16- June TAL het PRDELAED) hore News 2 CCM oer reenn ‘Wearable art’ comes to new Park Royal shoe store STEPHANE DE Raucourt is selling street-level style in Park Royal. By Carol Crenna Contributing Writer His third footwear boutique, called Stéphane de Raucourt Shoes, recently opened in the south mall’s second level, anticipating the same success as the well-known Robson St. and Oakridge Mall locations. His Italian-made shoes, which are selected from over 15 different factories in Europe, are creative works of wearable art. They are sculpted and molded in PICTURED ABOVE are just a few of the styles now selling at Stéphane de Raucourt Shoes. . FREDERICK You'll find him at Eaton's Beauty Salon { Pacific Centre 661-4600} (Formally of Eaton's Beauty Salon - Park Royal) PARTICIPATION ey MO Searcy Ferg OF lamb, leather and suede, mesh, can- vas, covered elastic cording and silky nylon for summer. All styles have Jeather sock linings and Icather soles (even thase with fabric uppers) to hug the foot, prevent perspiration and be more pliable. You will only find shoes at this shoe store. There are no handbags, no belts, no jewelry. De Raucourt states, “To be good at something, you have to specialize in it and spend a lot of time perfecting it. | have done that with shocs, but there are others who have more expertise in bags, so } don’t carry them.” The latest news in shoes, accord- ing to de Raucourt, includes wearing boots throughout the summer eT 4 i ASK WAYNE Graduated 1968 from the Internctional Fobricare Institute in Silverspring, Maryland. Q: Why does it cost more to clean a Woman's blouse than a Man's shirt ? A: Men’s dress shirts are basically cut the same and are very simple to press and clean. Woman's on the other hand have much more detail. Example: Trim, raised but- tons, shoulder pads, frills, full or puffed sleeves and require much more hand finishing and time to obtain @ quality finish. CAROUSEL CLEANERS Outside location between Canada Trust & The Bay Mon Wed 6 30 to 630 pen Thurs Fer 6 30 10.9 00 pen Soturhy 6404. 7 TG pen Sunday 12.00 to 5 Op 922-4811 Park Royal North Dollar Shopping Centre 929-4890 months. “Our summer boats have sold very well, and are light enough for warmer weather because they are made in leather-trimimed nylon, can- vas or fine breathable lambskin. They are worn with skirts and pants and are accessorized with very light socks for comfort.” Also hot for summer are espadrilles, but not the boring basics usually associated with the style. They are woven in fine materials, often with clastic trim for better fit and a mote refined shape, and have new details such as clog heels, laces Bolts & bolts of up the ankle or tite-tread soles. The best colors this season are brown, taupe and beige. De Raucourt adds, “For the first sum- mer in five years, beige has overtak- en both white and black in populasi- ty. And, for fall, browns will take the lead, especially chocolate.” When asked why he has not con- sidered designing his own shoes (his family was in the women’s shoe business), de Raucourt explains, “There is no way that I could come up with so many designs cach sea- son by myself as f can find through polyester & rayon fancies ALL 54” DRAPERY Chintz & Sateens 60 347 Lonsdale 980-4433 other manufacturers. “T feel that one factory can make a certain slyle of shoc, for instance a boot, better than it makes other designs, sa | buy only that item from there. Most designers stick to one or two manufacturers to make every- thing because they develop a good relationship with them and it is too difficult to design throug} several.” To provide even more personal- ized service at the Park Royal store (as well as to escape the hustle and bustle of downtown) de Raucourt has moved his office to this store. AUS. PATTERNS REDUCED Selected 3 for *2°° | Regular Stock 7O% off £ To celebrate the opening of our new |_angley store weve decided to slice up all our cabinets | in the Lower Mainland. until June 30, 1994 We res happy abot Our new location we re chopping the price of all our cabinets. At Merit Kitchens all our cabinetry is carefully crafted with high design, incredible precision and quality that makes it difference. sher year, Now we're having our first ever uth olf sale {eahinets only) ¥ So come in today, You Hind the slice is right. Merit Kitchens « Renovations Our kitchens don’t just cook. They sizzle. zjov Bunsstl StioetManoaser “Telephone Sui usar | gine pS bas, Jey Bypass ba lumen. “Teh idgepent Ra. “4 seryhty * Rew sib sates only,