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Kelsey Dundon

Style | Spring Trend Report

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Spring! It’s almost spring! Which means it’s time to peel yourself out of that rain slicker you’ve been wearing all winter and slip into something a little lighter and brighter.

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Like, say, some deluxe denim from Club Monaco with a pair of flats from Aldo (on the left), a dress with lots of lace in unexpected places from BCBGMAXAZRIA (middle) and ’70s statements from Michael Kors (right).

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These were three of the biggest trends I featured in my spring trend report on Global BC.

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And while this is how I look on air — in a dress with studded sleeves from Picadilly Canada, shoes from Aldo, necklace from Adia Kibur and Nars Velvet Matte Lip Pencil in Cruella…

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…this is what I look like when I’m pulling it together backstage: wearing one of my favourite concert tees (yes, it’s New Kids on the Block and yes, I went to their show as an adult), J.Crew jeans and high tops c/o of Ecco.

Watch the segment here. Thanks for having me, Global BC and Metropolis at Metrotown! Thanks for the photos, Zoe Tisshaw! Thanks for your help, Jerome Insorio!

March 18, 2016 by

Pinstagram | Stripes and Strawberries

The Anthology’s Pinstagram column marries the dream (Pinterest) and the reality (Kelsey Dundon’s Instagram photos of places and faces in and around Vancouver).

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Like Zach. I owe the fact that I’m able to work with a three-month-old baby to that BabyBjorn she loves so much + a variation on the same theme.

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Studio space. The beautiful Union Bridal + a workspace I wouldn’t mind calling my own.

Pink accents

Pop of pink. My officemate wears a lot of pink + so does that office chair.

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Frozen in time. My living room (as photographed by my toddler) + a living space with a similar vibe.

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Stripes and strawberries. Chamomile tea and cheddar bunnies are an unusual food pairing, I’ll give you that much + a far less unusual pairing: stripes and bloomers.

P.S. There are more photos where these came from so follow @KelseyDundon on Instagram.

March 15, 2016 by

Drink | Wine and Book Pairings

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It’s so satisfying when a “haha, we should…” conversation actually turns into something. In this case it was a “haha, we should…start a book club” chat that my friend Katie and I had a little while back. And then we had it again. And again. So we decided to actually do something about it. Thus, our book club was born. The surprising thing about it wasn’t that we actually started a book club, but that so many of my friends, and friends of friends, actually wanted to join. (I didn’t expect this to be the type of thing my girlfriends would be into for another three decades.)

So far we’ve debated our way through  The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt, Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Just Kids by Patti Smith, The Girl Who Was Saturday Night by Heather O’Neill, The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeanette Walls…

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…and most recently: The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton (though for this one, many opted to watch the movie trailer on iTunes instead).

Sandhill Merlot and Fruit Platter

Because I had been to the Vancouver International Wine Festival a few nights before I hosted our latest book club brunch (thank you, Sandhill!) we uncorked (well, unscrewed) a bottle of Sandhill Merlot. It’s a new world take on an old world varietal that I’m sure Madame Olenska would approve of.

March 10, 2016 by

Style | Wear Layers Well

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They say if you don’t like the weather in Vancouver you should wait five minutes. I say you should layer up. For my latest Wear It Well segment on Global Television I brought in three of my favourite takes on layering for these not-quite-spring days. The first look? A super minimal take on a tissue-weight turtleneck and long, heavy cardigan from Oak + Fort.

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The second? A suiting vest layered with lace and cashmere from Banana Republic.

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The third? A floral dress worn as a tunic and warmed up with a linen jacket and blanket scarf from Plenty.

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See? You don’t even have to wait a minute.

Thanks for having me, Global Television and Metropolis at Metrotown! And thanks, Hayley Hudson, for the photos!

March 3, 2016 by

Bookmark | French for Pineapple

In The Anthology’s Bookmark column we explore some of the most inspiring places on the wild, wild web.

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Often I have no idea how I first stumbled across a site. I’ll get lost in an internet vortex and end up somewhere so inspiring that I get drawn in even further and by the time I drag myself away from my screen I have no idea how I ended up there in the first place.

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But with the design blog French for Pineapple, I know exactly what drew me to it: the above photo. It landed in my Pinterest feed and I fell in love with it right away. The print is striking, the stools are amazing and the blue walls make me want to paint my living room.

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Edited by print and textile designer Bianca Hall, French for Pineapple is filled with art recommendations, photos of her constantly reinvented North London home and DIYs like the fluffy stools I fell in love with in the first place (CB2 has something similar if you’re not super handy with a staple gun).

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In other words, it’s filled with some serious inspiration. So bookmark French for Pineapple already and bookmark The Anthology while you’re at it.

[Images from French for Pineapple.]

P.S. Beef up your list of favourite links with The Anthology’s Bookmark picks.

March 2, 2016 by

Read | Design in Canada

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I have a closet full of vintage clothes and the “Made in Canada” labels on many of them speak to the country’s rich garment history. But I didn’t know much about Canada’s history of design design because we don’t celebrate it much (not very Canadian to do so, I suppose).

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That changed when a friend loaned me his copy of Design in Canada, which is filled with iconic pieces (and the odd hilariously disco spread) from the north.

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Many of them look timeless, some of them look so on-trend you’d expect to see them in modern decor stores, and none of them look anything like I expected vintage Canadian design would.

February 12, 2016 by

Pinstagram | Bring your kid to work day

The Anthology’s Pinstagram column marries the dream (Pinterest) and the reality (Kelsey Dundon’s Instagram photos of places and faces in and around Vancouver).

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Workspace. I brought my baby with me to do a pull for a segment, which technically makes that a bring-your-kid-to-work day + a home office I’d become a Kardashian for.

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Colours of the year. A necklace (from LOFT) in serenity and rose quartz + Alexa Chung in similar Pantone-approved tones.

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I heart it. Valentine’s Day wins my heart every time + a print just dripping with pink.

Kids clothes

Like a hurricane. My toddler likes to dress herself + a kid’s wardrobe that’s neater than mine could ever be.

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Reading in bed. This is what she got all dressed up for + an adorable earthy kid’s room.

P.S. There are more photos where these came from so follow @KelseyDundon on Instagram.

February 10, 2016 by

Giveaway | Win Double Passes to Zoolander 2!

No supermodel — not even Cara Delevingne — has taken the style world like Derek Zoolander. Twice.

Want to be there when this force of fashion debuts in Vancouver? Paramount Pictures and The Anthology are giving away double passes to the advance screening of Zoolander 2 on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 7:30pm at SilverCity Metropolis in Burnaby.

CONTEST CLOSED: Have fun, Natalie!

February 3, 2016 by

Make | Benchic’s DIY Chocolate

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I have a friend who makes the best chocolate. Like, you’d have no idea it wasn’t from some crazy chocolatier. (She actually started up her own company but it was too much to deal with in addition to her day job and if it were up to me she’d start it up again. Ahem…Megan!)

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But no matter. Because even if you’re not gifted in the chocolates department, you can gift in the chocolates department (see what I did there?).

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LA’s Benchic Chocolate just launched chocolate-making kits complete with a reusable mould, organic Peruvian cocoa butter, wild California Honey (from near Long Beach), organic Peruvian Lucuma Powder, and the like. They’re not cheap — $79 USD before shipping — but you can’t put a price on chocolate-flavoured fun.

February 1, 2016 by