August 2016 Call it a ground-swell of glamour or some kind of cultural renaissance, but Canada seems to be shining exceptionally brightly these days, and when it comes to style, notable emissaries, like Toronto-born Sarah Gadon, are helping with the cause. The talented 29-year-old actor, who starred in three consecutive David Cronenberg films, and one by the famous director’s son, …
Jessica Alba
August 9, 2016 A self-proclaimed “big thinker”, 35-year old Jessica Alba wasn’t content to rest on her acting career laurels for long. In show business since the age of 13, the California-born beauty has been on a mission since she latched onto a healthy lifestyle concept back in 2008, with the birth of her first child. Three years later, she …
Kim Cattrall
May 2016 With awareness and appreciation of Canadian designers on the rise—at least here at home—the industry embraces all those who enthusiastically wave our flag on the global stage. After all, the success of our brands depends on it. That’s why British-born, BC-raised Kim Cattrall made such a good host for the recent, third annual Canadian Arts and Fashion Awards. …
Tavi Gevinson
January 2016 The moment I saw the pint-sized fashion blogger take her seat in the front row of Chanel’s spring couture show back in 2010, I knew it was the beginning of the end. Tavi Gevinson was a 13-year-old kid from Oak Park, Illinois, but already the precocious style maven was making big waves in the international blogosphere with her …
Queen Latifah
Artistry and entrepreneurship don’t often go hand in hand, but Queen Latifah has not only managed to cultivate a multitude of talents and also create a stylish personal brand for herself that she’s now marketing with great aplomb. Born in Chicago 40 years ago, Dana Elaine Owens was raised in Newark, the daughter of a school teacher and a police …
Elizabeth Hurley
“A real lady must always wear powder on her nose and stockings on her legs!” Estée Lauder declared when I interviewed her back in the eighties. “Oh, God – I fail on both counts today!” Elizabeth Hurley, who has been the global ambassador for Estée Lauder’s Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign for the past 20 years, laughed when I recounted the …
Carmen Dell’Orefice
In the trenches of fashion, beauty is traditionally defined more by the height of one’s cheekbones than by the depth of her character. But every once in a while, you come across a creature so breathtakingly exquisite, that you that you know the physical is in perfect synch with the spiritual. Meet Carmen Dell’Orefice. For over six decades now, Carmen …
Sandra Bernhard Interview
Brash, irreverent, oddly beautiful, and outrageously hilarious, Sandra Bernhard has been tickling funny bones for decades with her astute insights and unbridled chutzpah. The Flint, Michigan native moved to LA at the age of 19, and went from filing nails at a swish salon to becoming a regular at the Comedy Store. Her first big break came in the early …
Marisa Berenson
Fashion visionaries have been romancing the ‘70s with their collections these past few seasons, celebrating a long-gone era of innocence and optimism, when we all believed anything was possible, and dressed like we were ready for it. The iconic girl in the eye of that ‘70s style storm—“The Girl of the Seventies”, as Yves St. Laurent called her—was Marisa Berenson, …