OH DINA! facebook.com/ohdina etsy.com WHAT SHE DOES Nicole McInnis makes bridal headpieces and DIY flower-crown kits in Dartmouth, then ships them around the world. With a background in fashion design and costuming, her business began with vintage-inspired hats, then fascinators when Will and Kate’s royal wedding drove up demand. “It evolved into flowers, because that’s […]
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Sweet Pea Boutique has been helping Haligonians look cute for 10 years
Johanna Galipeau remembers the first dress she ever sold: Plain grey with a bubble-style skirt. “So, so 2007,” says Galipeau, the owner of Sweet Pea Boutique. Then 19, she’d been attending university for a year-and-a half before she realized it wasn’t for her. When she told her parents of her plans to drop out—and her […]
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Ten ways to make your Earth Day weekend bloom
10 Starfish Student Art Awards Thursday This glitzy evening celebrating the brightest stars in the NSCAD student scene is one of the hottest art tickets of the year. Peruse the works from the 10 finalists before the award announcement that sees one of them win a $5,000 prize. 9 JonBob Illegal Art album release party […]
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Hidden Haligonians: Hafiia Mira
The first time Hafiia Mira received an email from Kanye West’s representatives, she ignored it. She also ignored the second and third. “I thought it was just a fake person trying to play with me,” she says. Mira left Kosovo to come to Halifax in 2000 with her family, arriving as refugees. Growing up, her […]
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Fashion, forward at the Fabric of our DNA
There’s no shortage of talent in the realm of local African-based designers, and this Friday that’s being celebrated through fashion, music and artistry in a must-see show. Toria Aidoo, founder of Kwestomar Kreations, is one of four designers coming together and breathing life into the local fashion scene at Mount Saint Vincent University’s second annual […]
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Greetings to a career I didn’t reach
[Image-1] In 1995, when I was nine years old and living in Al-Swaidaa, a city in the south of Syria, my oldest sister used to take me with her to the hairdresser once a month. My love, my dream started there. I would read fashion magazines during each visit. They were my window to a […]
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Halifax street style: Alderney Landing
Name: Josiah Stevens Spotted: Alderney Landing Occupation: Barista and owner/operator of Drifter Goods Wearing: Maru Photo Moto jacket, Taylor Stitch chore pants and button-up, Vans shoes, Drifter Goods five-panel How would you describe your style? Workwear/layered/outdoors. Where do you derive inspiration from when putting together an outfit? Normally it’s a bit of form and function. […]
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Jeska Grue’s lasting impression
Jeska Grue has always been inspired by the forgotten, the discarded and the left behind. The now Sackville, New Brunswick-based seamstress and designer grew up loving pre-loved clothing, sparking her imagination by sifting through the colours, patterns and fabrics of piled-high Frenchy’s bins. As a rural-living teen dealing with anxiety and depression, she says fashion […]
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BZLY aims for big things
Entrepreneur and artist Peter Hemsworth plans to affirm the fashion industry in Halifax with his debut line of paintings turned casual wear. It’s called A Guide to the Revolution, and Hemsworth says the loose-fitting eco-friendly tees, layerable Grime hoodies and sleek bomber jackets are all about personal empowerment. “It’s built around the archetype of the […]
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Atlantic Fashion Week’s strong finish
Atlantic Fashion Week—Showcase 6 Saturday, December 10, 8:30pm The Village Shops at Dartmouth Crossing 174 Hector Gate $25 The work of Halifax-based designer Anthony El-Cid feels a million miles away from the north end cafe where we meet to talk about fashion. Dreamy silks and velvets the NSCAD graduate dyes himself—in order to “capture the exact […]
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Till kingdom come: meet local designer, Unique Jones
“Everyone deserves to feel powerful in their own way,” says Unique Jones. “That’s what I want my clothing line to express.” Jones, a 20-year-old designer, crafts a custom collection in Fashion Kingz, encouraging everyone and anyone to adorn themselves in comfy, feel-good garments. An arbiter of street style, Jones says the inspiration to start his […]
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NSCAD’s art-à-porter
Wearable Art & Performance Night Friday, October 28, 6pm Pacifico, Maritime Centre, 1505 Barrington Street $10/$15/$20 A show that’s gained a reputation as outlandish, macabre and merry is back again. The much anticipated NSCAD Wearable Art & Performance collaborates once more with the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia. “This year we have performers whose stories […]
