Champlain’s Estate Collection Arrives for the Season Ahead

Champlain returns this season with its fall Estate Collection, the latest chapter in a label built on a clear premise: menswear that closes the gap between the boardroom and the backcountry. The lineup spans four categories — Polos, Cardigans, Sweaters, and Outerwear — each engineered for the shift in seasons and designed to carry a...

PRESS RELEASE: Folio.YVR Issue 43 Leads with Holborn’s Skyline-Redefining Georgia + Abbott Tower, Chanel, Chaumet & Chan Hon Goh

[Press Release Originally Published on EINPresswire.com] VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA, September 14, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Folio.YVR Luxury Lifestyle Magazine announces the release of Issue 43, led by Holborn’s newly approved Georgia + Abbott development, a 315-metre hotel tower designed by Henriquez Partners Architects under Principal Gregory Henriquez that will stand as the tallest structure in Western Canada. The...

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Champlain: The Luxe-Leisure Label Reinventing Vancouver Menswear

Vancouver has never been an easy city in which to build a successful menswear label. The list of homegrown brands with staying power could be counted on one hand. Yet Champlain is proving to be a rare exception, carving out its own path at the intersection of sophistication and ease. With their Spring/Summer collection landing...

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PORTFOLIO.YVR: Craig Patterson: Retail Insider

Apart from owning and running a media company, Craig Patterson is an experienced writer, researcher, retail analyst, retail and real estate consultant, public speaker, subject matter expert, and, more importantly, the founder, CEO and publisher of Canada’s leading retail industry news magazine, Retail Insider. Craig has studied the Canadian retail landscape for over 25 years,...

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Christopher Bates: Germany’s Breuninger Welcomes Canadian Design Icon

Canadian fashion designer Christopher Bates officially announces his celebrated menswear line is now retailing with leading luxury department store Breuninger in Germany. The Spring/Summer 2021 Collection was launched in the designer’s new headquarters and showroom space in Toronto’s Eaton Centre last summer and features many pieces that are modern and edgy, that will add a...

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Folio.YVR Friends: What’s New for S/S 2020 from Christopher Bates?

Men’s wear designer Christopher Bates presented his Spring/Summer 2020 collection in an intimate event at Nordstrom Pacific Center early this March. The event was held on the third-floor men’s wear section with a photo wall, refreshments, friends, and fans like Vancouver Whitecaps star Tosaint Ricketts. The collection featured Bates’ signature modern tailoring and sleek designs,...

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Folio.YVR Issue #2: Christopher Bates: Canadian Designer

It all started with a ‘kiss on a collar’ that solidified the name ‘Christopher Bates’ into the Canadian consciousness. This cheeky design catapulted Bates from novice to expert and launched a business that consistently delivers sophisticated yet edgy men’s wear in the highest quality Italian fabrics. Bates visited Vancouver in April for back-to-back meetings and...