spring stock. 04.22.08

paper bird pleat top for 135.
with jude tulip skirt for 172.




jude silk shirt for 174.
with maked jump dress for 118.
and maked cover sweater for 163.

uh, i lied.

spring has not arrived. it's cold and snowing and feels like january. here's elizabeth shoveling our front walk. but we still have lots of new spring stock arriving in the store, for whenever the snow melts, the sun shines, and we can frolic in the fields.

stuffed staff

Here's a few snapshots of us noko store girls (past and present) dining at the lovely Cafe Mosaics a few weekends ago.

JUMA

This is our first season carrying JUMA and we're really excited about the line. Based out of Toronto, brother and sister Alia and Jamil Juma have been creating the line for five years. They have many prestige accounts including Fred Segal, whoot whoot, so we're thrilled to have it in our shop too. Miranda just opened up the latest package from them which has this beautiful racer-back tulip dress. Which is kinda perfect for prancing around in the summer.


This week we also got a new shipment from House of Spy so stop by on the weekend to check it all out. It's supposed to be +20 this weekend, perfect for bike rides in the river valley, strolls down Whyte and maybe a few pints with pals. Enjoy!

Ashley Watson

We just received our first shipment of Ashley Watson bags. She's based out of Vancouver and uses all recycled leather for her bags. Our Canada Post delivery woman had barely placed the package on the counter when Elizabeth dove into the box. I'm pretty sure I started to clap my hands together and squeal as she pulled them out.

Oh, and since they are from recycled leather, they are all one of a kind. You're just gonna have to stop by the shop to check out what we have for colours.


And she does wallets too. I'm so torn between the two styles. The clutch is so cute and tiny, and I love the tie closure, but the knotty wallet is just so practical. It has two zippered pockets and lots of places for cards and cash. Ack, life is hard.

spring stock.04.05.08

maked roll dress for 138.


eve gravel jag blazer for 210.
with jude top dress for 248.






i clothing carlotte skirt for 139.
with men's preloved amos top for 115.



paper bird silk shift for 365.



pyrrha letter m pendant for 86.

nokomis leather coin purse for 35.

Beginning of the end and happy sunshine

Last week at the studio was like the eye of the storm, it was a lazy week devoted mostly to firming up details of the Fall 08 Nokomis line and waiting for our last orders to trickle in.
This week grading begins, ugh, the world's most tedious, time-consuming, mind-numbing task of all in which I change each sample pattern into an additional 4 sizes for production. The task consists of making 1/8 and 1/4" adjustments to each size in specific places and re-tracing each piece over 4 times. So this year we have 18 patterns, the most complicated of which has maybe 9 pattern pieces which means I'm going to be busy for awhile.
Just saying, if anyone feels like stopping by to bring me juice or pastries, maybe a booktape by all means do--I'm just up here whining for the next two weeks.