A week ago today I attended VMFF at Barcelona Night Club on Granville St to see the Parasuco and SuperTrash shows. This post is a little late, mostly because this past week I have been so consumed by running around Vancouver in the day time, and obsessively going over Spring’s trends and fashion show videos on Style.com. And also because I wasn’t sure what I was going to say in this post. Let’s start with a picture.

A nice, casual menswear look. 

You see, the trouble I am having is that I am a little disappointed with Vancouver’s fashion weeks. Although it’s not Vancouver’s fault, or the fault of the people who put on these events. These people are fantastic and without them we’d have no fashion week at all. The problem lies in the fact that Vancouver has little to no big business to support fashion designers who want to be different and break the mold as the international designers do each season. Why don’t we have the big success stories of people like Alexander Wang here in Vancouver? Surely we have talent that equals that of Mr. Wang? Of course we do, but we haven’t got the backers and buyers that NYC, London, Paris and Milan have. Money = more creativity on the runway. And so, every F/W and S/S season in Vancouver the fashion group gathers to watch runway shows that give us trends that are already prevalent on our streets. I have nothing against the companies that provide the clothing for these shows, like Parasuco and SuperTrash for this particular event, it’s just that these are commercial companies who don’t strive to create “editorial” fashion, they strive to create everyday clothes for their young consumer and they do a very good job of it. So while I understand all this, I still felt a little melancholy watching the shows last Saturday night. That being said, here are my favourite looks from Parasuco: (Including the above picture)

I quite like these skinny jeans. The cardigan looks cute pushed up over the sleeves of the flannel too, I must make a mental note of styling my shirts that way.

The performer during the Parasuco show. 

And now for SuperTrash:

The performers during this show were the Tito Deville Band, they did an amazing job. 

Loving the shoulder detail on this gold lame dress.

I never tire of sequin skinnies paired with architectural black patent pumps. Sequins are so fierce coming and going!

I’d love to wear this on a bit of a windy spring day with a great pair of peep-toe heels and clutch!

Now I’m picturing this suit with a loose silk blouse and Miu Miu’s S/S ’10 platform heels with the bird print. *Siigghh* Heaven… I’m just dying for the pink pair of the Miu Miu platforms, the pink ones have crystal detailing on the toe. 

I have to say that through both shows I really did appreciate the styling that went into the outfits, which was done by Karolina Jez and Amanda, (so sorry I don’t know the last name – if you do, let me know! :)). You could tell there was thought behind how the pieces were put together. 

Parasuco is available at the Parasuco store, there’s one on Granville at Dunsmuir and SuperTrash is available at Lola Bleu, Wear Else and Jack & Jill on South Granville. 

Thank you to all the people who put together Vancouver’s fashion events, it is really nice to see everyone at these gatherings!

Xo StyleStruck