Denise Warehouse Sale
March 30 - April 2nd, 2006
Prices up to 80% off. Labels include Laundry, Sue Wong, Abs, In Wear, Esprit, Mexx, Parasuco, Denise Collection and more. Prices have been slashed on all dresses, and start for as little as $30.

Hours: Thursday to Saturday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: 1140 Sheppard Ave. W. Unit 16, Downsview, Ontario, M3K2A2
Phone: [416] 760.0013

via Shoestring Shopping

I started a new job on Monday. I’m still in software, just back to my favourite stomping grounds, the business district. I worked for 3 years at a company that didn’t have a dress code. I could pretty much wear whatever I wanted. So I spent most of my time in jeans. Now that I’m working for a financial institution I have to look a lot more professional. Thankfully, I didn’t need to buy a whole new wardrobe. I’m a clothes horse and have a far bit of professional attire. Not enough suits though, so I’ve been looking.
This post is about if I had unlimited funds to buy clothes for my new job. If I could afford these clothes I probably wouldn’t need to work. I took a look through the Spring/Summer 06 collections and this is what I found.

Starting with a good old Canadian boy, Jeremy Laing

Roland Mouret

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Sponsors for the WWF CN Tower Climb

For the last 4 years I have taken part in the World Wildlife Fund’s CN Tower Climb. It’s a great fundraiser for the environment with an amazing organization. The climb takes place on April 29, 2006 for the public.

I hope some of the readers of I want - I got would like to help the WWF. You can do that by to sponsoring me in the climb. You can pledge online at my WWF CN Tower Climb webpage.

If you would like to feel the rush of climbing the world’s tallest freestanding structure you can sign up here.

The kind people at Stylehive have featured I want - I got on their blog. Check it out at the Stylehive Blog.

4 days only - March 23rd - March 27th, 2006

There is a massive sale with Revlon and Jean Machine being the most prominate retailers. The jeans list looks promising - Miss Sixty, Parasuco, Buffalo, Guess, Mavi, Manager and Levis. Jeans are damn cheap too, 1 pair for $20. Discounts for more purchased. The sale also features art work, bath and linen items.

Warehouse Sale
International Center
6900 Airport Road, Hall #4
Mississauga, ON

There are more than a few social bookmarking sites out there. There are fewer that allow pictures to be displayed. The most recent one I’ve tried and liked is Stylehive. Like other social bookmarking tools users choose a picture from a website when creating the bookmark. These pictures are also usually very small (150×150). With Stylehive you can attach many full sized pictures to a bookmark. I like this a lot. You can check out my Stylehive.

The software tester in me is hoping that Edit bookmark and Delete bookmark functions will be in the final release. I’ve made some mistakes that I would like to correct, LOL. It would be cool also to see a function where you could display a bookmark from the user’s hive on their website. The site is in Alpha currently and open for registration. I’m sure there are more good things to come.

What is the Stylehive?
The Stylehive is new kind of website - a collaborative shopping community. It is a place where contributors can work together to share and discover the hottest stores, designers, trends, and must have products.
The Stylehive is a collection of all the best products, brands, designers and stores discovered and tagged by the Hive community.
The Stylehive is the unique product and vision of entrepreneur and CEO Michael Carrier. Michael has enlisted a talented team of technology and online shopping experts who are passionate about making it easier to find the most interesting products, brands, and designers on the web, while providing a simple way to save and share these finds with others.

Threadless is having a quick 10 dollar sale. Head on over quickly as it ends on Wednesday at 10AM CST.

