Style | Canucks for the cup!

So it turns out this experiment worked.

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I mean, I can’t take all the credit for the Canucks’ latest win. (There were people who actually played the game and stuff.)

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But still. I’m feeling the pressure to wear this vintage Canucks t-shirt until Vancouver’s favourite hockey team brings home the Stanley Cup.

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Which might just be tonight.

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Though I gotta admit — dogs playing football are endlessly entertaining.

Gooooooo Canucks!

P.S. I’m going to RockWater Resort this week and I’ll be tweeting from my tenthouse suite so follow along.

June 13, 2011 by

Style | You know what the Canucks have been missing?

Me.

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Because even as Vancouver has been going absolutely totally completely off the wall for this team, I’ve been busy doing other things. Like laundry.

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But after two dismal losses in the Stanley Cup Finals, I figured the Canucks could use all the support they can get. (Even !!! lead singer Nic Offer’s a fan, for Pete’s sake.)

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And those of you from other parts of the world ask: Who are the Canucks?

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I’m really not the right person to answer that. Something to do with hockey.

Go ‘Nucks!

P.S. Hop on the Facebook bandwagon!

June 9, 2011 by

Before: The Printed Pants

I don’t even know what to say about these. Other than that they were a “gift” from a friend who challenged me to turn these into something wearable.

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What is it that makes people give/challenge me with hideous pieces of clothing?

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I don’t know, but I’m not complaining. That’s where two of The Anthology’s best before-and-afters came from: the granny nightie and the Hammer pants (thank you, Surina and Melissa!).

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Man, I can’t wait to show you the “after” shots.

P.S. We pick a winner of the Justine Brooks Helicopter giveaway on Wednesday. Enter while there’s still time!

June 7, 2011 by

I’ve never been to a !!! (Chk Chk Chk) concert I didn’t like

And thanks to these photos, I’ve never not been to a !!! (Chk Chk Chk) concert I didn’t like. Vancouver-based photographer Braden Paul captured Sasquatch for The Anthology and guess which band he had a heckuva good time shooting?

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That’s right: my very favourite New York-based dance punk band.

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!!! (Chk Chk Chk) puts on the best show. Every. Single. Time. (Even at 2:30 in the afternoon under Coachella‘s sweltering desert sun.)

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So, uh, Nic Offer, this photo got me wondering: is that a microphone in your pocket or are you just thinking about that time we met? Oh. Wait. Nope. That’s definitely a microphone.

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Go! Canucks! Go!

[Photos by Braden Paul.]

June 6, 2011 by

Sasquatch Steeze

When Vancouver-based photographer Braden Paul shot Sasquatch for The Anthology, he didn’t just capture the artists. He also captured some of the most artistic (and stylish) festival-goers…

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You wouldn’t show up to a Gucci event in anything but Gucci, would you?

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Fringe? Freckles? Adorbs.

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PBR. Respect.

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Cat suit + fanny pack = vintage done right

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A fine example of mixing and matching prints.

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Ever since the Royal Wedding, hats have been huge.

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This photo pretty much sums up music festivals: you get all gussied up in your pretty dress and end up drinking beside a garbage can.

Don’t touch that dial, friends, there are more festival fotos to come!

[Photos by Mr. Braden Paul.]

June 4, 2011 by

Sasquatch Sightings

Last weekend, Vancouver photographer Braden Paul trekked to Eastern Washington to cover the 10th annual Sasquatch Festival for The Anthology. And boy, are his up-close-and-personal photos beautiful. After four days and countless bands in the world’s most beautiful venue (have you been to the Gorge?!) these are a few of the highlights…

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The electrifying (and glittery) Sleigh Bells.

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The beautiful, badass Robyn.

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One of my very favourites: the New York-based, world-influenced Yeasayer.

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Atlanta’s indie darlings Deerhunter.

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Canada’s own K-OS.

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And Major Lazer‘s hyper hype man, who will soon be performing the not-quite-suitable-for-work set at Live at Squamish.

Stay tuned, friends, there are more Sasquatch highlights to come and you better believe they include this man.

[Photos by Sir Braden Paul.]

June 2, 2011 by

What a transformation!

I’m still in shock.

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This dress is the sartorial equivalent of the Biggest Loser. Because it used to look like this…

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How’d my tailor work that magic?

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Well, she lopped off the sleeves, widened the collar and removed the old-lady lace and tie-dyed appliques. So now it’s pure country-chic.

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She also, of course, shortened the hem so it’s the appropriate length for chasing a Bear.

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Not that it helped me catch him. That yellow lab is quick.

P.S. I’m going to be lecturing at Simon Fraser University so from now on I’m only going to respond to “Professor”.

May 31, 2011 by

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