Bloomfield Pop-up shop in Gastown

The latest in Pop-up shops is in Gastown and this week they are featuring Bloomfield. Bloomfield is a line of women's dresses and tops made of sustainable fabrics in Vancouver. So that makes it double sustainable, right? Local company, local factory, local retailers = low impact on the planet. Do good, Feel good.

Jolie Mack Jewelery Sale

You're invited!

You and your guest(s) have been chosen to shop at Jolie Mack Designs first Private Party event. Get first dibs on Exclusive jewelery designs, snatch a pair of Limited earrings and sample the sweet delights of Cocoa Nymph's Chocolate & Confections in Kitsilano!

Look for yourself or finish up (okay, maybe start) your Christmas shopping. Come for an hour, have a coffee and soak up the sales!

Jewelery, prizes, sale prices, coupons and chocolate? Sounds like a lady's dream, doesn't it?

What & Why

Let's face it, we ladies have cravings. At many different times of the day, for no one particular thing. Let me speak for all of us when I say that the cravings for jewelery, shopping and chocolate happen even when we sleep. Clients have been craving more chances to see Jolie Mack Designs jewelery in person and I have paired the opportunity with chocolate for a crave-crushing combo.

Where & Why

Cocoa Nymph's Chocolate & Confections is a sweet little boutique that deserves a little sugar. I am a big supporter of small BC Business and Nymph is the perfect place to introduce to you. A honey of a location to have coffee, toffee and - jewelery!

Why should You?

Satisfy a desire, shop for gifts, take in a sale, win a prize, bid on an auction and get something pricey for less!

• Be one of the first 20 guests to receive a free pair of the Signature "Baroque Down" earrings!
• Win up to 40% off your JMD purchase by reaching into the Crave Cup for a random coupon!
  
• 20% off Jolie Mack Designs regular retail price
  
• 20% off Cocoa Nymph's merchandise*
• Enter to win a gift basket full of goodies you crave: gift certificates, wine, chocolate, magazines, coffee, bath products, an Exclusive JMD design and much more! (All supplied by BC business)
  
• Bid on 9 individual designs in a silent auction!
• Bid on the Signature "Chameleon" necklace with all proceeds going to Variety the Children's Charity!

*some restrictions may apply

Thursday, December 10th, 2009
Cocoa Nymph's @ 10th and Alma
7pm-9pm

Fidelity Denim Sale

A reading with Robert Chaplin

If you want bed time reading for adults, you will want to get a copy of Brussles Sprouts & Unicorns by Robert Chaplin. It's in no way naughty (although the poem, "The Princess and the Pea" will put a coy smile on your face), but written with fantastic genius and wit.

At a wine tasting party, (where, by the way, he won first prize), he reads to us all. (Later he will free style to a guest's acoustic guitar riff played so hard she bleeds all over her guitar.)

I first met Robert at Pecha Kucha where he showed slides of his many ARTifacts registered in the national library. ISBN numbers and all! Robert wears a tshirt for the band SWANK. I'm wearing a top by Cohesive. (A collaborative project between Constant and Adhesif)

I thought it was our little secret

On Nov 18th- 21st, SFU students put on the exhibit Surveilling Public Space: Perspectives on Spectacle. I collaborated with Kwantlen fashion student Serena Neumerschitsky on our piece called: "I thought it was our little secret" and explored the prevalence of surveillance cameras in our society, how that technology is used and how it makes individuals feel.

Surveillance Art

I'm super excited to team up with 2nd year fashion student, Serena Neumerschitsky for our Surveillance art installation called: "I thought it was our little secret"

Coming from the fashion industry, clothing and the effects of fashion on how others view us is always on our mind. We wear certain things to portray to others what we want them to see. We also choose carefully when we want to hide certain things about ourselves, whether it is physical or emotional.

With the introduction of surveillance into our society, we are denied the freedom to choose what people see. We can try desperately to hide our secrets; but at what point do we stop being true to ourselves out of fear for our privacy. Will this cause us to suppress our true feelings which may ultimately lead to irrational, rebellious, behavior?

We started by looking at the prevalence of surveillance cameras in our society and looking at how that technology is used and how it makes individuals feel. So even though what the camera records is "surface", the implication is that privacy is still compromised.

To visually express this concept, we will construct a business suit out of sheer material and dress a headless male mannequin. A headless female mannequin will be dressed in a sheer blouse and shirt. Under the man’s clothing is women’s underwear. Under the woman’s clothing is what appears to be fetish wear.

The Installation

Surveilling Public Space: Perspectives on Spectacle
18 - 21 November, 2009 (Wed - Sat)
Interurban Gallery (1 E Hastings Street, Vancouver)
Gallery Hours: 1:00PM - 5:00PM
Free Admission

Opening with Performative Act: Nov 18, 2009 (Wed) 7:00PM