Timeless fashion

The latest Selvedge has featured Nygardsanna on the cover, and has some pages inside from one of the previous collections.  I recently found a film with Anna Bengtsson giving a talk as part of the exhibition of recipients of the Guldknappen  -Golden Button- award for fashion, which she won in 1998.   The Nordic Museum in Stockholm is having an exhibition showing the work of the designers who have won this award over the past 30 years.

Hot summer days are here and now you can buy a timeless piece of Cut Loose at cut prices!  Look for the coloured dots on the tags.

Pattern knows no borders

Oleana's designer followed the silk road from Grenada in Spain where the Moors brought Islamic patterns to Europe, then on to Istanbul, and further to China.  Patterns flow from one country to another, from one culture to another.  

Pattern knows no borders

We mourn for Norway. 

Summer flowers

We were expecting  a summer collection from McVerdi in Denmark, but it never arrived, which for a while was a bit of a worry.   As it turned out though, the collections that did come seemed to be perfect for the weather we have been having.  We are close to August which is bound to be sunnier than July, and so I am pleased that a small collection of Indian cotton dresses from Anokhi via Magic Mountain, have arrived.  The dresses are made by Anokhi in India for Magic Mountain which is an Ontario based company.  They are block printed in wonderful colours.  It is still my dream to bring Anokhi directly from India.

I ordered more linen 'lantern' pants from Cut loose which are on their way.  Because I have had requests for them, I have also ordered a good selection of corduroy pants for the autumn -- basic cord pants that are the perfect basic casual pant.

Two of the 6 Liberty print dresses have been sent from Up The Wooden Hills in Sweden -size S and L. Two more are expected to be sent over the coming weekend. I am very interested to see the first two dresses which should arrive before the end of the week. Designer Lisa makes each dress herself

I have just enjoyed some days at home while Mieka has looked after the store.  I have enjoyed exploring all the new shops and coffee shops in Gastown.  I will add these two special places to my list on the right hand side of this page, but in the meantime, if you are in Gastown, do visit Olla Flowers, a most unusual flower shop on the second floor (where Mooncruise used to be).  And although there are lots of places to enjoy a cup of good coffee, I have totally fallen in love with Nelson the Seagull on Carrall Street.  They make their own slow-rise bread and everything is organic.  It has become a popular spot for lunch.  They serve their delicious coffee in thin cups, so it is piping hot.

Grab the sun!

As I write this there are soft clouds in the sky on a beautiful summer evening.  We are still receiving summer clothes, and when the sun shines we want light printed cotton dresses, so those are coming too.

Last week we received another small shipment from Fog Linen.  I had been waiting with glee to see what the 'carat' pants would be like, and we had a lot of fun in the shop as people tried them on.  They are very practical and somewhat unusual.  They look like a skirt-- a skirt you could wear on a windy cliff with no fears of it blowing up over your head.  Carat pants are very popular in Japan.