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“I always describe drag as a microphone,” says Chelazon Leroux over a video call. “It’s something that amplifies your voice.” Leroux, whose offstage name is Layten Byhette, is calling from Vancouver the day after attending British Columbia’s second-annual Two-Spirit and Indigenous LGBTQIA+ Celebration and Awareness Day. “It was a long day and a lot of […]

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Icesis Couture is currently in a love/hate relationship with her sewing machine. “We’re fighting,” she says on the phone. “I don’t want to see it; I don’t want to talk to it; I don’t want to use it!” Given what she’s just gone through, it’s easy to see why. Icesis Couture has been serving looks […]

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Brooke Lynn Hytes is very Canadian — almost to a fault. As the host and judge on Canada’s Drag Race season two  — which premieres October 14 on Crave — being judgemental is quite literally her job. While many in and out of drag already read people for free (see: all of social media), being […]

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Men in tights are having a moment. Don’t believe me? Take, for instance, fashion-forward celebrities like Harry Styles and Lil Nas X, who have worn pantyhose under dresses on red carpets, press events and magazine covers. For Prada’s Fall 2021 menswear collection, the combined genius of Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons resulted in models strutting […]

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When Toronto-based drag queen Miss Moço appears at the PlayDate Pride event (with food and drink included with your ticket) on June 27, she’ll be hitting the stage with other reigning stars such as Jada Hudson, Kiara, Juice Boxx, Steak and Manny Dingo; the event will be hosted by Tiffany Boxx. For these fierce faces, […]

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Despite the ongoing closure of queer spaces throughout the country, drag is popping up in venues all over, from straight cowboy-themed bars to libraries, bowling alleys, and cruises out on the ocean. The surge in popularity of the art form over the past decade has helped create — and in some cases, re-energize — drag […]

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If you watched the first season of Canada’s Drag Race, then you know there’s never a dull moment with season 1 winner Priyanka. The Toronto-based drag queen is a ball of energy and laughs, which makes her the perfect person to team up with Quo Beauty this year to celebrate the beauty brand’s new Pride […]

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Local style inspo is everywhere on social these days, from the ultra-glam get-up donned by Canada’s Drag Race winner Priyanka, to football player Chase Claypool sporting Sevin Kasran (plus a heap of luxury labels). It makes us feel good to see Canadian design in such company, so without further ado, here are the homegrown fashion […]

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From Priyanka's custom Roots jacket to the latest from Reebok by Pyer Moss, here's all the fashion news you missed this week.

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Here's all the culture news you missed this week.

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We spoke to Priyanka, the first Canada's Drag Race Superstar, about her favourite looks from the season, the most challenging outfits, wardrobe malfunctions and more.

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For those who’ve been following Canada’s Drag Race and wonder who’s behind the dramatic look worn by contestant Ilona Verley in the show’s promo images, Evan Clayton is your name to know. The Vancouver-based creative–who graduated from the city’s Blanche Macdonald Centre and launched his label in 2013–has dressed more of the country’s other beloved […]

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