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Pinstagram | Party time!

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).

KD and WO

Family portrait. Me and my baby in black and white + a cute way to photograph a family.

Eco Fashion Week

Fashion Meet. The Eco Fashion Week press conference at the Fairmont Waterfront (read my piece on one of their most innovative shows here) + a workspace that looks like it would also have waterfront views.

Bunny Ears

Hop to it. My little Easter bunny + a hopscotched kids’ room.

Magnolias v2

In bloom. Magnolias are my favourite + this makes carnations look surprisingly cool too.

Dress forms

Dress forms. Three dress forms backstage before one of my segments on Global Television + three dressed-up models before the coolest party ever.

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

April 19, 2016 by

Style | Rising to the 81 lb. Challenge

81 lb. Challenge

Eighty-one pounds doesn’t sound like much – the weight of a seventh-grader, maybe – but 81 pounds is the average weight of clothing a single North American discards in a year.

When you see just how much clothing that is, it’s rather alarming. Especially if you’re one of the fashion students at VCAD who took part in Eco Fashion Week’s 81 lb. Challenge, creating an entire collection out of pieces thrifted from Value Village.

“A few weeks back we were at 15 looks and we weighed them and they were only around 20 pounds,” says Alanis Anne Alindogan, a VCAD student. “We were like ‘61 more to go? How are we supposed to do that?’”

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A weighty issue

In previous iterations of Eco Fashion Week — it’s now in its 10th season –individual designers like Carlie Wong, Tammy Joe and Kim Cathers took on what used to be the 68 lb. Challenge. But studies indicate North Americans are discarding more clothing than ever, adding to the fashion industry’s already forceful environmental impact, something Eco Fashion Week founder and president Myriam Laroche hopes to change.

“One way for the industry to be eco – because there’s not just one way, there are hundreds of ways – could be reusing zippers or reusing sleeves,” says Laroche. “The 81 lb. Challenge makes me see the reality of what it would take to integrate secondhand clothing into new clothing.”

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April 18, 2016 by

The Cool Kids | Vancouver’s Own

WuChild Wrap

I never thought I’d have this much fun dressing my kids. I don’t have nieces or nephews to buy for, and my girlfriends didn’t start having kids until around same the time I did, so I never paid much attention to the kids’ department (unless I was doing a segment on the subject). As it turns out, Vancouver has some of the most amazing gear for little ones — colourful, adorable, and full of personality.

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Like Wuchild‘s geometric wrap (in the top photo) and their #parklife tees, which my kid often wears with some sort of brightly coloured poofy skirt (thank you, Wuchild!).

Redfish Onesie

And the beautifully designed, impeccably made pieces at Redfish Kids, whose babywear makes a unique gift (thank you, Team Hawksworth!).

Redfish Dress

Their clothes are a hit with my almost three year old and she is very particular about what she wears. It’s rare she’ll wear anything that isn’t pink or, you know, sparkly, but she loves this striped blue dress (she’s wearing it as a write this, in fact). Maybe because it’s so flowy, it feels like a princess dress even if it doesn’t look like a princess dress? Who knows.

Native Shoes

She wears it, as she does most things, with her pink Native shoes, her third pair of the things. They get mad props because they work at the waterpark, at the pool, and in this rainy city in general. Plus, even chubby uncoordinated toddler hands can get them on without a grownup’s help. Have they taken over playgrounds in other cities? Because boy, do they dominate here.

Want more of Vancouver’s stylish kids’ wear? You’ll find it here.

[First, third and fourth photos by Hayley Hudson, last photo from @KelseyDundon on Instagram]

April 10, 2016 by

Style | Three Takes on One Trend

KD on set

But first, menswear! It’s not often I get to talk about it, but it is often I think of it fondly. The styles are so classic (masculine, you might say); the pieces rely heavily on colour and texture; trends shift much more slowly than in womenswear. There’s a timelessness to it all that I appreciate.

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Besides, it brings out my best Shopping Channel skills.

Global Set

It’s pure joy as far as I’m concerned. The menswear I featured in my latest trend segment on Global BC is from Boys’Co.

