Monday, December 7th, 2009 | 10:40 am
Canwest News Service
Party season isn’t just about toasting with friends and family and keeping your smile intact, it’s about putting on the shimmer and kicking up your saucy suede booties.
That’s right: the outfit matters, because what’s a late arrival without…
Friday, October 23rd, 2009 | 10:50 am
Canwest News Service
With her rock-star husbands and party-girl ways, Pamela Anderson always seemed to be living proof of the adage that blonds have more fun. Her life appears to revolve around frolicking on the beach, lounging in bed and taking…
Friday, October 23rd, 2009 | 8:50 am
Canwest News Service
Leading up to Vancouver Fashion Week 2009, which launches Nov. 4, The Province is featuring a VFW Designer of the Day. Today, we speak to Mandy Lau.
Click on the gallery link at right for more Mandy Lau designs,…
Monday, October 12th, 2009 | 6:50 pm
Canwest News Service
The leather motorcycle jacket has long been the outerwear garment of choice for badass bikers and surly rock stars.
It started for practical reasons: the sturdy leather helped protect motorcyclists against road rash, while the metal zippers and buckles…
Sunday, October 11th, 2009 | 4:50 pm
Canwest News Service
Leading up to Vancouver Fashion Week, which launches Nov. 4, The Province is featuring a VFW Designer of the Day. Today, we speak to the team of designers behind the Vancouver-based label Kersh.
Also featured here are looks from…
Monday, October 5th, 2009 | 5:50 pm
Canwest News Service
It’s time to think about layering for fall, and what better way to boost the spirits than with one of the season’s biggest must-haves – the long cardigan. It works at any age and in any environment, be…
Thursday, October 1st, 2009 | 10:50 am
Canwest News Service
VANCOUVER — Remember the over-the-top Chinese/Canadian hodgepodge of graphic designs that dominated Canadian Olympic wear for the Beijing Games last year?
Critics felt it was psychedelia run amok.
Hudson’s Bay Company president Jeff Sherman knows his retail chain dropped the…
Thursday, October 1st, 2009 | 10:50 am
Canwest News Service
If you’re looking for any Olympics merchandise, The Bay downtown is the place to go, says a press release from the retailer as the unveiling of the Canadian Olympic team uniform was unveiled Thursday.
The opening of the Olympic…
Monday, September 28th, 2009 | 4:50 pm
Canwest News Service
Feminists who rebuke heels, hold your horses. Elizabeth Semmelhack is the curator of the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto and author of Heights of Fashion: A History of the Elevated Shoe (Periscope 2008, $32.95). She explained that heels…
Monday, September 28th, 2009 | 2:50 pm
Canwest News Service
VANCOUVER – Three fledgling local designers are working full bore to get their collections ready for the runway after being selected as finalists in the Generation Next designer competition.
Patty Nayel of Pure Magnolia, Su-Hui Chu of Ella Peru…
