Brand New Styles from Anna de Courcy!

From whistles to heart clasps, and tassels to bobbins - Anna has done it again with an impressive collection of unique pieces to suit your wildest accessory dreams...

Absolutely Amazing Selection of Sale!

The Boy by Band of Outsiders was all part of the new markdowns yesterday. Every single piece from this collection was out of this world, so none of it should be on sale. However, crazy things happen, and here we are!

Gorgeous cotton khaki crop pants with removable suspenders made in Italy (also available in grey linen). Regular price: $426, on sale for $298.

My favourite cotton/linen blend cropped tuxedo jacket of all time. Regular price $1230, on sale for $861.

Some of the most amazing 3.1 Phillip Lim pieces are here ON SALE. Insanity. There is obviously tons more than I have pics of here, but that's the mystery of it all. Any out of town fans should for sure give us a call (604-731-1017) and we can chat about what we have in whatever size you wear.

This lace skirt is amazing!! Regular price: $564, on sale for $394.

Silk dress, regular price $684, on sale for $478.

Cotton blend croc print dress (so ladylike!!). Regular price $648, on sale for $453.

An amazing article on Vogue.com:

A Look at Resort 2011: Organic, as Worn by Donna Jordan and Her Daughter

“I’ve always wanted to do something with Donna. She’s completely iconic! She’s a wonderful embodiment of the process of self-discovery, of being who you are,” saysOrganic designer John Patrick, looking lovingly at his friendDonna Jordan, the famous 1970s mannequin who was revered by Antonio Lopez and shot byGuy Bourdin, and who palled around with Andy Warhol,even starring in one of his movies, back in the day. Jordan and her daughter, Kate Ballo,also a model, have agreed to be unconfirmed in Patrick’s resort look-book, and I’m hanging out at the shoot, which is taking place in a borrowed loft in DUMBO. (“I don’t even have an office,” Patrick tells me. “I work out of an abandoned barn upstate.”) The clothes, which look effortlessly wonderful on both women, continue the designer’s exploration of what he describes as “sustainability and ethics, but fashion first—our fashion, the way we see fashion. This season it’s all about a hoodie with a jacket or a trench over it, everything cropped, but cropped in a refined way,” he says, showing off an abbreviated gray sweatshirt with extra-long, extra-skinny sleeves. “And we’re loving every configuration of a shirt! We’re obsessed with shirts; they’re really the foundation of how to get dressed, for everyone from Patti Smith to Slim Keith.” Of course, what distinguishes Organic’s clothes from the fashions offered in Keith’s or even Smith’s day is the socially conscious nature of the fabrics. Patrick shows off a clean-lined, collarless jacket made of recycled polyester from Japan. “The recycling that’s done there is very forward. I just returned from doing a lot of fabric research in Japan—I’m always working with the weavers, the spinners. It all starts with the fabric.” Watching Ballo play with the trilby on her pretty head, Patrick observes, “I’m the opposite of throw-away. We waste nothing. That’s a Stephen Jones hat—I’ve had it since 1983.” A sweatshirt dress—perfectly cut, perfect length—elicits an unusual reminiscence: “I lived in San Francisco in 1979, and there was a tribe of really wild girl punks, and one of them, Judy, lived in her sweatshirt dress at Hamburger Mart.” But that was a long time ago. “Now I have a farm; I’m planting corn! I’m a compete bohemian.” Though Jordan, who was discovered by Antonio Lopez at a Central Park be-in in 1969, spent the ensuing decade costumed as everyone from a Marilyn Monroe manqué to a 1940s platinum pinup (I am stunned to find out this is not her natural hair color), there was one disguise that no one was thinking about 30-odd years ago, in those days of paper dresses and disposable fashion. “Nobody thought about green anything back then; it was not part of the vocabulary,” Jordan says. “It was a more frivolous time.” Neither mother nor daughter professes the remotest interest in fashion, both alleging that they live in jeans, tanks, and tees and sneakers, but they make a happy exception for Organic. “I respect it because it’s so basic; it’s easy, soft, and laid back. I appreciate quality,” says Ballo, who insists that although she’s been a model for seventeen years—she was on the cover of Italian Glamour, shot by Steven Meisel, when she was twelve—this is not really her vocation. “I train dogs, and I’m studying to be a holistic nutrition health counselor. I love it.” So, Kate, for your real life, would you wear the gray sweat-shorts and the fluttering silk flowered blouse you have on for the shoot right now? “Well, um, yes, the shorts, anyway,” she replies. “The shorts definitely!”

