A summer Wedding???

OLEANA skirts and tops make the perfect wedding dress, or any dress for the wedding party.  Made from silk tafetta, or silk damask, they are available in a multitude of colours and styles -- long A, short A, or pleated in three lengths.  The tops are all sleeveless.  You can mix and match, and use the belt to accent or change the look.  

URBANITY on Twitter

I am a newcomer to TWITTER (my username is 'myurbanity') so I spent some time this morning looking for people to add to my network.  I found this fabulous cookie company called "a couple of squares".  The cookies are wonderful pictures!

Fine cotton knits from Serbia

On this rainy Vancouver Tuesday, I received a small selection of soft cotton knits from IVKO!  I first saw these knits around 3 years ago, so I am thrilled to have this cotton collection, in a variety of sizes, in the store.  The quality of the cotton is amazing, and the colours are VERY colourful!  I have put a coat in the window that is made from embroidered linen and knitted cotton.  If you go my FACEBOOK page you can see an image of one of the three dresses.

Daydreams

The shop is closed today because it is Monday.  I have enjoyed my day wandering in my thoughts and in my neighbourhood.    I do love what I would call the 'craziness' of my 'hood -- it is full of opposites.  I enjoy juxtapositions and contradictions.  For this reason I got excited when Patsy posted the website of Danish designer Violise Lunn!  Violise makes shoes and dresses from paper.  Her shoes make feel amazingly happy and contented too, because they are such beautiful pieces of work.  Some years ago I saw an exhibition in Hove, England called Princess SuSu.  It was an exhibition of 'unwearables' that I often think about!   If you search, you may find more images from the Princess SuSu exhibition.

In the meantime, make sure you visit the exhibition of Vancouver 'real' shoe designers John Fluevog and Peter Fox at the MOV.

URBANITY is now open on Granville Street!!!

It has been such an exciting 4 days!  So many people coming into the shop, so many people passing by, telling their friends!!!  I am thrilled to be here in South Granville!!!    There has not been time to finish setting up, so we are bit of a work in progress, but it is ALL GOOD!!

Ready....set......

Today was the turning point at the new shop.  My friend Judy came to help again today and finally the paper was taken down from the window - at least for a while -  and when we left at 9pm I took a photograph from the outside.  Tomorrow the mannequins will get dressed, and the displays will be made.  If you are in the neighbourhood, please come in--!!  It will be great to see you!!!  Otherwise OPENING DAY is TUESDAY, May 11th at 11 am!