FASHION Magazine
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Q&A: 5 minutes with Alisha Schick
Photography: left, Suka $90 by Patrick Zubiri, middle, Schick by Ashley Champagne; right, Suka top $105 by Patrick Zubiri. This year, one of Edmonton’s local treasures celebrates the 10th anniversary of her ready-to-wear label, Suka Clothing (sukaclothing.ca). Alisha Schick is known for balancing feminine silhouettes with edgy geometric details, and her Spring 2012 show at Western Canada Fashion Week included an array of cool cosmic microprints. Here, the designer and fashion design instructor (she teaches at Edmonton’s MC College) talks secret fashion weapons and childhood fads.
What is your secret design weapon?
“My sketchbook is my most important tool. I sketch a full figure for key pieces and looks, and then elaborate. There is always a strong story behind each collection.” -
We spot Western Canada Fashion Week’s ones to watch
Left: Beverly Gan. Right: Malorie Urbanovitch. Photography by Winston Wan and Ian MacDonald/Aragondina Photography. Western Canada Fashion Week may be in its seventh season, but we don’t got no seven-year itch. Things in Edmonton are looking bright with two- and three-tone colour blocking, and flavours sweet, sexy, and sultry recalling the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s. Here’s a hotlist of six standout WCFW designers—the ones to watch, the clothing we seek.