A new outfit gives you the confidence to take on the world, one stiletto step at a time.

And now your passion for fashion can help less advantaged women do the same. Young Executives for Success (Y.E.S.!) is a fresh fundraising branch of Dress for Success, the amazing organization championed by Bobbi Brown and Diane von Furstenberg, that transitions women back into the workforce vi ...

The most adorable little lingerie store has popped up in Yaletown, full of frothy confections (think lace, ribbons, and dusty pink satin) from Elle MacPherson Intimates, Anna Sui, Betsey Johnson, and edgy Ed Hardy Intimates.

If Gâteau Lingerie is the icing, that means you're the cake. And he'll take a piece of that!

Gâteau Lingerie, 115-1058 Mainland St., Vancouver, 604-688 ...

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Get your kicks in Kerrisdale at FAB's amazing new location. Sure to be your new fave, this one–stop shop carries men's, women's and kid's clothing and brands that range from edgy to elegant (think Cassette, Elie Tahari, Gilded Age, Harajuku Lovers and Toki Doki). FAB Clothing, 2305 W. 41st Ave., 604-267-3220, www.fabclothing.com

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Remember that super–cool art exhibit in the abandoned elementary school (done by Douglas Coupland, Attila Lukacs, Derek Root et al) we wrote about last year?

If you missed it, now there's a "making of" documentary called "Vancouver School" that takes you inside the creative genius of the famous art collective who put it together.

If only life came with so many second chanc ...

Nouvelle Nouvelle is right.

Just opened by the style–mavens behind the slick Prado café comes this minimalist Gastown boutique.

With weathered floorboards salvaged from the North Vancouver shipyard and breezy fabric change rooms, it's stocked with inexpensive, emerging designers from Brooklyn, L.A., Portland and Seattle.

Check out the wacky–tacky fluorescent jewellery ...

I just sold this House at 1266 KENT Street, White Rock, British Columbia .

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You don't have to have survived the disco era to appreciate the new range of Alive yogurts packed with anti–oxidant fruits like pomegranate and blueberry and healthy extracts of green tea, carrot and tomato.

Pomegranate Vanilla is delish, but it's the Very Berry Açia flavour that woke up our taste buds.

Ranked #1 on the list of super foods, the Brazilian Açia berry is harves ...

Motherhood brings its highs and lows, but never so cleverly as the Canadian–made

You've heard of talk therapy. Now how about some vinotherapy?

Priced under $20, the trio of Freud–themed wines (Freudian Sip, Pink Freud and Freud's Ego) from Naramata's

Whether whale watching, storm watching or just providing the perfect setting for him to pop the question, Tofino's as romantic as the proverbial long walk on the beach.

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The new, luxury beachfront tri–level villas at Pacific Sands offer space for six, three bathrooms, huge views, big kitchens, flat screen TVs and big soaker tubs—where you can soak up this view for hours. F ...