After talking to Dad, I realized that Sandee was the only person I could complain to about parental pressure.
I was so scared to call since I knew she was so mad at me, but I really wanted to make things better, so I dialed. She understood immediately and acted like last Friday didn’t happen. It [...]

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All of my favourite fashion colleagues were honoured at the FGI International Night of Stars at The Carlu, my favourite example of Art Deco architecture. Included were Barbara Atkin (Vice President, Fashion Direction, Holt Renfrew), Dean and Dan Caten (Founders and Designers, Dsquared2), Wayne Clark (Fashion Designer - who created my stunning green [...]

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I’m starting to get it. I can’t really work on my “Valley of the Dolls” collection without any money to make it. Kind of simple, really. But what can I do about it?
Dad is totally pressuring me to get a real job. What should I do? I’m only good at being a fashion designer.

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Aw, crap! Never should have asked Dad for tax help. He kinda yelled at me for having “ad hoc finances”, whatever that means. What’s the big deal? I don’t get it.

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Patricia Harris is a generous ROM supporter who received an art gallery as a Christmas gift from her husband Bill in 1999. Pat is a dedicated follower of fashion and textiles, so it makes sense that the ROM dedicated their Gallery of Textiles and Costumes to her.
Today Dr. Alexandra Palmer debuted the exhibit to media [...]

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Oh, man! Heard some lame radio commercial today and realized I TOTALLY forgot about taxes! I’m so terrible at that stuff. Wonder if Dad will help?

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I do wish that Prada made pepper spray. Perhaps it would have kept Jim Carrey under control. Well, he wasn’t that bad. It was his friends. He made me meet them at a sports bar before our interview. Apparently eating wings with his drunken comic friends is a test he plays on journalists. By not [...]

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Secrets. We all have them. Cities are the best secret keepers.
While staying in the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles recently, I was struck by the hotel’s secrets. Sure, many of them are well-known secrets (such as John Belushi’s death, Led Zeppelin’s motorcycle-riding antics in the lobby, Annie Leibovitz’s Demi’s Birthday Suit photoshoot), but they all [...]

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Of course I had to match my outfit to last night’s theme at [FAT]: Conflict. I took the easiest route and modified a pair of army pants from AAA Army Surplus in Kensington Market into a cute little miniskirt with layers and layers of black tulle. I tried pairing it with a striped navy shirt [...]

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Sigh. When will Porter fly to Los Angeles? I missed their lovely lounge workstations while waiting for today’s takeoff, surrounded by plebian passengers with mismatched luggage. Why travel anywhere with mismatched luggage?
To add to the humiliation, people saw me reading Jim Carrey’s biography. At least it was written by fellow Toronto journalist, [...]

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