Dress forms

The womenswear? From left to right: Geox (those boots are a pair I desperately want in my closet), H&M (a vibe that has me dreaming of Coachella, which I haven’t been to in years), and Gap (with a bandana from the men’s section, no less).

Watch the clip!

KD and bomber

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

April 4, 2016 by

Pinstagram | U-S-H-E-R R-A-Y-M-O-N-D

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).

Army green

#OOTD. Wearing an Usher shirt to the Bieber concert + a more dressed-up take on army green.

Tiles and beach glass

Sea glass. A colourful mosaic scene of Vancouver + colourful beach glass.

Blues

Icy blues. I pulled bright whites and light blues at Club Monaco for a recent trend segment + an icy blue look that gives me chills.

Babies and beasts

Babies and beasts. A typical scene on my office floor + one of my favourite things: a napping baby.

Ice cream

We all scream for…I made ice cream sandwiches with two flavours from Earnest Ice Cream + some sweet lettering.

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

March 30, 2016 by

Diary | On Messing Up Royally

Kelsey Dundon International Women's Day SFU

When I was invited to be a keynote speaker at Simon Fraser University’s Young Women in Business International Women’s Day Conference I started thinking back to when I was a student. I remember having two distinct (and not exactly complementary) mindsets: I was convinced I knew absolutely everything and I was convinced I knew absolutely nothing.

There must be some sort of magic in that mix of overconfidence and insecurity because it enabled me to blaze forward and make so many mistakes. Seriously. So many. And that is exactly what I spoke about at the conference: all those moments when I said the wrong thing, pushed myself too far, made the wrong move, but that freed me somehow.

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I’ll give you an example that goes way back to grade eight (the same year I bought my favourite Halloween costume, in fact). I went to a high school that was outside my catchment area so I knew two people shy of nobody. I wanted to run for student council so I got up in front of my entire school – everyone in grades eight through 12 – and while I can’t remember what I said in my pitch, I distinctly remember saying “This school has a lot of potential.”

Because that line got me booed off stage.

And I think that’s why I’m not afraid of public speaking – the worst has already happened. I was jeered by the coolest grade 12s (and everyone else) when I was the youngest, most easily intimidated grommet. Had I not messed up so bad I would have been spared that awkward awkward! moment, but instead I was freed by it.

Thanks for having me, Young Women in Business!

March 21, 2016 by

Style | Wear Layers Well

Kelsey Dundon Global Television Spring Trends 2

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.

Banana look

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

Pinstagram | Orange You Glad I Didn’t Say Pear?

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).

juice and tart

Juicy. A thirst-quenching treat from Commodity Juicery + a pear tart.

Walls

Climbing the walls. My little monkey on the world’s coolest climbing wall + adorable wallpaper, which isn’t actually custom wallpaper made of that kid’s art, but the work of Gael Davrinche.

dog pic

Throwback. A print from a campaign I creative directed that hangs in my living room (read more about that campaign here) + a home so full of windows there would be no place to hang art at all.

office

The dream vs. the reality. My office always looks insane when I’m in the middle of a project + an office where everything is — enviably — in its place.

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

November 28, 2015 by

Style | Falling for fall/winter

Geox Jacket

Fall/winter seems to be everyone’s favourite time for fashion. Maybe because you have to wear so much of it in order to brave the elements? Or is it just the size of the fall fashion issues that get everyone drooling? Or the prospect of holiday parties and the dresses that go along with them?

Global Fall:Winter Trends Oct 15

All I know is fall/winter clothes get people really excited. Which made me (and my bump) especially excited to share three key trends for the season on Global TV featuring beautiful pieces from Geox (like the jacket pictured at the top), Club Monaco, Plenty, BCBGMAXAZRIA (like the faux suede top I’m holding above), Bench., and Ecco.

Watch the full clip here.

October 28, 2015 by

Style | Cozy for fall

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I live for oversized scarves. The bigger, the cozier, the better, as far as I’m concerned.  The Sahara Travel Wrap by Vancouver’s own Bare Knitwear certainly fits that bill. Made of melange alpaca and adorned with hand-knit tassels, it’s the kind of thing I’d wear straight through until March and then on every plane ride I take for the rest of my life.

September 21, 2015 by