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This Campaign Is a Celebration of Canadian Diversity
“True Nord Strong and Free.” That’s the phrase that accompanies the images from Nordstrom’s first-ever Canadian campaign. The play on our National Anthem’s lyrics are meant to celebrate the diverse multiculturalism and inclusivity Canada is well-known for. Its especially apt considering most of the “models” they’ve tapped for the campaign aren’t models at all, instead featuring […]
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Christmas Gift Ideas for Men: 115 great options for the many men in your life
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Thinking creatively about holiday gift ideas for men, for us, means appealing to his five senses. It can be your brother, boyfriend, husband or dad on your Christmas 2012 gift list, but our trendy ideas are sure to gain a man’s stamp of approval. Alcohol, socks, and sweaters have been tried and tested gifts for as long as we can remember for gifts for men, but this year we’re taking the basics and adding a twist.
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TFW diary: Holt Renfrew opens LG fashion week with 56 looks of Canadian-made cool
Photography by Jenna Marie Wakani Holt Renfrew kicked off LG Fashion Week with a noisy, crowded bang last night—editors and buyers (and a one Mr. Jay Manuel) got to know each other really, really well, all squished in together on benches in the tents at David Pecaut Square. As is their wont, Holts sent out micro collections from eight of their Canadian best—for whom the question of whether their collections will actually make it to stores has already been settled. The best bits, in order…
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Holt Renfrew opens fashion week with an all-Canadian runway show
A look from Jeremy Laing's Spring 2011 collection at the Holt Renfrew Presents show. Photography by Jenna Marie Wakani It takes a certain amount of guts to co-opt Diana Vreeland’s famous line, “Pink is the navy blue of India.” Holt Renfrew turned that on its ear at last night’s LG Fashion Week opener, casting magenta–their signature shade–to fill that role in Canada. Well it was, at least for the night, when the luxury department store brought nine designers from their stable of homegrown talent to the runway. It was a blockbuster ticket that included five looks each from Jeremy Laing, Lida Baday, Line, Pink Tartan, jacket specialists Smythe, glamour veteran Wayne Clark, Mikhael Kale, menswear label Wings + Horns and Montreal designer Denis Gagnon. With a few of the designers, it was a bit of an appetizer–Pink Tartan and Line show tonight and Gagnon presents on Friday–but the show also served as a crib sheet for some of our country’s brightest fashion lights (and a handy-dandy walking catalogue for Holts’ customers).
See a gallery of looks from last night’s show»