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Kate MacLennan

Wefi Surfboards

This B.C. Woodworker’s Hand-Carved Surfboards Raise the Bar on Boards Everywhere

Wefi Surfboards are custom-made for beauty and performance.

How Squamish Chief Janice George and Her Husband Reclaimed the Traditional Art of Salish Weaving

Now they’re sharing their living art and honouring their ancestors.

Salish Weavers Janice George and Buddy Joseph

To date, George and Joseph, along with their students, have taught more than 2,500 people to weave.

MONTECRISTO: Surfing

Vancouver Island’s Surf Scene

Global surf media have shown a keen interest in Canada’s pristine coastline lately, but when it comes to the general public, locally, it seems many people still don’t know how progressive, exciting, beautiful, and downright cool B.C.’s surfing scene really is.

MONTECRISTO: Beauty Feature

British Columbia’s Bountiful Beauty Resources

We’ve got some damn fine glacial clay here in British Columbia if you need a facial. Now, numerous B.C. companies are incorporating natural, local alternatives in lieu of the artificial and synthetic compounds that often make their way into our beauty regimes.

MONTECRISTO Magazine: Artist and Designer Martha Sturdy

Artist and Designer Martha Sturdy

Martha Sturdy’s company, Sturdy Living, made her a household name. At 71, she hasn’t left this other life behind, per se, but it’s safe to say that she is looking beyond it.

MONTECRISTO Magazine: Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood

The past does not appear to factor heavily in Margaret Atwood’s world these days.

MONTECRISTO Magazine: Swiss Skincare Brand Valmont

Beauty Cabinet: Autumn 2013

Three products by Swiss skincare brand Valmont: Anti-Stress Renewing Pack, Time Master Intensive, and Prime Regenera I Cream.

MONTECRISTO Magazine: Swiss Skincare Brand Valmont

Swiss Skincare Brand Valmont

When we think of iconic beauty, we tend to think of iconic beauties—Jane Birkin, Lauren Bacall, and Marilyn Monroe pop quickly to mind. But brands, too, can be iconic.

MONTECRISTO: Barber & Fritz

Barber & Fritz

A retail takeover is not part of Ila Meens’s business plan. Don’t misunderstand: when it comes to Barber & Fritz, the Victoria-based coiffeuse’s extraordinarily beautiful collection for hair, Meens has the product, design savvy, and marketing prowess to take it to the top. She’s simply uninterested in doing so.

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