Come say goodbye, it’s your last chance!
The shop is closed, we’re in the mood for a celebration of an amazing 9 year run, and a future that has yet to happen. Join us at Cascade this Thursday from 6:30 onward.
xo
Veronika
Good bye, We Love you
We will be open until at least this Sunday. After that you’ll have to check in with us on Instagram, twitter, or facebook. We’ve got some great fixtures and props that we’ll be selling, so don’t miss out!
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Goodbye
Dear Vancouver,
Lark is closing it’s doors this month. Our lease has expired and we’ve decided to move on to other opportunities and new adventures.
We so appreciate the love and support that Mount Pleasant has offered us over the last eight years. Everyone who ventured through our doors and shared their lives with us made running Lark worth all of the ups and downs.
Connecting with you was one of the very best parts of running a business in a neighbourhood as diverse and alive as Mount Pleasant. The artists, lawyers, doctors, designers, architects…we could go on about all of the different endeavors we’ve had the opportunities to learn all about because you connected and shared.
You have all impacted us on a personal level. Getting to know your dreams, your hopes and your struggles has made us feel like a part of the community and your hearts.
You made us a success for eight years. For that we are forever grateful, thank you.
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Terrapin Stationers
You want the best stationery? You just found it.
If you haven’t heard of Terrapin Stationers then you’ve clearly been under a rock all of this time. For 100 years they have been producing the finest engraved and embossed stationary out of New York City.
The company has weathered the advent of the fax machine, email, and the completely devoid of style text message. You know why? Because people are classy and they still want to feel like what they have to say deserves to be immortalized on paper, really good paper.
Ted Herrington of Terrapin Stationers looking busy
There is nothing quite like a hand engraved card. The artistry that goes into the process is detailed and intense. It requires a steady hand and fast attention to detail.
Terrapin Stationers found a way to improve upon their industry standards by being anything but standard. Check out the things you wish you thought to say, but Terrapin beat you to it.
Limited quantities of the hand deckled cotton stock from Amalfi, Italia collection paper are available. So don’t think about it, just go for it if you love it.
Nuvo: Inspired by Quality
It’s another rainy weekend in Vancouver. We’ve got a little something for you to cozy up with and make it nice.
The Spring 2013 issue of Nuvo is a total delight to read, full of gorgeous photos and articles covering the best of everything from arts and travel to food, drink, and finance. Featured on the cover this season is the amazing Paloma Picasso.
Nuvo is a welcome departure from the typical Hollywood-centric glossies. It is full of informative and inspirational articles about some seriously interesting places and people – and for the cherry on top, it’s completely Canadian, printed in Toronto and based right here in Vancouver!
This issue includes a fascinating profile of Suzanne Valadon, French painter as well as model and muse to the likes of Degas, Renoir, and Modigliani. Her life story reads so fantastic you couldn’t write it. Get to know Montmartre in the days when the streets were a carnival amongst barns, farmhouses, cafés and studios.
You’ll also find features stories about on diverse topics as Sicilian villas, the rise of open-source university education, and There is also a behind-the-scenes look at the Paris atelier of Chanel Haute Couture.
We only have a few copies of this issue in the store, so come in and pick one up!
Lark X Maak Soap Lab
Things just keep getting fresher and cleaner here at Lark with another shipment of goodies to help you take good care of yourself and your clothing! This time it’s from Maak Soap Lab, an all-natural, vegan-friendly soap workshop nestled right in the heart of Oregon’s Willamette Valley.
Maak Soap Lab handcrafts all of their soaps in batches of less than twenty, and allows more than two weeks time for the soaps to cure before they are hand-cut, hand-wrapped, and shipped to their distributors in Portland and everywhere else. Everything is handmade out of Portland’s Beam and Anchor, a cooperatively run space comprised of artists’ and craftspeoples’ studios and workspaces upstairs, with the bottom level acting as a retail space where some of these goods are sold.
Maak’s passion for their homeland of Oregon is evident in everything they do, from their local, co-operative production to the actual scents and ingredient sources for their products. They even harvest lavender locally in its natural season. Each bar is meant to call to mind a different wild and beautiful region of the state, whether it’s the city of Portland itself, the Coastal or Cascade range of mountains, or Williamette Valley which lies right between them. Here at Lark, we are carrying all four of their Soap Bars, as well as their Cedar Essential Oil.
