Dressing Like Your Neighbourhood

As I am writing this I’m in the South Main area of Vancouver which was once referred to as Mount Pleasant, and is sometimes referred to in local marketing  as SoMa. This is an area that has experienced rapid change and gentrification over the past 10 years or so. Once riddled with seedy characters and [...]

Native Shoes: Hipster Crocs?

I heard about Native Shoes through a friend and decided to check them out. I’ve never been a Crocs fan, but that’s because they’re fugly. The Natives, however, look like Crocs with steroid street appeal. It’s like a combo of a Croc and a Converse sneaker. Native shoes are kind of like Crocs for hipsters. [...]