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LA SALLE COLLEGE ; INSIDE THEIR IMPACTFUL SHOWCASE AT VANCOUVER FASHION WEEK
On Wednesday, April 9th, La Salle College Fashion graduates showcased their collections at Vancouver Fashion Week. These two entities partner to promote fashion education and offer a professional environment for the students to showcase their work. Five students showed their collections, and the audience ate it up. I had seen some of the students' work...Continue reading→
BEHIND THE LENS; ARUN NEVADER’S CAPTIVATING PHOTOGRAPHY AT VANCOUVER FASHION WEEK
As Vancouver Fashion Week prepares for its F/W 2025 season, I thought it was interesting to share how those amazing runway images you will see come about. Arun Nevader is the head photographer for Vancouver Fashion Week and Global Fashion Collective. Last fall, during the S/S 2025 VFW, I sat down with the Getty photographer...Continue reading→
DRESS COZY A VANCOUVER BRAND BRINGS FINESSE TO THE VFW RUNWAY
DRESS COZY Dress Cozy showed their collection at Vancouver Fashion Week on October 26; I was excited to share about this vibrant new brand, which has the potential to significantly impact the Vancouver, Canadian, and International fashion markets. Carol Botelho Carol Botelho, the founder and creative mind behind Dress Cozy, created her brand after becoming...Continue reading→
LESLEY HAMPTON IN CONVERSATION AT VANCOUVER INDEGENOUS FASHION WEEK 2024
LESLEY HAMPTON Lesley Hampton is an Anishinaabe artist and fashion designer focused on mental wellness and body neutrality in fashion through the lens of the Indigenous worldview. Lesley is a member of Temagami First Nation, and she identifies as an adult 'Third Culture Kid' with her formative years spent in Canada's Arctic and Atlantic, Australia,...Continue reading→
VIFW’S RED DRESS EVENT; A NIGHT OF REFLECTION AND CELEBRATION
VIFW; RED DRESSES HAVE A MIGHTY VOICE On Nov. 20th, 2024, Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week (VIFW) opened its annual four-day celebration of Indigenous creativity and culture with The Red Dress Event. The first night of VIFW honours the missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, men, two-spirited and LGBTQIA members of the community. The community is...Continue reading→
“DODOT”; IT’S A DOTTY WORLD AT VANCOUVER FASHION WEEK S/S 2025
"DODOT" @ VFW On October 23rd, "Dodot" went dotty on the runway at Vancouver Fashion Week. Certainly, dots are one of the most iconic patterns in fashion. I usually refer to them as polka dots. However, you refer to dots; this pattern has been used since prehistoric times. The brand "Dodot" comes to VFW...Continue reading→
LA SALLE COLLEGE INSPIRES AT VANCOUVER FASHION WEEK S/S 2025
LA SALLE COLLEGE INSPIRES @VFW. My article, La Salle College Inspires @ VFW, looks at the work of graduating students from La Salle College, Vancouver. On October 23, La Salle College took center stage at Vancouver Fashion Week S/S 2025, showcasing creativity, innovation, and the future of design. I personalize this article as I have...Continue reading→
THE MESTIZO LA; A FUSION OF CULTURES AT VFW S/S 2025
At Vancouver Fashion Week( VFW) on October 23rd, The Mestizo LA collection stood out as a striking testament to the power of cultural fusion. VFW has a long history of showing designers who bring their personal and cultural stories to the runway. The brand, co-founded by designer Gil Gabriel Gonzales, delivered a bold narrative woven...Continue reading→
POPPY WANG ; EAST MEETS WEST AT VFW S/S 2025
POPPY WANG EAST MEETS WEST On Wednesday, October 23rd, Poppy Wang showed her collection "Inheritress" at Vancouver Fashion Week S/S 2025. The young Chinese/Canadian designer explores the place of women in Chinese Society. She explores women's oppression and discrimination in the traditional social structure in her collection. The title "Inheritress" refers to the tradition in...Continue reading→
“LOVE TO UKRAINE,” ITS CULTURE AND FASHION AT VFW S/S 2025
"LOVE TO UKRAINE," ITS CULTURE AND FASHION AT VFW S/S 2025 "Love to Ukraine," its culture and fashion were on the runway at Vancouver Fashion Week on Oct. 23rd, 2025. The return of "Love To Ukraine" is, in a way, bittersweet. War first brought this display of fashion and culture to the VFW runway in...Continue reading→