Are you a Road Warrior or more of a Mad Maxine? Angie Johnson of Montreal label Norwegian Wood has a knack for creating unusual accessories for the coy all the way to the hardcore statement maker, all of which are guaranteed to instantly elevate your fashion cred – no wonder she's the go-to fo...
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Ask the average person to name a famous photographer and Annie Leibovitz is one name likely to roll of their tongue. The reason for Leibovitz’s fame is not about the person she is, but about the work she creates. Her style is characterized by a sense of intimacy, which she builds painstakingly...
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T-shirts. We all have them in our wardrobe whether we’re a business suit-wearing type or a grunge kid. And we’re spoilt for choice. We can buy any colour, cut, fabric, embellishment, have custom-made designs applied, let the world know where our political loyalties lie and declare whether we...
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A model has to have a thick skin if she hopes to make it in the fashion world. She will face rejection every step of the way from agencies, designers, companies, photographers and even other models. It is not a career for the faint of heart. The industry’s standards are fairly narrow and...
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There is plenty to consider when planning an event as huge at the Olympics, but for the fashion-conscious, no area is as important as what our athletes will be wearing. In late September, the Hudson’s Bay Company revealed the designs for the apparel that will clothe our Olympic athletes and be...
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You know that you like a nice, crisp cotton, or maybe the way a soft, slippery silk feels against your skin. A thick, scratchy wool on the other hand may be something you avoid at all costs. Usually that’s the beginning and the end of any thought on what our clothes are made of. But while you ...
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Janice Dickinson thinks she was the first supermodel. And she can pretty much have the title, for when it comes to that most coveted of beauty + success designations the ones most of us care about are The Supermodels – that extraordinary collective of beauties that dominated fashion in the ear...
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The leaves are falling and the snow is on its way, but instead of mourning the loss of hot summer days, concentrate on the best part of the changing seasons: new wardrobes! The end of 2009 and the beginning of 2010 will see a variety of trends ranging from the comfortable (chunky knits) to the d...
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Not so long ago, the thought of wearing clothes that someone else once wore – eek! second hand! – was something any fashionista worth her current season Marc Jacobs simply couldn’t bear. Yet here we are today, arms and wallets wide open to a kind of ‘retro innovation’: fashion that’s...
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