. FASHION EVENTS CALENDAR Compiled by Layne Christensen FASHION FILE is a weekly Sunday column. If your business or charity is’ planning a fashion show or other = fashion event, send in your informa- tion as early as possible to the Nonh Shore News, 1139 Lonsdale Ave., ” North Vancouver, B.C, V7M 2H4 or fax 985-2104. Priority is given to fundraising fashion events und fash-, ion shows taking place on the North _ Shore, “Monday, March 18: Park - Royal's Exquisite Boutique presents. its annual. spring fashion. show. at. . Hotel. ‘ Georgia , 801 W. Georgia St., Vancouver. .Light refresh- ments will be’served at | p.m.; fashion show featuring exclusive: European. designer - ister act Change is afoot at WV’s Margareta boutique ARGARETA HAS a new store owner but she won’t be a new face to the many customers who patronize the popular Bellevue Avenue boutique. By Layne Christensen Fashion Editor “A lot of customers know me as a familiar face,” says Maureen Elliott, who was still in high school when she started on the sales floor at Margareta. Over the past 10 years she has worked variously as a buyer. promotions coordinator, head merchan- diser and retail supervisor with the North Shore- based women’s-wear manufacturer and retailer. And when she left her post at head office last May she was retained as a consultant by Margareta. Though “store owner” will be a new entry to her job resumé, the 28-year-old is predicting a smooth transition. “We'll still have all the Margareta favorites,” says Elliott, who will continue to carry the Margareta label, designed by company founder Margareta Welander-Termansen. The change in ownership was initiated because Welander-Termansen wanted to focus more on the manufacturing end of her business and expand her line of career classics and weekend wear, says Elliott. The changeover is also a chance for Elliott to fea- ture sister Sandy's line of upscale casual wear. Like her sister, Sandy also worked ‘on the sales. floor at Margareta during her teens. After design training at Tokyo's prestigious design schooi Sugino’ Doreme Joshidaigaku, the 30-year-old landed a job as a designer with Margareta. She left 2% years ago to create the Sandy Elliott label, which has been selling well in upscale bou- tiques across Western Canada. For spring, . she’s designed navy, grey and. white cotton-rib_ vests, drawstring shorts, pants. and. cropped sweatshirts, priced between $75 and $165. A line of white cotton Jacquard separates, priced between $59 and $135, should arrive in the store at the end of the month. Both sisters are excited about what they cail Margareta’s “new frontier." “Now the three of us are back working together like we used to. It’s going to be fun,” says Sandy. THE SISTERS Eltiott strengthen their association with Margareta Design. Maureen (right), the new owner of the Bellevue Avenue boutique, will showcase Sandy's cloth- ing line. Company founder Margareta Welander-Termansen was out of town but sent her best wishes. Pilot project to go North Shore-wide Edgemont Village project a success -EXQUISITE CLOTHES. Monday's show at Hote! Georgia highlights European designer locks. fashions starts at 2 p.m. For reservations, phone the bou- . tique at 922-5211, Sunday, April 14: Welcome Wagon’s “popular bridal showcase takes place at the “top of Grouse Mountain, with demonstrations, door prizes and displays. The Skyride is free, starting at 1 p.m. A bridal show, featuring gowns by Hilda Fassas of Special Events Designs, starts at 2 p.m. Admission is free for the bride-to-be and her guest but reservations are requested, Some exhibitor booths are still available for rent. Phone Sue at 929-1220 or Marge at 275-3558 for more informa- tion. - SMALL BUSINESS will soon be getting a hand in recycling office waste. By lan Nobile News Reporter According to North Shore Recycling Program programs coordinator Rachael Pollard, a successful small business recy- cling program in Edgemont Village that bumped up business recycling from 30% to 60% has paved the way for a North Shore-wide program. “The idea is to convince small busi- nesses recycling is the right thing to do, sand how-to go about doing it,” said Pollard, “It’s up to us to show businesses what their options are and make it casier for them to start recycling.” For larger businesses, the reduction in garbage removal costs and dumpster ental makes recycling an attractive proposition, Pollard added. But smalt businesses, said Pollard, sometimes don’t have the economies of scale to make recycling an obviou . tom-line benefit. And they are not allowed to partici- pate in residential Blue Box programs. Still, almost half the waste of small businesses is cardboard or paper, which could easily be recycled. To help the small business realize recycling opportunities, the recycling program will launch a new program based on what it learned in the one-year Edgemont Village project. North Shore Recycling will act as a educator and resource for small busi- nesses, said Pollard, but won't provide recycling services at this point Pollard and volunteers are available to visit groups of more than five people and provide a 20-minute presentation targeted to business recycling. Volunteers will be available in May to , walk businesses through specific recy- cling opportunities for their operations on an one-on-one basis. Pollard added. The recycling program will also pro- vide a list of recycling service companies See Recycling page 32 NORTH SHORE Recycling’s Rachaei Pollard rolls out a recy- cling bin in Edgemont Village.