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RENDS CAN be con-.

» fusing to sort out so
the News asked three

Nant Shore fashion insid- ;

ers to share their personal

‘selections for fall.

By Layne Christensen

Fashion Editor

everywhere © are

Designers
return to classics

championing a

this season but for’ North Shore.

designer Margareta Welander-
Termansen,' “classic” is. just what
customers have come to expect
from’ her Margareta, Design label
four Lower’ Mainland
Margareta’. boutiques, = which

“include a West Vancouver location ©

on Bellevue Avenue.
The -Stockholm-trained design-
er, has: been in business. on. the

}. North: Shore for.nearly 20 years,
selling “high quality, excellent

value. classics with a fashion
sense.”

-Not one to be swayed by trends,

"Margareta chooses’ instead to pro-
“duce simple styles that work sea-
son. after: ‘season. New pieces’

nvariably build upon last season's
collection; in both color and cut.

» “Herself-a West Vancouver resi-
dent,

This‘ fall, she’s
trend. towards a more. fitted look

but adapted it for her major mar-
ket, women ‘aged “30 and up.
Because her client’s average size is
'10.-not 4 dike a runway model,. .
» Shape and contour are just a sug-

gestion 1 not an exaggeration, *

» For example, the jacket of her
100% wool faille'suit.is nipped in
sate the: waist. Shoulder’ pads are
~ smaller and the line is closer to the

‘body. The jacket ‘can: be - paired

witha straight-to-the-knee skirt. or
a’ classic. man’s pant. ‘and worn

-with-a white cotton batiste shirt. A’

matching “balmacaun coat. can’ be

“thrown on' for -those ‘rainy West
Coast days. | . ;

cos .
“Katie O'Brien.:who. co-owns

‘Plum Clothing Company with hus-.
“band. Ed DesRoches.
“opressed: to choose just five items ~

is. hard-

Welander-Termansen says
“she-designs pieces “for the kind of
lifestyle I live.”
‘ addressed the :

WEST VANCOUVER ‘designer “Margareta Welander-Termansan |
- wears 'a navy wool faille pantsuit and. white cotton batiste shirt
all ot her own design. and available at Margareta on Bellevue.

for fall when put on the spot.

» “Everything-has gone very clas-
sic and. very simple this season.”
says: O’Brien, who makes several ..
trips a-year,to the United States to.

scout for trends.

This. year : roy Brien ‘and

DesRoches. ‘celebrated "both. the.:
opening . of. their sixth. Lower '

Mainland. — store, -- in - Bellevue
_ Landing, and the 10th anniversary
of Plum’s

- would:be’a sh

“ translucent buttons

Lower: Lonsdale’ loca-....’

tion.

“ The Plum Clothing | Co. label i i
designed . in? Vancouver: by Tricia’
Wong. 3.

‘“Sweater’ sets.’are: very. big,”
‘says O'Brien, so her-first purchase
-sleeved sweater
rdigan.. with, :

by Plum, ‘of
course — in, 12 gauge cotton for

and .. matchin

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