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Your very own helicopter: a giveaway!

Remember collecting helicopter seeds on your way home from school when you were young?

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Award-winning Vancouver designer Justine Brooks does. She’s used those sycamore blades to cast gorgeous sterling silver pendants (that would look great with a crisp white shirt). The best part? Justine Brooks wants to give a sterling silver helicopter pendant (valued at $110) to one of you lucky Anthology readers! So how do you win?

For one entry: Comment on this post and tell us how you’d style it. (I’d wear it solo around my neck, but I’d pile on the bracelets.)
For two entries: Write on The Anthology’s Facebook wall.
For three entries: Holler @TheAnthology on Twitter.

The contest is open to readers worldwide and the winner will be chosen on Wednesday, June 8th. Good luck!

UPDATE: And we have a winner! Congratulations Cassie Lee!

May 29, 2011 by

Chk Chk Chk it out

Never have I been so excited to meet an artist (and I’ve met Weird Al Yankovic, for crying out loud).

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And never has that artist been so excited to meet me. I mean, just look at the excitement on !!! (Chk Chk Chk) frontman Nic Offer’s face. He can barely contain himself.

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The New York-based dance punk band played the opening weekend of the Electric Owl, Main Street’s new izakaya restaurant, live music venue, cold beer and wine shop, and sake bar.

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The show was a real hoo’s hoo (owl pun… get it?) with Anya from I’m the It Girl (sporting wicked blue nails) and Nicole from Le Mode du Jour.

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And it was everything I dreamed it would be.

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Raucous, rambunctious and slightly cooler than the last time I saw them under the blazing desert sun at Coachella.

Notice how there were no photos taken at the end of the night? That’s because we were the sweatiest bunch of people this side of a marathon.

P.S. I was at the Electric Owl’s opening party and you can read all about it here.

May 29, 2011 by

We Heart Art!

You know what’s fun? Art openings.

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Especially when the opening is at the gorgeous Rennie Collection in celebration of Turner Prize-winning Brit Martin Creed.

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Sure, there were broccoli stamps, video installations, a mechanized piano and living statues. But none of us could get over the balloons.

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I mean, this installation is essentially an Ikea ballroom for grownups.

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Honestly. When was the last time you saw someone over the age of six this giddy?

Martin Creed’s Collected Works will be at the Rennie Collection until October.

[First photo by Briony Lennig.]

P.S. Take a look at this interview with The Anthology and it’ll become very, very clear why this writer did not go to art school.

May 22, 2011 by

The clothes! The tunes! The moves!

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I sat down with Broadway star J. Cameron Barnett to talk about his latest role — as Seaweed J. Stubbs in the Stanley Theatre’s production of Hairspray the Musical. And yes, he broke out into song during the interview. Watch the clip on VitaminDaily. Thanks again, Cameron!

[Photo of J. Cameron Barnett and Robyn Wallis by Emily Cooper.]

May 16, 2011 by

There was a time

When I would have been tempted to shorten this midi skirt.

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But now is not that time.

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Besides — with shoes like these, it really doesn’t matter what’s going on above them, does it? (They’re Thakoon.)

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The skirt’s vintage. As is the polka dot blouse. And together they are the perfect mismatched print combo. Just the way they are.

P.S. After months of hard work, the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation’s Pink Tour launches today in Vancouver. So proud to be part of it!

May 4, 2011 by

Oh! Obakki

It’s going to be a beautiful autumn. Especially for Obakki.

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The Vancouver-based luxury line debuted its fall/winter 2011 collection in spectacular fashion at St. Andrew’s-Wesley Church the other night. It felt a little like going to a wedding, actually – all the guests were lined up in pews, eagerly anticipating the dresses.

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This was the first show Obakki opened to the public with ticket sales supporting the Obakki Foundation. And as creative director Treana Peake explained, it was orchestrated by a team comprised entirely of Vancouver talent. (Holler!)

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And oh what talent it was! With neutral earth-toned palettes, lots of knits and a few lace accents, the silhouettes were ladylike, the effect polished. And they were each finished with a pop of bright red lipstick.

The whole thing managed to achieve the impossible: distract my beach brain for a moment and actually get me excited for holiday parties.

P.S. Follow The Anthology on Twitter and it’ll be a beautiful summer too.

May 1, 2011 by

Giving is glamourous

I have a strict shopping policy — one giant bag of clothing in, one giant bag of clothing out.

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It’s the only way to keep my closet somewhat under control. So as I’m spring cleaning, I’m donating some of my prized pieces to the Fashionista’s Ball, where Women United in Philanthropy are collecting donations to be sold at their huge fundraising event on May 29th. The best part? All proceeds go to the United Way.

Want to donate too? Email them at info@fashionistasball.com or call 604.369.3944 before May 10th and they’ll pick up your donations from anywhere in Vancouver.

Clearing out your closet has never been so rewarding.

[Photo from the gorgeous blog Lolita.]

April 21, 2011 by

I love, love, love dance

I love to do it, I love to watch it, I love everything about it. Which might be why I love Ballet BC’s collaboration with the Vancouver Art Gallery.

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This Tuesday, they’ll be unleashing dozens of their dancers on the Gallery, where the ballet pros will perform improvisations inspired by the exhibitions. Each performance takes place right in the middle of the gallery visitors, which makes it very casual and very, very cool. I was at their last performance and you’ll be happy to know I resisted the urge to join in.

Ballet BC will be performing at the Vancouver Art Gallery this Tuesday (April 19th) at 7:00. You’ll find more info here.

April 17, 2011 by

You know what’s cozy?

Spending an evening watching a concert under a giant fleece jacket.

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And you thought fleece outerwear had no place in a cabaret. The other night, the Museum of Vancouver created a lounge atmosphere underneath their current exhibition SweaterLodge. There, experimental vocalist and pianist Veda Hille performed her Yukon-inspired piece Field Study. Loved it. Loved her. And I think you might too.

She’ll perform this Saturday (April 16th) with Dan Mangan, Charles Demers and special guest Mayor Gregor Robertson at Smorgasbord, a benefit for Vancouver’s homeless youth. I would be there if I weren’t in California.

SweaterLodge is at the Museum of Vancouver until May 1st.

P.S. I’ll be tweeting my face off while I’m at Coachella so follow The Anthology on Twitter.

April 13, 2011 by