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When Spice Girls sang “2 becomes 1” back in 1996, Posh, Scary, Sporty, Ginger and Baby had no clue what they were crooning about. A weekend binge of Netflix’s latest series, Love, proves it. The show debuts on February 19 and Judd Apatow—the man who piloted projects such as Freaks and Geeks, This Is 40 […]

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I will start with an admission: I am a terrific failure at online dating. It’s not that I’m a Luddite when it comes to cyber-communication; I grew up on the cusp of the generation that came of (dating) age during the digital era. Yet somehow, meeting someone online reduces me to the level of awkward small talk at a wedding with an elderly uncle: “Where do you live?” “Is it nice there?” (Uncomfortable pause.) “What do you like to eat?” And the perils of online communication don’t disappear after the first few dates: A guy I was seeing ignored my Facebook friend request until I retracted it, embarrassed; an ex-boyfriend abruptly untagged himself from every photo we appeared in together. The internet, for all its Google Pluses, has created plenty of minuses in my love life.

Word: H8terz

Meaning: “It was once a word used to describe those who hate others for irrational reasons, for the sake of hate itself. Today, the word is mainly used by those who are hated on, even though they may be hated for perfectly rational reasons.” — Urban Dictionary

Usage: “Haters gonna hate.” Um, where did this come from? I thought it was Ice-T, but it’s not, and so my next alphabetical guess—and the one I’ll stick with—is the “internet.”

Word: Unhate

Usage: Unhate.Benetton.com

Definition: A Toni Braxton-esque made-up word to sell sweaters and preach social tolerance.

Word: Star-crossed

Meaning: Ill-fated in love.

Usage: “From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
/ A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life” — Romeo and Juliet

Word: Kismet

Meaning: Fate, or sometimes destiny; from the Turkish qismet or Arabic qismah, meaning “portion” or “lot.”

Romanian-born, Montreal-raised Irina Lazareanu has pounded the runways for everyone from Chanel, Christian Dior and 3.1 Phillip Lim to Sonia Rykiel, Rick Owens and Yohji Yamamoto. But it’s her off-catwalk life that she’s famous for: She’s friends with Kate Moss, is working on her own album with Sean Lennon and has played drums for Pete Doherty and his band, Babyshambles (she’s also been romantically linked—or at least rumoured to be—with both of them). She brought her signature bangs and cool, badass appeal to the opening of the Joe Fresh Style flagship in Vancouver, and FASHION snatched a moment with her to talk all things love.

You walked in the Joe show in Toronto last spring. Did you know the company before that? “That was my first time working with them, and it was really amazing. It was my first Canadian show, my mom was there, and I felt so at home.”

This interview is for our February issue, and the theme is love. “Ooooh.”

Obviously, there are things everyone wonders about your relationships. “I love that. I’m very open—I mean, what else is there to know that people don’t already know?”

FASHION‘s February issue just hit stands, and while we know that love is in style all year, this is the time to celebrate it. In our Love Guide, we’ve compiled everything you need to prep for the big V. Day (or any other day you find yourself lovestruck). We pick the runway’s loveliest looks, go […]

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Cupid, the god of love, earned his paycheque this year, helping you snag a first date with your dreamy crush. You’re slightly terrified about the imminent encounter…the looming question of what you’re going to wear is taunting you like a Double Stuf Oreo.

LOVE & SEX GUIDE (2008)

Glowing skin, twinkling eyes and a voice that purrs–there is nothing as addictive as the rush of a new crush. After all, whether you are a sparkler-wearing Mrs. or a single seeking kisses, every lovely needs a little something sensuous (man or latest must-have) to make her heart go all a flutter. But the question du jour remains: Should a modern-day minx wear her heart on her stylish sleeves?