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Starting March 18, 2006 Adicolor will be launched in Canada. I’ve tracked down some retailers for Canadian Adidas fans

Adidas Store Vancouver
848 Granville Street
Vancouver, BC
778-371-9117

Livestock
239 Abbott Street (Gastown)
Vancouver, BC V6B 2K7 Canada
HOURS: 11am - 8pm
T 604 685 1433
info@deadstock.ca

ALL RIGHT EVERYBODY..IT’S ALMOST HERE! ON THE EVENING OF FRIDAY MARCH 17TH FROM 9PM TO 11PM LIVESTOCK WILL BE THROWING THE LAUNCH PARTY FOR THE FIRST SERIES FROM ADIDAS NEW ADICOLOR PROJECT. COME GET YOURS! OR JUST COME DOWN TO CHECK THINGS OUT AND HAVE SOME DRINKS! SORRY KIDDIES,BUT YOU CAN STILL COME AND PEEP THE PRODUCT, VIDEO INTERVIEWS WITH THE COLLABORATORS AND MAYBE WALK HOME WITH SOME GIVEAWAYS.

Gravity Pope will have W5 superstar II and W4 stan smith goofy for sale beginning March 18, 2006

Footlocker will be stocking the lower tier Adidas and none of the limited edition.

Lileo in the Distillery District (Toronto) has Adicolor available now

I will update this post with more retailers.

Edit: Of course Goodfoot in Toronto is also carrying some Adicolor models.

Designer Collections Spring 2006 sample sale
March 31 - April 1st, 2006
11 am - 7pm
Lot 332
332 Richmond Street West
Toronto, ON

All of our lines are guaranteed 100% authentic or you will receive double
your money back!

We have a wide range of sizes for women from 23-32, and for men from 28-40.

Additional lines for our March sale are:
Antik, Calvin Klein, Levis, Penguin, American Apparel, Guess, Lacoste, Junk
Food, Free People, Joe’s Denim, Peoples of Liberation, Fred Perry and many
more!!

For more information 416-593-0959

Edit: This is information I received about the sale via email today (March 21, 2006)

Designer Collections is proud to announce that we are under NEW OWNERSHIP! They have re-vamped DC Sample Sales to bring a new innovative way to make you shopping experience more affordable and positive by promising the following to YOU, our valued customers:
-A new variety of high end denim in a WIDE range of sizes for both men and women!
-All of our lines are guaranteed 100% authentic or you will receive double your money back!
-Our sales will now be held in one of Toronto’s most prestige venues located in the well known entertainment district providing more PRIVATE change rooms, clean and stylish environment, and more room to flip through racks comfortably!
Additional lines for our March sale are:
Antik, Levis, Penguin, Guess, Lacoste, Junk Food, Joe’s Denim, Peoples of Liberation and many more!!
Also these women’s assorted tops just in:
Free People, American Apparel, Alexa Macenzie, YA, Cotton Emporium, Mine, So Low, A to Z, Splendid, Seven For All Man Kind and many more!

EDIT: I have a new post as this is old and busted. It was updated April 15, 2008. Please follow.

I’ve found a store the sells the original wellington boots in downtown Toronto. Yay!
Lee Valley Tools carries the original Wellys in green and blue.

Lee Valley Tools - Downtown opens April 3, 2006
590 King Street West
(416) 366-5959

Lee Valley Tools - East
1275 Morningside Ave.
Scarborough
(416) 286-7574
Fax: (416) 286-8174

Lee Valley Tools - West
5701 Steeles Ave. W.
Weston
(416) 746-0850
Fax: (416) 746-8474

Thanks the to the Constant Shopper. They also have a tip for lower cost options for boots. I would talk about them here but I don’t like them. LOL.
The 2 above links are from The Star. You will need to register to view the articles, or you can use Bugmenot

EDIT (10/24/2006): Hunter Wellingtons can be found just about anywhere downtown now. They have become very common. I will note that I haven’t seen too many people wearing them around though. Wait for sale time people, it’s coming.

One of a kind pendants from SpoonFed Art

It’s always nice when beautiful things grace my email. That was the case with SpoonFed Art. I was totally blown away by the detail and creativity of the jewelry. Pendants using spoons were so unique. It was a perfect medium for the tiny collages that Karin Collins puts together. Each pendant is one of a kind. There many pieces that are just gorgeous to look at.

Tuesday Weld, Fall

Evangeline, Two Flowers
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