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2 FOR J. CREW, PLEASE

Olivia — Wed, 02 May 2012 23:40:36 +0000

On Tuesday night, April 24th J. Crew opened its Robson St. store doors to a veritable who’s who in the Vancouver fashion scene. The store opening party was jam packed full of fashionistas looking to meet the designers and PR team flown in from New York and check out the newest J. Crew offerings. My favorites are the leather ballet flats, which I intend to go back for come better weather. I had the pleasure of attending with Niki Blasina of A Haute Mess.

{ Images by Evaan Kheraj, c/o J. Crew }

{ I look a tad unimpressed here, but the evening was actually rather good! Particularly when you have Niki as your date. Wearing: Twik anorak (c/o Simons.ca), BCBG Max Azria dress, Zara belt, Nine West sandals, Clutches of Karma snakeskin clutch and a plethora of sparkling, golden bracelets – photo c/o Niki’s iPhone }

As it was raining that night, a rain coat worn as a dress seemed rather appropriate. I layered the anorak over my 21st birthday dress, close up here.

The GUESS Party

Olivia — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 23:50:51 +0000

Your happy hosts: Niki Blasina of A Haute Mess, Alicia Quan of Alicia Fashionista, Me, and Kelsey Dundon of The Anthology. All dressed in GUESS!

The party was a giant success, a BIG thank you to everyone who came and had a fabulous time! Vancouver’s fashion glitterati really came out in full force – I love to see you all in your best threads! Perhaps you caught some of the night’s festivities via Twitter, where us blogger hosts and the attendees were tweeting up a storm! A snapshot of some of the Twitter love: (MAJOR thanks Twitter friends!)

On the upstairs level of the Robson St. Guess store we had our DJ set up, Mr. Dre Morel, and a live blogging station for tweeting and blogging with two new Apple iPad 2s! (Though we were so busy mingling with guests, we used the fancy new tablets for sending out Twitter love and saved our blogging for later, you know we’re all perfectionists. These posts take some time.)

I’m happy to learn that many of you lovely guests took home pretty new spring frocks and playthings, which means good things for our philanthropic efforts! A percentage of your shopping sales went towards our cause: FITE! Below, the contents of the swag bags you shoppers also took home: LOVE that Cargo lip gloss!

I hope you all had a fun night, I know I sure did! It was fantastic seeing familiar faces and meeting new ones!

Xo StyleStruck

23 Years Lived

Olivia — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 06:53:44 +0000

Well, it’s been a crazy week to say the least, hence the lack of posts this week. But, I AM BACK! With lots to share! Starting with a few pictures from this past weekend and my 23rd birthday!

A Blackberry photo courtesy of Liz Sperandeo (left) with me and Niki Blasina of A Haute Mess at my birthday evening. Below, celebrating my twin sister’s birthday (Monika and I are born on different days, one twin born before midnight, the other born after) with a little bowling.

I expect more pictures of my night will surface with better outfit shots! Hopefully!

Top photo: wearing: Bebe top, black bead necklace from Blue Ruby, hair by Blo at the Four Seasons Vancouver. Bottom photos: wearing: American Apparel body suit, denim vest from… Walmart about 10 years ago and leather Zara skirt.

Back soon!

Xo StyleStruck

Loven-Beauty-Mark

Olivia — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 18:22:53 +0000

As in, my last name is Lovenmark! (I had to do it. How often do I get to use that??) Last night a group of journalists and bloggers gathered at BeautyMark to celebrate the store for all its fabulosity and to check out what products will be hot over the holidays. The shop was decked out in festive-goodness with canisters at every counter filled with yummy chocolate treats and delicious wine, graciously provided by Bear Flag Wine. Here’s what I wore:

Wearing: I.N.C. dress, tights from Mum, Browns ID patent leather heels (which were RIDICULOUS for walking on Yaletown’s brick sidewalks in. How’s a girl supposed to navigate those bricks in heels?? Tips?), Fossil watch, pearl earrings.

Niki Blasina with our favourite t-shirt:

Above: Erin Ireland and Christie Lohr talk samples. 2 up: Girlie Girl Bows. Below: Product variety at BeautyMark: Principessa lotions and beauty care, Smith’s Rosebud Salve, Dermalogica skin care. Niki and Erin Gee, of Haus of Hybrid, try out hair products.

With BeautyMark owner, Marc Brunet. (Tevrow + Chase wool jacket, Zara leather clutch).

It was a fun and fabulous night, and I sure do appreciate a well-planned event! Thank you to Marc and Adele Chan for hosting such a lovely party!

Xo StyleStruck

You’re Invited! Join Me at a Fabulous Party!

Olivia — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:45:25 +0000

Thursday, June 24, join Niki Blasina and I at the Marciano store on Robson St for a marvelous party!

