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Express Store Opens In Vancouver

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Me with 90210′s Shanae Grimes at Vancouver’s Express store opening

Pretty people mingled and sipped on Skyy Vodka cocktails at tonight’s opening party for the new聽Express聽store at Pacific Centre Mall聽in Vancouver. Hosted by Canada’s Fashion Magazine, the party featured choice ‘editors picks’ to help shoppers know what they simply must buy — as well as raffles which had give aways including Express gift cards, and personal style sessions with Fashion‘s western editor, Joy Pecknold.

I was just there to meet the gorgeous Shanae Grimes, there with her cutie boyfriend, who was nice enough to take our photo (above). I also spotted聽Glee star聽Mark Salling, who was looking fit as usual — and much taller in person than I would have thought ^-^



Glee’s Mark Salling and 90210′s Shenae Grimes celebrate the grand opening of the EXPRESS store at Pacific Centre in Vancouver, BC on July 12, 2012 (CNW Group/Express, Inc.)

The store is quite big (8,000 square feet!), but not really somewhere I see myself shopping. A lot of the stuff looked a little bit ordinary, so it would probably suit for some people for sure — I did see at least a few people who left with purchases.

With over 600 stores, this marks the first shop in BC for Express. With better known fast-fashion competition like H&M in close聽vicinity, it should be interesting to see how Express does over here, and if it’s embraced by Vancouver shoppers.

xo A.

M枚dernaked: The Next Big Thing

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Rings from聽M枚dernaked, 49.00鈧 to聽75.00鈧, available now at modernaked.com

M枚dernaked sounds swedish, but it’s a spanish brand. They don’t have a sales or marketing department, and they don’t want one.

Why, you may ask? Well, for starters –聽M枚dernaked is really unlike any other accessory brand out there. They have some of the coolest accessories I’ve seen in a long time, and are likely on their way to fashion-cult-status.

With stockists in Ibiza,聽Palma de Mallorca, and Istanbul, you’d be hard pressed to find these unique gems in just any boutique — (if you’re in London, you can hit up Lazy Oaf, one of my fave shops located聽in the Soho district). For everyone else, fret not — as they also have a wicked online boutique which ships internationally.

聽Visit modernaked.com to learn more.

eBay UK Launches the Spring/Summer 2012 Collection

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British fashion bloggers took to London鈥檚 swanky 52 North Bar last week for the much anticipated launch of eBay UK鈥檚 Spring/Summer 2012 Collection. It was an evening full of聽champagne, canapes and cute clothes, with some of the UK鈥檚聽hottest fashionistas partaking in an exclusive style-off. The looks were revealed via Twitter, with Sex & London City鈥檚 Nixalina who nabbed the coveted weekend trip to Paris, and a stay in the gorgeous Mama Shelter Hotel, designed by Philippe Starck聽– for her adorable pastel and print combo (below, right).

eBay UK鈥檚 80-piece line boasts a formidable selection of聽brands, the likes of French Connection, Dune, L.K. Bennett and House of Fraser. Best of all, it offers a perfect mix of new trends and one-off finds — combining both vintage and high-end pieces which allow you to make your look completely unique.

eBay UK鈥檚 fresh SS/12 lookbook features up and coming聽fashion photographer Lara Jade, British TV presenter Amal聽Fashanu and popular fashion blogger Eleonora Carisi –聽three real women whom eBay UK felt perfectly embodies聽their customer. 鈥渆Bay Fashion is about individual personal聽style which is why it was important to us for three real聽women,鈥 says Carrie Bienkowski, Head of Fashion eBay聽UK. Shot both in-studio and on location in London,聽With over 100 high street brands available to choose from,聽eBay.co.uk is a great place to find what you need for this聽new season.

So what鈥檚 big for SS/12, you ask? Bienkowski聽says it鈥檚 all about mixing things up with plenty of texture, bold colour, and print. 鈥淎nimal print palazzo pants work brilliantly with plain coloured t-shirts, candy coloured jeans are combined with matching colour jumpers, and denim flares look great with lace tops.鈥

鈥淏oth mini and maxi dresses are in this season,鈥 she adds, 鈥渁nd to really hit the button, go for one with a gorgeous floral print.鈥

Whatever fashion look you opt for this season, you can be sure find it at eBay.co.uk!

 

Image via glam.co.uk

This is a sponsored post courtesy of Glam Media and eBay Fashion. All opinions expressed here are 100% my own.聽

The Dress & Co. HIDEAKI SAKAGUCHI Fall/Winter 2012 Collection @ Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week TOKYO

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The Dress & Co. HIDEAKI SAKAGUCHI聽delivered a polished and decidedly preppy aesthetic for its Fall/Winter 2012 Menswear Collection, presented to crowds earlier this week at聽Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week TOKYO.



[Photos via tokyo-mbfashionweek.com]

WHIZ LIMITED Fall/Winter 2012 Collection @ Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week TOKYO

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One of my favorite menswear brands, WHIZ LIMITED,聽presented a smart and highly wearable Fall/Winter 2012 Collection at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week TOKYO.

Hiroaki Shitano in Tokyo established WHIZ LIMITED with the publication of the Autumn/ Winter collection 2000. In spite of the basic mainstream on the street scene, he displayed the brand concept of “Individual clothing” to propose a design conscious fashion, and has since been constructing a Tokyo street outlook which has gotten over the stereotyped image of the street look and mode.聽

SOMARTA Fall/Winter 2012 Collection @ Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week TOKYO

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SOMARTA聽presented their stunning Fall/Winter 2012 Collection at Tokyo Midtown, earlier this week at聽Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week TOKYO.

WWD described the shimmery A/W 2012 Collection as聽ladylike, with聽pieces in a palette of red, pink, beige, ivory and blush.