Fashion & Style

Photography by Getty Images Say no to bloomers! By Annika Lautens Date June 23, 2022 Facebook Twitter If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times: I love period dramas. I binged Bridgerton in two days. I will defend Colin Firth as the best Mr. Darcy until the day I die. And I have marked the release of Netflix’s adaptation of Jane Austen’s Persuasion on my calendar. I refuse to see them as guilty pleasures because I believe that if they bring me unbridled joy, why should I...

Image courtesy of Missoni. It's time to break out the sunscreen and sit by the pool. By Ivy Tang Date June 22, 2022 Facebook Twitter Looking for the perfect swimsuits to take on your summer 2022 vacation? Or perhaps you’re just looking for a suit to wear as you relax by the pool in your backyard. No matter the occasion, we’ve found a selection of styles for you to choose from.  This season, many designers looked to vintage Brazilian swimwear and ’80s and ’90s silhouettes, while some took inspiration from...

Photography courtesy of Warner Bros The actor's transformation into Elvis's ex-wife entailed custom designer pieces, transformative makeup and a colossal collection of wigs. By Natalie Michie Date June 22, 2022 Facebook Twitter After playing Priscilla Presley on the big screen, Olivia DeJonge is a new woman. When she began working on Elvis pre-pandemic, the Australian actor was just 20 years old — or as she says, a “newborn.” Three years later, with filming wrapped and the real Priscilla Presley’s stamp of approval secured, DeJonge has unlocked a different side of herself....

ILLUSTRATION BY NALAKWSIS MUKASH Scott Wabano shares how their Indigenous community gave them the strength to embrace their Two-Spirit identity. By Scott Wabano, as told to Russ Martin Date June 21, 2022 Facebook Twitter Growing up, I went to powwows all across Turtle Island. As a residential school survivor, my mom felt it was important that I take pride in my identity as Eeyou and Swampy Cree, from the Cree Nation of Waskaganish in Eeyou Istchee. Just as she learned the Cree way of life from her mother, I got...

Photography courtesy of Getty Images Release the stress! By Jillian Morgan Date June 21, 2022 Facebook Twitter I tumbled out of bed this morning, poured myself a cup of ambition (à la Dolly Parton) and hit play on the new Beyoncé song, “Break My Soul,” only for her to tell me to get back into bed. The genre-bending bop marks the start of the Queen B Renaissance, her seventh solo album. Due to drop July 29, the record comes more than six years after the release of the pop culture...

In this world, it’s just Harry Styles and Alessandro Michele. By Jillian Morgan Date June 20, 2022 Facebook Twitter Sometimes, two people that are destined to be together actually do find each other. And no, we’re not talking about Harry Styles and Olivia Wilde. More than just a muse, the pop singer’s creative kinship with Gucci Creative Director Alessandro Michele has taken the two from the red carpet to the stage (see: the theatrical Gucci jumpsuits Harry Styles has been wearing on tour). And now, the fashionable friends have birthed...

Photography via instagram.com/darciadele Plus, see our top picks for an enchanted summer wardrobe. By Natalie Michie Date June 20, 2022 Facebook Twitter Who didn’t want to be a fairy as a kid? Through their whimsical imagery and mischievous reputation, the enchanting creatures brought excitement to all our favourite fairytales. It’s perhaps no surprise then that on TikTok, fascination with fairies has found a home within the fairycore aesthetic. The trend, which first gained popularity on the app in 202o, is ideal for warm weather and draws on elements from nature....

Photo by Mega/GC Images The model and newly minted beauty founder is having a very busy week. By Ivy Tang Date June 17, 2022 Facebook Twitter Hailey Bieber has attracted a loyal fashion following for her effortless style. And this past week, she made the streets of New York City her own personal runway as the model and now-beauty founder was pictured around town promoting the launch of her skincare brand, Rhode. One thing about Hailey is that she knows how to make any outfit look elegant yet simple. And...

Photography courtesy of YSL The hottest product launch and the latest must-know openings. By Natasha Boateng Date June 18, 2022 Facebook Twitter YSL Beauty’s Rouge Sur Mesure device is now available in Canada Photography courtesy of YSL Beauty Canadian lipstick junkies, rejoice: Beauty gurus on TikTok have been obsessed with YSL Beauty’s latest tech-smart custom lipstick device, Rouge Sur Mesure, since this winter, and now the patented technology is officially available in Canada. If you haven’t seen it on social media yet, the Bluetooth-enabled, handheld device carries a set of...

Photography courtesy of Smythe Including the arrival of a luxury hijab collection at Nordstrom. By Sarah Mariotti Date June 18, 2022 Facebook Twitter The Smythe x Kataleen Webb collection is informed by Indigenous culture Photography courtesy of Smythe Canadian suiting stallion Smythe has just launched a collection in collaboration with Kataleen Webb, a James Bay Cree Indigenous Canadian textile artist. With recent accolades from London’s esteemed Central Saint Martins, Webb is featuring four of her designs on the seven separates that this limited-edition collection offers. “I’m so excited by the...

Photography by Angela Suarez for Dior The Dior Cruise 2023 Show was a Spanish soap opera in the best way possible. By Annika Lautens Date June 17, 2022 Facebook Twitter If you’ll indulge me, let’s talk about a radical idea: female dancers wearing pants. Pants! What an idea! A woman in men’s clothing? It’s downright shocking! Well, not exactly in 2022, but it was in the Spanish flamenco community in the fifties, and that’s precisely where creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri found her inspiration for the Dior Cruise 2023 show,...

PHOTOGRAPHY BY O’SHANE HOWARD. STYLING BY ASHLEY GALANG. HAIR AND MAKEUP, TY WILSON FOR JUDY INC. Graphic by Kayleen Dicuangco This is Texture Talk, a column that deep dives into the dynamic world of curly hair, from crowns of curls that are free flowing to strands that are tucked away in a protective style. By Natasha Boateng Date June 17, 2022 Facebook Twitter In a culture that puts a high premium on beauty — and by “beauty,” we mean “youth” (let’s be real) — Tai Salih is a torchbearer for...

Amy Malbeuf 'Kahkiyaw Kikway' ('All of Everything'). Photography courtesy of Nadya Kwandibens, Red Works Photography Featuring maximum runway drama and insightful panel discussions, the four-day festival revealed moments of joy, education and resistance. By Odessa Paloma Parker Date June 14, 2022 Facebook Twitter Sage Paul understands the power in fashion. “Designers are using fashion as a form of expression, and even a political message. It’s such an accessible medium,” she says. And this ability to connect community through craft was on full display at the Indigenous Fashion Arts Festival. As...

Photography via instagram.com/kremeinakuchi, instagram.com/hugogrrrl and instagram.com/adamall_drag. Graphic by Leo Tapel Drag kings work as hard as queens. Why do they make less? By Russ Martin Date June 16, 2022 Facebook Twitter When Mo B. Dick burst onto the drag scene in New York City in 1995, around the same time that RuPaul Charles had found mainstream success, kings and queens were on a fairly level playing field. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Dick appeared on MTV, was cast in the John Waters film Peckner and launched a drag...