THE arrival of
Palladio on West
Hastings signats the
street s emergence
as an exclusive
shopping destina-
tion. Hastings is
atready home to
Leone, Cartier and
the new Pappas Furs
shop Lauren Paris.

Valerie Geldart
and Robert
ist of Seabird
Fashions in
Lonsdale Quay
have shifted
their store’s
focus from
Career wear to
rugged casu-
als. Sears store
manager Rob
Evans shows
off his newly
expanded

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Sunday, November 1, 1988 — North Shore News — 15

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Retail gem opens
in downtown core

VANCOUVER has a
gem of a store in
Palladio, which opened
Oct. 22 with a glittering
bash.

Located in the new
Terminal City Club Tower on

i ar Howe, the jew-
nailed its arrival
Mg entertainment
showease called Palladio in the
Park thar carried on late into
the evening. Joining Dal
Richards Orchestra and other
performers in the tented area
adjacent to the new boutique
was Ron Bohmer of Les
rable fame, who was jetted
in tor his performance.

Store owner Flora Bosa of
West Van only just closed her
Swedish Jewellers shops (Park
Royal in August and Pacific
Centre in September) yet the
concept for Palladio, a Euro-
style boutique that sells tine
jewelry and timepieces, has
been in the works for two
years, she says.

O00

Capilano Mall is sporting
new changes.

Sears has undergone a
makeover. The departnient
store unveiled its newly
expanded main floor Thursday.

Floor space was opened
beneath the store’s central
escalators, aisles have been
widened and change rooms
enlarged. New to the store are

brands Sygard, Jones Spert
and Calvin Klein.

New to the mall is the fin-
gerie store Romantica, which

s also Opened a location in

-onsdale Quay. Smart Set is
doubling its floor space and
will reopen Nov. 11].

Alexandra Obach of Merle
Norman will soon open
Humblebce Street, a shop
stocking the bath and body
lines Crabtree and E:

Thymes Ltd. and C
as well as honwe access
o0%

Lonsdale Quay is boasting
a fleet of new shops.

In addition to Romantica,
four new boutiques have
opened on the watertront
market's second level this
month.

Utopia, located next to
Crystal Gallery, sells personal-
ized astrological reports for
the day, month or year bound
in book format; computerized
numerology reports as weli as
New Age music, books, art-

itings & Suede

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work and gifts. CD City has
opened in Kids” Alley

Inthe Mood, located
across trom Cheshire Cheese,
isa gilt shop for romantics.

And due to open this
weekend at the top of the
main stairway is Stvle Zone.

[t's the second shop of the
same pame tor Store Owner
‘Trish James, whe tor nine
vears has been outtitting
Squamish residents from her
boutique in Chieftain Centre.

She'll stock mid-priced
casual wear, foorwear, hand-
bags and the denim brands
Silver, Mavi and Hollywood
— a welcome addition to the
Quay in the wake of recently
departed Jeans Republic.

Seabird Fashions is helping
fill the void thar occurred
when the Quay’s only

wear shop, }. Gregory,
left in July.

Shoppers have Robert Kief
to thank for adding quality
menswear labels Woolrich,
Royal Robbins and SCF to the
three-year-old store’s mer-
chandise mix.

“If 1 won't wear it, I can’t
sell ic” is Kiet?s motto.

He, with parmer Valeri¢
Geldart, took over the shop
from mom Luba last spring.
They've also added cosy che-
nille overshirts for women
from the red-hot Monashee
label by North Van designer
Elspeth Gilmour.

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