In the heart of Vancouver’s China town is Blim, the most unique shop in the city in our opinion. It sells creative and colourful clothing and accessories by local artists, vintage, Japanese imported designs and so much kitschy cuteness! We have been stocking the shop with our one of a kind a small batch clothing for the last 2.5 years and bring our most unique designs to the shop. This shoot in collaboration with the brand By tooth and Claw who also stocks Blim with their tarot card screen printed clothing designs which are produced at Blim in the screen-printing workshop.
We are serious about PLAY, JOY & Self Expression! Fashion & art can be an amazing way to bring fun into your life through experimentation and creativity. Blim is the most playful and joyous clothing store in Vancouver in our opinion and we jump for joy thinking about all the fun clothes we stock with them!
115 E Pender Street Vancouver Canada Open 12-5 Daily
Want to know more about our new robe design? Our one-of-a-kind robes are exclusively sold at BLIM. We make these by working with thrifted, roll end fabric and textiled sourced while travelling, so that’s why each one is so unique. The exciting thing about the design is that sewing them creates zero fabric waste. We use the full width of the fabric to create the two panels and the part that gets cut out for the neck becomes the pockets. The fringes and trims are the new material that we incorporate into the design to give even more flair but otherwise this is the perfect solution for those last bits of fabric that can be worn by people of all ages, sizes and gender expressions. We made a run of 8 of them this summer that sold out and have 4 more one-of-a-kind robes available at blim until supplies last.
Have you seen our limited edition neon windbreakers? These jackets have a cool story because they are a product of our lives between South Africa and Canada. In 2020 while Costa and Cyd were living in Cape Town and going to fashion school at CTCFD we sourced these ends of roll neon active wear fabrics, the shop was selling off the last of the fabric from a folded active wear brand. We then go them sublimation printed with a black line design by Cyd Eva. A few months later we finished our studies and Costa got his Canadian PR so we moved back to Cyd’s home of Coquitlam BC Canada. There we set up a home studio and Cyd pattern drafted and sewed these jackets into various different colour combo’s and sizes. We only have a few left in stock at Blim and once these unique pieces are done they are done.
Credits:
Photography & Taro Card Clothing: @bytoothandclawclothing
Pants and accessories: @blimstagram
Mural panels: @puppyteeth
Hoodies, Robes, Windbreakers, Quilt Jacket and Shorts @pattern.nation
Models & Designers: @cydeva @costabesta