TIFF Madness: Biko & the CBC Strombo Gift Lounge

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NYC: Supply Shopping

I spent this last week in NYC, taking in all that great city has to offer.  While I ate my little heart out, enjoyed the company of friends, and found inspiration in so many places, I also scheduled Biko meetings and shopped for supplies for future collections.  Here is a tiny peek at some of the materials I'll be working with in the near future.

I Got The Bike!

Remember those gorgeous Italian Abici bicycles I was obsessing over in this post in May?  Well, I ended up buying the dove grey one!  I'm loving it so so much, I just had to share the news.  I haven't yet settled on an appropriate name for 'her', but if you've got any suggestions I would love to hear them.

I'm laughing my face off at Karolina, who insisted we take some pictures!

The Biko Lookbook Campaign: Golden Haze

Hot off the digital press, the online Biko Lookbook is now available for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!  We're also very excited to receive the printed copies, to be delivered next Tuesday.  

 

Stay tuned for more Biko website updates scheduled for next week:  The Behind-the-Scenes video of the campaign shoot will be posted, and you'll also be able to view and purchase the full FW 2011 Collection online...  Oh the excitement!!

Store Love: The Drake General

It's rare I'm in the Rosedale area of Toronto, but a visit to the dentist brought me near and I couldn't pass up the opportunity to pop into the local Drake Hotel General Store.  One of three locations, this Drake General is super cute and quaint (well, they all are actually).  Their Canadiana meets vintage meets industrial chic aesthetic is drop dead cool, and their love for Canadian designers and artists is even cooler.  They even had a little flag display proudly celebrating their local suppliers, including Biko!

A Little Tease

I'm bursting at the seams with excitement over the upcoming Biko Lookbook, to be released in just under two weeks.  Every day I take another look at it, my socks get blown off all over again.  It does help that I've got photographer Angela Lewis taking care of the photography and image post production, as well as creative director Karolina Loboda of The White Room taking the reins in managing the team, image editing and designing the final printed piece.  I'm so lucky to have these amazing talents working on Biko with me.  We've been dedicating much of this week to finalizing the images and layout, so soon, very soon you will see the final product.  I'm going to be bad and give you a little peek...  just one image, that's all.   These ladies are just DARLING!

In addition, I must say the Biko shoot wouldn't have been possible without the collaboration of wardrobe stylist Jessica Albano, beauty artist Sandra Yang, videographer Daniel Graf, Biko interns Carly Blackman & Andrea Crofts, as well as the beauty and photography assistants.  Thank you, my amazing team!

Stay tuned for the Behind-the-Scenes video, to be released in mid August.

West Coast Getaway

Wowzers.  I know it's summertime and that means we're allowed to take a well-deserved vacation, but I do whole-heartedly apologize for leaving you hanging for so long.  I'm sure you haven't been waiting on the edge of your seat for my next post or anything, but still, it's been a long time and I'm sorry!

In this time away, I took off to San Francisco and drove down the Pacific Coast to Los Angeles and back.  I must say, this trip was mostly for pleasure and not business, but of course I was very inspired along the way.  While I was silly enough to leave my camera battery charger in Toronto, I did snap a few pictures with my trusty new iPhone.  Here, see some of what I saw!