Fashion
Lucy Loves: Checks, Please
Check out this plaid perfection.
Stores
Holiday Gift Guide for the Bookish: Gifts Inspired by the Library
Books, objects and trinkets for those who appreciate the Vancouver Public Library’s Colosseum-influenced central branch both for its unconventional design and for what’s inside.
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Holiday Gift Guide for the Chill: Gifts Inspired by Dude Chilling Park
Count on these calming gift ideas to keep your recipients as cool, relaxed and unbothered as Dude Chilling Park’s resident (and recently resurrected) reclining figure.
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Holiday Gift Guide for the Funny: Gifts Inspired by A-maze-ing Laughter
Fun and offbeat gifts that will have your friends and family smiling wide like the figures at English Bay’s much loved (and photographed) A-maze-ing Laughter.
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Holiday Gift Guide for the Gritty: Gifts Inspired by the East Van Cross
The traditionally gritty, hard-edged vibe of East Van shines in these industrial-leaning picks—each of which, like the East Van cross, emits a glow of its own.
Stores
Holiday Gift Guide for the Techie: Gifts Inspired by Science World
Whether inspired by Science World’s shape, the knowledge within it, or both, these innovative objects are bound to impress the tech-inclined in your life.
Beauty
On the Rise: This Vancouver-Based Cosmetic Brand Knows the Science of Skin
Okoko Cosmétiques uses plant-based ingredients (and a little cosmetic chemistry) to make clean, high-performance products.
Beauty
7 Summer Skincare Essentials That Will Carry You Into Fall
From idiot-proof self-tanners to rosewater mists, here are the products our style editor swore by this summer.
Beauty
Vancouver-Based Illusionist Mimi Choi on the Magic of Transforming Fear Into Art
The makeup artist also drops her skincare routine. Because we know you were wondering.
Fashion
On the Rise: Vancouver’s Eco-Friendly Ocin Is Making Waves
The ocean flows through designer Courtney Chew's veins—metaphorically, anyway.
Weddings
Bridesmaid Wear Goes, Erm, “Un-Bridesmaid” at Vancouver’s Park and Fifth
The locally based line ditches the excess frills traditionally seen in wedding attire for sleek, wear-again-and-again styles.
Beauty
5 Next-Level Facial Treatments to Try in Vancouver
From sessions that use low-level electrical currents to those that employ cold strips of gauze, here's how to get your skin in tip-top shape.
Restaurants
We Want These Fried-Chicken Ice-Cream Sandwiches In Our Mouths Right. Now.
Downlow and Mister have dreamed up the ultimate sweet-salty-spicy collab.
Fashion
Beat the Rain with a Summer-y Pop-Up in Chinatown This Weekend
Recently launched online shop Finding July aims to offer clothing that exudes "the excitement and joy" of summer.
Beauty
Lucy Loves: Easy, Breezy No-Makeup Makeup
Ah, summertime, and the livin’ is easy—so shouldn’t your beauty routine be, too?
Fashion
On the Rise: Kinda Sleepwear
Jessye Ashworth knows the importance of a good sleep.
Stores
Local Jewellery Designer Melanie Auld Opens Flagship in Fairview
The dreamy, pink-and-green space carries Auld's full range of West Coast-inspired bling.
Fashion
Vans Brings a Skateboarder’s Paradise to Vancouver—But Only for This Weekend!
A giant indoor skate park and activities like live tattooing and design-your-own-Vans workshops are just some of the highlights at the city's first-ever House of Vans pop-up.
Beauty
Rose-Marie Swift on Natural Beauty, Bold Lips and Why “Instagram Makeup” is Out
The Vancouver-born makeup artist and founder of RMS Beauty says that "robot skin" was never en vogue.
Stores
Good Boy Wags Onto Main Street with Ethical, Design-Forward Pet Supplies
Because your four-legged friends deserve cool, responsibly made goods, too.
Fashion
You Can Now Shop Raf Simons’s and Helmut Lang’s Archives in Vancouver
The menswear visionaries' vintage works are available for a limited time at Nordstrom.
Stores
Luxury Consignment Shop Mine and Yours is Popping Up on South Granville
The local biz is bringing its pre-loved designer goods to the former Boboli men’s space.
Stores
Is This Metro Vancouver’s Chicest Cannabis Store?
Burb wants to bring a "big city" experience to the region's suburbs—and a more luxurious, comfortable one at that.
Fashion
Luxury Hunger Games-Approved Activewear Line Lands in Vancouver
The London-based Lucas Hugh is now available at Kitsilano’s TurF.
Stores
It’s Boxing Day in April! Nifty for Fifty Returns for 12th Annual Blowout This Weekend
More than 30 local designers are converging in Mount Pleasant to offer deep discounts on sustainably crafted goods.
Fashion
On the Rise: Studio Lorem Ipsum
What do you do when you can't find stylish outerwear that won't break the bank? For one designer, you create your own.
Stores
Say High to All Day Breakfast, Vancouver’s Newest—and Coolest—Head Shop
The design-obsessed folks behind the website Craigsbest are aiming to elevate cannabis consumption with a range of fun and functional goods.
Stores
Toronto-Based Intimates Line Mary Young Pops Up in Vancouver This Weekend
The designer is coming to the West Coast with her range of easy, breezy "lifestyle lingerie."
Stores
Fine-Jewellery Biz Mejuri Lands in Vancouver for Week-Long Pop-Up
For a limited time, you can shop the Toronto-based label's dainty bling IRL.
Beauty
Vancouver-Based Brand Oak and Fort Accused of Knocking Off L.A. Designer
In response to a post by Instagram fashion critic Diet Prada, Oak and Fort says similarities between its products and those by indie label J. Hannah are "totally coincidental."
Restaurants
The Best Thing I Ate All Week: Buttermilk Fried Chicken at Nightingale
Yes, the pizza’s great, but let’s talk about Nightingale’s other offerings, shall we?
Booze News
Starbucks Rolls Out Recyclable and Compostable Cups in Vancouver
The city is one of five around the world that will test-sip the new ecofriendly alternatives.
Stores
Self-Described “Comfort Brand” Naot Finds New Home on South Granville
The made-in-Israel label—known for its removable "foot beds"—puts quality and durability first.
Fashion
“I Don’t Know How People Can Defend It”: Past Participants Shed Light on “Underbelly” of Vancouver Fashion Week
Ahead of the event's fall/winter 2019 showcase, dozens of ex-volunteers shared experiences in which they worked long hours, faced unsafe conditions and were unpaid. But VFW maintains that it's serving the local fashion community.