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Montreal’s Fashion & Design Festival 2011

By Myriam Richard Halfway through the week, from August 3-6, downtown Montreal will be the scene for fashion and design, with one of its most popular festival, the Fashion & Design Festival on McGill College Ave. With 60 shows presenting creations of local top designer … Read More

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Montreal exhibits fashion like fine arts

By Myriam ‘M♥’ Richard Don’t we love firsts? Some come spontaneously, others we anticipate. And today we must certainly have reasons to anticipate! From June 17th to October 2nd, the world of fine arts meets that of fashion as the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts … Read More

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Dress shopping reference – part I: Très Chic Styling

Feature image photo credit:  Julia C Vona By M “Dear M, I have so many events this summer, six of which are weddings (none of them mine :-/) and I don’t have time to go all over the city to shop for outfits. Are there … Read More

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The dress she said “I do” in…

Feature image photo credit: http://www.sarahhayleyfreelance.com/ By M Lace. Satin. Tulle. Princess. Siren. Empress. White. Veil… Words that are attached to a day, a period where love prevails. A wedding. On April 29th, millions of viewers, were in front of their TVs witnessing THE royal wedding … Read More

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Arts & Chocolate : Ashley Macphee, photographer

Arts & Chocolate: The artist: Ashley MacPhee, photographer The chocolate place: Le Maître Chocolatier, 1612, Sherbrooke West, Montreal, QC By M♥ I’m at the Indigo bookstore on St-Catherine, browsing through notebooks. I am waiting for our first featured artist for ARTS & CHOCOLATE. Two emotions wave … Read More

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MFW20 Coverage prologue

By Myriam ‘M♥’ Richard The 4 days that comprised the 20th edition of Montreal Fashion Week were full of lights, cameras, cocktails, fashion and beautiful surprises with newcomers who delivered quite well such as Vickie Joseph for NUi Fashion, with a young and hip collection or … Read More

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Zagrum Restaurant: More than oranges

By Myriam ‘M♥’ Richard In the Ahuntsic borrough on Montreal, specifically on Fleury street, corner Papineau sits one of my favorite places to brunch in the city, Zagrum. The name derives from the french word for citrus fruit, agrume. I was introduced to it by one of my … Read More

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In 2011, the word is “Uplifting”

By Myriam ‘M♥’ Richard With a gloomier year than usual with the economy hitting almost rock bottom, not much could bring the affected sprits so high. But the little that could be done was a help in its rights. That is why the color reference king … Read More

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Patience is a virtue

by Gerardine ‘Organik D’Va’ Jeune I never really understood what people meant when they said that patience is a virtue until I went to the New Spring-Summer 2010 collection by Winners presented by Girafe Communication. When it comes to the store Winners, there are many different … Read More

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Taschen: To be fashionably literate

By Myriam ‘M♥’ Richard TECHNICAL fashion |ˈfa sh ən| noun 1 a popular trend, esp. in styles of dress and ornament or manners of behavior 2 a manner of doing something Etymology: From Old French façon, from Latin factio(n-), from facere ‘do, make.’ POETIC “Fashion is … Read More