FASHION EVENTS CALENDAR Compiled by Layne Christensen FASHION FILE is a weekly Sunday column. Uf your business or charity is planning a fash- ion show, send in your information as early as possible to the North Shore News, 1139 Lonsdale Ave, North Vancouver, 3.0. V7M 2H4. Priority is given to findratsing fashion events and fashion shows taking place on the North Shore. Wednesdays: The merchants al Lonsdale Quay present “Feast Your Eyes,” free strolling fashion shows between noon and 1 p.m. every week at the Cheshire Cheese Inn. For information, call 985- 6261. ° Sunday,: May 29: Art and . Fashion Group International! is hosting Education, | and Inspiration, a hair education and fashion presentation at the Arts Club Theatre, 1585 Johnston in Vancouver, from 2 to’ 6 p.m. Celebrity hairstylists - from Hollywood will be showing off the - Bad news fi for fashion in ‘Canada OTHE NEWLY formed Canadian : ‘Apparel Federation, a government organization in Ottawa, revealed “that trade negotiators at the General ‘Agreement on Tariffs and. Trade “(GATT) signed ‘a deal recently that " © will threaten garment manufactur- “ing in Canada even more than the dreaded North-American Free ©: ‘ Trade Agreement (NAFTA) did. . :..NAFTA is a tariff offer signed last'year which many feared would manufacturers that export to the’: -U.S.. were ‘declared ‘ineligible for Tee trade and therefore’ quotas for ‘these exporters were pushed back -10%.: This: is already having an latest looks and make-over tech- niques. Tickets are $40, Eight mod- els are required for the make avers. For information, call 688-1986. Monday, May 30: The Western Canadian Designers and Fashion Association holds its annual. gen- eral meeting, which is open to the public, al 6:30 p.m. New board members will be chosen, and there will be a showing of collection pieces by B.C. designers. Cost is $5 for students, $8 for members and $10 for the general public. For information, call 689-7677. Wednesday, June 1: Splash Productions presents A Season for Change, a charity fashion dance event for AIDS Vancouver at Mars restaurant end club, The show: starts at 10 p.m., tickets are $13.50 in advance and $15 at the door. For more inforamtion, call 874-6676. Sunday, June 5: Above Average Players present The Closet Doors Fashion Show. Many of the Vancouver area’s best actors will ‘onthe’ manufacture of”. | “which has turned the: “Canadian industry into the world’s i” leading exporter.to the U.S. The GATT: agreement makes Canada reduce many tariffs on - imported :clothing below those in - the U.S. while maintaining higher ‘duties ‘on the textiles used to make _ the items (including textile makers -in Canada). The tariff will reverse a 1992 policy, to. bring the textiles in “Canada! down ‘to’ comparable | American levels to assist Canadian : manufacturing. Clothing manufac- turers in Canada feel that GATT | will restrict ‘trade and: weaken the. competitiveness of: Canadian’ "apparel in Canada as well as in for- eign markets. _-Caroal Crenna - THE GAP Inc., based in San ' Francisco, recently launched a new division called Old. Navy Clothing Co. when it opened three new stores i, with that name in California. : The Old Navy division will open ‘more than 40 stores in the U.S. in °94 and then it will make its way ‘into Canada. The stores feature clothes for the whole family —- men, women, boys, girls and infants. . _ . The price and the quality are sup- posed to be.great, but we’ll find out soon.enough. Whether Canada ‘ needs another hot- selling American chain i is another question. - Carol Crenna madel renewed fashions from stores fike Cabbages and Kinx, Legends and The Front, as well as fashions by up-and-coming design- ers, The event is a fundraiser to help send the musical comedy B Average to New York City for the Unily °94 Cultural Festival, The show will take place at Performance Works (next to the Granville Island Hotel) on Granville Island. Doors open at 7 p.m., with the show starting at 8:30 p.m. Tickets at the door are $15. For information, call 254-0292, Saturday, June 25: Meet jewelry designer Richard Schelb and beauty consultant Dale Lewis from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Coriander Boutique, 2044 Park Royal South, upstairs in the fashion gallery. Schelb designs for celebrities, and will be showing his wedding collection, his latest crystal collection and his most clab- orate pearl collection yet. Lewis, who is also a fashion model and wardrobe consultant, will help peo- ple with their wardrobes, For more information, call 926-4782. You don’ t have' to obe a world-class athlete to be a part of this s mmer’s XV Commonwealth Games! With a winning attitude and a little luck, you could be selected to participate in the exciting Queen's Baton Relay, being held in North and West Vancouver from J une 24th to 26th. As part of the Commonwealth Games Power Smart Sport & Culture Tour, the Queen’s Baton Relay promises to be the other event of the summer, . spreading goodwill and generating excitement for - the biggest sporting event of the decade in Canada. For your chance to be a: relay participant, your completed entry must be received by May 30th. A uniform will be provided to selected participants. Catch the spirit of the Games! CRAFT AFFAIRS} Grand Opening Sale | 910/._F 00; - 30 40-50 Yoosil All no sew fabric | | appliques” tron on transfers - Tshirts Stencils. ° — wide selection of crafts aE Glue Guns... Large. $9.99 eg. $14. 99. - Small $6. 99 reg. $9. 99.) Offer ends June 15/94. Lowest prices in tawn,. Free craft lasses - “ask in store = ADDHESS * VOFFICFD MF ICIACLE ONE} TELEPHONE. WOME) BIRTHDATE {MsOry) SoM ot SIZE : HEIONT Category: (circlaone) Run Jog Walk Distance Preferred: (circle ona) ~0-100m 100-250m 250-500m 500+m Send your entry to: Queen's Baton Relay Vancouver, 8.C. N7P gtd Selected participants will be required to sign a waiver release. - Wheelchair RGNATUOE PAREN GUARDIAN JF UNDER 19) Emplovees and retirees of , B.C. tisdre are ner eligible ta enter, \y st ee es ee ee eee een ee es = =m N tHWER SMI | Victoria 94.” XV Commonngatn Games BChydro