I simply cannot believe that the City of Toronto has the audacity to refuse my request to close the Queen and Bathurst intersection for a day. How can they not understand the importance of Canada’s best fashion editorial? I’ll get some of my lawyer friends to help out. I must have that intersection for my [...]

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OMG! TOTALLY betrayed by the two people I trust most in this world! Elmo posted a note on Sandee’s facebook wall this weekend:
“Way to go girl! Ottawa won’t know how to handle all your style!”
I couldn’t talk to either of them all weekend after that. Then today she didn’t show up at the Design Exchange [...]

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If you are like me, Dear Reader, you absolutely adore fashion photography. One single shot can take your breath away. An editorial collection of perfect poses can perk up your day. A fashion image can transport you to a magical place.
It’s been a while since an editorial spread has had as much impact as the [...]

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Everything is working out so well for the shoot, but I hadn’t decided on a location until I drove my Vespa past the edgiest place in Canada: Queen and Bathurst. Nothing says “street” more than that intersection. I’ll bring the chic. The street will bring the background. Those punk kids sure have their own edgy [...]

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Today I asked my campers if they’d like to create a real collection and they were all for it! Woo! I’ve got a work team now!
Sandee can totally be stuck in Ottawa filming Project Runway, but I’ll make my mark at L’Oreal Fashion Week again.

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While teaching the design camp kids to sew buttonholes today, I came up with a BRILLIANT idea! They could help produce my samples! I’ve taught them well. They could do it! Now I know why I took this job at camp. Now I’ve got to get sketching. Hey…maybe I can teach them to make patterns [...]

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I couldn’t be happier with the Street Chic shoot’s progress. The city’s top agencies sent their best girls to my model call. I even found one elegant, but edgy girl with jet black hair and an eyebrow ring. She was perfect. Maybe I should put all of the girls in black bobs. Or do I [...]

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I didn’t have to call anyone today; everyone came to me.
Word spread of my stunning Street Chic shoot and every designer in the city sent samples. I think I’ll have to call the Plutino Group to recruit my favourite stylist, Peter Papapetrou to help me choose the best of the best. While I’m at it, [...]

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Holy crap! I’ve been so focused on my “real job” and Project Runway that I totally, completely forgot that I should have Spring/Summer 09 samples ready to show buyers by the end of the month! I learned last season that I need sales appointments, but there’s no way I can get it all done. What [...]

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Oh, I’m so, so sad! Project Runway doesn’t want me. But Sandee said she got a second callback. She’s a good designer, but why didn’t they choose me? My designs are so progressive. They’d be perfect for TV.

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