Goods Made in Vancouver
Vancouver doesn't just produce overpriced lattes and undersized condos. The city's creative denizens have designed a range of products from shoes to yoga wear.
Happy Planet Juices: Vancouverites have been supporting this local company's mission to "turn the planet on to 100% organic juices" since the company got its start in 1994.
Holey Soles: A competitor of the ubiquitous Crocs, these brightly colored, cloglike, rubber-compound shoes are designed in the Vancouver area and sold at outdoor and garden shops around town.
John Fluevog: Yep, those outrageous shoes took their first steps in Vancouver.
lululemon athletica: The stylized "A" insignia is as recognizable to yoga enthusiasts as the Nike "swoosh" is to sports fans.
Rocky Mountain Bicycles: BC invented the aggressive, stunt-heavy "free-riding" or "north shore" (from the North Shore Mountains) style of riding that's taken over the sport, and Rocky Mountain makes the steeds on which the style was pioneered.