—Lynn Yaeger

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a link to the article here: http://www.vogue.com/voguedaily/2010/06/a-look-at-resort-2011-organic-as-worn-by-donna-jordan-and-her-daughter/

MoRE MARKDowN's??!?! 30-50% off SALE

The news you've been waiting for!! Lot's of fabulous first markdowns!! Items I did not want to markdown, but the retail gods said I had to. Also, they said lots of excellent second markdowns were in order - up to 50% off!! Soooooo, ya, that's what happened.

Alexander Wang Pre-Fall!!

A fabulous delivery for the Alexander Wang purist: sexy and black with a downtown twist.

Helmut Lang Pre-Fall Delivery

There is a pretty good chance that most of you Vancouver girls haven't even really worn all the things you bought for spring yet, seeing as how we are still waiting for the nice weather to come. So it feels a little funny to be getting excited for pre-fall and fall clothes... I'm not saying I'm not going to be getting excited, I'm just saying that it feels a little weird. There are some things that involve not wearing a jacket at night that have to happen before I'm willing to welcome Fall with open arms.

That being said, for girls who work in stores, fall clothes is always the theme of summer. So, this being no exception, HELMUT!!!

This dress is absolutely HOT. An unlined lightweight stretch silk dress: yes you can wear this all summer.

Bad girls that we are, we haven't photographed the very hot cowl neck racerback tank, nor the really cool seamed leggings (which are more fall wear than summer wear...)!

ALEXANDER WANG BAGS & T by Alexander Wang

Obviously Alexander Wangs dresses speak for themselves, but I'm going to say it anyways, this one shoulder T dress is sooo HOT. Paired with the new Jenna Clutch in leather/velvet, almost like a leather corduroy you must see with your own eyes!

The famous Rocco Mini Duffle, in the leather/velvet. The Rocco Mini Duffle comes with a detachable long strap and the studs which are oh so bad.

Draped striped tulip skirt with waist band, the ruching on the side makes this skirt very interesting as well as flattering. The other oversized envelope Jenna Clutch, in a green that is so dark one would mistake it for black, very cool.

Awesome casual pants that could be worn with gladiators or dressed up with booties. A great weight for summer.

SPRING SUMMER SALE - 30% off!!

A significant selection of merchandise from our Spring collection now 30% off. Enjoy.

Rag & Bone High Summer Delivery

I think I might be obsessed with this dress.

We thought it would be fun to go dancing in it, so we did some twirls. Because that's how we dance.

This cardigan looks much better in real life, but this photograph does do one thing right: show you how cool the hemline is. It is a silk/tencel/viscose blend, and it feels like BUTTER.

Really, really lightweight cotton shorts... incredibly cool, incredibly comfortable. If you don't believe me, I dare you to try them on.

Inhabit!

Droooooool. INHABIT. Have I ever mentioned how much I love linen knit? Yaaaaaaaaaaaa

Nili Lotan

Look at how amazing this fabric is close up!! Really, Nili Lotan's cotton is amazing.

INTRODUCING STEPHANIE JEWELS

Designer Stephanie Giribone started making her amazing gold wire bracelets in 2001 under her label Stephanie Jewels. When they immediately sold out at Colette and the Bon Marche in Paris, she decided to expand her collection to include earrings, necklaces and rings (all done in 14K). She later moved to Marrakesh, where she has been based for a few years now; her designs positively ooze the Moroccan influence. How amazing is it?! I think we should all go to Morocco right now and wear nothing but this jewellery and a tan and a bikini and breezy clothing in cream and white. Who's in?

3.1 Phillip Lim Summer 2010 Delivery

Resort Sale!!

Items from our Resort collection are now on sale 30% off!!

Inspiration of the Day!

It is most likely completely obvious to everyone by now that I REALLY REALLY want this canvas cotton/linen jacket by BOY by Band of Outsiders. It is a complete mystery to me that it is still available for sale.

Styled here with this really cool asymmetrical drapey silk Gary Graham skirt, that little silk 3.1 Phillip Lim tank that goes with everything, and the only engraved heart padlock that I have ever seen from Anna de Courcy. As a semi-tangent, isn't it sooooo cool that each one of Anna's pieces is created using antiques she picked up in Europe? This engraved heart pendant will be from around the turn of the century...