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Halifax: Sea Glass Designs cries mermaid’s tears
The same part of me that aches over the loopy inscriptions found at the front of leather-bound books, or a forgotten button tucked into the corner of a vintage clutch, can’t help but lust for jewellery...
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Halifax: The sweetest little shop
With its big bay window, sleek racks and clean decor, Sweet Pea (1542 Queen St., 902-423-0975) sure looks like a boutique. With its ever-churning traffic of midday shoppers, big bags elbowed and...
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Halifax: Chloé Gordon ruffles a few feathers
I tried to avoid it. In an effort to sidestep a tragically fou-for-feathers diagnosis, I pushed aside the urge to tell you all about the stunning bit of plumage I’ve had dangling from my lobe for...
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Halifax: Artist Jessica Weatherhead swaps canvas for leather
When I first held a Jessica Weatherhead bag (they woo themselves right into your arms, I swear), I knew it was something way more than a purse. With its buttery soft leather, its cutout pattern that...
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Halifax: Atlantic Fashion Week(end) part one
Danica Olders' bottle-cap dress at Atlantic Fashion Week. No need for asterisks or apologetic preambles: my city finally nailed down Fashion Week this season—or at least an abbreviated one—hitting a...
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Halifax: More from Atlantic Fashion Week
DEUX FM Fall 2009 Ever run into a friend’s younger sibling, after years, and spend the whole time grinning at how much they’ve grown and who they’ve become? That was the second Atlantic Fashion Week...
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Halifax: Katrina Tuttle’s latest collection is all frills, but no fuss
KATRINA TUTTLE Fall 2009. Photography by Brent McCombs Gallery Page and Strange (1869 Granville St., 902-422-8995, pageandstrange.com), located in Halifax’s historic Granville Mall, houses the best...
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Halifax: NSCAD’s Wearable Art block party
A piece by Bree Mackin at NSCAD's Wearable Art show. Photography by Anna Gilkerson. I’ve got five words to say about NSCAD University’s 19th annual Wearable Art Show: thank god it was good. Taking a...
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Halifax: Gladiators fight on in the port city
Gladitorial footwear from Steve Madden To be honest, I thought we might be over them. I mean, once a shoe has been molded into a jelly version of itself, you expect it’s on the way out—one can only...
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Halifax: The goddess of gaudy
Appliqued earrings from Wa'Ou I carry around a little bit of Moncton-born designer Céline Vautour on a near daily basis. It’s a quarter-sized fabric strawberry, as plump and adorable as its muse, that...
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Halifax: East Coast designers take the runway in Montreal
A dress by PEI's Sunsets on the Eastside, who are showing at next week's TransCanada Runway. Photography by Alex Clark Eating up the East Coast love is all well and good for our Atlantic Canadian...
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Halifax: Deux Fm’s backyard bikini
This is a bikini you can’t help but feel good in—and it has nothing to do with how much time you may or may not have spent at the gym this spring. Made right here in Nova Scotia, the Deux Fm Mystique...
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Halifax: NSCAD fashion department is seeing green(er)
When NSCAD University’s fashion students return to their Seeds Building studio in the fall, the art college will have become a little bit greener: the latest muslin cotton available in the fashion...
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Halifax: Young designers duke it out at Off the Cuff
Creations by (from left) Alison Seary, Louanna Murphy and Akshay Tyagi. Photography by Shaun Simpson Down the open back of one dress, a waterfall of hard drive platters and spindles spill along the...
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Halifax: Off the Cuff Week 3–The designers tackle avant-garde outerwear
Akshay Tyagi's winning design from week three of Off the Cuff. Photography by Shaun Simpson Last Sunday’s challenge in Halifax’s Off the Cuff, a fashion competition and runway show presented by Argyle...
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Halifax: Musicians take the stage at Off the Cuff, Week 4
Kolston Gogan of Stereo Penguin in Louanna Murphy's winning design. Photography by Shaun Simpson Challenged to dress a local musician for the stage, the four remaining Off the Cuff competitors were...
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H&M hits Halifax on August 13
On Thursday, August 13 at noon, the doors of Nova Scotia’s first H&M will open in Dartmouth’s Mic Mac Mall (21 Micmac Blvd., 902-466-2535) and, you know what? I’ve got mixed feelings. It’s...
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Halifax: Louanna Murphy wins Off the Cuff
Photography by Shaun Simpson When the first outfit of Louanna Murphy’s four-look collection—a pair of high-waisted drainpipe trousers in a warm, leafy print paired with a dusty blue cami and a camel...
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Halifax: NSCAD students steal the first Atlantic Fashion Week show
A look from Alison Seary's Spring 2010 collection, presented at Atlantic Fashion Week. Photography by Brent McCombs Following in Atlantic Fashion Week tradition, the first designer showcase of...
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Halifax: Fresh faces and thriving favourites at Atlantic Fashion Week
A look from Sunsets on the Eastside's Spring 2010 collection, presented at Atlantic Fashion Week. Photography by Brent McCombs On the heels of Wednesday’s jam-packed design-fest, the second night of...
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