The Doug Bar ($8) is a fresh, herbaceous scent of foresty fir and cedar and a Willamette Valley peppermint that is light and not too sweet. Woodsy and refreshing, like Oregon’s Cascade Mountains.
The Sea Bar ($8), by contrast, reminds you of Oregon’s mountainous, tree-lined coast with pure eucalyptus and tea tree oils. Bits of dried luffa, yes the same ‘loofah’ you might already be using to exfoliate, make this a bar and scrub in one.
The warm and exotic Rose City bar ($8) smells like a stroll through one of the South-east Asian neighbourhoods of downtown Portland. With notes of lavender and patchouli, as well as rose hips for a bit of exfoliation.
The Clean Coal bar ($8) is a perennial customer favorite here at Lark. This jet-black soap, with suds that rub on black but wash away clean, is mixed with fine clay to soften skin and give it extra ‘slip’ – perfect for shaving. Scents of fir and cedar maintain that perfect freshness.
We are also carrying Maak’s Essential Oil, in Cedar ($20). Distilled from cedar grown in Virginia, this is a strong and calming essential oil that can be diluted for a variety of uses, although it should not be applied directly on the skin.
Everything is available in store and online, so come in and check it out.
Keep your pants on!
“Billy’s Belts has come a long way” is quite the understatement once you realize that “Billy’s Belts” was the starting point for Bill Adler’s Will Leather Goods.
Bill Adler, founder and president of Will Leather Goods, was an accomplished actor living in California in the 1980′s when an actor’s strike pushed Bill from a life on the screen to opening Billy’s Belts amongst the sands of Venice Beach, selling his hand crafted leather belts.
At Lark right now we’re helping keep Bill’s original vision alive by bringing you a fantastic selection of Will Leather Goods Belts.
The Marlow Suede Black Belt. $75
This is the beautiful Horsehair Braided Belt. $185
The 28mm Classic Saddle Belt. $85 …
… with so many, many more!
And that happy man is Bill Adler! The relationship that Lark has built with Bill and the Adler family has been one of mutual respect and understanding of what craftsmanship and quality can mean to our everyday lives.
We have belts and bags and other beautiful accessories from Will Leather Goods in stock right now so come by the store and fall in love with leather all over again.
LARK x new delivery from The Laundress
Nobody keeps your favorite items of clothing in great shape like The Laundress.
This eco-friendly, performance-oriented company was founded by friends Gwen Whiting and Lindsey Boyd, both formerly fashion industry employees of Ralph Lauren and Chanel respectively. With The Laundress, they have created safe, effective clothing care products that eliminate the need for 99% of your dry cleaning. These ladies are truly passionate about ‘taking the chore out of laundry’ – the ‘Laundry Tips‘ section of their website is a must read, a wealth of information on how to effectively use their products to dramatically extend the life of your favorite garments.
I’m happy to let you know that we have a couple of new products, and lots of refreshed stock on all the old favourites, like their amazing, all-natural detergents and washes and the ever-popular Sweater Stone.
The Sweater Comb is the newest addition the The Laundress’s line of wool and cashmere care products. It provides a lighter touch than the Sweater Stone and so is suitable for even the most delicate knits.
The Clothing and Upholstery Brush is a versatile tool that will last forever with its sturdy wooden handle and real boar bristles. It is suitable for all types of fabric, and can remove lint, fuzz, pills, hair, and fur. Definitely a plus if you are a cat or dog owner!
One amazing item that we still have plenty of in stock are the beautiful scented detergents that are the result of a collaboration between The Laundress and New York based fragrance lab Le Labo.
Le Labo fragrances are created by some of the world’s best noses, entirely by hand in their New York perfumery lab. Le Labo aims to bring true uniqueness and creativity to the world of fine perfume.
Rose 31 transforms the famous Grasse Rose, universally thought of as sensual and feminine, into a scent equally suitable for men and women. Notes of cumin, vetiver, cedar wood, and musk make this an interestingly spicy and woodsy scent.
Also available is Santal 33, an outdoorsy, smoky scent inspired by the American West. With notes of ambrox, cardamom, violet and leather accord, Santal 33 is an intriguing and unusual scent that doesn’t just smell ‘like perfume’.
Both fragrances are perfect for adding a little bit of subtle luxury to your laundry routine.
The Sleep Shirt x Valentine’s Day
We’ve been big fans of The Sleep Shirt from day one here at Lark. The fabric, the cut, the comfort are all about luxury at home.
Today is Valentine’s Day and we think you should pick up the new pink stripe in the short style for your Valentine.
