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Loud Shirt Day 2010

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Friday May 28th is Loud Shirt Day in Vancouver benefiting The Children’s Hearing and Speech Centre in BC. Photo by: Loud Shirt Day on Flickr The idea is to register yourself, your workplace or your friends and raise funds while wearing your loudest, wackiest, craziest shirt possible. Think Jeans Day but for another cause and […]

Make It Vancouver 2010

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Make It returns to Vancouver this weekend taking over the Croatian Cultural centre with crafty fashions, accessories and art. Make It is the largest event of its kind in Western Canada. It is an upbeat experience that gives enlightened shoppers the opportunity to buy directly from Canada’s top urban artisans and designers! Craft Show + […]

Army & Navy Shoe Sale 2010

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The annual Army & Navy Shoe Sale happens this Wednesday April 21st at 8:00am sharp. This event which usually sees a line up forming outside before the crack of dawn features designer shoes at rock-bottom prices. The sale’s been around for over 50 years and in 2008 they sold close to 80,000 pairs of shoes. […]

Vancouver 2010 Fan Fashions

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It’s funny what you can get away with wearing when your city is hosting the Olympics. From body flags to body paint, here’s a glimpse of some of the fashion trends you may only get away with during Vancouver 2010. Canadiana Hand-marked letters, painted faces, stapled-on flags, and those popular white boots that look like […]

2010 Canadian Olympic Team Retail Apparel Launch

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Tomorrow afternoon the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games Canadian team retail apparel will be revealed. Photo credit: John Bollwitt on Flickr Hbc is once again the apparel designer of the official clothing (for both the Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Teams) and they’re hosting a free public event that will feature the following: 12:00 – 12:15 DJ […]