The Kit Compact March 2016

MARCH 2016 | TORONTO

SARAH GADON WANTS TO BE AN OUTSIDER. WILL HOLLYWOOD LET HER? Inside Toronto Fashion Week, five essential spring trends, how much fashion people really make

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oets love spring for a reason: those darling buds, that scent of sun-warmed earth, the flickers of rapturous possibility. It also represents the kick-start of a new style season (#yasss). Get ready for Spring 2016’s most glorious looks: Lacoste’s high-shine silver overalls, Erdem’s boho-meets-Victoriana dresses and the light-as-air lacetrimmed negligees at Alexander Wang. The beauty looks are equally outstanding: Take the OTT neon liner at Giambattista Valli, which conjures images of modern Holly Golightlys alighting from Ubers in the glow of dawn, trailing glitter and reckless glamour.

For this issue of The Kit Compact, our fashion editor, Jillian Vieira, and our beauty editor, Rani Sheen, divided the season into five key style personalities, which they delve into in our definitive trend report (“Spring Break,” page 25). We also spotlight spring’s sculptural ruffles and bows, as worn by Toronto actor Sarah Gadon, who herself has wit, charm and a face lovely enough to spark spontaneous verse. I hope you find this season as exciting as we do. Let me know what you think by connecting on Twitter @Laura_deCarufel. I always love hearing from you.

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Laura deCarufel @Laura_deCarufel @LauradeCarufel CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Jessica Hotson @jesshotson

INTRODUCING

Kathryn Hudson joins our team as executive editor this month! Here are a few of her favourite things: 1. “Moto jackets and nautical stripes.”

2. “Hot sauce, but not in my bag.”

3. “Flat whites.”

4. “Flat shoes.”

5. “All of the Oribe.”

Laura deCarufel, editor-in-chief

EXECUTIVE EDITOR

Kathryn Hudson @KathrynHudson BEAUTY EDITOR

Rani Sheen @ranisheen

FASHION EDITOR

Jillian Vieira @JillianVieira

MANAGING EDITOR

Eden Boileau @lilyedenface

DIGITAL & SPECIAL PROJECTS EDITOR

Michelle Bilodeau @mbilodeau ASSOCIATE BEAUTY EDITOR

@thekitca

@thekit

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Natasha Bruno @Natashajbruno

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ASSISTANT DIGITAL EDITOR

Carly Ostroff @carlyostroff

ASSISTANT EDITOR

Veronica Saroli @vsaroli

CONTENTS

11/ OUT & ABOUT 13+ fun ways to explore the city this month.

12/ THE MAP Navigate Toronto Fashion Week like a pro.

Talented fashion illustrators sketch themselves in the season’s best looks.

40/ FIRST PERSON

41/ #NOWFOLLOWING

42/ LAST WORD

PHOTOGRAPHY: NORMAN WONG. HAIR AND MAKEUP: SUSANA HONG. SIMONE ROCHA DRESS, $2,653, THE ROOM, VANCOUVER

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Tami Coughlan

PROJECT DIRECTOR, DIGITAL MEDIA

Kelly Matthews

CONTRIBUTORS

Meet Irene Kim, your next Insta crush.

COVER

ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER

Evie Begy eb@thekit.ca

Do you really need a signature scent?

One writer seeks olfactory identity.

Lucy Hale on haircuts and confidence.

PUBLISHER

Giorgina Bigioni

MARKETING MANAGER

Beauty obsessions.

39/ PROFILE

DESIGNER

Amber Hickson @amblynncreative

Direct advertising inquiries to:

37/ THE HAUL

This month’s beauty and fashion shopping hit list.

Kristy Wright @creativewithak

Creative director Jessica Hotson hid behind this purple carpet underlay to hold it up for this shot.

25/ TREND REPORT Your guide to Spring 2016 starts here.

15/ BUY NOW

Sonya van Heyningen @svanh7

30/ EYES ON THE PRIZE Sarah Gadon wears the hell out of spring’s prettiest pieces.

