Getting to the roots - Knitting Values into Fashion

A visit from OLEANA reminds me of what my concept is and why I am doing what I am doing.  Why I have a store that sells products made by caring hands, a store that does not mark up in order to mark down.  A store that addresses the need for less but more beautiful clothes. URBANITY is about clothes and accessories that look at the roots of our being, and responds in a new way to old designs -- not copying old, but being inspired by them.

Fana sweater by Oleana

(Click on the image to read the story about the history of Knitting in Norway.)

Watching people touch and savour the glorous colour and the softness of natural fibres and who feel at one with what URBANITY is about makes me really happy.

Signe Aarhus, co-owner of Oleana, visits Vancouver

Keeping you up-to-date!

The Grass Roots Wedding Fair is happening on Saturday, Feb 12 at the Heritage hall on Main Street from 11 - 16.  I will be showing OLEANA silk skirts and tops -- perfect for any member of a wedding party -- or any party!  There will be lots of goodies, and I will be giving out $20 coupons for an Urbanity purchase - to sweeten the $15 entrance.

Last weekend my info-mail did some-thing strange.  We tried to send it twice.  Still, many people did not get it.  You will always get news when you are signed up here!!

Upcoming visit from OLEANA!!!!  Signe Aarhus, co-owner, and founder of OLEANA will be here for only one day on Monday, February 21st.  She will be giving a talk about OLEANA at Kwantlen-Richmond, and YOU ARE INVITED!  Signe is so interesting listen to.  I hope you can find time from 11.20 - 12.20 to join us.  More info will be sent soon.

Toronto

I saw this wonderful look on one of the guests at the Toronto Interior Design Show this past weekend.  Leg warmers OVER boots!  Stunning!  Urbanity stocks leg-warmers - still available in many colours.  You can do this too!

Oleana blankets at the exhibition were a huge hit.  It was so much fun to show them at such a fabulous venue.

Interior Design Show - Toronto

OLEANA blankets are being presented in Toronto at the Interior Design Show happening this weekend - Jan 28 - 30.  Please tell your friends and family who live in the Toronto area to make sure to visit us on stand 26 in the North Studio section.  You can see more at http://www.oleana.ca/, and you can see the blanket collection at http://www.oleana.no/

Sweaters for everybody and any occasion

work by Anne Lene Løvhaug 2007

"Contructions: contemporary Norwegian design and crafts" is beautifully imaginative and playful. The exhibition, curated by Edith Lundebrekke, will be displayed at the Design Exchange in Toronto, November 19, 2010 - January 24, 2011.
234 Bay Street, Toronto
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Happy New Year!

This beautiful amaryllis is only 2/3 in blossom!  People stop to look at in the window -- I am sure they think it is artificial!
The corduroy pinafore dress just managed to get its picture taken before it was happily bought and taken out the door.  These dresses from Cut Loose have been such a hit, that I have ordered another batch of them, expected to arrive around Jan 24th.  They go so well with the new Oleana pullovers.  They come in two sizes, small and big, and are perfect for post Christmas days.  The purse is made from Salmon skin, on Iceland.