Elite Traveler March-April 2015

elite traveler MAR/APR 2015 ISSUE 2 129

The refurbished brick-and-beam

interior of L’Abattoir

Neighbour 12Water Street

People watch The Artist

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“People like to categorize and get scared if things are undefinable, but that’s the region I like to hang out in,” says Shawn Hunt who is at the forefront of a new wave of Canadian First Nations artists. Growing up on BC’s Sunshine Coast with a white mother and Heiltsuk artist father, Hunt’s work is crossing over from traditional influences. His playful, provocative work is attracting international attention with collectors from New York to Germany snapping up his paintings, jewelry and carvings. Find his work at Macaulay & Co in the city’s contemporary gallery district The Flats, between East 1st Avenue, Main Street and Clark Drive. mfineart.ca/artists/shawn-hunt- selected-works native art galleries into the mainstream, thanks to his innovative work that combines Western and indigenous

Vancouver’s oldest neighborhood has a fiercely independent soul. Look beyond the Steam Clock and ‘Gassy Jack’ statue and you’ll find some of the city’s most stylish addresses. The action centers around Water Street, once a trading thoroughfare and now a bustling shopping and dining location. Fans of the modish, utilitarian aesthetic will find their needs met at MO851 or Roden Gray, both of which stock well-edited items ranging from Aesop AREA FOCUS GASTOWN

grooming products to Elder Statesman cashmere. Just a few steps along is Neighbour, where you can pick up scarce global brands for men, including ex-Hermès designer Christophe Lemaire’s creations. The city’s ethical ethos is catered for at John Fluevog’s flagship store, where you can buy vegan shoes and boots, and by the season’s freshest local lobster at L’Abattoir, which has a new state-of- the-art private dining space.

Courtesy of Macaulay & Co Fine Art photo credit: Barb Choit

People watch The stylist

“ We used to have four seasons, but with fast fashion there’s a new collection every week. So much waste,” says Myriam Laroche, founder and president of Vancouver Eco Fashion

styling her Barbie dolls. She has since worked with Holt Renfrew and has her own vintage wear collection. “People need to discover their own ‘eco recipe’ and do what fits. Eco can look amazing.”

Week. “Themayor pledged to make Vancouver the greenest city in the world by 2020. I want it to be the capital for responsible fashion.” Laroche’s fashion love affair began at six years old when