Portobello West Market
December 4th and 5th
Rocky Mountaineer Station (1755 Cottrell St, Vancouver)
12pm - 6pm
$2 admission 12 and under free

Just for the market, we'll be selling new baby and toddler designs and offering a variety of items such as merino wool toques, new merino wool neck warmers and leg warmers at discounted prices.

Hope to see you there!

...DEVIN MORROW of Winnipeg! Congratulations!

Everywhere Grant Lawrence of the CBC Radio 3 went with his CBC sweater, people wanted to know where they could get one. We don't have the rights to sell one, so we decided to have a sweater contest give-away. Every week for the last seven months, people had the chance to submit their names into Grant's radio show and just last week it was announced!

Everyone at Granted Clothing would like to say a big THANK YOU to everyone that came out to the Spend On Trend show! It was a pleasure meeting new customers as well as getting to know all of the other wonderful local brands.

Also a special THANK YOU to the volunteers that voted our booth as the most eye catching! Thanks to you we won a prize pack full of goodies from our friends at  Opus framing and art supplies.

Celebrating Canadian design and local fashion.

Shop New Fall Fashions from Independent Canadian Designers You will get to see and purchase some NEW Fall/Winter 2009-2010 Granted items!

Check out ...new designs from fresh and established Canadian designers, before they hit the hottest boutiques ...in town. Spend on Trend is a fashion event showcasing Canadian independent designers of clothing, accessories and jewellery. The first 25 people through the door each day will enjoy a fabulous goodie bag filled with awesome stuff such as a copy of FASHION Magazine, Catalyst Reaction Keychain and more! Don't miss out! Friday night will feature a fashion installation show and DJ!

Hope to see you all there!

August 21st 5pm-9pm
August 22nd 10am to 7pm
August 23rd 11am to 6pm

Location:

The Scotia Bank Dance Centre
677 Davie Street, Vancouver, BC
(@ Davie and Granville Street)

Click here for more information on Spend On Trend

We would like to thank all of our contestants for entering our "What I don't take for Granted" contest. We received an overwhelming amount of entries, unfortunately could only choose one.

Congratulations to Ms. G Bean of Vancouver B.C. for your answer! You have just won one of our lap warmers!

This answer was chosen as we felt that it was something that we could all relate to at some point in our lives.

Ms. G Bean wrote:

What I don't take for Granted:

I try not to take my friends for "Granted". Friends are the staple of our lives, really they are the bread and butter of our lives and they help shape who we are as people. My friends make up my family unit. Friends are the people that you can count on to answer your calls at any hour of the day, those who listen to us ramble endlessly over our latest breakup, career decision, financial troubles. Rather than be jealous over our successes they are sincerely happy for our successes and support our decisions regardless if they think it is right. Friends tell you not what you want to hear, but what you NEED to hear.

The friends that make up my family live all over the map, we rarely see each other, however; when we do, or simply talk on the phone, we pick up where we left off- our bond is so strong that things change, but it doesn't really change. We grow separately as individuals and at the end of the day, we know that the relationship we have is unchanged and we are always there for each other.

Often, we get busy with day to day chaos, from work-home-pets-children, and we do at some point take everything for "Granted". I always try to ensure that I never take my friends for "Granted" because with out my friends, I would not be the wonderful person I am today. They have helped shaped who I have become and I know that my life would not be complete without the 5 outstanding people I consider to be my friends and without them, I know that I wouldn't be where I am today.

For more information on these 100 percent sustainable wool, machine-woven lap warmers, visit here.

The award-winning scientist, environmentalist and broadcaster, Dr. David Suzuki, was so impressed by the detailed intarsia-knit portrait we created for him, that we are working with the David Suzuki Foundation by donating a Suzuki sweater. This signed sweater will be auctioned off at Vantage. All proceeds go to the foundation. Please stay tuned for the auction date.

"We Canadians tend to take energy for granted …" – David Suzuki

We know, we know... you're wondering why anyone would want a wool blanket at this time of year? The answer is – because it’s FREE! And, you think a season in advance.

Here’s how the contest works: Lately, there's been a lot of negative banter being fed to people around the world, and we’re tired of hearing about it everywhere we go. Granted wants to bring some much-needed positivity into the atmosphere by offering a place for you to tell us what you’ve realized you will never take for granted. Just e-mail us a sentence or photo, or both, telling us what you don't take for granted to mail@grantedclothing.com. Contest ends at the end of this month.

For more information on these 100 percent sustainable wool, machine-knitted lap warmers, visit here.

Sign-up for our blog or tweets because we plan on giving something away every month.

• To purchase, click here for small blankets (lap warmers).
• To purchase, click here for large blankets.