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February 8, 2013
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Vancouver, I love you – the view from Cambie + Broadway.
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After a day of helping one of my clients hand out food to the homeless, I was feeling extra grateful to have a warm apartment to come back to.
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Okay, this one is from a little while ago, but I just love it so much.
Photo credit – Glen Murray
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Kale may have been trendy last year, but I only JUST started buying and cooking with it.  Made kale chips for the first time and thought they were deeeelicious.  The perfect side or starter.
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Had a great afternoon at Veronika‘s place for a little Stella and Dot party.  Jewellery and girl chat, it really doesn’t get any better than that!

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Style Vancouver

Deck Your Closet hosted by The Style Common

December 17, 2012
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{Photographs by Andrea Gurniak Photography and KMD Photography}

Deck Your Closet was a great success and I want to thank every single person who sponsored the event, helped out the day of, showed up to do some serious shopping, and of course, to my fellow members of The Style Common for putting in so many hours of hard work and planning.  The fact that we somehow threw this together in about 5 weeks is incredible, and a true testament to the talent and drive Jen P., Alex, and Jen T. all posses.  Would also like to say a BIG thanks to The Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver for letting us host the event in your beautiful Seasons room.  It was the perfect venue.

I think that many people don’t know what to expect at these clothing sales.  They often explain to me the day-of that they’re just floored by the quality of the event and of course, of the killer prices of the clothing.  Hearing such positive feedback makes me so happy and proud to be part of such an awesome local community.

If you missed this shopping event, not to worry!  We’ll be having our annual Spring Vancouver Blogger Sale again in March.  More info coming your way in the new year!  Thanks again to everyone involved in Deck Your Closet.  What a fun, memorable day! xo

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Style Vancouver

{Deck Your Closet} A Holiday Shopping Event

November 29, 2012
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You’re invited to…
Deck Your Closet
Sunday, December 9th, 2012 @ The Four Seasons Hotel
{791 West Georgia Street, Vancouver,
B.C.}
10:30 am – A VIP
Shopping Experience
Tickets: $20 w/
partial proceeds going to St. Paul’s
Hospital Foundation
Only 50 tickets available for
this exclusive morning shop and greet. 
Includes special gift bag valued at $100 and the opportunity to shop
first!
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm – Have
Yourself a Merry Little Lunchtime
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm –
The Most Wonderful Afternoon of the Year
Tickets $10 w/ partial
proceeds going to St. Paul’s
Hospital Foundation
Cash only.  Items will
be restocked throughout the day.  $5
all-day parking and direct skytrain access at The Four Seasons Vancouver.  Purchase your tickets HERE before they sell out!
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Please join myself and Alex of To Vogue Or Bust, Carolina of Closet Full of Nothing, Jen of Her Waise Choice, Jennifer of Prairie Girl In The City, Melissa of Miss Melissa, and Monika of The Doctor’s Closet for an afternoon of holiday SHOPPING fun!  On Sunday, December 9th from 10:30
am to 4 pm, you have the chance to meet and purchase items from some of your
favourite Vancouver
fashionistas!  This unique and fun event
will be taking place at luxurious Four Seasons Hotel in The Seasons Room, which is to the right at the top of the
escalators (across the way from Yew Restaurant).  


Besides shopping, there will be lots of
seasonal fun such as a holiday hair bar, dance-worthy tunes, a lipstick lounge,
refreshments, and of course, lots of sweets and treats!  Social Experiment will also be selling her
beautiful rings and even taking custom orders for all those stylish women on
your gift list.  We’ve even got beautiful decor and day-of coordinating by Christie Leigh Events and professional moment capturing by Christie Graham Photography.  They’re pretty much a super team of Christies!
It’s going to be some serious seasonal fun (see that alliteration?  killer writing skillz) and I really hope to see your lovely faces there!
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Vancouver Wedding

Enter to WIN 2 tickets to Créme de la Créme Le Rêve Vancouver

October 22, 2012
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{Photo Credit to Ellen Ho, of Hong Photography}


This has been the year of nuptials for my friends and I’ve had the amazing honour of being a part of so many special days.  And though a wedding isn’t in the near future for me, I still love and appreciate all the beautiful things wedding related.  That’s why I’m excited to give you the chance to win 2 tickets to the Créme de la Créme Grand Wedding Showcase!


Créme de la Créme

Le Rêve will take place at The Four Seasons Vancouver on Sunday, November 4th 2012.  Tickets are a $45 value each and include a fashion show, deluxe gift bag, scrumptious tastings, and full-scale pampering.


To Enter:


Simply leave a comment on this post or the Alicia Fashionista Facebook Page and…


Tell me who you’d bring with you to Créme de la Créme and why you’d like to go.

Contest open to those who are in Vancouver on November 4th, 2012 and are able to attend the event.  Contest ends Monday, October 29th, 2012 at 8:00 pm PST.  One entry per person.  Winner will be chosen at random and contacted shortly after. Good luck!

