Do you have a secret, Dear Reader?
I know you do. We all have secrets. Some are good, some are not. Some should stay secret, some should not. I have a secret that should not remain a secret. I have a secret admirer.
This admirer has good taste that started with champagne and followed with perfect perfume. [...]

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When checking out of my hotel, I thanked the concierge for the champagne, but he said it was not a gift from the hotel and he did not know who sent it.
Then a basket filled with the hottest perfume selection was waiting at my condo in the Minto Yorkville. Lady Miss Angora loved Victor & [...]

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So I stopped by Bye! for the last two days, but the owner wasn’t there, so I did some detective work. I found out the owner’s name is Mariette and that she hangs out at The Comrade on Queen East, so I took all my clothes over there and waited for 4 hours until she [...]

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After a long day of covering the shows and interviewing designers, models, and celebrities, I was pleased to discover a bottle of Moet in my hotel suite. What a perfect home away from home.

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Whoah! Oh! Oh! One of my favourite bands has the coolest online fashion zine!
Fritz Helder and the Phantoms published MODA CINQUE on their website and it’s the most fantastic series of photos shot by the always fashionable Tommy Ton, who travels around to all the great fashion shows and takes style shots of anyone else [...]

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While evaluating the New York collections over brunch at Balthazar, the editice’s brunch spot of choice, the servers poured out an exquisite latté while I pored over the Wednesday WWD. As usual, we share the same opinions (it’s always important for me to have the same opinions as other international fashion critics or I look [...]

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I totally found the perfect boutique to sell Velocity! It’s called Bye! How cute is that? It makes people ready to buy things just from hearing the name! They carry all sorts of local designers and the store is the coolest. They even have homemade chocolates!
I stopped in to show my collection and give my [...]

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I am so on my way to becoming a costume designer. My new friend Jennifer Bunt took me to a party for CAFTCAD, an association for all sorts of costume people (designers, stylists, illustrators, and costume enthusiasts), where I met tons of well-dressed people
Now that summer camp is done, I think I’m meant to be [...]

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Early risers reaped rewards by attending Jeremy Laing’s morning show, sponsored by Bumble & Bumble.
Bumble & Bumble is a perfect sponsor for a young designer; the shows are polished and professional.  The venue is perfect - with a view over the meatpacking district where so many famous designers have their studios.
My Canadian media colleagues were [...]

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Oh dear. Ports 1961 made a tent full of people wait in line. It’s a good thing I’m so well known that I can bypass the masses. The standing line was unbearably long, full of bloggers and hangers on, and rightly so. They should only be let in after all legitimate journalists.
Philip Sparks was in [...]

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