20/ GIRL GANG

We chart the salaries of Canada’s key fashion players. (Um, it’s intense.)

Sarah Amson, Adrian Armstrong, Stefanie Ayoub, Barbara Czarnecki, Laura Gulshani, Susana Hong, Tania Howells, Kelli Korducki, Stephanie McKay, Carlyle Routh, Ksenia Sapunkova, Sharmaine Sermonia, Olivia Stren, Sheri Stroh, Jocelyn Teng, Christopher Wahl, Norman Wong INTERNS

Stephanie Backus, Sehee Jee, Aloisa Macedonio, Cristina Nagamine, Sidney O’Reilly, Kayleigh Robinson The Kit is Canada’s 360˚ beauty and style leader © 2016, The Kit, a division of Toronto Star Newspapers Limited.

Assistant editor Veronica Saroli gallantly offered her own black T-shirt to help complete this outfit.

PRESIDENT, STAR MEDIA GROUP

BEHIND-THE-SCENES VIDEO

John Cruickshank

Sarah Gadon on Drake vs. Bieber and more at thekit.ca/compact

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, TORONTO STAR

Michael Cooke

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PHOTOGRAPHY: CARLYLE ROUTH (DECARUFEL); HAIR AND MAKEUP: SHERI STROH FOR PLUTINO GROUP/GREENBEAUTY.CA (DECARUFEL)

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OUT & ABOUT WHAT SHOULD I DO AT FASHION WEEK? FALL HEAD OVER HEELS

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Forget eggs. Go hunting for handmade wares this Easter at the One of a Kind Show, March 23 to 27, at the Enercare Centre (100 Princes’ Blvd.). More than 450 vendors will be selling jewellery, skincare, pet bandanas—you name it. On March 23, take a break from shopping to check out workshops on making paper flowers, or learn calligraphy and watercolour basics on March 24.

EXPERIENCE: JOIN THE OUTSIDERS

“If you didn’t take the picture, you weren’t there,” the OG of street photography, Gary Winogrand, once said. His trenchant work—along with seminal pieces from Diane Arbus, Nan Goldin, Danny Lyon and Gordon Parks—is on view at the AGO (317 Dundas St. W.) from March 12 to May 29 for Outsiders: American Photography and Film, 1950s–1980s.

THE 6IX INDEX 13+ ways to love Toronto this month

STEP UP TO T H E P L AT E : MONEYBALL AT TI F F

DIG IN: EAT LIKE A VIKING

All you can eat + pop-up dining + Nordic-inspired food – self control = Congrats on the food baby!

DAT E S

If you missed the Scandinavian supper

by Uncle Smoke and Odin Café (514 King St. W.) last month, the next round is taking place on March 20.

Nosh like the Norse on smoked wild boar, beer-braised poultry and smoked cod, and fill up on sides of crusty rye bread and roasted root veggies.

Tickets are $40.

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TEXT: VERONICA SAROLI. PHOTOGRAPHY: GARRY WINOGRAND (OUTSIDERS: FAMILY); GETTY IMAGES (DAY, GIRLS); KHRISTEL STECHER (WINTER STATIONS); TORONTO STAR (TORY); ISTOCKPHOTO (VIKING, BOUQUET, WEB); COURTESY OF FILM REFERENCE LIBRARY (MONEYBALL); AGO (OUTSIDERS: CHAIRS); DIANE ARBUS (OUTSIDERS: WOMAN)

g o : the snowf lake of markets

Don’t worry, Mr. Mayor, we got you.

1. Catch runway regs Sid Neigum and Mikhael Kale on opening night (March 14).

2. See Ellie Mae debut her eponymous jacket label on March 15.

3. Stop by Toronto Fashion Incubator’s on-site trade show on March 16 and 17—look out for Opelle and Peggy Sue Collection.

ANDRA DAY

Andra Day’s voice could give you goosebumps in a heat wave—and her retro look (poppy lip courtesy of M.A.C’s Lady Danger lipstick) is almost as compelling as her Amy-Winehouse-style chords.

