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Shopping for Vintage and Thrift in Vancouver is like Trophy Hunting for Extinct Animals

Shopping for Vintage and Thrift in Vancouver is like Trophy Hunting for Extinct Animals

I’m always more than a little horrified when people ask where they should start thrift shopping for vintage clothing and outdated fashions. In fact, when…

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Springtime Shop

Springtime Shop

I’ve  managed to narrow down the number of purchases that used to attack my retail therapy so, to a maximum of 3-4 key items per…

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8 Taboo Topics In Fashion

8 Taboo Topics In Fashion

8 Taboo Topics In Fashion.   Most Fashion Shows Don’t Need To ExistAt its core, fashion shows exist to present potential designs to buyers, who’ll…

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Rosy

Rosy

Mulberry-like satchel that I purchased from Smart Set last year.

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Not at the Workplace

Not at the Workplace

I was working on an ongoing ‘business wardrobe lookbook series’ in January that consisted of headless versions of me, in monochromatic clothing, that were ‘office…

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Claiborne

Claiborne

Found a Liz Claiborne NYC purse at the thrift store over the weekend!

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Research

Design history is, after all, social history: it’s an evolutionary (and somewhat cautionary) tale of use and abuse, of innovation and migration, of the inevitable tide of obsolescence that puzzles some of us to such a vexing degree that we simply have no other choice but to become design historians to start making sense of things. (Design Observer)

Photography

I currently own over 20 cameras ranging from SLRs, DSLRs, TLRs, Polaroids, and toy cameras. My current favorite camera is the Olympus E-PL1 and iPhone4.

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