Tag Archive for the term: vegan

The Worn Fashion Journal editors have raised what I think is an important issue on their blog, about Advertorials - advertising that looks like editorial content. In conversation we’ve discussed the especially dictatorial nature of this practice in some women’s fashion magazines, and the scary way this can manipulate the availability of ideas about identity […]

As shown in Tessa’s fantastic video, she and Risa braved the first day of the Matt & Nat sample sale — the crowds, oh my! — to pick up two boxes of bags for the Indyish team, leading to quite the joyful meeting that evening. But if you paid attention to the video, you saw that Marilis and I weren’t quite as jumpy as the rest… Our bags weren’t in the boxes!

Yesterday, Risa and I took the bus up to the garment warehouses of Chabanel in north Montreal to pick up 2 boxes of Matt and Nat bags for the team. It was the first day of Matt and Nat’s Sample Sale and (mainly young and female) folks were lined up along the street and all […]

The Matt and Nat vegan leather designer bags made here in Montreal have a pretty active following, because they’re quite stylin and make you feel like you’re doing some good while looking so fine. They emphasize Choice - it’s written right on their bags: Choose to Make a Difference, a friendly fonty kick towards empowerment. […]

Last week’s ice storm took most of us by surprise. So did the subsequent arrival of winter a day later.
On Friday, Tyler’s vernissage was set to take place at Green Room with performances from Lil Pip, Random Creature Generator, and Telefauna. Instead, the power was blown on St. Laurent and gear had to be […]

Hey, you guys ever been here? It rocks. They’re looking for visual artists to put their work up on the walls. It’s a really sweet cafe and lots of regulars, students, artists, and other interesting people come in to enjoy the damn good food and friendly conversation provided by their hard-working staff of two.
If […]