Mr Arden credited School Disco's success the strictness of its dresscode, which prescribes clothing such as school tie and dark trousers for "boys", and pinafore dresses and high heels (eh?) for "girls".
"Ivy Style, " a new exhibition at New York's Fashion Institute of Technology, looks at the code of dress that has long been associated with the Ivy League.
The city centre's bars and restaurants, continuing the laid-back summer vein, are for the most part low key and dresscode and doorman free, many offering up British Columbia's bounty of local wines and microbrews.