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Vancouver Fashion week kicked off this week with a bang on Wednesday night. Unfortunately I have been working each night week and have been unable to report up until now. If you want complete coverage of the fashion shows, designers and industry ins and outs head over to the conveyor belt, where the girls cover it all. I will however be in attendance the for the rest of the weekend, and am most looking forward to the emerging designers show on Saturday afternoon. For your convenience I’ve listed the remainder of the schedule for you, for the complete line up check out the Vancouver Fashion Week website.

Thanks, hope to run into some familiar and new faces this weekend!

Friday April 18
7 pm 3Sixteen, David Leach, Chapel Arts
8 pm Papillion, Chapel Arts
9 pm After Party, Canvas Lounge
featuring VULTURES

Saturday April 19
4 pm Emerging Designers, Chapel Arts
6 pm Coquette Couture 1827, Chapel Arts
8 pm huFFer USA, Chapel Arts
9 pm After Party, Relish Restaurant

Sunday April 20
6 pm Urban Show, Chapel Arts
8 pm Peligrosa Knits, Chapel Arts
9 pm Closing Gala, Republic

Photos courtesy of Kris Krug. Kris has been shooting Vancouver Fashion week since Wednesday and has some great photos already that you should def check out.

photo by kris krug. designs by morena.

The last sunday of every month is something to look forward to, as was seen last weekend at the Rocky Mountaineer Station. Portobello West had a two day kick off, and was jam packed both days with hundreds of shoppers and vendors. You will be able to check out my kdon booth, as well afew other highlights in my opinion…. Generation NeXt contestant Marcy Ross of Morena, knitting wonder Larry, leather maker genious, Lincoln of Fiveleftleather, my lovely booth mate Janet of Sedated clothing and the old German man that handmakes hats and sells them at the Londale Quay ( unfortunatly I can’t remember his name right now!) Portobello west is an awsome place to spend your money and feel good about it. All the vendors are BC local artisans that have propelled their ideas into reality, and there is no better way to support the local scene than to buy their wears. I hope to see you all down at the Rocky Mountaineer station, which located behind the Home Depot on terminal. Doors are open from 11:30 - 6!

I would consider myself in the artist category rather than the geek category, however I have been known to play in both worlds. My lively hood is making and selling original kdon designs, and at the moment this is primarily done over the internet through well known sites like flickr, facebook and this blog. Conferences and meet-ups like northern voice have proved to be a tool in the success of my online presence, therefore creating and increasing revenue for my business. Northern Voice is put on by the lovely folks at Raincity studios, and attended by geeks from all over, including the states. It starts tonight, and runs until Saturday evening, there will be much talking, networking, learning and brain expanding going on. For more info, check out the website.

This year I have been asked to share one of my “most famous” (and longest), blog posts that I wrote this year, at the opening dinner tonight. I am excited and honored to share my world with others.. even if they are captive!

If you have come across this website for the first time, maybe due to links from the conference, I ask you to check out the pages of things for sale, and send some linkie love my way from wherever your url home is.

Thanks for stopping by!

All kdon clothes are designed with love by myself, aka kdon, aka Kim Cathers. I spend hours dreaming, sketching and looking for the perfect fabrics for my garments. My 2008 spring line looks to be another excellent blend of urban street wear and a swing back to one of my favorite era’s.. the 60’s! Mini dresses, bishop sleeves, apron tops, slim lines and clean cuts are just the start of my inspiration, this is a year you will want to stay tuned as the line is released, so you can be the first to get your hands on an original kdon piece. Thanks for stopping by today, I will keep you posted on the progress, and in the mean time you should pick yourself up a kdon hat before your favorite fabric is sold out. I usually only do small runs of fabric, so everyone that has a kdon hat knows they are only one of a few.

photo by: kk+ model: margie

All growing up my mother had forced me to write thank you cards for gifts or money, that I had received from family and friends. I never really understood why the crap I had to write them, and in fact, once I got a thank you card for my thank you card that I had sent. It was mind blowing, and I got scared that I would have to send one back and the cycle would continue until that person had died, which frankly seemed like they never would and therefore I would be stuck writing thank you note for thank you note until the last hours of my life.

I haven’t lived in my hometown of Sherwood Park in over 10 years, and its been that long since I ‘ve communicated with most high school friends. Until Facebook that is. Facebook, as we all know has revolutionized the way we keep in touch with each other,and re-unite with people. Over the last 6 months or so, I have reconnected with countless people from my high school and former life in Edmonton, its been great all around so hats off to facebook.

About a month ago, after scouring the friends lists of my new-old high school pals, I came across a buddy that I hadn’t connected with, and thanks to facebook I noticed it was his birthday. A while earlier I had loaded $10 of facebook gifts onto my credit card so I could send people little virtual treasures. I decided it would be so sweet of me to send this person a facebook cake.

With the a little flick here, some clicking there whala! I had sent this old pal a facebook birthday cake complete with a cute note and a smiley face :).

To be honest I expected he would mention it. Say something. Anything really. It’s not like we were enemies 10 years ago or something, we were actually friends. After no word from him I eventually forgot about it until the other day.

Out of the blue a few days ago I suddenly remembered the cake I had sent. I instantly got a little miffed as I thought, well sheesh I sent him a $1 virtual cake and not even a thank you note, or mention that he got it. And as soon as the thought crossed my mind I think I laughed out loud by myself!

So the question remains, what warrants a thank you card? or a thank you note these days, as I assume most people also send text through the internet rather than writing a card. Either way.. card, note whatever…. I felt like I had gone out of my way to send him a cake. Perhaps it would have been a better gesture to actually make him a cake, but lets get serious who has time for that.

So I am left, chuckling to myself over a cake that doesn’t exist and a card that will never come. I’m starting to think I should find a hobby…..