Tag: east coast
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My Last Summer in Halifax
Five years ago I was packing up my life to move to Halifax for university; now I’m packing up once again to move back home to Toronto. When I started my degree I had no idea how much would happen during my five years in the Maritimes. I turned my passion into my career, found […]
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Emerging Atlantic Designers Shine at the Design and Artistry Showcase this Weekend
Welcome to world fashion month, where trendsetters rave about spring and summer fashion half a year before it becomes relevant in the consumers’ minds. The focus of this time of year is often on the big fashion houses and the one-off designers skilled/unique/lucky enough to make it to the runway with the big dogs. But […]
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Encoded City
A lot can be characterized in a city’s colour palette. Halifax is all blues, the sky and sea sharing between them the spectrum of cool shades. A certain Brooklyn neighbourhood called Red Hook shares these beautiful blues – just look at my scarf! – and a certain digital fashion project is here to share the […]
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Tall Boots and a Summer Dress
Summer is the season of dresses, sunlight on skin and wind in hair. But summer in Halifax often finds us in the rain, hopping through puddles that were fun when we were welly-wearing kids, but that now stain our canvas sandals a muddy brown. My answer to that is to forgo the sandals in favour […]
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The Bicycle Thief – Best Food in Halifax!
Every once in a while, food will leave me speechlessly scraping the crumbs off my plate. The Bicycle Thief, Halifax’s best restaurant, is incredible. I’ll just let these dishes speak for themselves. First off: Ripassa red wine and fresh baked focaccia bread with red pepper hummus The starter (and my favourite dish): tuna tartare with […]
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On the Tracks
Even rainy days can’t put a damper on a photoshoot! We were walking around (celebrating the end of a particularly difficult final exam) when we came across the tracks and decided to go down. We found this odd graffiti there and I thought, “thank goodness I brought my camera!” My spunky purple Dr Martens are […]