Innholdsfortegnelse for March 2025 i FASHION

THERE’S JUST SOMETHING ABOUT SPRING. It’s a season of rebirth, energy, motivation and inspiring new fashion, which I love. Spring feels like a cathartic deep exhale after surviving the trials of another Canadian winter. This spring, I encourage you to lean in with confidence, creativity and curiosity. Don’t be afraid to push boundaries and shake up the status quo by trying something new to you, especially when it comes to your personal aesthetic. For me, style is the ultimate form of self-expression, and there are so many ways to reinvent yourself, from small wardrobe tweaks to big beauty transformations. In this issue, The Trends Issue, we break down all the essential style news for Spring 2025. From the return of boho chic (thanks to Chloé’s Chemena Kamali) to exaggerated suiting,…

STYLE TIP Decidedly-un-uppercrust design elements (think oversized fits and zingy hues) help bring the look down to earth.…

Have you ever met someone and felt instantly calmed by their presence? As I sit down with Ash K Holm before she’s set to host a master class with Kiss products for editors and influencers in New York City, I’m amazed by how cool, calm and collected she is. Despite the frantic energy around us, she radiates positive Zen vibes. Holm, who is a Kiss Falscara ambassador, is one of the most in-demand makeup artists in Hollywood (her star clients include Megan Fox, Kim Kardashian, Ariana Grande, Camila Cabello and Demi Moore), and it quickly becomes clear that her tranquil energy has served her well throughout her successful career. To keep up with her busy schedule, Holm meditates and does breath work for 10 to 20 minutes every morning. She…

LISA RINNA IS A SHAPE-SHIFTER. “My God, I have gone through so many different iterations of myself,” the 61-year-old tells me from her home in Beverly Hills. It’s true: In her four decades in Hollywood, the actor, entrepreneur and Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum has channelled more people than a soap-opera character with a split personality. She has been a ’90s bombshell in original Tom Ford, dressed in head-to-toe logos while on RHOBH and sashayed in couture at Paris Fashion Week. When we speak over Zoom, however, Rinna isn’t in a mink stole or a Saint Laurent catsuit. Instead, the star is sitting in front of a tall bookcase in her home in Los Angeles with her signature chestnut shag slicked back and her face bare save for a…

Maybe it sounds smug, but as I turn this idea over in my mind, I think I’d be just fine. I would plumb the depths of my extensive wardrobe, filled with obsessively collected designer and vintage pieces as well as the occasional mall finds, to remix and reimagine. Or, perhaps, a few years in, I’d fall into a predictable, Karl Lagerfeld-esque uniform. (Indeed, I have found myself increasingly drawn to crisp white shirts and staid black blazers.) Of course, this is a purely hypothetical thought exercise. Just last week, I found myself surrendering to the call of the sale rack and walking out of the store with a silk Dries Van Noten skirt that’s more artful swim cover-up than legitimate clothing item. It’s one of those fantastical pieces that belongs…

They say you should dress for the life you want. Well, I wish to command respect, exude confidence and be unwaveringly sure of myself in sticky situations. In other words, I’d like to try walking through the world with the certainty of a wellestablished man. The quickest sartorial solution? Neckties. Whether it’s on a Harvey Specter-esque lawyer or a Dead Poets Society seasoned professor, the tie is the finishing fashion touch to any taking-charge archetype. I, however, am notoriously averse to such earnest menswear. Logically, I know gender binaries are a silly social construct. It’s just that I feel safest on the feminine side of self-expression: in frills, flouncy skirts and fluid silhouettes versus boxy blazers. But lately, I’ve been inspired to lean more masc, and I’m not alone. The…

I’m embarrassed to admit this, but this past summer, I hauled two T-shirts to my tailor, Kim, and asked her to crop the hems. For years now, I’ve entrusted Kim with amending my most treasured garments, from a vintage Armani coat to a thrifted Prada suit. These tees are just as perfect and irreplaceable—the kind of lived-in staples you keep buying lesser versions of before sourcing the holy grail. One is a thrifted holey number that cost less than the alteration; the other I bought at a shop in L.A. with such a scant, mysterious online presence that I wondered if I had imagined it. The point is, I couldn’t risk losing them. “I don’t wanna go too short,” I cautioned, mortified that I was here getting my T-shirts tailored.…

