TGIF! It’s Friday and we’re riding into the weekend with one final designer profile on our Pattern and Colour Spotlight: Vancouver’s own  Street and Saddle! We’re always excited to chat with designer Katelyn Woodburn, to get her take on sustainability and how we can make our closets more conscious, as well as feeling on point…...Read More

We’re spotlighting Print and Pattern this week, and we always know we can count on Lilliam from Supernova by Blackhole Clothing to come armed with patterns of all kinds celebrating all eras: Stripes, poodles, tikis, pin up girls, flames… all cut in wearable styles that show off the prints and flatter the body, especially for...Read More

We’re so excited to share with everyone the super good contest we have going with our sponsor, The Georgia Straight. One lucky winner will receive $150 in First Pick Mad Money to spend on Canadian Handmade at our Pop Up Department Store this Fall… Enter to win *here*, and good luck to all! PS Follow...Read More

We’re fans of print and pattern, and sometimes we even wear them on our feet… But in Vancouver, it can be hard to wear our extra special nice shoes regularly with our weather. Or they get left at the office because we’re switching to runners for the commute home… Enter SHOOFIE by Tara McNulty. Tara’s...Read More

We’re easing into things after a busy long weekend filled with all the colours of the rainbow at Vancouver Pride, and we’re keeping the colourful vibe going all week as we spotlight our designers working with Print, Pattern and Colour! To jumpstart this weeks spotlight, we’ve chatted with designer Lexi Soukoreff about her company Daub...Read More

TGIF! It’s Friday and we’re closing out our Reclaimed Materials week with our pal Trudy from Toodlebunny! If you’re spending the weekend away at Filberg Festival, be sure to check out her work! We love the way Trudy rethinks old into new, assembling unique pieces of wearable goodness that combine vintage, deadstock and found materials...Read More

We’re carrying on our Reclaimed Textiles, and who better to give us a Sustainability Pep-Talk than Kaitlin Martin of Victoria based eco-label (Ag) + (Au) Clothing? We’re always inspired (and awed) by Kaitlin’s clean lines and wearable pieces at our show, and the fact that her brand is made with such care to even the...Read More

We have been looking at designers working with Reclaimed Textiles this week, and today we are excited to share our interview with Denise Wilson from Bronsino. Denise’s bags, pouches and wallets are definitely a show favourite, with their bright colours, metallic finishes and super functional styling… but they do right by the environment too, with...Read More

The weather was a bit cooler today, so we’re thinking about Fall *and* this week’s theme of reclaimed textiles, with Winterluxe Recycled Cashmere, made by First Pick Handmade organizer Janna Hurtzig. We’re eagerly awaiting the return of toques and layers, so we checked in with Janna about all things Fall, sustainability and First Pick Handmade...Read More

It may be the height of summer, but we’re starting our Designer Profiles for Fall 2019 this week, and we’re starting it all with Jessica Redditt Designs. We’ve been fans of Jessica’s since our very first market, because her line embodies what Fashion should be in this day and age: Thoughtful, versatile and well executed,...Read More