Rags and Mags

OMG! When I was trying to sell armbands on the street, a totally cool girl stopped by and asked me all about them.
Turns out it was Crystal, the store manager for Fashion Crimes! She went wild for my armbands and ordered 50 pairs of extra-glitzy ones! I might be able to make rent! I […]

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I never realized how much television shows relied on teamwork. I was lucky to work with an amazing post-production team, who got the pilot done on time and on budget. It pays to be an arts reporter. Connections help.
Now I have to sit and wait for feedback from New York. I know this can be […]

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Last night at the f-list’s party celebrating the Sex and the City movie release and the fabulous Canadian eco-fashion initiative, Fashion High, I met the fun and oh-so-sophisticated stylist, Kurt Salt. We sat together and shared fashionable stories with Marlene Shiff, who was wearing the most wonderful Jason Meyers trapeze dress. She stocks it at […]

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I totally thought Nathan Phillips Square outside City Hall would be a perfect place to sell stuff. It’s a public place, so I can sell there, right?
Wrong! I got a warning. Apparently I need some sort of vendor’s license. This is harder than I thought. Maybe I should try selling to a store instead.

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Since rock bands are one of Canada’s hottest exports these days and since music and fashion go hand-in-hand, the Toronto chapter of Fashion Group International held an event tonight to celebrate both. It was called Rockin’ the Look: Music, Fashion and the Making of the Rock ‘n Roll Image.
Taking a cue from rock muses such […]

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I tried setting up in a parking lot today, but that didn’t work. Got kicked out.
Then I thought an underpass would be smart because there’s lots of pedestrian traffic, but it smelled like pee. Plus a homeless guy tried to have a conversation with me about fashion and I thought he was going to barf […]

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I couldn’t give up after one day, so I tried again. This time, I tried setting up in two parks, but there was this annoying one-man-band busker who kept playing the same song over and over. I had to leave. But I did sell 10 pairs of armbands.
The second park turned out to have no […]

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I heard that Montreal-based Renata Morales worked on the costumes for Next Floor, a film that recently won the Cannes Film Festival short film grand prize. To celebrate, I donned my latest Renata frock, accessorized with Stewart Weitzman shoes and a Karen Wilson purse (specially designed in collaboration with Fashion Crimes), and Vespa’d over to […]

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Summer is here! It was such a beautiful weekend that I figured I should start my armband street sales this week, so I set up a table on Queen Street beside all the vendors between Lush and the Black Bull Tavern.
Holy Moly! What hard work! Could the vendors have been any more possessive about their […]

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I’ve got to send my show pilot to my producer this week. It’s going to be a lot of work.
Pontius Pilate was a Roman Governor best known as the person responsible for ordering Christ’s crucifixion. I’m wondering if television pilot has anything to do with Pilate and if I how hard I will be judged […]

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