Fall fresh
After five years on West 13th, partners in life, and business, Leighann Boquist and Darren Bold have moved their contemporary womens clothing store to a brand new retail space at 1575 W. 6th.
Oliver and Lillys offers independent clothing lines from LA (Heidi Merrick and Velvet), France (A.P.C. and Tassia Canellis) and New York (Ace & Jig) as well as a few local gems such as Dace and jewellery from Jamie Shea and Jen Ellis.
Great White Wall gives way
Crews removed the last of 473 stone panels from the exterior of the old Sears building downtown on Sept. 12. Described as a giant urinal, the controversial building will undergo a redevelopment that will see US retailer Nordstrom move in by 2015. The new exterior will be a combination of glass, stone and a curtain wall system.
The project was designed by local and renowned architect, James K. M. Cheng. Nordstrom will occupy 230,000 square feet on three floors, including the street level. A new 48,000 square foot multi?tenant retail space will be built on the lower mall level, housing 10 to 15 new retailers.
Final days of Fashion Week
Sept. 19-21: Established designers, including Indiverve, El Closet de mi Hermana, Veejay Floresca, Noe Bernacelli, Ha Sang Beg. VanFashionWeek.com
Everybody loves Jules
In addition to relocating their workshop to the Chinatown Centre on Pender, the shoemakers at Love Jules Leather have been busy solving the problem of how to get the right rubber soles for their bespoke boat shoes.
In attempting to raise $10k towards the costs of crafting their own soles through the Kickstarter website, they hit $25k within four days and are now counting in at $31k as of press time garnering them a well-deserved Project of the Day stamp on Sept. 14.
