Our clothes tell a story. Your story. My story. Our story. Of our beliefs, values and history. With clothing we each have the power to choose how we want to be seen. Clothing also has the power to transport us back to another time in our lives to where we bought the garment, who we…
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I just sent out an SOS to a friend. I had become stuck in the dark, murky depths that is social media. Trapped inside stories of panic, isolation and fear. And you know what? We all have these. They emerge in different forms. And some people are just better hiding them than others. I know…
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I’m not gonna lie. My morning wasn’t as clear as the beautiful blue skies we currently have in Vancouver! I’d just come back from a run and was all pumped up and excited about my week and what I had accomplished. I was feeling so good about EVERYTHING! I had a call scheduled with a…
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Walking around one of my favourite cities on this planet we call home thinking about the WHY. There are so many WHY’s crowding my mind, but the one that takes the front seat is the WHY do I want to create my own apparel line. I was out on a date last week and the…
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Do you love flicking through the pages of a brand new glossy magazine? Not the copy that’s at the front of the display. Oh, no. You pick the copy from the back. And not just because it doesn’t have anyone else’s greasy finger prints all over it, but because the smell of the freshly printed…
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As a designer, as a creative, do you find you are asked the same questions asked over and over? What is your brand? Where do you sell? Would I like it? Is this your brand? (& gestures to your clothing) What designers do you follow? The one question that comes up regularly during conversation that…
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kate&frances is on an exploratory trip. A trip that with 2.5 days left, has left me inspired, motivated, exhausted (in a good way!), reconnected and even more curious than ever. I feel like I should be overwhelmed. But I’m not. I’m doing just good. And it’s this quiet calm in the pit of my stomach…
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Black will forever be fashionable. It’s casual, it’s formal, it’s chic, it’s easy. For any occasion, you can rely on black. It’s a go-to colour for most people. I have yet to meet someone who doesn’t have a collection of black staples in their wardrobe. And also for any item of clothing. Underwear, outerwear, activewear.…
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As a creative, whenever I’m around other creatives, I am energized by a magnitude of new ideas. We brainstorm and go off on tangents that spark inspiration. This happened the other day as I was energetically talking to a couple of newly acquired creative friends. We would start throwing suggestions and experiences into the conversation.…
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I always thought marketing was kinda cheesy, fake and pretentious, and that there was some magic formula that I was not privy to in order to succeed at this. And to be honest, growing up, I never really saw my face or experience reflected in marketing campaigns. Especially in fashion where my focus was, both…
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