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Dressed to the Nines
- dressed flamboyantly or smartly.
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Words and photos by Kimberly Rashed, Style Editor
Styled by: Style Becomes Her
Models: Nadia Haddad, Sharon Keller, Kaitlyn Reher, Ellen Velez, Kimberly Rashed What boosts a mood like a flirty summer dress? We’re talking easy breezy silhouettes and lightweight fabrics for the ultimate in effortless style. From Summer weddings and first dates, to long awaited girls nights, you’ll find the perfect dress for any occasion.
Babydoll. The voluminous silhouette in the crisp clean white baby doll dress is the perfect combo of chic and effortless.
Picnic anyone? A retro staple gingham dress is a quintessential garden party look.
Sharon Keller Bounce Hair Studio Wearing Dow’s Ladies Fashions
Much brighter days ahead with this buttery frilled dress.
Flirty hemlines are everywhere this season. We’ve even found some extra rawr in this animal print mini.
We found romantic boho vibes in this dress - to amp up the simplicity of the dress we opted for this colorful pom-pom block heeled sandal.
Kimberly Rashed Royal LePage Wearing Luxury Market Consignment You can always count on gorgeous florals showing up this time of year. Luxury Market Consignment does not disappoint with this silky lounge set and maxi dress.
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Ellen Velez The Soul Play Effect Wearing Luxury Market Consignment
Love is light, and light is love. This is the promise behind Canadian artist Cydney Galbraith’s handpainted silk scarves, which completely redefine fashion from the inside out.
▲ (top) True Fashion Worshiper Lady’s Slipper, (left) Stand in Awe, (right) Cydney Galbraith wearing Stand in Awe
Love’s Pure Light Luxury Silk Scarves A True Fashion Worshiper
By Katrina Geenevasen Photos Courtesy of Love’s Pure Light
Fate and fashion would bring the artist and the retailer together in what is destined to be a lasting connection.
Lady Slipper Intimate Apparel &
Accessories, always searching for
Canadian designed products, contacted the delightful and talented Cydney
Galbraith. Since that day, Love’s Pure
Light Luxury scarves have been an amazing addition to the boutique and a featured designer.
Born from a deep desire to exercise the creativity within herself, Galbraith designed the luxuriously soft scarves to make the wearer feel as if they are wrapped fully and completely in love’s pure light.
“They are scarves with purpose, that have a tangibility to them,” explains Galbraith from her Calgary-based shop. “When people put on a scarf, they feel love; something happens, and it shifts the atmosphere. I make these scarves to remind people that there’s hope, there is a future. When you’re putting on a Love’s Pure Light scarf, you’re wrapping yourself in love.”
One day, she was inspired to try her hand at art. Brush in hand, she began to paint with a heart-centred mission, scrawling messages of love to herself. Messages that one day would resonate with endless amounts of women -- she just didn’t realize it at the time.
“They’re messages that remind women they are strong, they have courage, they have beauty within. That they have heavenly laughter, because there is a bright future ahead,” she says. These days, scarves from Galbraith’s Canadian collection all feature a special, loving nod to our incredible country, often featuring the official flowers of each province. PEI’s pink Lady’s Slipper orchid is one of them with a special connection.
Lady Slipper Intimate Apparel & Accessories in downtown Charlottetown has done an exclusive launch of Galbraith’s “True Fashion Worshiper” pink Lady’s Slipper on a silk/modal scarf. Inspired by her passion to visit Prince Edward Island, “I planned to travel on my summer break for a Love’s Pure Light adventure. Unfortunately, I was unable to fly. What a gift it was to me when Debbie called looking for Canadian made scarves for her ladies’ boutique”.
“Prior to that, I was well aware the provincial flower of Prince Edward Island was the Lady’s Slipper. I remember learning the beauty and unique detail of all the provincial flowers of Canada. The one that tickled my heart the most was the pink Lady’s Slipper.
Yes Canada, we have fashion in our very roots! A flower that looks like an elegant shoe”. That inspiration became a work of wearable art, created to be showcased at Lady Slipper Intimate Apparel & Accessories and to honour East Coast Canada.
Her latest designs in the Canada Day Collection are a stunning explosion of colour. The new Stand in Awe, Lighthouse Nation and Get Ready My Bride represent Canada from east to west. Lady Slipper Intimate Apparel & Accessories will have them proudly displayed in time for Canada Day and available on their website.
She’s proud her creations represent our country, the roots of our culture. “I really have a strong heart,” says Galbraith. “I am proudly Canadian, and there are so many great fashion brands, but I think it’s time Canadian designers rise up, and take ownership for what we have here in Canada, and what we can do.”
Galbraith’s amazing art is printed on luxurious silk and modal which is 100 per cent organic. Upon close examination, you’ll read beautiful messages. “I try to create designs that will get hearts,” she says.
“When you fashion the heart first, when your heart feels good, you look good,” says Galbraith. “And that’s what I call fashion from the inside out.”
Mission, accomplished.
Lady Slipper Intimate Apparel & Accessories 65 Queen Street, Charlottetown 902.892.6525 www.theladyslipper.ca
