Confessions of a Fashion Fanatic: Take Your Piko

Confessions of a Fashion Fanatic

The daily chronicle of a fashion-and-beauty obsessed, style-writing, pseudo-Angeleno who made her way from the Great White North to La-La Land -- otherwise known as Los Angeles, California -- and back again. Till the next big city calls out her name, that is.

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I'm a Vancouverite who moonlighted as an Angeleno. My momma is the best in the entire world, and I'll argue you hoarse on that one. I've been in love only once in my life. The East Coast calls me but the West Coast is in my blood. Social butterflies -- and party animals -- are a great species. Fashion and writing will be the death of me, but what a way to go. Carine Roitfeld is fabulous. I would die a painful death if art, design, photography, fashion, music and dancing did not exist. Always kind of wondered why Smurfette was the only girl in town. I can't draw. Absolutely believe everything happens for a reason. I feel so lucky to have the girlfriends that I do. I'm a total sun baby. Think I might be a workaholic. I may have slight road rage. Ice cream and hockey are religions. I buy too many glossy magazines. Nothing beats someone with a killer sense of humor. Chivalry is really not dead. I'm a victim of minor vertigo and a serious lead foot. Always up for meeting people from paths different than mine and crossing paths with old friends. At the very end of it all, I want to be able to look back and say: Yeah, I sure lived a damn good life.

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Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Take Your Piko

One of my favorite things to do to decompress after an afternoon of writing is visit Tru Value Vintage on the way home from my corner window "office" at Blenz.

It's the only shop in town where I've found Los Angeles-based label Piko 1988, except for an obscure shopping website called High Fashion Boutique, which doesn't even carry some of the better pieces. Unfortunately for me, there is no real official website for the brand, only a very barebones front page with contact information but no uploads of collections or a company bio. Bummer!

Piko 1988 has the loose, funky, quirky aesthetic preferred by the inhabitants of Billysburg in Brooklyn, Santa Monica/Venice in SoCal and SoMa in Vancouver, which is probably precisely why I'm drawn to the brand.

I suppose for more deets on this mysterious label, I can just ask the friendly staff at Tru Value.

In fact, that's what I'm going to do the next time I go in. Which will probably be today.

PS. BTW, if you're liking the colorful graphic blouse, Tru Value has it!

PPS. Tru Value has an unbeatable selection of uber-cute necklaces for between $10 - $18. Hint hint...

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