I don’t recall when I actually began to dress up. Nor do I remember simply waking up one morning decked out in pleated bow dresses and leopard pumps. What I do recall however, is that the sartorial p...
By Emily Patterson The re-appearance of the tuxedo on the catwalk this fall instantly sent images of a young Marlene Dietrich in Morocco (1930) to my mind. In her debut film role, Dietrich stood on s...
Does clothing hold the power to conceal as much as it reveals about any one person? Suppose you’re somewhat of an exuberant dresser. When you walk down the street, you command attention simply ...
Our day- to-day is filled with alluring billboards, enticing magazine adverts, and pop-up ads that beckon us straight through the pearly gates of our numerous pantheons of goods and services. We buy ...
As much as clothing serves as a means of identification, it is equally useful as a way to conceal, or at the very least render ambiguous one’s identity, which illustrates just how deep-seated our sar...
The fashion gods continue to bestow upon us intellectually stimulating fashion fare with yet another exhibition gracing the city of Montreal. The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewal...
For decades, Bill Cunningham has chronicled New York streetstyle and the sartorial feats of soirée attendees for the New York Times. Now, the man on the Schwinn bicycle is the subject of a documentar...
In Absence of Malice, Sally Field is Megan Carter, a reporter who makes mistakes, many mistakes. When a federal prosecutor, desperate for leads in an ongoing investigation into the disappearance of a...
It’s safe to say that this upcoming exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, by virtue of the extraordinary designer it celebrates, will evidently be well worth the road trip. ...
“Birds of a feather flock together.” People with similar tastes tend to gravitate towards one another. But could it also be argued that closeness breeds similarity? Twin infants, unbeknownst to...
Fashion is the vehicle through which a particular beauty ideal travels from the towering skyscrapers housing the offices of the industry’s most influential glossies to our mass consciousness. Across ...
If you haven’t already surmised, this blog is all about extolling the virtues of dressing well. And what better way to do so than with a one-on-one with an expert on the subject. A certified image co...
What is cool? Cool is often hard to describe. The term cool is subjective. It is relative. It’s indefinable, really, and the kind of thing that you only recognize once you see it or experience it fo...
Spring is in the air, which I’m happy to report marks the end of my self-imposed hibernation. I assure you I am not alone. Any Montrealer can attest that hibernation is required to survive in o...
We women are very fortunate. When it comes to clothing, we have more choices than we’ve ever bargained for. And as if that weren’t enough, designers love to tweak traditional male pieces to create e...
This question comes up every so often, for instance when hemlines suddenly grow longer or get shorter, signaling a shift in what women want, or more likely what designers believe women want. It’s pop...
Could it be that men’s street fashion is finally catching up with women’s? Not that we would ever want for the former to resemble the latter in all its ornateness, but it’s refreshing to see men in t...
“Too much style in America is tacky. It’s looked down upon to be too stylish. Europeans, however, appreciate style.” – Tom Ford on why he set his sights on Europe during the early d...
Does musical taste affect style or vice versa? Or are people too quick to judge when a person does not adhere to what is perceived as the style of dress of avid listeners of a particular musical genr...
“Don’t be tardy for the party!” Well Kim Zolciak, I suppose I am, but better late than never. Below are my impressions of the latest edition of Montreal Fashion Week, which came to a close this past...
Place a seasoned fashion designer behind the lens and what do you get? A Single Man. Designer turned film director Tom Ford is behind this cinematic offering. The film, which he financed himself, is ...
Despite readily available wi-fi, coffee shops at every street corner and the mobility provided by our increasingly lightweight laptops, there’s something romantic about the idea of toiling away...
While hopping on a plane and heading to Milan, Paris, London or New York for Fashion week would be nice, alas only celebrities, fashion editors, esteemed photographers and sought-after fashion blogge...
In my last year of university, I enrolled in a seminar, the subject of which was the work of esteemed film director Alfred Hitchcock. Sitting among self-proclaimed film buffs, all I had for reference...
Manners. A pesky 7-letter word that arouses strong feelings from people who shake their heads at the rampant lack of etiquette in today’s society, and from their opponents who tire of the plea to a r...
We all know or have come across someone with impeccable style, so impeccable that we’re in constant awe of their sartorial prowess. And it’s unanimous. People who know such a person will ...
Following my rumination on fashion extremists eccentrics (enter descriptive term of your choice here), I now follow with a discussion on another rara avis of fashion, a bird so rare that I don’...
In a world where fashion blogs flood the internet (guilty as charged), luxury brands take to Web 2.0, and where the sartorial feats of the current First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, hav...
Art: n. A visual object or experience consciously created through an expression of skill and imagination. (Encyclopaedia Britannica) Is fashion art? If we base ourselves on the above definition, ...
Fashion. Style. Are the two synonymous? Interchangeable? Can the latter exist without the former? It’s sometimes difficult to make the distinction, what with the inundation of periodic ...
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