An excerpt from the press release sent by Guess to the media list: “This exclusive event, hosted by fashion bloggers Olivia Lovenmark, the fashionista and social media/public relations obsessed blogger behind Vancouver style blog StyleStruck.ca and Niki Blasina the pop culture enthusiast, public relations professional and creator of AHauteMess.ca, is the perfect setting to unveil the summer collection. A portion of the evening’s proceeds will go to Dress for Success Vancouver, a network of support for economically disadvantaged women that provides career development tools and professional attire to help women in work and in life.”

If you would like to attend this fabulous event, please RSVP right away to guessrsvp@guess.com by Monday, June 21 to secure a spot! The party will start at 6:30pm!

Xo StyleStruck

Wednesday Night at Leone

Olivia — Fri, 14 May 2010 16:03:05 +0000

This past Wednesday night was the JK Models 1-Year Anniversary party at Leone. Jennifer Koning, the Director of JK Models, got me involved about three months ago when she needed someone to cover her PR needs. I’m happy to say the party was a wonderful success and also rather fabulous! Thank you to everyone who came!

These bags hold boxes of designer shoes, shoes that make my rent look cheap! Among other things, I was responsible for taping the bottoms of the shoes. I didn’t mind, it meant getting close and personal with $1200 Dior strappy sandals.

One of the girls from JK Models strutting in 5+” Pradas.

PR representative for Leone Kim Bowie and I just before opening the doors to the guests! Looooving Kim’s fierce hair colour!

Susan Vu of Boudoir with Jillian Crago of Operation Style.

Niki Blasina of A Haute Mess with Peter Hoang of The Starving Stylist.

Well that’s it for now, more photos to come later today!

Xo StyleStruck

Vancouver is Awesome, Shine Nightclub, Red Bull & Belvedere Vodka Proudly Present: An Awesome Showcase

Olivia — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:47:41 +0000

LOOKING FOR A HIP AND STYLISH EVENT TO ATTEND THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THOSE WINTER GAMES? Look no further!

VancouverisAwesome.com and Shine Nightclub present “An Awesome Showcase” of local Vancouver talent. A little excerpt from the organizers:

The three part visual arts show will feature Vancouver’s top established and up-and-coming artists, photographers and designers throughout the entire two weeks of the winter games.

Running from February 12 – 28, the show will be viewable to the public throughout the daytime and will offer visual displays for the night scene as well. When taking in the art works, daytime guests are also invited to slip into Shine’s cocktail lounge to relax and sip on tasty libations.

Each day for the duration of the showcase, Vancouver Is Awesome will be blogging live from the venue, giving the public up-to-date information on the event’s happenings and sharing favourite Vancouver stories from the people who visit the exhibit.

Tuesday evening was the launch party of this fabulous event, which was put together in part by DelaCruz PR firm. The launch party was a gathering of Vancouver’s most artsy, from photographers, graphic designers and artists to bloggers, public relations people and various other reporters.

The curator of An Awesome Showcase, Randy Laybourne and I. (I’m wearing: Bebe mesh and sequin top, Zara leather jacket, black ripped Sirens jeans and rose-gold Fossil watch).

I can’t think of a better venue for an exhibition like this, the art was displayed so effectively against the lit-up walls.

Four of the featured artists.

Kelly Litzenberger, photographer and Editor/Art Director at Concrete Skateboarding Magazine with one of his pieces.

When I asked Kelly what his reasoning was for placing two panoramic images together, Kelly replied simply, “I don’t have a deep reason for doing this, I just thought they looked good together.” To me, this is art at its best. I’m not one for drawn out lengthy and philosophical meanings behind art. It’s either aesthetically pleasing to you, or it isn’t. And Kelly’s piece is! (Two panoramic images of the pond and path near it at Granville Island, taken from above on the Burrard St. Bridge).

Left: Another piece of panoramic photography by Kelly Litzenberger

The vibe in Shine was amazing, low lighting and lots of great people to meet, not to mention very visually stimulating, (I’m talking about the art. Although, for all the single ladies out there, this type of event was a prime spot for mingling).

STYLE at An Awesome Showcase:

Vancouver entreprenuer and Lily & Jae designer Jude Feller. It was a pleasure to meet this woman. Jude, Niki, (Blasina, of A Haute Mess) and I engaged in a very interesting discussion about Vancouver’s fashion industry, not only are these events fun, but also insightful.

I have one word to describe photographer Christine McAvoy: adorable. And sweet, so maybe two words. Here Christine stands with one of her photographs. Christine will be blogging daily from the exhibit at Shine for the duration of the show, Feb.12-28. Check out here work here!

Fabulous PR woman, Melania Dela Cruz of Dela Cruz PR.

Stylish Bloggerina, Niki Blasina of A Haute Mess. I had the pleasure of spending a good part of my evening viewing the exhibit with Niki, the girl is smart and will definitely go far in her chosen career of PR.

And just a little reminder, this exhibit is running from February 12-28 at Shine Nightclub! Enjoy!

XO StyleStruck