Though she graces Marc Jacobs’s Spring 2016 ad campaign, she actually got teased as a teen.

“People always ask me, ‘Did you dress like this in high school?’ and I’m like, ‘Are you crazy— people already made fun of me,” she said with a laugh when we caught up with her at Analogue Gallery during her last visit to the city. Well, no one’s teasing now. See for yourself when Day performs at the Mod Club (722 College St.) on March 17.

March 11-20 Fact: Flowers can both improve spirits and make any room look fancy. Stop by the Canada Blooms floral festival at the Enercare Centre as the show celebrates its 20th year.

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GIRLS

According to the World Economic Forum, global gender parity won’t happen until 2133. (So, more than a century from now.) Since the theme of this year’s International Women’s Day (March 8) is #PledgeForParity, it’s time to lay down the law—à la J.Law Lenny Letter.

March 12 BadBadNotGood, Toronto’s jazz trio to beat, is performing at the Danforth Music Hall with Marvel Alexander and “special guests.” (Ghostface Killah, please be you.)

March 17 Started in Quebec and now it’s here: 176-year-old department store Simons opens in Square One’s new wing, bringing Smythe, Paul & Joe and MO & Co. Edition 10.

Baseball season is just a month away. Take a break from practising your celebratory bat flip to catch pitch-perfect drama Moneyball at the TIFF Bell Lightbox (350 King St. W.) on M a rc h 2 8 . A s p a r t of TIFF’s B ooks on Film series, producer Rachael Horovitz will discuss the flick and take questions from the audience. (“What does Brad smell like? Asking for a friend…”)

March 17 Activist and co-founder of Occupy Wall Street Micah White will speak at the Toronto Reference Library to promote The End of Protest, his new manifesto on modern dissent.

March 20 Check out the Winter Stations Design Competition, which saw seven lifeguard towers in the Beaches transformed into playful art installations, before it closes.

March 24 How many days did it take for Kate Hudson to lose a guy?

For a romcom trivia bonanza, head to the Revue cinema and compete for a grand prize of $100 and eight movie passes.

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COCKTAIL HOUR: 2 MINUTES FROM THE TENT The Ritz Carlton, 181 Wellington St. W.

Every season, the swish hotel creates fashion-inspired drinks and dishes that riff on upcoming shows. It knows what the style set are craving: Salads and shareable plates are always in rotation.

WHO’S WHO AT THE TENT

Five days, 25+ shows and countless parties—Toronto Fashion Week takes over David Pecaut Square March 14 to 18. Here, insiders spill their survival secrets

By Veronica Saroli | Illustration by Tania Howells

W FRONT RO S E R U T IX F

Sylvia Mantella,

Jillian Vieira

fashion editor, The Kit

“I feed off the excitement from the student volunteers and non-industry showgoers. They remind me how lucky we are to live in a worldclass fashion capital.”

FA S H IO N W

EEK MVP

CMO, Mantella Corporation

“You need to be creative with your time. I see many familiar faces— other attendees, buyers, bloggers and press—and want to catch up with them all. This is where you learn to master the five-minute conversation.”

R U N W AY S

TA R S

Nelia Belkova, blogger, styleblog.ca “I limit myself to three nights of shows and try to wear comfy shoes, especially on day one and two. Don’t wreck your feet early on, because the rest of the week will be hell.”

# IN F LU E N

CERS

Becca Lemire,

street-style photographer

“I chase down whoever catches my eye, and make the composition as unique as possible. An authentic look and some ’tude never hurts. Be weird!”

Michelle Easton,

senior account manager, Rock-it Promotions, fashion week’s agency of record

“A bold lip helps me feel glam, even after running around for 10 hours without looking in a mirror! Also, I wear layers because you never know what the temperature will be in the tent.”

ENTER HERE

Karis Marcil, model

“After my first TFW, I learned that snacking and staying hydrated make it a much better experience.

