Waiting for the OLEANA Spring collection

We are going to have to wait at least a month before we get our Oleana for spring/summer order.  Some of you were lucky enough to see the collection when it was here, and placed your orders for when the shipment arrives.  My colleague Grete in Switzerland has posted a YouTube film of the catalogue for everybody to see!  This beautiful peony cardigan comes in two colour-ways and is simply exquisite.

New OLEANA skirt

The Oleana skirt with the box pleats has been available in green and brown for a few years and now black has been added.  The woolen fabric is just amazing.  This skirt is a wardrobe staple that will never go out of style.  We have combined it in the window with a new short alpaca Pernilla jacket, and an Oleana top with belt.  It looks so fresh for days moving into spring.  The necklace is from Connie Wright on Bowen island.

Also featured in the window is the work of Morija designs, from Vancouver--beautiful textile jewellery made from finely pleated silk embedded with beads

Spring cardigans

Urbanity has carried softly knitted cardigans made by Pernilla Svenre and her team of 6 people since our very early days.  I met Pernilla at the Copenhagen fashion fair way back in the '90s and loved her casual style.  I promised that one day I would have a shop where I would sell her designs!  Pernilla works with a basic model using different yarns and knitting styles.  This season she has made a short version of her cardigan that can be tied or left loose.  We have it solids,  leaf patterns, and super soft alpaca in a lacey stitch.