SHOPPING PARTY AT BOUTIQUE FLY

TOMORROW, MARCH 19TH FROM 10 am TO 9 pm, BOUTIQUE FLY IS HOLDING A SAMPLE SALE FOR LOCAL DESIGNERS EVE GRAVEL AND STATION 8. FIND GREAT DEALS ON THIS SEASON'S SAMPLES, AS WELL AS OVERSTOCK FROM F/W 2008. WHAT BETTER WAY TO JUMP START YOUR SPRING SHOPPING THAN WITH A SHOPPING PARTY? ON TOP OF FAB FINDS AT AMAZING PRICES, THERE WILL ALSO BE REFRESHMENTS AND COCKTAILS ALL SET TO GROOVY TUNES.

TAKE IT FROM ME, FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, TASTY COCKTAILS MIXED WITH THEIR INCREDIBLY WARM STAFF AND GREAT DEALS CAN LEAD TO SOME SERIOUS LOOSENING OF PURSE STRINGS. RARELY, IF NOT EVER, HAVE I SUFFERED BUYER'S REMORSE WHEN GUIDED BY OWNER ARIANNA RABINOVITCH, BUT, ALL TOO OFTEN, HAVE I RECEIVED A SHOCK TO THE HEART WHEN OPENING MY CREDIT CARD BILL.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY NOT BE AWARE OF THESE LOCAL LABELS, THIS IS A PERFECT WAY TO DISCOVER THEM. EVE GRAVEL HAS BEEN DESIGNING HER NAMESAKE COLLECTION FOR 14 SEASONS. THE 29 YEAR OLD GRADUATE FROM THE RICHARD ROBINSON ACADEMY OF FASHION IN OTTAWA DESIGNED UNDER SOME OF THIS CITY'S GREATS, INCLUDING KEVIN ALWOOD OF NEVIK, BEFORE JETTING OFF TO EUROPE FOR A SHORT STINT. THERE, SHE ENVISIONED A LINE THAT WOULD BECOME EVE GRAVEL. HER SOMETIMES ECLECTIC MIX OF FEMININE FLIRTY DRESSES AND DRESSED-DOWN BOYISH LOOKS HAVE HAD FASHION INSIDERS CLAMORING EACH SEASON. STATION 8 IS EVE'S FORAY INTO MENSWEAR, TEAMING UP WITH FRIENDS AND PARTNERS MARIE-CLAUDE GUAY AND MARIE-NOELLE HAMELIN. THIS 3 YEAR OLD LABEL IS IS THE MALE URBANITE'S UNIFORM--A LITTLE DRESSED-UP MIXED WITH A GRUNGE FLAIR, AND HAS BEEN KNOWN TO ATTRACT LOCAL GRAPHIC AND TATTOO ARTISTS TO CREATE IT'S ORIGINAL PRINTS.

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