5 New Years Fashion Resolutions for Vancouver Women

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Alexandra

A Vancouver girl's Saturday night outfit (I am about to cry): Lululemon yoga pants, a CROP top (sob!), tacky handbag, BASEBALL caps (eeek!) and some sort of Canucks hockey towel hanging in her waistband. Oh yes, and let

As I explained in my Lululemon post yesterday, Vancouver women tend to be rather good-looking, fit, and attractive, but unfortunately many of them are severely lacking in fashion sense. So I’ve put together these 5 New Years fashion resolutions for the women of Vancouver, and please note, this list is not ONLY for women in Vancouver, this list is applicable to women all over the world. Pass it on to anyone you think could do with the advice…

  1. DON”T WEAR LEGGINGS AS PANTS. Because leggings are NOT pants. Seriously. Unless you are a singer in a glam rock band, leggings are only to be worn as a thicker alternative to tights, or in the gym.
  2. WEAR ACTIVEWEAR WHEN BEING ACTIVE. NOT AT OTHER TIMES. Activewear should be confined to the gym. Of course you can wear it outside, if you are doing your exercise outside. And you can also wear it to the grocery store REALLY quickly if you need to pick up some milk on your way home from the gym. But you can’t wear it out for lunch, shopping, or anything social. (This also applies to the teeny jersey hot pants people wear to bikram yoga. I’ve seen those on the street too. Terrifying.)
  3. UGGS ARE DISGUSTING, DON’T WEAR THEM EVER. Ok, there is an exception here too, if you have a place up in Whistler, and you need a pair of shoes to use when you are taking out the garbage in winter, you can wear Uggs. But that is the only time. ONLY time.

    4. To the left, leggings as pants (ugh....) and to the right, a Juicy Couture tracksuit. Even though Juicy Couture has formally announced they no longer want to be associated with the tracksuits, Vancouver women still seem to wear them (I've seen them, lately. Sob!)

  4. BUY AN UMBRELLA. If you have an umbrella, you don’t have to wear disgusting waterproof hiking jackets all the time, you can wear a really nice jacket or coat, and protect yourself from the rain using an umbrella. And don’t start with the cycling excuse. Women in Amsterdam cycle ALL over the place, and manage to do it with an umbrella in hand so they don’t have to wear those disgusting waterproof hiking jackets.
  5. STOP THINKING THAT LOGOS MAKE THE LADY. Many Vancouver women still seem to think that wearing an abundance of Louis Vuitton, Gucci, or (shudder) Juicy Couture logos will automatically make them fashionable. This is not the case. We all know there is enough money in this town for everyone to buy ten designer bags, but having the money doesn’t equate being fashionable, it is knowing how to spend it.

BONUS RESOLUTION: To all the Vancouver ladies that think that wearing a hockey jersey might help you to snag a hockey-loving man, let me correct you: it won’t. Hockey jerseys have huge shoulders and do not look flattering on anyone. ANYONE. Even hockey players. Have you seen their shoulder pads? So don’t wear sports jerseys, please.

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Images sources: Lululemon Girls, Leggings as pants, Juicy Tracksuit

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  • Fetishist’s Notes

    Great post))) those items your mentioned.. oh God! awful. especually the baseball caps.

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  • fashionable in vancouver

    I agree on all of these; unfortunately this seems to be a world wide epidemic now. I know they’re comfortable; I know that Nike and Lululemon want you to wear “activewear” for more than working out, but really it’s time to grow up. I put the label mania down to the immigrant population who seem to need the status of logos, fake or otherwise, and to a generally aspirational younger population fuelled by all the gossip & fashion sites showing who’s wearing what-please, get your own style!
    There are many well dressed women in Vancouver, just not enough of them! Instead of the gossip sites go to one like The Sartorialist to see how fashionably dressed women know how to put together their own version of style, not someone else’s.

  • Anonymous

    You are right about the well-dressed in Vancouver, but unfortunately they
    are few and far between.

  • Jacky

    LOL I love this post. Even if I don’t live in Vancouver (I’m from Montreal) I agree on that Lululemon is not acceptable as everyday wear… but I have to confess that on Sundays, it’s legging + Juicy hoody day for me (no Uggs, thank god! lol) I was totally anti-Juicy until I wore a hoody.. they feel so good!

  • Anonymous

    I hope you don’t leave the house wearing Juicy!

  • http://www.clevernettle.com/rachabees Rachel Anastasia

    Hoo boy, that picture is a doozy.

    In all fairness to the biking women of Vancouver, the fashionable ladies of Amsterdam don’t have to contend with hills and bikes pretty much have the right of way. Biking up some of the hills here with one hand on an umbrella isn’t really an option! (Walking, on the other hand, no excuse.)

    Great post, I’m loving the Vancouver perspective.

