Vendor: Bridget Bergman
If there’s one thing we have to know how to do in Calgary, it’s bundling up. (Usually, it’s just the winter… and fall… and spring we have to worry about… but with the weather we’ve been having this year, it seems it’s the summer too!) In Calgary, and most of this wonderful nation above the 49th parallel, any perfectly styled outfit has to include the potentially boring element of a coat, scarf, hood, hat- amiright or amiright?
Growing up in Calgary, Bridget Bergman did her fair share of putting on those layers. While she later went off around the world as a model and she now lives in the balmier climes of Vancouver where she enjoys summer nights on the beach (let’s try not to feel too jealous), Bridget never forgot all those cold Calgary winters, and she was inspired: “Just because we live in Canada, it doesn’t mean that we have to throw a lumpy parka over top of our carefully chosen outfits… I make the clothing I would want to wear.”
With sleek cuts and dramatic sleeves and collars, I find myself almost wanting to bring on the cold weather now, just so I can cut the perfect Romantic figure that Bridget’s designs suggest. You can tell she spent her time as a model observing how to best fit and structure garments perfectly to the body, because there is something graceful in how these beautiful coats fit, with clever ties, zippers and stitches that make you forget altogether what you’ve got on underneath.
Bridget’s coats are weatherproof, so you can count on looking stylish in any environment. And they’re good for the environment, too: all of her coats are made partially from recycled materials. Sustainability and striking sillhouettes- this girl’s designs strike me right in the heart! 
Bridget focuses mainly on outerwear, but she’s also begun to design beautiful frocks for underneath too. By nailing lightweight as well as she can do heavy fabrics, Bridget is proving herself to be much like Canadian weather- a force to be reckoned with!
You can see more of her designs, learn where you can purchase one of your own, and contact Bridget at her website: www.bridgetbergman.com We’ve gladly had her designs in our PARKSHOWs past, and we’re happy Bridget is bringing even more warmth to a hot day at PARKSALE 2010. Come down and see her designs in person so you can be ready the next time Calgary decides it’s going to be winter for a day (like tomorrow, maybe?)
