Hot Shop: McArthurGlen Designer Outlet Vancouver Airport

Finding the right gift (even if it’s for yourself) just got a whole lot easier with the expansion of our favourite designer outlet, McArthurGlen.

The popular destination near YVR has been attracting savvy shoppers—plus travellers on airport layovers—since it opened in 2015. It now boasts an additional 84,000 square feet of irresistible brand-name stores, tempting fashionistas and bargain-hunters alike. The new Jimmy Choo boutique includes more than just the brand’s iconic footwear, also carrying handbags, scarves, sunglasses and belts, while AllSaints brings London chic to Vancouver. Stuart Weitzman stocks red-carpet-ready styles for the modern woman and Jack & Jones outfits her equally stylish male counterpart. For those needing clothes for sweatier pursuits—and those wanting only to appear like they embody the active Vancouver lifestyle—there’s Adidas and The North Face. Movado carries watches by brands like Coach, Tommy Hilfiger and Olivia Burton. And L’Occitane en Provence sells skin- and body-care products and fragrances—everything you need to look (and smell) like you’ve just returned from a sojourn to the South of France.

Since shopping builds up an appetite, the centre also features wood-fired pizza at BiBo, Chinese cuisine at Neptune Wonton Noodle, a Japanese twist on hotdogs at Japadog, oh-so-sweet chimney cakes at The Praguery food truck and, of course, much-needed caffeine fixes at Caffè Artigiano and Starbucks.

Thanks to the bigger McArthurGlen, there’s never been a better reason to drive a friend to the airport. —Sheri Radford

1000 – 7899 Templeton Station Rd., Richmond, B.C., 604-231-5525, mcarthurglen.com