Kwantlen Polytechnic University: Hands-on learning
Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s Fashion Program is seen as one of B.C.’s most reputable, hands-on fashion programs, running since the 1970s. “You can’t just talk…
Cara McLeay: Fashion blogging in Vancouver
Cara McLeay has loved fashion since she was young, so she’s taken her passion and put all her efforts into making a career in…
Vancouver Fashion Week – 12 strong years
On Oct. 15, I sat down with Vancouver Fashion Week’s creator Jamal Abdourahman and Fashion Director Kim Krempien. Both Abdourahman and Krempien are unlikely…
Vancouver: battling fashion weeks
Vancouver isn’t known globally as a fashion city like New York, London and Paris are. The city has its own sense of fashion and…
Myriam Laroche – Fashion shows for a cause
Myriam Laroche, from Quebec City, has had a hand in the fashion industry for many years, doing anything and everything she could. After moving…
Prairie style hits Vancouver runways
This season at Vancouver Fashion Week, Sept. 17-21, there were many emerging designers who made their mark on Vancouver’s fashion scene. Each designer took…
Making your name in Vancouver’s fashion industry
Courtney Schott is a 20-year-old Maple Ridge native, making her way into the Vancouver fashion industry. This well-traveled young woman has planted herself right…