A few weeks ago we wrote about Put Me On (upstairs, 1532 Queen), Pamela McInnis‘ new clothing shop. Now, local fashion and vintage hounds have more reasons to visit the stylish street. Clothes Horse, originally next door (1530 Queen) and upstairs from Elsie’s Used Clothing, has moved into the same building as Put Me On. […]
Fashion
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Fashion designers compete in Off the Cuff competition
All of a sudden the race is on. A palpitation-inducing jazz beat provided by St. Germain’s album Tourist echoes off the squash-court-sized ceilings of Argyle Fine Art. With nervous giggles, seven amateur fashion designers rush to their stations, marked by modestly wrapped supplies on white pedestals. Each must make the perfect little black dress using […]
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Wearable art works
It’s Good Friday morning, and while the rest of the city plans a lazy day, the NSCAD fashion studios hum with the sound of sewing machines, music and laughter. Sunlight streams through the large windows, casting a shine on duct-taped body forms, or Judys, as they’re called. Students are preparing for NSCAD University’s 19th Wearable […]
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When nature calls
TROPHY LIFE No animals harmed when assembling laser-cut recycled cardboard deer, moose, rhino and buffalo heads from Cardboard Safari. $20-$65. Carbonstok, 1235 Barrington, 404-7288. NESTING INSTINCTS Keep it warm and cool with a screenprinted Dupioni-silk tea cozy from Vancouver’s Smoking Lily, and Lala & Gleen’s wooly French-press cover, from Wolfville. $34-$39 for French-press, […]
