Photo Mondi Mondi fashions will be featured Wednesday at Capilano Golf and Country Club. TO MARCH 2: Canadian glass artists take part in an annual glass perfume bot- tle show called Essence 99 at Circle Cratt Gallery, 1 1666 Johnston St., Granville Island, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Each piece is handmade and unique. Call the gallery at 669-8021 for more information. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3: Sr. Anthony’s School's fashion show and lun- cheon will feature clothing from Mondi, 11:45 a.m. at Capilano Golf'and Country Club. Tickets, $35, at 980- 8014. SATURDAY, MARCH 6: Harry Rosen holds a trunk show of BOSS Hugo Boss Sport at its Pacific Centre location, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. SATURDAY, MARCH 6: Argyle Music Association holds a sample sale of clothing trom Bianca Nygard, as well as ladies’ sweaters, lingerie, sports- wear, running gear and weekend wear. The sale is 1] a.m. to 4 p.m. in the small gymnastum, 1131 Frederick Rd., North Van. Funds raised will benefit the construction of a new music facility. MARCH 12-13: Ermenegildo Zegna intro- duces its made-to-measure See more page 20 Ma? ih share news {§ FASHION _ Sunday. February 26. 1399 - North Shore News - 15 sevens mA NEWS photos Miko Wakefield JANICE Hasman has outfitted three generations of clients at Nonesuch, Vancouver's original boutique for European fashions. The veteran of the retail trade closes her Bellevue Avenue boutique next month. End of an era for West Van shop Layne Christensen Fashion Editor layne@nsnews.com For 30 years, Nonesuch outfitted the city’s elite and vis- iting celebrities in elegant European fashions, guiding its stvlish clientele through the hippy cra, the disco years and the advent of the power suit. At the end of March, the boutique will close its doors for good. After 45. years in retail, owner Janice Hasman is retir- ing. “Pm going to miss it,” said Hasman last week, feeling a tad blue because it was the time of year when she would tradition- ally be in New York buying merchandise for tie store’s NEXT season. Nonesuch first opened in Hotel Vancouver in the fall of *68. At the time, it was the first “French-style” boutique in town. Hasman joined the sales staff one year later. The boutique was like no other in the city, she recalls. “There were floor to ceiling black metal tin’ boxes,” she remembers of che — store’s unique design. The boxes were filled with merchandise. “As the stock would diminish, you would close the box.” In °78, she bought the bou- tique from its original owner Philip Owen, now mayor of Vancouver. She — expanded Nonesuch to include locations in West Van and Whistler. (She closed the Vancouver and Whistler shops in °93 when she moved the West Van boutique to its current Jocation on Bellevue.) In its heyday, Nonesuch ouditted high-profile clients, including Diana Ross, Pierre Elliort Trudeau, Jack Lemon and Joe Clark. Hasman recalls “Shirley MacLaine’s brother” (Warren Beatty) coming into the store in a shaggy bearskin coat while filming the 1971 movie MeCabe and Mrs. Miller. She also remembers chat it was Harry Belafonte who con- vinced her co quit smoking. “In those days, all the girls smoked,” she recalls, “He gave us all a lecture on it and asked me, ‘Did | love my family?? ” Originally from) England, Hasman was born into the clothing trade. Her father was a tailor; her mother, a furrier. She began her career in Have a Hair-Free, Care Free Summer! Just in time for summer, Derma} Laser Centre introduces the latest technology in laser hair removal. Introducing the new EpiTouch Alex which provides longer lasting results with far fewer treatments. Also available, SoftLight Hair Management System, the safe alternative for darker skin tones. DERMAL LASER CENTRE 926-2609 200 - 205 25th Street West Vancouver retail at the age of 1A, when she trained as a window dresser with Wallaces of London. Ar Wallaces, she learned the retail trade from the ground tloor up, literally. “They puce you in the sweater department. The lady who trained me was a sergeant major. She would stand by the sweater bins just like vou were in boarding school. You had to prove yourself in’ the sweater department and then they moved vou to dresses. When you ended up in coat sales, vou had made it.” As a 45-year veteran of retailing, Hasman has seen changes in the industry, chief among them a decline in cus- tomer service. “Young people today think you ean stand behind a cash register and take moncy.” - K Call today for your free consultation.