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Escape the chill and head to heavenly Hawaii in resort brights, surfer prints and dive-inspired details. For our very first resort collections shoot, we couldn’t imagine a more fitting setting than the swaying palms and long stretches of white sandy beach on Oahu—especially since Givenchy, Stella McCartney, Marc by Marc Jacobs and Marni resort were blooming with wild botanical prints and scuba-inspired silhouettes in a tropical paradise palette. Armed with a salt water–filled spray bottle and a boatload of bronzer, our hair and makeup artist Greg Wencel created a sun-kissed, unfussy beach beauty look for model Natalia Bogdanova. A short drive along the coast from Waikiki, we scaled the sloping cliffscape to the crashing waves below to shoot on sparkling black rocks at Lana’i Lookout (or Rifle Range, as the locals call it) and Halona Cove. We spent the day flinging ourselves into the pounding surf to cool off between frames. Our story was completed with a professional surfer as handsome accessory—and on the last day of the trip, we mustered the courage to take a lesson and catch a few waves of our own.

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Rad Hourani was recently home in Montreal between jaunts to Paris and New York City to shoot his Spring 2012 look book and video. I popped by his all-white Mile End atelier to find him perched in all black behind two tripods—both focused on the iconic model Kirsten Owen, who drove in from Toronto that morning.

Alternating between Ice Queen and Alien, Owen quietly unravelled before the lens, each flash igniting a fierce thunder in her eyes. Between takes, Hourani and I chatted about his personal inspiration. I discovered his name Rad means “thunder” in Arabic and “clothing” (how serendipitous) in an African language. The designer also added, “Le Rad in Paris is the last bar of the night that is open—a cool bar. It’s not trendy.” If you know anything about Hourani’s avant-garde philosophy, you know it’s not a stretch to make the connection. And, well, I don’t think I have to tell you what “rad” means in English. Here are more snapshots of our conversation.

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We’d been dreaming since December of ’70s supermodels roaming through ruins with big hair, big jewels and even bigger attitudes. We couldn’t stop thinking about Diana Ross in the 1975 film Mahogany, or the sophisticated world travellers who strode down the Saint Laurent, Pucci and Ferragamo spring runways. It all led to a transatlantic travel itch, and Turkey proved to be our fashion fantasy come true.

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Jet set to New York with our globe-trotting team for a behind-the-scenes
look at cover girl Daria Werbowy.

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Check out our exclusive behind the scenes peek at FASHION‘s May issue cover shoot with none other than homegrown supermodel Daria Werbowy! Shot on location in New York earlier this year, the shoot was all about showcasing Daria’s casual and relaxed sense of style and spellbinding beauty.

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In their latest profile, the globetrotting, style-snapping trio behind the website The Coveteur turned their voyeuristic lens on the wardrobe of our editor-in-chief, Bernadette Morra. We go behind the scenes with the team⎯designer Erin Kleinberg, stylist Stephanie Mark and photographer Jake Rosenberg⎯in this exclusive gallery of photos from their various shoots in Toronto, New York and Los Angeles.

Snow storms derailing clothing deliveries (including a Tom Ford suit stuck in London!), SAG Award stylists hoarding shoe samples and 2 model moms in tow, are all in a weekend’s work as we shoot supermodel Irina Lazareanu for our behind-the-scenes issue as a modern day fashion editor.

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When the Canadian design duo behind Line, John Muscat and Jennifer Wells, created their first collection in 2000, they were seeking a common ground between comfort and luxury using jersey, silk and leather. Just over a decade later, after garnering fame for their ultra-luxe knits, they’re one of the hottest labels around, scoring celebrity fans such as Sarah Jessica Parker, Taylor Swift and Sandra Bullock. Earlier this week, we hopped in a cab and headed over to get the exclusive sneak peek on the set of their fall 2011 look book shoot, featuring Canadian model Amanda Laine.

We hopped aboard VIA Rail’s cross-country train, The Canadian, for our Hitchcock-inspired fashion story, “A Classic Affair.” Click the images below to go behind the shoot.

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Coco Rocha, in town for her charitable bash, Strut for a Cure, posed for the cover of our August 2010 issue. Check out our behind-the-scenes video and then read our interview with the homegrown superstar.

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FASHION jetted to Long Island, south Bahamas for “The Wearable Lightness of Being” shoot in the May issue that featured spring’s sorbet shades. Click the images below to see behind-the-scenes shots and hear from fashion director Susie Sheffman on the stunning blue water, parachutes and neon accessories.

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Our whole office has a big crush on our April cover girl, actress Amber Heard. And why not? She’s gorgeous, she can hotwire a Mustang and she’s got no fewer than five films set for release this year (including The Rum Diary, opposite Johnny Depp). Click the pics below to see behind-the-scenes shots from our […]

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