Sunday, August 23, 1998 — North Shore News - #5

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got their first glimpse
of Roots fashions for
fall during a runway
show Tuesday in the
lobby of VTV’s
Burrard Street studio.

But it was March when
fashion. editors had their pre-
view of the Canadian compa-
ny’s casual chic clothing col-
lection, including a new jeans
line.

Roots showed Day 2 of the
Matinée Feshion ready-to-
wear shows in Toronto. If
there were doubts about the
appropriateness of logo sweats
being shown alongside furs
and high fashion, they were
quickly dismissed when it was
announced Roots had snapped one /
up Canadian Retailer of the a : {|

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ready-to-wear, Roots founders
Michael Budman and Don
Green certainly did impress
with their marketing savvy.
No sooner than the morn-
ing papers hit the newsstands
with photos of Prince Charles
and sons wearing Roots on
their Vancouver visit, did laser-
conied images of the same
appear in the press area.

900
West Van mom and entre-

preneur Carmen Gerrard says .
fans of her Gym Bag II are JUST in time for back-to-school: Roots launches its
finding multiple uses for the _ first-ever jeanswear line (top photo), while local entre-
sporty mesh bag she originally preneur Carmen Gerrard comes up with a colorful
designed for school-age kids. | way to separate sneakers from strip, the Gym Bag 1.

College students use them

as lunch bags. Fitness buffs
choose them for their aerobics

- Wear.

They’re so durable, says
Gerrard, that her daughters,

now tcenagers, still have theirs
from grade school. Available
in blue mesh with red cotton
liner or red with blue, they're
$9.95 at Willson Stationers in

Park Royal and, ’till Sept. 7, at
a Lonsdale Quay kiosk. Spring
will see the addition of larger-
size bags in new colors like
forest green and black.

| October 3, 1998
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