Indigenous Pop-Up Markets set up for spring April 8, 2022April 8, 2022 Hana Chamberlain The Indigenous Pop-Up Market is an event that started as a means of a mother helping her son, but quickly developed into a local attraction as a popular vendor fair.
Canadian queens hit the stage this summer February 10, 2022February 10, 2022 Hana Chamberlain Fans, re-start your engines! The cast of Canada’s Drag Race Season 2 has newly rescheduled tour dates, and will be kicking off a nation-wide tour on June 29, 2022.
Urban Regalia exhibition showcases Indigenous and Audrey Hepburn-inspired pieces by Gitxsan designer November 14, 2019November 26, 2019 Eunice Choi Since Sept. 28, the Legacy Art Gallery has been showing the exhibition Urban Regalia, featuring the work of Sug-ii-t Lukxs (Yolonda Skelton). The pieces, which incorporate Indigenous designs and vintage
FASHION PROFILE: What is your campus wearing? November 30, 2017November 29, 2017 Angel Manguerra Profile: Cati Landry English Major Who do you think is your style inspiration? “I love looking through different chapters of culture and seeing how women dress and how people of all different...
Marc Jacobs, gothic opulence, and fashion’s fading spectacle March 3, 2016March 2, 2016 Michel Ghanem Take everything you know about New York Fashion Week (NYFW) — the stress radiating from designers’ brains to create wearable, store-ready collections — and throw it all out the window. Marc Jacobs refuses to...
‘Fashion Machine’ features Victoria’s youngest designers April 2, 2015April 1, 2015 Michel Ghanem In fashion, one day you’re in, and the next day you’re out. In the case of Fashion Machine, the Royal B.C. Museum’s March 28–29 design event, you’re either in, or...
Sewing and knitting and scrapbooks—oh my! March 12, 2015March 11, 2015 Katie Weaver Creative Stitches & Crafting Alive comes to Victoria Western Canada’s largest sewing and crafting show, Creative Stitches & Crafting Alive, is making its way to Victoria on March 13 and 14....
Will wearing your dad’s clothes make you look incredible? February 5, 2015April 27, 2015 Hugo Wong Recently, I’ve taken to wearing my dad’s old suits. You know, the ones from the 1980s (this particular set was made in the fall of 1983, if the linings are...
EVENTS Feb. 6-19 February 5, 2015February 4, 2015 Melissa Faye Reid ART MARIMEKKO, WITH LOVE EXHIBITION Just in time for Valentine’s Day, check out the Finnish textile and clothing design company who revolutionized prints. These lively, ground-breaking prints were pioneered by fashion...
‘Elgami’ uses programming for fashion design January 13, 2015January 13, 2015 Michel Ghanem The ever-changing fashion industry revolves around presenting new clothes six months before they hit the stores—an impractical but traditional way of presenting new collections. UVic alumni Martin Erlic is pioneering...
