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Lighting Showroom Sale

Monday, May 31st, 2010

Lumideco is a 42-year-old lighting wholesaler who sells retail too. In June they are having an inventory sale with up to 60% off everything in their showroom. You can choose from the traditional, ultra-modern, art deco, antique or classical designs in ceiling and wall fixtures, standing or table lamps. If that isn’t enough, you can order from their many catalogues from showrooms all over Europe.

Location: 4810 Jean-Talon ouest, Suite 300
Corner: Victoria
Phone: 514-737-5123
Hours: Mon-Wed 10-6, Thurs 10-8, Fri 10-5:30, Sun 12-4

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Orage & Lola

Monday, May 31st, 2010

Orage blends alternative fabrics and unique styling to provide well-made outerwear. The Lola part of the sale is women’s activewear and outerwear. At this Spring liquidation sale, this well-made clothing is available for men and women but there is nothing for juniors. You’ll see tops, bottoms, skirts and sweaters. Interestingly they have asked in the past  (and this is a first for me) that you refrain from wearing any Orage or Lola clothing or accessories to the sale.  Ask to be put on an email list for further notifications.

New Location: 1100 boul. Marie-Victorin,  Longueuil
Near: Pratt & Whitney
Tel: 450-646-0867
Hours: Thurs & Fri, June 3 & 4: 12-9;  Sat, June 5: 9-5
www.orageski.com

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Diamancel Sells to You

Monday, May 31st, 2010

Diamancel products are made with diamond dust and are as hard as diamonds so they are very strong, sharp, washable and never need replacing. They make, right here in Quebec,  diamond nail files, foot buffers and rasps (and also foot cream but I doubt they have diamonds in them!).  The files come in fine, medium, coarse, extra coarse and the callous rasp comes in medium and coarse.

I use their nail file and like it so much I buy them as gifts. They are having a 3-day warehouse clearance sale this week.

Location: 4345 Poirier Blvd, Ville St-Laurent
corner: Thimens Blvd West
Phone: 514-856-9711
Dates and times : June 3: 11-8, June 4: 10-8, June 5: 9-5

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The Tailored Man

Friday, May 28th, 2010

Since 1964, The Tailored Man has been coming to North America fitting men (and sometimes women) with made-to-measure suits at Hong Kong’s prices (starting at $460, shirts start at $55). The suits come with extras you don’t usually see in North American stores: sweat shields, cell phone pockets and the pants have a heel guard and knee lining. When you order a shirt, you choose collar style, cuff and monogram location.

Sunder Daswani’s team is back in Montreal so make a personal appointment: 866-751-7868 or www.tailoredman.com. To be added to their mailing list: goodfit@tailoredman.com

Locations and Dates:
May 27 & 28: Ruby Foo’s Hotel, 7655 Decarie Blvd. Phone: 514-731-7701
May 29 & 30 : Sheraton Laval, 2440 Autoroute des Laurentides, Phone: 450-687-2440
May 31-June 2nd at the Sheraton Centre, 1250 Rene Levesque West, Phone: 514- 878-2000
June 3:  Montreal Airport Marriott
www.tailoredman.com

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Habs – Bad News Good News

Friday, May 28th, 2010

Okay so the Habs are out of the race for the Stanley Cup, but all is not lost for Habs fans. This weekend at the Bell Center you can Score Big! There will be a big sale of Habs stuff.  It is the end of season game-used equipment clearance and when they sell off  Canadiens paraphernalia that you love to wear at greatly reduced prices like caps and t-shirts for $8.95 and jerseys for $49.95.

Location: Bell Center Habs Zone Store, 1909, avenue des Canadiens-de-Montréal
Phone: 514-932-2582 or 800 663-6786
Dates: May 29 & 30
Time: 9:30-5

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Fruity Passion

Friday, May 28th, 2010

Fruits & Passion, our home-grown Quebec company markets its yummy scented products (creams, soaps, lotions, oils, baby care, room sprays, home cleaning, pet sprays, etc) all over the world. We are lucky because around June each year, they offer us a clearance sale with prices up to 80% off. There are new arrivals every day. You can ahead to get on a mailing to be notified each year.

Location: Complexe Les 2 Glaces,
10 Radisson at St-Francois-Xavier
Phone 450-638-2212
Dates: Friday June 4: 9-9, Sat June 5: 9-5, Sun June 6: 10-4
www.fruits-passion.com

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CJAD 800AM at 8:40am – Where Cirque du Soleil Shops

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

Q1: With the Cirque du Soleil in town, and this being their home town, I was wondering if you know of any businesses where they shop right here in Montreal and can we shop there too?

Since Cirque headquartered Montreal North, their design team uses Montreal businesses as their palette to create costumes and scenery that wow the planet. Those of you with creative itches are lucky to be able to shop in very same stores. Cirque du Soleil has been enjoyed by about 60 million circus-goers more than 100 cities on five continents!

Q2:  What kinds of things are they searching for when they go looking?

