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The annual Canadian Arts and Fashion Awards (CAFA) ceremony last month commemorated a very special milestone—its fifth anniversary. To celebrate, the organization hosted a one-of-a-kind photography exhibition highlighting the most unique, disruptive forces in the Canadian creative industry. Titled XPOSED, the series was conceived and executed by all-Canadian talent—from the subjects of the exhibit to […]

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Though she’s only been in business for a year, Nimi Nanji-Simard has always harboured a distinct passion for scarves. “I think when I was 20 years old I started wearing them. No outfit ever seemed complete without a scarf,” recounts the designer behind Niminimi Scarves, which has been nominated for a 2018 CAFA Fashion Impact […]

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Eli Brown, the 24-year-old founder of Shine The Light On, a t-shirt company that spreads the word about mental health issues impacting youth via super earnest slogans on t-shirts, finds it a little bit ironic that he’s been nominated for a 2018 CAFA Fashion Impact Award. “I’m not a very fashionable person,” he laughs. “I […]

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In three short years, Peggy Sue Deaven-Smiltnieks has become a darling of the sustainable fashion movement in Canada with her small-scale, hands-on approach to design. And now, with her Peggy Sue Collection nominated for the 2018 CAFA Fashion Impact Award, she has much to celebrate. It wasn’t always like this for the American-born designer. In 2009, she worked in […]

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As one of the few Toronto-media types with no solid Meghan Markle story to share, I like looking back on times when I could have met Prince Harry’s bride-to-be. Like many Canadians, I love our local and romantic link to the royal family, so when we happened upon a 2016 photograph of Markle at the […]

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