Majority of Models in “Canadian-inspired” show were White
Last week saw the run of Toronto Fashion Week. Predictably, Pink Tartan was one of the favourites of the shows–designer Kimberley Newport-Mimran’s Fall 2014 collection was indeed quite charming. Image...
View ArticleCovers & Content: September 2014
The September Issues are the most important issue a fashion magazine puts out during the publishing year. This being said, let’s see how Canada’s three biggest fashion magazines fared diversity-wise...
View ArticleCanadian Designers, Androgynous Style
Something caught our eye with the Fall 2014 collections of Canadian designers–a great deal of them are very, very androgynous, or at least more willing to break the binary than their American or...
View ArticleBibliostyle: YA Novels x Miu Miu
This instalment of Bibliostyle is a bit of a departure from what we plan on doing for this column, but when we were browsing the Miu Miu Fall 2014 Ready to Wear collection, this book, Alice, I Think,...
View ArticleGross/Racist: Bellerose Fall 2104 Lookbook
Do you know who Bellerose is? They are a bit of a fashion darling line out of Belgium known for clever layering, sharp staples, and now, racism. Their Fall 2014 lookbook cover sports a bunch of white...
View ArticleBibliostyle: Tanith Lee’s “Wolfland”
By: Emily Yakashiro How young Anna looked. She was in her twenties. She wore a scarlet gown and a scarlet cloak lined with pale fur and heavy brocade. It resembled Lisel’s cloak but had a different...
View ArticleBibliostyle: Edith Wharton’s “The Age of Innocence”
Above: From Barbara Tfank’s Fall 2014 collection found here. It was usual for ladies who received in the evening to wear what were called “simple dinner-dresses”; a close-fitting armor of whale-boned...
View ArticleThe Two Reasons I Really Don’t Like Isabel Marant’s Designs
By: Emily Y. Above: Isabel Marant Spring 2016 I feel like I need to come forward with a dark confession (relatively speaking) with regards to style and fashion: I really don’t like Isabel Marant’s...
View ArticleHomage vs. Outright Racism in Fashion: The Case of the Maison Kitsuné...
I’d like to make a distinction between an homage or the general idea of “taking inspiration from” versus racism and cultural appropriation in fashion. Take the case of the recently-released Pre-Fall...
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