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Mulberry Fall 2013

Mulberry Fall 2013

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Mulberry Bayswater Grainy Calf Aubergine

Mulberry’s Bayswater bag in aubergine grainy calf leather

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Mulberry Fall 2013 Ad

Mulberry’s Fall 2013 Ad

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Mulberry Willow tote Ginger

Mulberry’s Willow tote in ginger

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Front row at Mulberry’s Spring 2013 show

Front row at Mulberry’s Spring 2013 show

When it comes to fashionable fixtures at London Fashion Week, Alexa, Lily and Del Rey rule the front row. And we don’t mean the long-legged, doe-eyed It girls du jour—we’re referring to the fabled Mulberry handbags perennially perched on their laps.

These days, it seems no British style icon, from Victoria to Kate to the Duchess of Cambridge, steps out of her Chelsea mansion without the latest Mulberry on her arm. But before the classic English label was the calling card of London luxury, it was the epitome of British country chic. Founded in 1971 in Somerset by accessories designer Roger Saul, Mulberry’s roots are based firmly in le style anglais—think tweedy coats, woollen knits and the Downton Abbey-era pastimes of hunting, shooting and fishing. Known for its quintessential Britishness and country practicality, Mulberry was the go-to luggage maker for the English upper classes in the ’80s, but by the late ’90s, its dowdy old-world rep was outshone by sexier brands like Gucci and Prada.

New bristle technology and ergonomically designed brushes are changing the way we put on makeup. Time to toss those sponge-tip applicators.

There’s a plastic skull at the offices of British makeup brand Illamasqua. It’s neither paperweight nor homage to Alexander McQueen: It belongs to David Horne, the director of product development, who studies the model cranium when he’s designing makeup brushes to help him determine what shapes fit best with the bone structure of the face. “That’s where I start,” he says. “I think, ‘Where is this brush going to go?’” Most recently, Horne used the anatomy class teaching aid while developing the Blush Up Brush ($50, thebay.com), focusing on the spot “where the mandible connects with the zygomatic.” The result: densely packed bristles arranged in an oval shape that deposit and blend pigment better than the traditional lollipop silhouette, he says, because they fit in the natural groove below the cheekbone. “If you change the tools, you change the application by default.”

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Weather the winds of change in grey, fashion’s truest neutral, or show them who’s boss in a sexy skirt suit. Photographed at Georgian Bay’s Flower Pot Island, we explore one of Fall 2013’s most definitive colour palette with a sprawling photo shoot starring Canadian superstar model, Herieth Paul. From dove to charcoal and tweeds to knits, grey rocks this fall.

By Zoe Whittall

In the early ’90s, I would take an hour-long bus trip from the suburbs of Montreal to hang out with friends in the city’s downtown core. I remember seeing billboards featuring lithe girls (who mainly looked like boys) posing in black and white alongside Highway 20, selling the apotheosis of gender erasure via CK One fragrance ads. It was a time when Quebec-born supermodel Ève Salvail was the biggest question mark on the scene. She sent shockwaves through the industry when she first walked down Jean Paul Gaultier’s runway with a shaved and tattooed head. She represented an overtly androgynous presence in the fashion industry and seemed, to me, as rare and queer as a glitter-encrusted rainbow unicorn.

But I’ll say it straight: Lesbians are rarely part of the fashion party. The Fashion Institute of Technology in New York and its museum’s latest exhibit,  A Queer History of Fashion—which opens Sept. 13—touches on the subject.

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In a workplace fraught with foes, a stylish skirt suit is your new best friend. In this vibrant photo shoot from our September 2013 issue, we take a page from one of Fall 2013’s most impactful runway trends and flock to the mean streets of Toronto’s financial disctrict in power looks from Rochas, Carven, Prada, Dolce & Gabbana and more. See our models in action but fear not, fashion rivalry this intense only exists in fantasy.

Canadian wonder boy Tommy Ton reflects on his street style photographs in a new monthly column. I’ve always thought this was one of the best outfits I’ve ever seen. I just love how simple it is. Fashion people are always pulling out the big guns and trying to outdo each other. Sometimes when you see […]

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Can we timeshare that outfit? I was touring the Prada fall collection the day after the show in Milan, and a colleague and I were both ogling the same tweedy two-piece. Since then, the skirt suit has emerged as the breakout star of the season. And for good reason. A quick poll of the FASHION […]

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