Fashion weeks and runway shows have been around since 1943. And since then, twice a year, we wait with bated breath to see what the industry’s top designers have dared to create and, in turn, discover what we’ll be wearing, loving and suddenly open to trying. But fashion shows set the cultural tone for far more than our attire. This season, across the Big Four (Paris, Milan, New York and London), the uniqueness of braided styles was on full display. “In the Spring 2025 Missoni show, there were a lot of zigzag prints in the clothes and graphic bold lines that Filippo Grazioli used in the textiles of the collection,” says Jawara, the show’s lead hairstylist and a frequent collaborator with A-listers like Beyoncé, Rihanna and FKA Twigs. “We had…

I went to Zurich solo with a terrible sense of direction, a Swiss transit pass and a plan: to uncover the style scene of Switzerland’s largest city. Of course, I knew of its reputation for the finer things (top-tier chocolate, fabulous fromage, quality timepieces). But how did this luxury-leaning lifestyle translate to sartorial sensibilities? The answer wasn’t so obvious. After all, the Swiss financial capital is not exactly a fashion hub. Unlike Paris and Copenhagen, Zurich, though becoming a budding hot spot, has yet to be reduced to an easy-to-recreate aesthetic. Still, there’s a distinct approach to dressing here, defined by an elusive ease that seemingly extends to every aspect of the culture. A feeling of fluidity flows through the city—starting with how it’s constructed. The centuries-old Limmat River divides…

CUBICLE COOL Whether it’s nine-to-five or five-to-nine, the office look is shedding its propriety. Your favourite business-coded pieces—pencil skirts, blazers, ties and pleated pants—are reimagined into sexier, unfussier fare. SHEER DELIGHT Fashion’s most revealing trend takes a more demure turn. Instead of baring all, light and gauzy separates are layered for a look that strikes the perfect balance between clear and camouflaged. FLAPPER FEVER The 2020s may not be the roaring romp we all anticipated, but you can still party like it’s 1925 thanks to midi hems, slinky slips and plenty of art deco-inspired accents. KEEP IT BRIEF Shorts are certainly staying true to their name as hemlines wander farther north. ON THE FRINGE Glastonbury and Coachella may not be for another few months, but designers made the case for…

STYLE TIP Opt for interesting proportions—roomy and tent-like here, cinched and streamlined there—to elevate your jacket rotation to new sartorial heights.…

When I first sit down with Lev Glazman and Alina Roytberg in the lobby of a Toronto hotel, I can’t help but immediately mention Roytberg’s “How I Get It Done” profile on The Cut. It’s from 2017, but, as the saying goes, it has lived in my head rent-free since it came out. “Oh, my God,” says Roytberg, who oversees the creative vision and global strategy of the brand. The account of the Fresh co-founder’s day details her meticulously-plannedout work schedule, including a commute from Boston to New York multiple times a week. “It’s a very overwhelming read,” I joke. “Things have changed a little bit since then,” she laughs. Glazman and Roytberg launched the brand in 1991 as an apothecary store selling hand-wrapped upscale bars of soap. By 1995,…

Ever since Demna Gvasalia’s turn as Balenciaga’s artistic director, the storied French house has adopted an unapologetically-tongue-in-cheek approach—one that’s especially true for its accessories. Top of mind are a translucent bracelet made to look like a roll of packing tape and a pair of earrings that could be mistaken for sets of keys. And though it’s easy to dismiss these cheeky objects as mere fashion gimmicks, they double as genuine musings on the evolving status of luxury, labels and consumer culture. This leather clutch made to look like—what else?—a bag of potato chips is the latest contribution to that conversation. Now that’s food for thought.…