Crème de la Crème Grand Wedding Showcase

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2010
FOUR SEASONS HOTEL VANCOUVER

791 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 2T4
http://cremedelacreme.ca

CountDown Events proudly presents True romance. The return of Crème de la Crème, the city's most anticipated wedding show - an unrivaled luxe grand wedding showcase. Presenting the who's who of the wedding industry, under one roof, to offer the best expert wedding advice.

11:00AM to 6:00PM | WEDDING SHOWCASE
1:00PM to 2:00PM | HAUTE COUTURE FASHION SHOW
3:00PM to 4:00PM | ENCORE PRESENTATION

TICKETS: $45 PER PERSON (includes fashion show, deluxe gift bag & scrumptious tastings & full-scale pampering)

VIP CORNER: $65 PER PERSON (in addition to admission to the showcase your VIP ticket includes an exquisite keepsake bag and an exclusive consult with a “personal wedding stylist”. Brides and grooms will have a chance to consult with some of the top fashion stylists in our styling boutique to determine their personal wedding fashion!)

Craig Knudsen - Clavinova Artist

Craig Knudsen - Clavinova Artist and one of Yamaha's top innovators inthe area of music software and technology.

Come hear the latest Yamaha Clavinova Ensemble Services Pianos brought to life.

Nov 4 @ 7:30pm.

RSVP by Nov. 1 to donna.chen@tomleemusic.ca

Joe Fresh Style opens on Granville Street Vancouver BC

There's a new kid on the block and his name is Joe. Unfortunately ladies, its not Joe McIntyre from your 80's-hair-sprayed-high-bang wet dreams. Joe Fresh Style - after namesake Joe Mimran, visionary of Club Monaco and Pink Tartan.

The store opened a few weeks ago to huge fanfare. A four act concert including Marianas Trench, Sweet Thang, Stereo and Divine Brown rocked out for four hours. The weather cooperated with nippy sunshine so everyone was able to enjoy a nice dry concert.A little bit of hysteria from  'trench wenches' and loud music went a long way into getting hundreds in the mood to shop. It's always fantastic to see businesses do something different and opening Granville up for a live concert is a great step into make our city fun!

Joe Fresh Style, opens its first ever flagship store in our very own Vancouver. Nestled between the Waterfront and Granville Skytrain stations, this store is stratetically placed in close proximity to other fashion haunts such as H&M, Pacific Centre, Aritzia and Holt Renfrew.

The reasonable prices you've come to expect at Superstore, still remain in the new store, only now there's more selection and a more retail oriented environment. Stuff you can wear to work, clubbing, around the house... It's all here.

The ground floor features ladieswear - sweaters, office casual, booties and outerwear. The second floor has more outerwear, active wear, intimates and men's clothing. I recently purchased some Bra's from Joe fresh and they are my new go to. Can you hear that? Victoria Secret has been retired in favor of Joe Fresh. Its just more comfortable and when it comes down to it, you gotta go with comfort over a sexy label. The ladies have spoken and they like Joe. Who am I to argue?

Rumor has it that this space will eventually offer children's clothing, which those in the know can tell you is both cute and affordable. Much like everything else Joe.

The hot ticket item of the last few days appears to be the $69 real leather knee boots. A friend of mine tipped me off on them over coffee one day, claiming they were comfortable and looked posh. I was intrigued so I made it my goal to find these sweeties at the new store. Within 15 mins of the soft opening, I arrived, eagerly searching for these boots. Other than a sad abandoned size 10 on five barren shelves, the store was out. OUT. OUT! of these boots. /sadpony.

I did purchase a simple black rain coat for a fantastic price... and have since seen 3 other women wearing the coat on a rainy Vancouver day. Rather than being mortified, we exchanged knowing nods. Good deals unite. We love you Joe.

P/S.
I went back a few days later with a friend, and while she was in the change room, I spotted an abandoned pair of BLACK LEATHER BOOTS... wait for it... IN MY SIZE!! Ladies, they are real and they are spectacular!

Classic Rock Riff Jam Night

Thursday Oct 28th @ 7 PM: Classic Rock Riff Jam Night

Bring your guitar down to Tom Lee Music Vancouver as we jam out and teach you the great rock riffs every guitar player needs to know. From the Stones to Hendrix were going have some fun and Rock Out on the City Stage. Don't miss this one

Joe Fresh Grand Opening - Concert on Oct 16th with Marianas Trench and Divine Brown

Calling all fashion hounds, the long awaited first freestanding Joe Fresh Flagship store opens to the public tomorrow at 540 Granville St. At 14,000 sq ft. the two level store will feature women's sportswear and accessories on the main floor, and Mens, Women's Active/Sleep/Intimates on the upper floor. Mosey down if you must since the store is open until 9pm on the Oct 13th soft launch, but the real party is on Oct 16th with a free live concert and giveaways all day. You won't want to miss it!

To celebrate the launch, Granville Street will be opened for pedestrians between Pender and Dunsmuir for an exciting, free public concert featuring some of Canada’s hottest talent including performances by Marianas Trench, Divine Brown, Stereos and Sweet Thing.

The first 100 shoppers on October 13, 2010 will receive wrist-bands for guaranteed access to the concert.  Additional offers to mark the opening include a free packaway down jacket (a $39-$49 value) for the first 1000 customers who spend $100 or more*. A free Joe Fresh Style® reusable tote bag will also be offered to the first 1000 customers with any purchase.

In addition, a special coupon to save $10 on a spend of $50 or more** will be valid from October 16-23, 2010 through a new interactive advertising experience. Starting in September all Joe Fresh® fall advertising on transit shelters in the Vancouver area will feature a scanable QR-code which will take any internet-accessible, smart-phone user to a site to download the printable coupon.

“Vancouver is a location we’d been looking at for quite a while - it’s a fresh, modern and youthful city, just like the Joe Fresh® brand,” says Joseph Mimran of Joseph Mimran & Associates, Creative Director, Apparel, Home and Entertainment for Loblaw Companies Limited. “And when this prime location on one of the best shopping streets in Canada became available we had to snap it up.”

It's true, Granville is growing up and we're excited to have Joe Fresh come on to the street with fresh chic, affordable fashions.

Store hours are:

Mon to Fri – 10am – 9pm
Saturday – 10am – 8pm
Sunday – 11am – 7pm

Note: Closing a little early on Oct 16th for store opening celebration set up.

Thanks to the generousity of Joe Fresh Style, @Downtownvan and VanCityBuzz is pleased to present a special prize giveaway. Follow @downtownvan & Retweet the phase below to win a $100 Joe Fresh Style Gift card AND a pair of VIP wristbands for you and a friend to have VIP access right next to the stage at the concert! SQUEE!!

** You may retweet more than once, but only once per day. Deadline to enter is Friday Oct 15 @ 4pm.

 

Here's what you retweet:

@JoeFreshStyle Party on Granville - #marianastrench #divinebrown Concert 10/16. Win $100 GC + 2 VIP passes http://ow.ly/2SvP7

NOTE: for an additional entry, comment on the Joe Fresh Style Post on the Granville Facebook Page


Good luck!