FASHION

Staking out the tourist trade

By Layne Christensen
Fashion Editor

DO not pass Go, proceed directly
to the mall.

Retail activity at
Park Royal's south
mall mimics a giant
Monopoly game as
stores change
hands and new
shopping concepts
take shape behind
papered windows.

Come fall, the
shopping centre will have evolved into a
dramatically different environment with a

to 20 stores to be created as Eaton’s down:
sizes to refocus exclusively on fashion and
accessories — women’s on the main floor,
men’s and children’s upstairs. The new ay
out will allow mall customers to access the
market directly without first passing
through Eaton’s.

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Capilano River Trading Co. atl060
Robson has a connection to its namesake
unbeknownst to even its owner, Nancy
Stibbard. There are the obvious connec-
tions: the log beams that echo the original
Trading Post at Capilano Suspension
Bridge. the archival photos of turn-of-the-
century visitors to the bridge, and the same

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more social, younger feeling, says Park
Royal's director Rick Amantea.

After several weeks at a temporary loca-
tion in the food court, Addition-Elle has
returned to its newly expanded space across
from Birks. The plus-size retailer has
reopened as three stores in one: Addition-
Elle, A/E Sport & Co. and Lingerie by CAPILANO River Trading
Addition: Elle. Co. on Robson Street,

Lugaro Jewellers is expected to open where Burberry and Ralph
May | where Coach House Gifts was. Lauren share shelf space
Dockside teft the mall in January, and a with kitsch and totems, is
well-known retailer of Rockport walking Nancy Stibbard's fifth
shoes is expected to open there in June. retail store.

Mastermark Pewter is moving into the

Benetton space. Transit shoes will open in area for kids.

time tor back-to-school. Upstairs in the Despite Eaton's recently publicized the site before the
Galleria, La Bianco, a ladies’ fashion retail- financial problems, construction of the stone mason. retrieved
er, has filled the spot vacated by Janeo in Eaton’s Home Store at the former site of — them. Visitors to the store will make anoth-
February. Bollum’s has also gobbled up — Zellers is ahead of schedule, with an open- er surprising discovery: aside tourist kitsch
space. Expect the megastore to open carly — ing planned for May. The renovation will © —— miniature totems, maple leaf keychains
fall. allow tor 10 to 12 new spaces for stores and buckskin slippers — there is the unex-

Noohb’s Pet Ark will be relocating next — with an emphasis on housewares and home — pected — Polo Ralph Lauren. clothing,
to Sport Check, as will a number of other — decor. Renovations to the old Eaton's store Burberry handbags, Pendleton woolens
child-oriented retailers, creating a dynamic are already under way. Expect another 15) and pricey Inuit carvings.

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at the original North Van store. What EE
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did indeed come
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