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The VAG Launches Innovative & Celebratory ‘Fashion Fictions’ Exhibition

Fashion Fictions is an ambitious exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery that explores experimental design practices at the intersection of fashion and other modes of cultural production. Featuring more than 50 designers from around the world, the exhibition explores the influence of research-based, materially driven practices on the global fashion scene while acknowledging the proliferation...

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Hublot x Takashi Murakami Collab Creates a Rainbow of Desire

Hublot and Takashi Murakami have continued their creative dialogue with an exciting fourth collaboration. This collaboration has thirteen new timepieces, each paired with an NFT, fuse watchmaking innovation and contemporary art. The watches feature the artist’s iconic smiling flower perfectly harmoniously with Hublot’s renowned expertise. “When I visited the Hublot manufacturer in Switzerland for the...

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Tiffany & Co’s ‘Bird on a…’ Collections Bring J. Schlumberger to a New Audience

One of the 20th century’s most gifted artists, Jean Schlumberger, created objects of unparalleled beauty during his tenure with Tiffany & Co. He was a man of refined taste—an artist who conceived spectacular jewelled statements with an incredible sense of dimension and life. Schlumberger was uninhibited in his conceptualizations of flora and fauna, at once...

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Demi-Couture Designer Stevie Crowne Takes Repurposing to Next Level

Over a decade ago, a young designer started making waves in the Vancouver fashion scene. Armed with a bag of thrifted garments, scissors, spray paint, glue, thread, needles and pins, Stevie Crowne was preparing for a pop-up in TheClosetYVR, a short-lived luxury vintage reseller in Gastown. A little shy but filled with dreams, Crowne won...

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Holt Renfrew in TO Launches Beyonce’s ‘Renaissance Flagship’ for Limited Time

In celebration of Beyonce’s RENAISSANCE WORLD TOUR’s two-night residency at Toronto’s Rogers Centre – Holt Renfrew, Canada’s top fashion and lifestyle retailer, will welcome the ‘RENAISSANCE FLAGSHIP’ to the third floor of its iconic Bloor Street location. Moreover, the ‘RENAISSANCE FLAGSHIP’ will showcase an exclusive collection of Beyonce’s iconic costumes and stage designs, giving fans...

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Maison Guerlain Taps Glass Artist Aristide Najean to Re-Imagine the 170-Year Old ‘Bee Bottle’

Created in 1853, the famous so-called glass ‘Bee Bottle‘ is celebrating its 170th birthday this year! A testament to Maison Guerlain’s exceptional heritage, this piece fashioned from the very outset by the glassmaker Pochet du Courval has established itself as a real sliver of history. Set off in gold, the sixty-nine bees gathering nectar on...

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Coachtopia Talks To & With Gen Z for ‘Made Circular’ Design Offerings

Designed for and with a new generation of consumers who are increasingly passionate about addressing the climate crisis and determined to drive change, Coachtopia is resetting the paradigm between brand and consumer. It is co-creating a new brand in collaboration with a growing community of Gen Z individuals—from climate activists, designers and upcyclers to journalists,...

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LFX Commemorates Famed Cantopop Star Leslie Cheung with 20th Anniversary Coin Sets

One of the most prominent pioneers of Cantopop, Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing (张国荣), was a legendary Hong Kong actor, singer, and performer. Known in the 1980s for his flamboyant and often outrageous stage appearance, Cheung ventured into acting in the 1990s and quickly was recognized for his portrayal of queer characters in the then-conservative film industry....

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Michael Kors Launches Concept Boutique in CF Pacific Centre [PHOTOS]

CF Pacific Centre welcomed a new Michael Kors concept store recently. The 2,500-square-foot boutique is the first in Canada to reflect the brand’s new store design concept which sees the brand moving away from logo-centric designs and towards a more low-key luxury approach that continues to combine classic silhouettes with modern trends. The new store...

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YVR Entrepreneurs Club: Bringing Together Vancouver’s Most Successful Entrepreneurs

The YVR Entrepreneurs Club is an upstart networking group in Vancouver and the brainchild of co-founder and CEO Brittany Michalchuk, a relative newcomer to the west coast from Calgary. The club has already garnered a reputation for producing quality events where high-calibre entrepreneurs build impactful synergies in business and friendship. Connecting entrepreneurs and fostering growth through...

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The VAG Launches Innovative & Celebratory ‘Fashion Fictions’ Exhibition

Hublot x Takashi Murakami Collab Creates a Rainbow of Desire

Tiffany & Co’s ‘Bird on a…’ Collections Bring J. Schlumberger to a New Audience

Demi-Couture Designer Stevie Crowne Takes Repurposing to Next Level

Holt Renfrew in TO Launches Beyonce’s ‘Renaissance Flagship’ for Limited Time

Maison Guerlain Taps Glass Artist Aristide Najean to Re-Imagine the 170-Year Old ‘Bee Bottle’

Coachtopia Talks To & With Gen Z for ‘Made Circular’ Design Offerings

LFX Commemorates Famed Cantopop Star Leslie Cheung with 20th Anniversary Coin Sets

Michael Kors Launches Concept Boutique in CF Pacific Centre [PHOTOS]

YVR Entrepreneurs Club: Bringing Together Vancouver’s Most Successful Entrepreneurs

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