Yuletide opening hours at Urbanity

Urbanity's normal hours are:

Tuesday - Saturday: 11-18

Sunday:  noon -17

Monday:  closed

Yuletide hours this year are:

Open Monday Dec. 24: 

11am - 3pm

Closed Dec. 25 & 26, 31 & Jan 1

We will serve gløgg and goodies on Saturday, December 22nd.  We look forward to seeing you.

Busy December

We were so excited by this wonderful dress from McVerdi, that we decided to do a photoshoot in the hope the press would pick up the image.  We staged the shoot in the Scott Landon Gallery, and asked Jenn Walton from digiwerxstudio.com to take the Pictures.  Suzanne Nairne modeled the dresses so beautifully. This dress is so becoming, and although there is only one left in rust, we still have the dress in beautiful blue Italian corduroy, and in a wool blend.  We also have more styles from McVerdi -- relaxed Danish designs for worldly women!

We are so happy to tell you that we raised $250 for the Unions Gospel Mission on our first Christmas Day, December 2nd.  We enjoyed having Elisabeth Owre demonstrate making her glass beads, and Ratatouille Designs with a wonderful selection of vintage linens.  Cassandra Van Dyck sang for us as we sipped glogg!

Urbanity is all stocked up for the season.  We have lots of scarves of all kinds, sweaters, very cute brooches from K-form in Sweden, and belts made by Vancouver's Denise Wilson.  We also have an array of fun jewellery -- from Patsy Kolesar's silver jewellery to ceramicist Laura Vanderlinde multi-media necklaces.  As always we have a wide selection of socks.  Oleana is well-stocked and we have lots of wristwarmers, tights, and leg-warmers!  We look forward to seeing you!

Yuletide in Urbanity

Yuletide starts in Urbanity this weekend on Dec. 2nd!

It is a tradition in Urbanity that we start the season as they do in Scandinavia, by decorating, lighting candles, sipping Gløgg, meeting and greeting each other, sharing, and giving.

-This year we have invited Ratatouille Designs to show their re-purposed Vintage French linens, and Elisabeth Owre who will demonstrate making her beautiful glass beads.  The work of both artists will be available for purchase.

-We welcome Cassandra Van Dyck back again to sing for us. Cassandra writes her own songs which she sings with the voice of an angel.

-On this day we collect for the Union Gospel Mission, and the good work they do.

Please join us any time between 12 - 17 on December 2nd.
It will be 'hyggeligt'

Small Business Saturday - October 20th

When we heard of this yesterday we made a last minute decision to join in.  We are giving a $100 gift certificate to anybody shopping in Urbanity over this weekend - Oct 19 - 21.  We urge you to use your debit card to make purchases, and look forward to seeing you in URBANITY!  See more at www.shopsmallbiz.ca

Oleana presents.......

OLEANA celebrates their 20th birthday as they move into a new factory in a very old textile building in Ytre Arna outside Bergen in Norway.  Where else is there such a young knitting factory making such beautiful products?  Congratulations to Oleana and their designer, Solveig Hisdal!

OLEANA BLANKETS at the IDSwest September 28-30 2012.  Find us in the Studio North, right beside The District where the 'one of a kind' show makes a debut.

We have a bundle of $5off vouchers for the show.

The IDSwest is a designer exhibition of the highest quality.  (Not to be confused with the Home Show.)

Raincoats from McVerdi have arrived from Denmark!

Some of you have been waiting since last spring for the arrival of raincoats from McVerdi in Denmark.  We have two styles in the wool lined rubberized coat - one with a hood and the other with a big collar.  We also have three thinsulate coat styles--two orange and one blue.  These will repel water, where the rubberized are totally water-proof.  And it isn't actually rubber, it is Polyurethane Elastomer!

We also received some great dresses.  The were going fast today -- 

Just arrived!

Arrived today:  reversible Alpaca Vests - in three different colourways -- have been brought back by popular demand! We only have nine of these, so if you wished you got one last year, now is your chance!  And that is a wonderful Oleana merino-silk pullover underneath - Style 169, scarf 174!