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From a Canada Goose x Y/Project collab to a virtual Vancouver Fashion Week showcase, here's the fashion news you need to know this week.

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For Lesley Hampton, inclusivity isn’t just a buzzword, it’s part of her culture. The 24- year old designer, who belongs to the Temagami First Nation of Bear Island, Ont. and has ties to the Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne says, “I find Indigenous culture is very welcoming and open, so I really try to relate that […]

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Vancouver Fashion Week takes place this week in billowing white tents outside the Vancouver Art Gallery, and FASHION was on the scene earlier in the week to size up the burgeoning talent that Canada’s most athletic, outdoorsy city has to offer. We were not disappointed. These three up-and-coming designers prove there’s plenty more to Vancouver fashion […]

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The crowd at Vancouver Fashion Week is a wonderful mix of international guests and Vancouver’s own trendsetters. This being its 29th season, Vancouver Fashion Week is well known for its commitment to showcasing international designers as well as local Canadian talent and consistently celebrates multiculturalism on the runway. In regards to the hair and makeup, […]

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You could say there are six Earth Days this week, with the ninth edition of Vancouver’s Eco Fashion Week kicking off on Sunday and wrapping this Friday. Commandeering a wing of the Fairmont Waterfront, the first night kicked off with a special standing presentation of the latest Conscious Exclusive collection from H&M, with EFW founder […]

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Vancouver’s Eco Fashion Week (EFW) really nailed it this year. In its eighth edition, the three-day event delivered fashion, function and even taught us a few things about the clothes we wear.

Without question, the styles outside Eco Fashion Week were just as alive as they were on the runway. Case in point: On opening day, founder Myriam Laroche, wore an impossibly colourful dress by Canadian designer Jason Matlo made from scraps and reworked just for her. KurateStyle stylist Jessica Karalash paired a faux leather pastel topper with a floral romper, taking care of two spring trends at once. Fashion writer Samantha Sito, milliner Dominique Hanke and artist Atom Paradise were challenged to style head-to-toe Value Village outfits, once again proving that fashion doesn’t have to be fast, it can also be sustainable.

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A cold day two of Vancouver’s Eco Fashion Week had attendees sporting last season’s winter coats or shivering in this season’s diaphanous dresses, which was fine by Indigenous Designs, who showed first. The California-based label, which uses fair trade and organic materials, sent out a succession of cozy knits in all nature of rich fall colours and patterns. Topping off every look was a very Spring ’12 Miu Miu-esque red eye.

Next Kreati-Ka, designed by French Seattleite Kathy Sabin-Mensah, brought far dressier fare to the runway. She succeeded most with some wearable yet sexy shifts with sheer insets or overlays. Her last grand, voluminous gown got some oohs and ahhs and then some oh nos as the model wearing it tripped a number of times on its extra length.

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Mother Nature clearly approved of the kick-off to the Fall 2012 edition of Eco Fashion Week. She gave a long, wet, chillier-than-usual Vancouver winter its first dry spring high of 16 degrees. The runway, set atop an iceless 2010 Olympiad legacy rink in Robson Square, warmed up with a show featuring no new clothing.

It was stylists, not designers who took centre stage using some $500 worth of pre-loved Value Village finds. Sarah La Greca and Deanna Palkowski styled 21 waste-not, wide-ranging looks from pastel-on-pastel and print-on-print to ‘70s rock and ‘80s glam sent out to a Grimes soundtrack. My favourite: a Chinoiserie smoking jacket that wouldn’t have been out of place in Jason Wu’s fall collection, followed by a Cher Horowitz-esque pastel blue pleather jacket worn over a ladylike ivory ensemble—albeit more spring than fall—and a double scoop of polka dots on a blouse and pencil skirt.