  • http://sololisa.com lisa

    I definitely agree with the “carry an umbrella, wear a nice coat or jacket” mantra. It’s something I’ve been doing for years and I’ve never felt the need to buy a scary hiking jacket.

  • http://natykorol.wordpress.com/ Nat.Y.K

    This is such a relevant post to every city in Canada. I can understand students wearing lulu’s, any other sports wear, and UGG(ly)s to class (if they live on campus), but once one has a job, all that wear is innapropriate to wear during the weekend or to get to and from work. There are clothes and shoes that look the part and are comfortable… just don’t get lazy shopping.

  • Diane

    THANK YOU.

  • http://twitter.com/HauteDesign Sarah Klassen

    Hello, I just discovered your blog last night and am so enjoying it.

    I find myself laughing and agreeing with what you say most, if not all, of the time. From Uggs to Lulu Lemon (which I have labeled all who wear it as day wear part of the LLC: the Lulu Lemon Club) and logo plastering. Your honesty of opinion is fabulous and refreshing. I live in Vancouver as well and believe I remember seeing you at the Obakki Spring/Summer ’11 Fashion Show. Instantly loved your style. What a nice surprise it was to find that you have a blog, and I look forward to reading more of your posts!

  • http://www.imtheitgirl.com/ anya

    I suggest you keep the leggings and invest in a some plush oversized sweaters instead of your Juicy hoodie.

  • http://www.imtheitgirl.com/ anya

    #5 bothers me more than all the others. Too many LV Speedys in this town. There are other bags in the world people!

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  • Anonymous

    Thanks for your kind words!

  • Anonymous

    Great idea! That is what I wear at home.

  • Vanessa

    Finally! Every item you described, I loathe. When I first moved here, I thought that some Vancouverites are the laziest dressers ever. Refreshing to find a blog by someone with knowledge and a real opinion about fashion.

  • fashionable in vancouver

    I agree about the not enough of them but I’m often surprised where I see them-not where you might always expect so I’m encouraged. I see more people with real style east of Cambie or in Gastown even though the money is west.
    I’m a fan of Obakki too although I haven’t bought anything there yet; I hope that more locals will discover them. There is more to local design then LL

  • Anonymous

    The women of Kerrisdale, despite their wealth, are probably the worst
    dressed in Vancouver. I know, I grew up there and recently moved out of
    there. They wear tons of yoga wear and 3/4 length cargo pants. It is
    depressing. I think my Mom is the only one with style in that neighbourhood
    and even she can sometimes be spotted wearing her gym clothe in a coffee
    shop after a run.

  • http://dearwinnie.com Chelsea Rae

    I’m not going to lie. I’ve been hearing a lot of great things about Vancouver, but this post makes me thank god I generally spend my partying time in NYC (however I did visit central-Connecticut for NYE, and the fashion was a bit shocking).

  • Anonymous

    Vancouver is great! I love it here, even though there’s not much good
    shopping, and lots of poorly-dressed women. It is wonderful city, just not
    for fashion. As long as you get to a fashion capital once or twice a year to
    get your dose of style, Vancouver is the best place in the world to live!

  • http://dearwinnie.com Chelsea Rae

    That’s sort of how I feel about Connecticut. It’s close enough to NYC that I don’t go crazy (I’m about 35 minutes by train), but it’s far enough away that I remain sane. It’s nice to be able to go home and see trees instead of bricks, metal and glass.

  • http://twitter.com/dianasof Diana Zapata

    Yes. To everything. The amount of people that wear those hiking jackets makes me feel inadequate about my preparation for the rain. But you’ve validated my nice coat+ umbrella go-to rain uniform. Last night snowed a lot, but by this morning it was mostly slush, yet some girl thought it was a good idea to wear Uggs in the snow, slush, and rain. I mean, why buy a 300+ pair of shoes you can’t even get wet, and then wear them under those conditions? It would be even worse if they were fake Uggs, because that means she just wanted to buy the shoes for the “look”. Also, Hollister and Abercrombie hoodies. UGH.

  • Anonymous

    I’m not surprised Abercrombie is having financial problems. Their overpriced jockwear and gimmicky retail spaces are no longer popular, thank god. What would possess anyone to buy one of their over priced hoodies?

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  • Eric-newman

     
    Alexandra, Leave woman alone, this is a free U.S.A. you wear what you want to wear, from the sound you are fat, have no self-esteem, a hater because can not fit in legging, if you could many men would cross the street so as not to see you near you. leave women alone. we men love to see woman in legging. My wife love wearing legging as a pants most of the place we go, it sexy and it look to both of us.

  • Anonymous

    Actually no, this is not a free USA, this is Canada (FYI, Vancouver is in Canada, not the “free USA”.) And I am sorry to hear your wife wears leggings as pants almost everywhere, she obviously has no taste, and you are obviously blind if you think it is sexy.

  • Trutha

    leggings are pants, cunt.