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Fashion

Deeeeep detritus => haute couture

Victoria Marina fetes Canada Day with flotsam fashions to benefit Ocean Legacy
Margaret Atwood, Canada's Queen of Curls

Smart women who rock their curls

Here’s a list of talented, brainy, creative women who are rocking the world while they rock their curls.

Vancouver Alternative Fashion Week[End] returns for its third year

VALT is about living in an Alternative Fashion, and it is so much more than simply showing unique clothes, because Vancouver is alternative, said Ferneyhough.

Aritzia, ASOS, Levi Strauss & Co. join companies in effort to safeguard the world’s forests

Vancouver-based Canopy let big clothes companies know rayon, viscose, modal, lyocell and other trademarked cellulosic fabrics start their journey as trees.

Deighton Cup: How to choose the right hat for a lucky day at the races

The Deighton Cup, Vancouver’s most fashionable thoroughbred derby, returns on Saturday, July 26 at the Hastings Racecourse. Hats are considered to bring luck to the races and, at The Deighton...
Topshop Unique A/W 14 Show at London Fashion Week

TOPSHOP Unique and Ryan Lo at London Fashion Week

Topshop brings high-street fashion into couture-worthy pieces on the catwalk during London Fashion Week.

Make it a Vancouver Christmas with these local holiday gift ideas

Handmade clothing, artisanal food and drink, or a fantastically hideous Christmas sweater: shop locally to give the best presents.

Sexy Halloween costumes are okay, now let's stop mocking them!

Halloween should be a time of year that you can dress however the hell you want, without any judgement

Stepping into spring in style with Fashion TV and Press Play

As I stepped into the venue at the city's prestigious Vancouver Club on Friday, March 22, for Fashion TV-Press Play Establishment's Spring Social and Persian New Year's Celebration of Culture, I was...

Renowned Colombian fashion designer brings new collection to Vancouver Fashion Week

She is regarded internationally for her designs, and now Colombian fashion designer Adriana Santacruz is traveling to Canada to showcase her 2013 Fall/Winter Collection at Vancouver Fashion Week....