By Jennifer Geleta Embrace all the hot possibilities for cold-weather dressing. Natty accessories, elegant cover-ups, distinctive day and evening wear, and kicky animal prints will add some spice to the months ahead. ANIMAL INSTINCTS Strut your stuff with exotic style in these ultra versatile...
Fashion InsiderBy Mitchell Kellar Acquiring a watch is not simply about telling the time. It’s about the story, the craftsmanship, and the cachet of having a work of art wrapped around your wrist. Collecting timepieces is a fine art in itself, and now with a boom in demand for certain luxury models...
Creative Direction: Blackbook Lifestyle Photography: Ashley Fraser Stylist: Melissa Guenette for Bayshore Shopping Centre Makeup: Amy Gatschene Hair: Krista Price Clothing and accessories: Bayshore Shopping Centre Location: Ottawa Embassy Hotel & Suites and Cooper’s Gastropub As the...
By Beka Shane Denter and Photos by finnsquare.com Designer Krista Norris focuses on two timeless fashion pieces, the Maverick Shawl and the Wingtip Scarf. Ottawa-based designer Krista Norris started sewing when she was just five years old. “My Oma was a seamstress at Eaton’s in Oshawa, Ontario. I...
By Beka Shane Denter Photos by Richard Tardiff It’s all about the clothes for designer Frank Sukhoo. Frank Sukhoo is one of Ottawa’s best-kept secrets. His discreet showroom is located on the corner of Dalhousie and Cathcart, just a few blocks from the Byward Market, and stepping into Sukhoo...
WHO SAYS WINTER HAS TO BE DULL AND DREARY? GO FORTH AND BE BOLD. Photography + Creative Direction: Brittany Gawley Makeup: Lyz Plant Hair: Lori Dyck, Showpony Hair Models: Kelsey B and Sydney of Models International Management Kelsey is wearing an I Love Mr. Mittens hand-knitted 100 per cent...
Dress up and head downtown for a capital time. Whether you’re attending a chic celebration at a restaurant or lounge, a performance at the National Arts Centre or an opening at the National Gallery of Canada, arrive in style. Creative Direction and Photography: Brittany Gawley Stylist: Sophie Jolin...
Animal prints are spot on. Patterns are showing up on everything from bags to footwear, and iconic ‘60s looks are on-trend for the tail end of 2019. Embrace the fashion possibilities and enjoy strutting in style this fall. Sophisticated Knitwear Who said comfort and sophistication have to be...
By Melody Iafelice Vooqo – Anti Aging Skin Routine A deluxe, conscious beauty skincare system made right here in Ottawa, that uses natural and organic ingredients only, to work with your skin’s natural processes for long-term care. When skin has had too much exposure to dust, pollution and...
Styled by Blackbook Lifestyle, photos by Ashley Fraser Fall’s separates celebrate personal taste over a single must-have piece. Trend up for crisp, cool temperatures with some of the most gorgeous textures and styles for the fall 2019 season. Looking like a million dollars was never easier with...
Since the pitcher hung up his cleats, his wife is batting 1,000 as a luxury shoe designer. For Erik and Jessica Bedard, the shoe fits beautifully on the other foot. By Pam Dillon, Photos by Miv Fournier Jessica Bedard first fell in love with a pair of shoes when she was five. “They were yellow...
50-year reign for Ottawa’s most notable fashion designer By Pam Dillon When Richard Robinson was a boy, he’d return home from school and be transformed. As he donned his royal robe, a bedspread, and paused to descend the staircase, gone was the working-class Gatineau kid. “I was king,” he says...
