By Olivia Belande, It is no secret that Seneca College is home to some incredibly phenomenal alumni, many of whom have gone on to create fantastic things, make amazing discoveries, and become tremendous people who we are honoured to have called one of our own. Today, we would like to introduce to our readers the…
Tag: Canadian Fashion Diversity
Rebecca Belmore, Art as a Call to Action
by Rose de Paulsen, Rebecca Belmore is Anishinaabe and member of the Obishikokaang who creates political and personal art installations with sculptures, garments, photographs, videos, and multiple other mediums. Before she found remarkable success with her art, she grew up in Northwestern Ontario connecting with the land during her childhood. Her profound connection with nature…
Marie Marguerite Rose: A Story of Early-Colonial French Chic and Emancipation…
By dr. Mark Joseph O’Connell, This is Charlene Chasse she has worked as a historical re-enactor with Parks Canada for the past nineteen years. She states of herself:…”I knit, I sew, I cook and I do hot yoga.” She also brings to life the fascinating historical figure of one Marie Marguerite Rose… Fig. 1, “Charlene…
Hanfu, an Embodied Exploration of Fashion History and Culture
By dr. Mark Joseph O’Connell, Fashion scholar Hilary Davidson States in “The Embodied Turn: Making and Remaking Dress as an Academic Practice” (2019) that “remaking the clothed past can yield unique and useful research insights” (329). These “unique and useful” methods are in fact necessary in order to generate a more comprehensive knowledge of the…
Evan Clayton, Vancouver Designer who Creates Theatrical, High Fashion & Drag Looks
By Rose de Paulsen, Evan Clayton is a Vancouver-based designer who specializes in theatrical and high fashion. Clayton not only focuses on fashion-conscious designing but has also collaborated with Canadian Drag queens in eye-catching artistic looks. Queens like Gia Metric, Kendall Gender, Jane Smoker and many more Canadian (and international) performers are wearing Evan Clayton…
Canadian Cosplay and Diversity
What comes next for Canadian cosplay? By Rose de Paulsen, Before the pandemic, the Metro Toronto Convention Center and the Toronto Congress Center were the hosts of bustling gatherings from fandoms of all kinds. Anime North and Fan Expo/Toronto Comicon are a couple of the biggest fandom conventions in Ontario. In 2020, due to the…
Aadhe – Catta Lyst
By Anna Ludmirsky, Amanjoat Gill, is a queer, non-binary South-Asian individual, who also goes by the name Catta Lyst. They are a well-versed person with many talents in various arts. Specifically, they design unisex streetwear for their brand Aadhe, a sustainable, socially aware brand that brings the spotlight to BIPOC people through inclusivity and also brings diversity…
Welly Couture – A Look into 80’s Couture
By Anna Ludmirsky, Born in Indonesia, Kurniawan Welly is a designer who created incredibly stylish high fashion garments most notably in the 80’s. These full gowns incorporate beautiful detail in every crevice of the piece from the bustier to the petticoat. Though Welly’s garments seem very outlandish and over-the-top nowadays, during that period of time, his target market of the…
Sifting Through the Missing Pieces: A Look at Those Who Were Enslaved to Create Clothing
By Olivia Belande, As long as textiles continue to be manufactured and produced for the mass market, there must be a hand behind these productions who works tirelessly and woefully to nurture raw fibre to garment. In contemporary North America, we are fortunate enough to have no close connection to the workers in impoverished countries who make our clothing. But what if feigning…
Sapphic Romantics and Neoclassical Fashion
By Rose de Paulsen, Sapphic Romantics and Neoclassical Fashion: Queering Bridgerton Bridgerton (2020) premiered last December and influenced a rebirth in fashion for the months to come. Bridgerton is a beautifully crafted show, visually appealing especially to those who love fashion. But it did have distasteful moments, possibly because it had to follow the book’s plot. The character Henry…