Vancouver

Like a Viper hiding amongst the tall grass, waiting for the perfect moment to strike, so has the 22-minute short STEEL VIPER FORCE: RISE OF FIERO hidden itself, aging to perfection like a fine whiskey. Now it is ready to sink its fangs deep into the supple neck of an Internet audience, as the next stage of the STEEL VIPER FORCE comedy-action project is on the horizon. 

The Ballantynes make beautiful nighttime noise. On their latest release, Liquor Store Gun Store Pawn Shop Church, the garage soul outfit sermonizes on longing and love, vice and sin, good times and bad.

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, and the unlucky individual who sparked the wrath of Nathalia Pizzaro, the sultry frontwoman of Chains of Love, had better lay low.

Mona Sultan is a citizen of the world first, Vancouver graphic designer-turned-accessories designer second. The Syrian born, French educated, Canadian living creative, pulls from all her differing cultural influences and love of history to curate her intricately made, gorgeous, colourful and thoughtfully designed silk chiffon scarves.

I've been a fan of Raif Adelberg's work for awhile now. I was first introduced to Raif's art by ION's former Editor-in-Chief, Michael Mann, when he wrote about the artist back in 2009.

'The Collection' starring Kate Bosworth is TOPSHOP's capsule wardrobe for Winter, a perfect mix of masculine and feminine, oversized and fitted; a representation of Kate's own personal style. There are 46 pieces in the collection with the colour palette inspired by Piet Mondrian; black and whites mixed with foiled metallics, and off-set with a flash of a red.

If you're in Vancouver this upcoming Tuesday October 22, come check out Braids and Hundred Waters live at Fortune Sound Club.

Our friends over at TODΔY You Are Special, an independent boutique in Vancouver specializing in contemporary fashion for women, has just launched their online shop and we couldn't be more excited for them.

Jody Glenham shows us that under her bath robe are her desert boots with "Dreamer," a cut off her forthcoming EP. She has one of those voices that you just want to wrap around yourself until next Labour Day, with the guitar sounds to back it up. So far she's proving that even without the rest of Pleasure Cruise, you should consider setting sail with her any day no matter the weather.