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.

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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

Style | Wear It Well

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Knitwear is having a moment. And I whole-heartedly endorse that, especially the luxe head-to-toe knitwear worn by the likes of Gigi Hadid.

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So to kick off Wear It Well, a new segment I’m doing with Global Television and Metropolis at Metrotown, I celebrated all things knit.

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What if you’re petite? What if you’re full-figured? What’s on trend? Viewers asked and I answered here.

The work look on the left is from LOFT, the Gigi Hadid-inspired look in the middle is from Roots and the long cardigan and jeans (tough to see in the above shot, I know) are from Bench.

Thanks, Hayley, for the photos!

January 28, 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).

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

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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.

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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.

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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

Hey, baby!

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It’s been busy — and sleepless — around here. But it’s also been really cute and cuddly so I’m not complaining.

November 20, 2015 by