Vancouver Shopping

[sergio]

Does anyone know when/where Richard Kidd will be opening again?

[stealthmodesteph]

I think they might be done- I heard they were just moving too, but I talked to Ryan at Roden Gray and he said that they're just having their private label store in LA (Malibu I think?) and continuing with that. If that is true they will be missed and their beautiful space gone to waste, in my opinion, which is now a John Fluevog store.

[sergio]

^Yeah, they told me they were just moving and that they'd be open again by now and that they'd notify everyone on their mailing list but I haven't recieved anything yet.

[December_25th]

So word on the street is Lougheed Mall in Burnaby is opening up an H&M where their old Gap used to be I'm excited because it's only a 5 minute drive from my boyfriend's house, which means I'll be making more of an effort to see him every weekend haha

[yourbestfriend]

Originally Posted by sergio

Does anyone know when/where Richard Kidd will be opening again?

The last time I walked by there was a shoe store there? Did they move or are they completely not coming back?
and does anyone know when the downtown H&M will open?

[aqueque]

gius, Inform in Gastown is a fantastic retailer for minimalist and/or unique furniture. I'm not sure whether much of it is made in Vancouver but it's all beautiful.

We just got an Agent Provocateur and one must not degrade the impressiveness of the new downtown Holts, which is all pink and glass and fantastically full of shoes. And an H&M is moving in to Pacific Centre in 2009!

[alouisa]

Richard Kidd is not coming back They are trying to open a store in Malibu (like stealthmodesteph said) but it's moving along kinda slowly... issues with investors.

[alouisa]

Vancouver fashonistas should check out this cool site I came across: www.partlysunny.ca

about: www.partlysunny.ca is an on-line magazine based out of Vancouver, BC for the fashion conscious and sophisticated woman, specializing in providing up to date fashion and lifestyle tid bits from a professional industry insider - PartlySunny is your style forecast.

[sergio]

^Thanks for the news. Too bad

[gius]

bump*

doesn't seem to be any male fashion designers in vancouver?
i only heard of jason matlo

nor local designers for menswear?

[jcloud]

^Hmm, I agree, not enough male fashion designers!
The only men that come to mind at the moment are the Evan + Dean duo, but I think they are just womenswear...

[gius]

Just checked their website, thanks Sure do have talent
best designs so far that I have seen in BC
Seem to be a lot more care in some of details
and the fabrics are perfect..

So, so far I've checked all of the East Side culture crawl website and Fashion High website
are there other big sites that collect local designers of all kinds altogether?
ie. graphic design, other arts

I noticed for the Fashion High one, a lot of the 'designers' make the products themselves. No out-sourcing or manufacturing by another company... a lot made by just the one person

Anyway Would be interested in finding more talents in the city
I know Emily Carr Arts Institute has a bunch of grad shows coming up...
I'm curious where they'll all disperse to once they've ended school
If it's possible for them to stay and work in Vancouver

[stealthmodesteph]

Dana Lee designs menswear, but she is now based in New York, but she graduated from Kwantlen. Her brand A-Z is sold at Jonathan and Olivia I believe. Refinery 29 Article on A-Z

Also, there is a great local label I discovered called egg. Their website only shows women's, but they have great menswear pieces sold at Global Atomic in Yaletown. http://www.eggclothing.com/

Uppercut did some great things, but I'm not sure if they're around anymore.

[sergio]

Downtown H&M at Pacific Centre is opening May 22 at Noon.

I heard that the people behind Richard Kidd might be opening a new store here in Vancouver selling their own like called "F U" (not sure if that's the correct spelling). Does anyone know anything about this?

[Buttercup]

I'm heading to Vancouver in August so this has been alot of help! I had no idea they had Filipa K and Acne there and even cheap monday. wow! Though I won't be going there. hehe.

Thanks guys!