It’s easy to get tired without realizing it when there is so much going on!”

Assume the “street-style-star

#TFW HACKS: position” by looking at your phone THREE STEPS TO with a dreamy yet bored expression INSTANT INSIDER when entering the tent.

SNACK BREAK: 1 MINUTE FROM THE TENT El Caballito, 220 King St. W.

This taco and tequila joint is a go-to for TFW merrymakers.

Plus, at midnight, everyone gets a free taco. (Fashionweek fairy tales do exist.)

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THE MAP

Jorge Joao, lead stylist, Redken

Grace Lee,

“Working with 70 to 85 models and doing over 20 interviews, things can get pretty crazy, pretty fast. I always keep a stash of protein bars under my station.”

lead makeup artist, Maybelline

“I stay at the Shangri-La Hotel during the week. When I can fit it in, I go to the steam room and hot tub to unwind.”

B A C K S TA G

E BOSSES

Rita Remark,

Ainsley Kerr,

global lead educator, Essie

socialite

“In order to keep my sanity, I have to plan for everything: make meals ahead, take lots of vitamin C, prepare every outfit and, of course, always keep an extra iPhone charger handy.”

“I break out one of my grandmother’s furs that I have redesigned. And I always make sure to pick my shoes ahead of time.”

S M A K IN G D E S IG N E R W D E B U T T H E IR T F

Christopher Paunil, creative director, Christopher Paunil

“I sent Brian Bailey a message last week, and he just said to ‘keep calm.’ I’ll definitely be channelling my inner Buddha leading up to the show.”

Jennifer Torosian,

creative director, Jennifer Torosioan

“I make a point of wearing something from our collection every day. My go-to pieces are blazers, techno zip jackets, flared crop pants and culottes. And I have this amazing mohair coat that completes any look.”

Agnes Kudukis, model

“On the runway, always look forward, never look down.”

Sitting front row? Be like Alexa (not Britney) and kick your legs to the side, before crossing at the ankle.

Aliisa Irving, model

“The best advice I’ve received was to just always be yourself.

To survive the week, I will not doubt myself for a second.”

Must-have accessory: a battery pack. Because if Drake poses for your Snap, but your phone dies pre-post, did it even happen?

Mario Lavorato,

head of business development, Daniel Christian Tang Jewellery

“Our uniform: a black V-neck, black pants and an open comfort blazer. Quite literally—that’s what we wear to sleep even.”

TREAT TIME: 4 MINUTES FROM THE TENT

Sweet Jesus, 106 John St.

Because over-the-top ice cream works with any outfit, no matter the season.

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MOST WANTED The It bag of the season is ladylike on top—and wild at heart Once considered a staple of the straitlaced upper crust, the top-handle bag is finally letting its freak flag fly. Fashion’s biggest players—Louis Vuitton, Miu Miu and Dolce & Gabbana, among them—embraced contradiction, affixing prim grips to bold bodies.

Glossy, orbed leather, colourblocked snakeskin and striking nautical stripes rule the season.

So consider it confirmed: Opposites really do attract.

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BUY NOW O F F I C I A L LY EVERYWHERE: GROMMETS

We’ll admit that, yes, sometimes fashion deserves its impractical rep (lest we forget each and every Comme des Garçons show). But this season, function came to the forefront. The grommet—known for providing reinforcement on basically every useful item—found new and beautiful purpose on the runways: as the stage for dramatic bows at Proenza Schouler, as biker-babe detailing at J. Mendel and even as raincoat decor at Hunter. (Okay, maybe they’re not always practical.)