What I’m talking about today are businesses who sell fabric related products with high visibility levels, be they sparkly, glittery, shiny, glow-in-the-dark, or just plain feathery (with Totem as the new show there are even feathers glued onto their faces). All of these eventually get sewn or attached to a base suit of spandex.

Q3. Okay let’s start with the spandex, where does someone go for that?

Les Textiles Bon-mar is right on boul. St-Laurent and they sell yards and yards of spandex for that second skin that performers wear. Some of it gets printed on with animal-like or other patterns and the rest incorporates metallics, shiny fabrics, glitter fabrics, holograms, netting or glow-in-the dark fabrics into designs.

There’s new state-of-the art fabric using are photonics. These are electronic fabrics which have thread like electric wiring running through powered by a power source. They need costumes to light up in the dark all kinds of patterns.

The rest of this store is full of unusual fabrics for athletics – swimming, figure skating, dance, gymnastics, windsurfing, aerobics and also for theatrical events. Their products go from keeping you warm to cooling you off or keeping you safe.  Hard to find products like Wonderflex and Fosshape are here for mask making.

They sell Scotchlite reflective tapes and have a new division ((canucme.com) that makes luminescent t-shirts which light up in the dark keeping you safe at night by by making you visible. The graphics are made using 3M™ Scotchlite™ glass bead technologies.  Each reflective graphic is composed of millions of microscopic glass beads covered in aluminum.

Location: 8448  St. Laurent Blvd.
Corner: De Liege St.
Phone: 514-382-2275.
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30-4:30
www.bon-mar.com

Q4: You mentioned feathers and boas, those are fun accessories, where would they go for those?

F.F.F. French Feather & Flowers, the name says it all. If you are in the need of feathery things – flowers, veils, feathers and boas (in white, red, black, burgundy, fuchsia, hot pink, bright yellow, forest green, lime, light pink, orange, brown, etc.), this place is a treasure trove. Hand made flowers a big specialty not only for Cirque, but for bridal parties they can be made into headpieces or centerpieces.

Flowers can be created out of your own fabric or out of feathers. Feathers added to real-flower bridal centerpieces and for baby baptism parties or lamps. Bridal headpieces are sold here too as well as garters, silk flowers 1st communion veils, purses, gloves and bridal shower parasols,

Location: 6565 Henri Bourassa Blvd. W
Corner: Sartelon
Phone: 514-332-8584
Hours: by appointment: Mon-Fri 8:30-4:304, closed 12-1
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Q5:  Okay, that leaves the sparkly things, where do the designers shop for them?

Frabels, a business that has been around for 70 years, sells Cirque rhinestones, rhinestone banding, sequins, sequin appliques, sew-on stones (flat stones with two holes in them), beads and lots of chain.  The showroom is full of findings, beads, rhinestones, pearls, semi precious stones, resin beads and Swarovski crystals for jewelry-making. All kinds of rhinestone trim, tools, chain, wire, etc. are here along with a hot fix setting machine and catalogues to look through to find exactly what else you might need. You must spend at least $200.

5580 Pare St.
Corner: Devonshire
Phone: 514-842-8561
Hours: Mon-Wed 8:30-5, Thurs 8:30-8, Fri 8:30-4:30, Sat 9-2 (summer call first)
www.frabels.com

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Elephant-sized Sale

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

The first full weekend in June from 9-5 on Saturday and Sunday, this wholesaler of names you know in kitchenware (Bodum, Good Grips), housewares, giftware, barware, bakeware, food prep and gadgets, glassware, dinnerware, barbeque, coffee and teapots, gardening tools, salt & pepper mills, serving accessories, bonbonnieres and gift baskets opens up for even better deals (up to 75% off) than you get all year in their outlet store mentioned in my Smart Shopping Montreal book. Worth stocking up for gifts for the whole year.

Entrepot l’Elephant (Danesco)
Location: 18,111 Transcanadienne
corner: West of boul. St-Charles
Tel: 514-694-0950
Dates: June 5 & 6: 9-5

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Diesel Warehouse

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

Diesel has had it’s Surplus store on Boul. St-Laurent for a few years (it’s been in my book) and now you can get even more of their liquidated stock at clearance prices at their warehouse sale. If you are a Diesel clothing fan, head right over here for 1,000’s of clearance, seconds, samples (jeans: women it’s 28, men 32; tops: women- small, men – large) and some regular discounted stock.

Location: 9500 Meilleur, 5th floor
corner: Louvain
www.surplusclothing.ca

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Sonic Sale

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

Refurbishing giant, J. Sonic is holding a sale of electronics.  The enormous warehouse is full of such things as: Apple Ipod ($99.99), 50″ plasma TV ($488.99), 42″ plasma TV ($388.99); 58″ plasma TV ($988.99), home theater system $188.99, 47″ LCD TV ($544.99); 52″ LCD TV (988.99), Sony 40″ TV ($688.99), Dyson vacuum $378.99) or a digital camcorder for $98.99.

Location: 300 Montee de Liesse
Corner: Cote de liesse
Dates: May 28-30
Hours:  Fri 4-9, Sat 9-5, Sun 10-4
www.refurbished.ca

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