HAIKU STUDIOS REUNION SALE So lets say for the sake of argument that youre a local designer known for a memorable stint on a less-than-memorable TV program like Project Runway Canada. And then you hypothetically team up with nine other designers to start a Haiku Studios, a design/retail space on Cambie and Hastings. Your space is rezoned after about a month, so you move to a cozy cubby on Main Street. You work diligently on a collection for the upcoming One of a Kind Show and Sale holiday craft fair and then BAM! Michael Bublé hires you as the assistant stylist on his upcoming tour. What do you do? If youre Kim Cathers (pictured), you drop everything to find loveable mutt Sam a dogsitter. Only after thats settled do you figure out what to do with an entire seasons worth of your kdon collection. Solution: reuniting with four of your former Haiku Studios colleagues Mindans Designs, Piknic Designs, Daub + Design and Carny Love for a going-out-of-the-country-on-tour-with-Michael-Bublé sale this Friday, Nov. 4 (3pm-midnight) and Saturday, Nov. 5 (12pm-8pm) at 1898 Main.
VANCOUVER FASHION WEEK moves from its former Robson Street home to the much more spacious and shabby chic 14,ooo square feet of False Creeks Masik Studios (145 W. 2nd). While Tuesdays opening night gala was an invite-only event with the citys beau monde rubbing delicately thin shoulders, the rest of the week (running to Sunday, Nov. 6) will feature over 50 runway shows by local, national and international designers such as Torontos Joseph Ribkoff, Austrian red carpet sensation Martina Muellers Calisti label, Brazilian swimwear line By The Beach, the avant-garde-yet-retro style of tiny dinosaur by former Issay Miyake protegee Naomi Yamamoto, and the couture creations of perennial VFW regular Eva Chen. Info and tickets: . As part of the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Fashion Week Girls Education Project, half-priced day passes ($35 vs. $70) can also be purchased online at . All proceeds benefit Create Changes educational programs for girls in Northern Ghana.
