Celebrating efflorescent spring styles

Photo: Contributed Spring is worth celebrating! The fauna and flora are turning beautiful colors and so are the fashion boutiques as we display dresses, blouses, trousers and jackets in fabulous bright floral prints. Botanic pattern from head to toe is absolutely...

Spring trends

Try These Trends   90’s Revival Think Beverly Hills 90210 think nirvana, range against the machine & the cranberries the 90’s revival trend is all about grunge, throw on some cross jewelry, chunky collars, bare your midriff, & rock those...

Buying for a small chain of boutiques

Photo: Contributed So here I am in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico. The Spring buying has been done, and the product will be arriving this week. There are some super sweet styles arriving this season. The girls at Frakas are so excited as they count down the days until the boxes...

Cozy, soft & warm!

Christmas is quickly approaching with thoughts of fashion gift giving on our minds. Cozy, soft and warm! This is trending heavily for Winter 2012. Photo: Contributed This season the hottest trend going is large, chunky-knit infinity scarves. Worn with your jacket or...

Warm can be cute!

Now that we’re officially into the fall season, we can finally get excited about winter clothes and accessories! Once again, scarves are a huge accessory this fall. From chunky knit scarves to colourful floaty figure-8’s, we have tons in store at Frakas to choose from. We have...

Top fall trends from NYC

Photo: Contributed Every year, I do much of my fall/winter buying in NYC. The selection of merchandise matches our Canadian winter just perfect. (Not to mention that New York is a major fashion capital!) The booths were packed with color this year. A treat for the eyes...

Kick off to Summer

Beach season is quickly approaching. The time of year when we get tourists shopping in their bathing suits. As an Okanaganer we don’t even notice the small amount of clothing some people are wearing while shopping in nearby businesses or walking the streets of Kelowna. I often think of...

In living color

Wow, this Spring/Summer season is so full of beautiful colors! Mix and match, color block, wear bright colors that are not typically paired together...anything goes, as long as it involves lots of color. Photo: Contributed Stripes and wide color blocked dresses and tops...

Style the streets of Kelowna

Photo: Contributed Style the Streets - the theme this Spring, as Frakas rolls out our Street Style Promo. We want to encourage Kelowna women look their best. Easy to do this Spring, with all the fabulous styles arriving. Style the streets in colored denim. The colors...

Sweet, sweet Spring 2012!

  I can’t wait! Candy colored, flowy blouses; longer length, asymmetrical skirts; colored denim, and so much more to feast your eyes upon. This month, let’s look at two of the new trends, and come back for more goodies in February.   Blouse: A woman's loose...

Party season is here!

  First, I wish to thank the women of Kelowna for participating in our Annual Frakas Shopping Party that took place on November 25th. The evening was a huge success with a packed house of excited shoppers. We made our goal, and will be building the girls dorm walkway at Irbaan School in...

Help to build a Kenyan girls' school

Photo: Contributed I am back in Kelowna and feel blessed to be here. How ironic it is that the source of this Fall’s fashion inspiration (Tribal Africa), has no knowledge nor interest in fashion. My time in Africa was a break from the world of fashion. And, honestly,...

Jambo!

Fall 2011 - Love it! This fall is the year that greets us with plenty of color. A year that we truly do see the colors of fall in the stores. Instead of black, grey and brown, the tribal and ethnic influence this year brings us beautiful shades of rust, burnt orange, mustard and egg plant. The...

Cultural Inspiration for Fall

  I feel like it has been a short summer this year, and feel sad to say good-bye to another fun-filled Okanagan summer. With summer coming to a close, this opens a whole new door to a very exciting season in fashion. Fall 2011!!! Leaving the soft shades of summer behind, the...

Must have for summer 2011

Photo: Contributed Must have Fashion staple…The maxi dress!!! All the celebs are wearing them. The Maxi appeared in our stores two summers ago, but were slow to take off. In true Canadian style, we have seen the maxi around for a couple seasons, and now we...

Is Spring going to come?

I don’t know about you, but I am feeling very anxious and impatient for Spring to arrive. I have been seeing the Spring fashions for months now, and feel the need to get out of these darker and heavier clothes. I am even quite willing to put away the boots (my favorite part of Winter...

February: the month of love

I have just returned from a buying trip to Los Angeles where I always come away with so much inspiration. The dresses are light, lacy, and frilly, in beautiful soft pastel shades. We are seeing longer skirts - some so long that they will touch the ground. We will be seeing a lot of lace used in...

Spring/summer 2011 fashion directions

A new year begins, and we transition into spring/summer 2011 fashion collections. The old is cleared out, and the new starts arriving into the stores. Fashion is never an obvious change over, it evolves with each season, so within a couple of years, we are looking at something completely different...

Embrace the season

We all want to feel like Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman at least once in our lives...and this holiday season it's your turn. Embrace the season and spoil yourself silly. Embrace the opportunity to dress up for no reason, or embrace that you have every reason possible. Embrace excuses. Please be...

I want candy!

You are all invited to Frakas, November 25th from 4 – 9pm when we will be treating our customers to candy, cupcakes, bevies, tons of door prizes, gift with purchase, and best of all...20% off everything in the store!!! November is here, and with that we can expect some colder weather and most...