaps the thing I’m most excited about as I step into my new role as FASHION’s Western editor is the opportunity to report on the rapidly-changing fashion scene on the West Coast.
Categories: Girl About Town
B.C. Fashion Week
Posted on March 28, 2008
By Kate MacLennan
I’m not so silly as to go comparing B.C. Fashion Week to the spectacles that our editors witness in Bryant Park, the Carrousel du Louvre, or any of Milan’s equally stylish venues, but I will enthuse this: we have a fashion week here in Vancouver, and the alluring mix of up-and-comers and established designers set to hit the catwalk next week is well worth checking out. Here’s some highlights:
Categories: Runway Report
What to Wear
Posted on February 26, 2008
By Kate MacLennan
While flicking through the prattle and the doom that is cable television today, I recently landed on TLC’s What Not To Wear. It had been a while since I watched Stacy and Clinton trash a fashion victim and her poly-blend wardrobe, so I hung in to catch the finale—I’m a sucker for a good makeover. Sadly, that warm, fuzzy “isn’t she beautiful?” moment never happened. In fact, I think I yawned when I saw the reveal. The poor woman looked like…everyone.
Categories: Fashion File
Love Bites
Posted on February 5, 2008
By Kate MacLennan
Don’t tell my boyfriend, but I’ve gone and fallen in love. No, not with another man—heavens, who has time between fashion shows and snowboarding for such folly as that?
Categories: Girl About Town
'Tis better to give
Posted on December 13, 2007
By Kate MacLennan
If you’re anything like me, right about now you’re in an eleventh hour panic for at least a couple holiday presents. Exhale. We’ve got some last minute gift ideas that any fashion savvy soul could pull off as her (or his) own.*
Hunter rain boots (from $129)
*Vancouver availability listed, but most items available across Canada.
Categories: Girl About Town
Weekend in Now Town
Posted on November 30, 2007
By Kate MacLennan
Deafened by persistent rumours that Chanel, Vuitton and other luxe labels are scouting for the perfect locations from which to provide Albertans with their divine indulgences—and flummoxed by the fact Calgary got Sephora and H&M before Vancouver—I recently hopped a WestJet flight and made my way to Calgary for 48 hours of investigative journalism.
Categories: Girl About Town
A day in the life
Posted on November 5, 2007
By Kate MacLennan
Once every few months the stars in the fashion universe align and the dedicated fashion editor finds herself triple booked every day for a week with events. So many soirees, so little time.
Categories: Girl About Town
24 Hour Party People
Posted on September 27, 2007
By Kate MacLennan
Fashion parties always trickle to a minimum under the August sunshine, but by the first week of September, the bulk of the style community has happily bid sayonara to its summer threads and is eagerly embarking on the important mission of building a new autumn wardrobe. So if there’s one event you don’t want to miss, it’s fall’s first fashion fête, bound to be a gawk-fest of au courant clothing, not to mention a choice opportunity to network and dish.
Categories: Girl About Town
It's All in the Bag
Posted on September 18, 2007
By Kate MacLennan
Almost a decade ago, back when I was but a fashion kitten (not a full-blown fashion feline), I made the gross miscalculation of wearing a vintage Roots T-shirt whilst strolling through Sydney’s Paddington Market on a trip to Australia. There was nothing wrong with the shirt in and of itself—I even thought I looked pretty cute having paired it with denim capris (which were just gaining popularity then).
Categories: Girl About Town
Hooked on Holts
Posted on August 15, 2007
By Kate MacLennan
At Christmas, Toronto’s Bloor Street Holt Renfrew looks spectacular, its windows glittering with holiday frou frou and its racks dripping with effervescent frocks. I only mention it because last week, as I was strolling by the picture panes of our paint-barely-dry Dunsmuir Street location, it occurred to me that we’re probably in for a treat this year.
Categories: Girl About Town
