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Fashion File

Half-price Sale: The thrift shop at Mount Seymour United Church, at 1200 Parkgate Ave. just off Mount Seymour Parkway, holds its half-price sale on Thursdays from 2 to 8 p.m. New fall stock arrives Sept. 2.


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Nature inspires new designs

Trendsetters will be sporting '80s silhouettes and pop/rock colours this season, according to Deep Cove designer Jesse Smith.


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Young artist of the week

Young artist of the week

Maggie Zheng, 12, -- Mulgrave school


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Candy colours fresh for summer

Candy colours fresh for summer

Flipping through a fashion magazine at the bus stop, a flashy lip gloss advertisement catches your eye.


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Missing since Saturday

The Surrey RCMP is looking for a local man who has been missing since Saturday night.


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Runway to real way

Project Runway finalist Jessica Biffi has replaced catwalk creations with designs for real women with the debut this month of a plus-size collection for a national retailer.


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Building up and down

Kudos to Dale Regehr, president and CEO of Langley's WestStone Properties, and his team.


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Fred UnLeeshed

With glowing hearts: Leone's, the upscale designer clothing store, was packed with socialites and fashionistas decked in high fashion and high heels for the city's first dress up affair post Olympics.


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Fred UnLeeshed

With glowing hearts: Leone's, the upscale designer clothing store, was packed with socialites and fashionistas decked in high fashion and high heels for the city's first dress up affair post Olympics.


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Fashionista: Vida Vojkovic is helping the fundraiser.

Designer donates collection to fundraiser

The public has a chance to score on some luxury fashion items at a hospital fundraiser, thanks to a donation from a local woman fighting cancer.


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The Chic Chemise Dress is from the Linda Lundstrom fall-winter 2009 collection.

'Right size' your wardrobe for winter

Today's woman longs for simplicity -- in her life and in her wardrobe, says one of Canada's best-known and most tenacious fashion designers.


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Party Pieces

Fifties-inspired tunic dress $160 Banana Republic (various locations)


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Runway romp: OK, admittedly, as fashion capitals go we're not New York or Paris or Milan but we are certainly more than just fleece and flannel. Vanhattan's most established and emerging designers strutted their stuff at Vancouver Fashion Week sponsored by the Courier.


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Fred UnLeeshed

Runway romp: OK, admittedly, as fashion capitals go we're not New York or Paris or Milan but we are certainly more than just fleece and flannel. Vanhattan's most established and emerging designers strutted their stuff at Vancouver Fashion Week sponsored by the Courier.


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Art Institute student Ingrid Bergstrom-Kendrick looked to Alexander McQueen for inspiration on her mid-length felt dress, which won her a spot as a regional finalist in the U.S. Humane Society’s Cool vs. Cruel contest.

Fur-free and fashion forward

Ingrid Bergstrom-Kendrick, of North Vancouver, will represent the Vancouver region in the Humane Society of the United States' fifth annual Cool vs. Cruel Fashion Design Competition.


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Course expansion not in fashion with all trustees

The Chilliwack School District is backing a plan for the University of the Fraser Valley to expand its bachelor of fine arts programming, specifically by adding a program for students to obtain a minor in fashion.


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New digs for discount chain

Savvy shoppers take note: there's a new destination for discount designer fashions in West Vancouver.


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Fall fashion is all about glamour

Shoulder pads the size of balloons, thigh-high boots of vertiginous height, sequinned jackets worthy of Joan Collins.


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Boulud centre court: Superstar chef Daniel Boulud arrived in Vancouver for his first visit since April to join Victoria native and two-time NBA MVP Steve Nash for dinner. Boulud, along with chefs Stephane Istel and Dale Mackay and partners David and Manjy Sidoo, hosted the Steve Nash Foundation charity dinner at Kitsilano's DB Bistro Moderne-a pre-cursor to Nash's Showdown in Downtown event the next day.


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