Capsule collection features bamboo jersey
Check out the new capsule collection featuring seven tops – made of bamboo jersey – by Melissa Araujo. The line is made “for everyday life,” says the Vancouver designer whose clothes combine functionality and versatility. Araujo incorporates a minimalist approach with neutrals, clean lines and silhouettes in her designs. MelissaAraujo.com
Shop Hop around
Get down to Gastown on Thursday (April 16) to see what makes it one of the city’s most stylish hoods. Forty-three shops and 14 restaurants are taking part in the annual Gastown Shop Hop. When the clock strikes five (5 pm), balloons will line the cobblestone streets to mark store entrances. Hosted by Gastown boutiques, the event celebrates spring fashion with music, treats, and promotions. The shopping continues until 9pm and includes everything from eyewear to shoes to home décor to fashion.
Sitka listens to the Great Bear Sea
Sitka, a Vancouver/Victoria-based outdoor lifestyle apparel company, has decided to change its business model after more than a decade to reflect its core values of wilderness activism. The model blends a for-profit retail/wholesale business with an active environmental non-profit society. In the coming weeks, along with launching its spring collection and a new Vancouver retail space, the company will launch an Indiegogo campaign to fund the infrastructure of the Sitka Society for Conservation - one key initiative of the SSC is to support the placement of hydrophones off the central coast of British Columbia. The data collected from the hydrophone network will offer an accurate assessment of the effects of shipping on the marine environment and therefore make a case for the area to be a protected marine sanctuary.
Can’t-miss warehouse sale
Lastly, run, don’t walk to this warehouse sale. Clothes from boutiques Misch and One of a Few, along with designer wares from Dace (one of the city’s best independent designers) will be up for grabs at discounted prices (some merchandise will be up to 80 per cent off) on April 25, from 10am to 4pm. at 285 E. 1st.
