Regardless of the city you live in, it has become increasingly difficult to weed out the bad seeds on streets littered with shoe stores claiming to offer quality footwear. Fortunately, there are a few sure-fire solutions. A visit to anyplace carrying Vancouver’s Fluevog Shoes or Dayton Boots will have your tootsies tapping happy tunes in no time.
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Stepping into Mr. Lee’s General Store and Haberdashery is like stepping into a captured moment in history. The Thirties-inspired gentlemen’s store, which is attached to a barber shop, gives the feeling of going back in time, when the focus was on giving men what they needed to be slick, stylish and suave. Large weathered cupboards and drawers display an eclectic range of goods like straight razors, hair creams, bags, sunglasses, cinnamon toothpicks and big glass jars of candy. Mr. Lee’s was opened in December 2009 by a group of three friends and is loading its shelves back up after nearly clearing out everything during Christmas. Although the store specializes in men’s needs, women will also find a fair share of unisex items. Mr. Lee’s is also your only source in Canada for Portland’s Stumptown coffee.

109 East Broadway, Vancouver
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Words: Alana Turner

Haven Select is a new high-end clothing store in the heart of Gastown, steps away from the famous Gassy Jack statue. If you’re finding our recent weather too harsh to tackle, it also has an online store displaying all its products, including sale items. It couldn’t be easier. The store space itself is minimal, allowing the quality clothing to take centre stage. Haven Select features the best in men’s streetwear and active attire, including Levi’s vintage collection, Nike apparel, and Acronym. In keeping with the upcoming Olympics, Haven is launching a special capsule of products in collaboration with Maiden Noir. The collection follows the theme of “The Great North” and includes heavy flannel shirts, cotton tees, beanies and tote bags. These are a unique capsule of products to commemorate the Olympics—for information on availability, styles, and pricing check out the website below.
7 Gaoler’s Mews, Vancouver
[www.havenshop.ca]
Words: Rochelle Keenaghan

The most horrifying scenario for the fashion savvy girl? Spotting a rival within an uncomfortable distance wearing the same damn thing as her! In this case, it is time to start expanding options, and Vancouver has a lot more to offer than one may think. Designers Danny and Carla Hogg of Gentle Fawn and Heather Martin of Mono Clothing have the “think-outside-the-box” mentality for all those girls who wish to maintain their own unique style—and for the forward-looking fashionista, help prevent future face-offs from occurring.
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Limited Edit[ION] #3 is here! For this one, we collaborated with one of our favourite Vancouver artists, Camilla d’Errico.

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Here it is! Limited Edit[ION] #2. For the next few issues we’ll be producing a shirt collaboration with an artist we’ve profiled in the magazine. Our second release features the artwork of Michael DeForge. Check it out…
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Maybe we give jewelry-makers too much credit. It’s no stretch to make desirable objects out of diamonds and platinum, is it? But to craft luxury from the most common medium—plain, simple paper—is an impressive, super-modern skill.

And one that comes in handy when you’re a couple of young designers in Paris—not exactly bathing in bling, but bursting with ideas. Such is Matthieu Missiaen, a.k.a Ndeur. The 27-year-old multi-experimentalist first grabbed us by painting vintage shoes in eye-popping street designs and selling them out of his Kensington Market studio in Toronto.
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We’re very excited to announce Limited Edit[ION]. For the next six issues we’ll be producing a shirt collaboration with an artist profiled in the magazine. Our first release features the artwork of Raif Adelberg. Check it out…
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August. What does this mean? Heat. Boiling hot weather that seams to never end. It may be absolutely gorgeous outside, but the downside is we all have to resort to the basic cotton t-shirt and shorts. If you try accessorizing with something that will remotely add to the heat of the summer, you’ll be sweating bullets within minutes. So, the question is, how do you look super stylish and still survive this summer heat? The answer is Complexgeometries.
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Who wears white t-shirts anymore? It’s all about the message you send to the world and if you’re gonna say it out loud you might as well scream it from your chest. So many to choose from; so many designs to wear. How can you possibly choose from amongst them all? You can never have enough, and luckily brands such as Finale Designs, FINN cultured+cured and Lloyd Hoffman have helped to expand our closets that much further. After all, what’s another t-shirt?
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Up for grabs is a pair of jeans courtesy of [Blank], which will save the day when you’re standing at your closet in your ginch. Coming from the team that brought us ODYN Denim, [Blank] offer multiple styles ranging from bold to acid wash colours, studded pockets to zip up legs and the ever so popular skinny to the trendy high-waisted flare. Don’t fret about what to match with your top because you won’t feel so blank on the bottom.

www.blanknyc.com

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Sparkly, shiny, loud and in your face. These are just a few of the terms that have come to define the bling wrapped around our necks, hanging off our ears, and even gleaming from our teeth. Bling tends to conjure up images of big-time celebs like Lil’ Wayne and Beyonce. But for most of us, the “ice” around our necks tends to fall short by a couple of karats. Luckily, some jewelry designers have come to the rescue.
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Spring fashion collections have always been synonymous with all that is super sweet: from baby doll dresses to bubble skirts, to an abundance of frou frou patterns. This year, however, fashion has a brand new outlook on femininity. Gone are the days of box-like, shapeless silhouettes. Instead, Spring ‘09 calls for mixing, borrowing from the boys and creating effortless looks that remain functional.
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This month’s prize comes courtesy of San Fran’s very own Loyal Army Clothing. Featuring men’s, women’s and kid’s shirts, hoodies and accessories that are bound to catch your eye. Simply adorable graphics in delectable colours: each Tee has a pretty sweet design and an even better catchphrase. Seriously all that and a bag of chips. So collect ‘em like you still collect Pokémon cards and Pogs. Explosions of cuteness all over your bad, bad self. If you can’t express your true feelings on your chest – what can ya do?

Enter to win after the jump.
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