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Sunday, January 7, 1996 — North Shore News - 18

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Post-Christmas retail thrills aplenty

Layne
Christensen

HE FRENZY of

Christmas purchasing

and Boxing Day sales
now just a memory, you
may be in no rush to head
back into the stores. But if
you can see your way back
into the shopping scene,
there is much to capture
your fancy.

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So you blew the vacation
account on Christmas goodies and
you won't be taking that tropical
trip after all. That's OK, The
Body Shop has the answer. Its line
of Marinis bath products, includ-
ing shower gel, soap and bath oil
beads with the scent of the sea
and the color of tropical waters,
are sure to transport you to anoth-
er realm. According to the word-
smiths at The Body Shop,
“Marinis offers a tidal wave of
invigorating scent and evokes the
exhilaration and tranquility of a
remote island paradise.” Pheeew!
That’s a stretch ... but it’s a cheap
thrill (soap is $1.95 a bar, bath
beads are just 15 cents each), and
a fraction of the price of a Club
Med getaway.

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Bond mania has hit the cos-
metic counters. Yves Saint
Laurent's creative makeup direc-
tor Terry (like the supermodels

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notes

she paints, she goes by first name
only) was so struck by YSL's fall
collection that she had an
epiphany: James Bond girl. This
runway vision in black cried out
for an expression in red — a lip-
stick of not just any red an
“unforgettable red us famous as
timeless as the Ferrari red." Fate
sealed the association when the
chosen lab sample wus shown to
bear the reference number
186.007.

Destiny again played its hand
when the YSL team connected
with the producers of Galden Eve,
the latest Bond flick. The result?
Three color stories for YSL's win-
ter makeup line: Diamonds Are
Forever (featuring Red 007 for the
lips, $29), For Your Eyes Only,
and The Spy Who Loved Me —
coming to a cosmetic counter near
you.

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Buffalo Jeans has chosen Park

- Royal's south mall for its

Vancouver flagship store. With its
chic urban decor — store owner
Michael Palmer describes it as an
“upscale blend of country and
Renaissance” — the 2,700-square-
foot space is a model for others
expected to open later this year.
Featuring more than just jeans,
the store highlights the Montreal-
based company's complete sports-
wear line. Buffalo Jeans originat-
ed in France in *73 but a North
American division was set up in
1990 to serve the domestic mar-
ket. Ninety five per cent of the
Buffalo line is now developed in
Canada. Underwear, belts, note-
books, picture frames, gadgets
and backpacks complement the
clothing line and help promote
what store owner Michael Palmer
calls “Buffalo fifestyle.”

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Also new to Park Royal is The
Shoe Tree, which moved out of
Bellevue Landing and set up shop
in the Galleria, located upstairs in
the south malf in November. The
Bellevue Landing space is still
vacant but John Clark, president
of Bellevue Fashion Group, the
leaseholder, is talking to a couple
of retailers. Other news in the
Galleria is that Mondi has devel-

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