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Music Vancouver

Metric Performs LIVE @ TOPSHOP/TOPMAN Vancouver Store Opening

October 19, 2012
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A big fan of TOPSHOP, I was so excited when they announced their store opening in Vancouver’s historic Hudson’s Bay Co. downtown.  Little did I know, that they were opening the largest international TOPSHOP location with over 33,000 square feet of pure shopping bliss.  I had the rare opportunity to pre-shop the new TOPSHOP/TOPMAN Vancouver store yesterday and it exceeded my expectations.  An never-ending sea of this season’s hottest styles, complete with both tall and petite clothing sections, a personal shopping lounge, and of course a dreamy wall of shoes.  The chic and dramatic interior is comparable to the TOPSHOP location in SoHO, which I had recently visited, though an even better layout with one level instead of five.  Well, I don’t need to tell you, you’ll just have to go to see it for yourself!

Metric Performs LIVE in Vancouver at Topshop/Topman Store Opening
Metric Performs LIVE in Vancouver at Topshop/Topman Store Opening
Metric Performs LIVE in Vancouver at Topshop/Topman Store Opening
The fun then continued last night at FIVESIXTY where Metric performed an intimate show for Vancouver’s TOPSHOP party people.  The most incredible way to celebrate, Metric played an impressive set of their classic hits and new album favs.  I had the most amazing front row experience, which only enhanced my girl crush on Emily Haines.  She’s so charismatic and I mean, just look at her outfit.  In. Love.

The TOPSHOP/TOPMAN Vancouver location is officially open today and is a definite must-see!  I know I’ll be back very soon to get my hands on a pair of tapestry printed trousers.  What will YOUR first TOPSHOP/TOPMAN Vancouver purchase be?


Happy shopping!
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Style Vancouver

FNO Vancouver

September 10, 2012
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Last Thursday was Vancouver’s very first Fashion’s Night Out.  Joining forces with To Vogue Or Bust, Prairie Girl In The City, and Her Waise Choice, we set off to find out what FNO was all about.
Starting out at a lovely cocktail reception at Secret Location, limos then picked everyone up to escort us to our next destination.  We decided to head to the fashion show, where to be honest, things ran a little long.  But, perhaps I was just extra impatient because I was standing in heels for an hour and a half.  We did, however, see some really great lines and got some great Fall wardrobe inspiration!
After the show, we caught a limo back up to Robson Street and started shopping!  I’ve concluded that FNO is like Halloween for fashionable adults.   Rather than costumes, we all decked out in fashionable outfits. Instead of collecting candy (although in some cases, still candy), we were given drinks at each store. And most importantly, we’d all meet in the streets and compare which store was doing what and who had the best party.
It was great running into Solo Lisa, Rick Chung, A Fashion Love Affair, Starving Stylist, Lil Fashionisto , and an absolute pleasure to finally meet Joy Pecknold.  The night was really fun (you can’t go wrong with fashionable adult Halloween) and I can’t wait for next year, when FNO Vancouver will hopefully be even bigger and better!
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Style Vancouver

moments of matlo

July 4, 2012
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a few weeks ago, i attended a press conference announcing that fashion’s night out is finally coming to this wonderful city!  vancouver celebrated in style at the shanghri-la hotel with appies, cocktails and a beautiful patio fashion show showcasing local designer jason matlo’s fall/winter ’12 collection.  very excited for more details of the september 6th event to unravel AND that i got a sweet shout out from FASHION magazine about the event!  look how close my name is to carly pope’s.  was a huge fan of ‘popular’ back in the late 90’s!

also, congratulations to aimee and joey for each winning a loving spoon!  will be emailing you tonight with details 🙂  thanks to everyone who entered the giveaway.  have tons of awesome things up for grabs this summer, stay tuned!

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Travel Vancouver

city staycation in steveston, bc

April 11, 2012
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adam and i have a list of local communities to explore and first up was beautiful steveston.  spent good friday shopping, eating, walking along the boardwalk, and of course, taking pictures!  here’s a few of the highlights of the day, including our favourite new spots.  do you have any favourite things to do in steveston?

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our fav steveston shopping  was at violet hill boutique, steve’s board shop , and nakaido gifts .
{photo taken at violet hill}

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this quesadilla from cimona cafe was seriously filling, could have been shared!  packed full of vegetable goodies like squash.  definitely recommend for cheap, casual eats!

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how could we go an entire day without a caffeine hit?  we’d heard lots of great things about rocanini coffee roasters  and the hype is all true!

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easter treats! a coconut cupcake from bell’s bake shop .

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and since i dragged him into this online mess that is social media, i must mention that adam is finally on twitter!  follow him @madadub if you’d like funny tweets and the possibility of embarrassing photos of me.  no seriously…

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Style Vancouver

#VanBloggerSale Memories :)

March 29, 2012

during the fashion blogger sale, i didn’t get a chance to take many pictures which has been making it difficult to post about it.  i would, however, like to share this video that alexandra put together.  it gives you a general idea of what the crazy fun day was like.  

it’s also important to check out what others are saying about the sale from lovelies like pigeon designs, soy confessions, prairie girl in the city, and nina on the moon!  thank you again to everyone who helped out, can’t wait for the next one!