BEAUFILLE TOP, $640, ELIZABETHCHARLES.COM

PAIGE JEANS, $425, PAIGE.COM

THE AMATEUR NOSE A local Scandifurniture dealer/ seller sniff-drives a cedar-inspired scent THE NOSE

ANN TAYLOR SHOES, $98, ANNTAYLOR.COM

Juli Daoust Baker, co-owner of Mjölk, 2959 Dundas St. W. THE SCENT

COACH BAG, $435, COACH.COM

Byredo Super Cedar, $180 (50 mL), holtrenfrew.com THE NOTES

ELLERY SKIRT, $3,015, ELLERYLAND.COM

Virginian cedar wood, rose petals, silk musk, Haitian vetiver

WATE R WORKS These concentrated splash masks—a new skincare category from Korea—smell like Kool-Aid and deliver the glow of a 20-minute mask routine in under a minute. How to use them: Dilute a capful of the antioxidant-andlactic-acid-packed liquid in a bowl of clean water, stir, then pat the mixture onto cleansed skin. Even quicker: Fill half a cap while in the shower, pat onto face for 10 seconds, then copy that with water.

That’s it. You’re done.

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HAIR HACK:

MADONNA’S WAVES Madonna’s Rebel Heart tour is a hot-tool-free zone (to nix damage), but the pop icon’s hair is as ferocious as ever. “She likes a bit of a crimp, less of a curl,” says her hairstylist Andy Lecompte. His recipe: Do two braids, mist with sugar spray (it’s less drying than salt), pin up, blast with a dryer.

Then go get into the groove.

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“It reminds me of Japanese bath houses because they use hinoki cedar; when you put hot water on the wood, the steam brings the smell out.

Once this scent mellows, you smell the rose more than the cedar, even though it’s a very aromatic wood.”

fashion film inspo:

I SAW THE LIGHT Elizabeth Olsen’s newest biopic role as prettied-up, down-home Audrey Williams, famed songwriter and the first wife of country music legend Hank Williams, inspired us to play style copycat.

LE FOU BY WILFRED DRESS, $350, ARITZIA.COM. JENNIFER BEHR PIN, $180, JENNIFERBEHR.COM. DYNAMITE BELT, $15, DYNAMITE.CA. TORY BURCH SHOES, $430, TORY BURCH, YORKDALE

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1. Place cold metal spoons over your eyes for a few minutes.

2. Splash your face with cold water, then spray it with rosewater.

3. Use a refreshing, brightening eye cream like Clinique Pep-Start ($31, sephora.ca).

4. Apply a little bit of concealer. (Right now she’s liking one from Honest Beauty.)

5. Drink a matcha green tea.

6. Make an energizing playlist: Rihanna’s “Work,” Calvin Harris’s “How Deep Is Your Love,” anything by Fetty Wap.

DEREK LAM DOES FRAGRANCE Big meeting, spicy date—there’s a Derek Lam 10 Crosby scent for that.

The designer decodes his debut fragrances and when to break them out

Name check In her 10 years as a jewellery designer, New-York-based Jennifer Fisher has accumulated a big-time fan base (does it get any more colossal than Rihanna and Beyoncé?) and set the standard for cool, streamlined jewellery. Now, to commemorate her career to date, Fisher is launching a limited edition fine enamel collection that includes her iconic use of monograms.

Sign us up.

T h e m o m e n t : A m a j o r m e et i n g

The outfit

JENNIFER FISHER NECKLACE, $3,600, JENNIFERFISHERJEWELRY.COM

The fragrance “Looking Glass is about appreciating that moment when women check themselves out, whether it’s in a building window or in the mirror. That moment of self-recognition gives a woman the confidence to go and do what she needs to take care of.”

JEAN QUEEN

Ashley Graham—mega-successful model, body-image activist and keeper of one million Insta followers—makes us all wonder what we’ve been doing with our lives (er, mostly Netflix). Even so, the 28-year-old new face of uberflattering denim brand NYDJ faces the same everyday emotional roller-coaster as us mere mortals. “Sometimes, I literally have to look in the mirror and command confidence in myself,” she says. “I’ll say, ‘You are bold, you are brilliant, you are beautiful.’” Sounds like a mantra in the making.

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Justin Bieb er

The outfit

The moment: A hot date

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The fragrance “Blackout has a mystery and a real sexuality.

It’s based on chai tea, which is unusual, so it really shows off personality. I think it would be really intriguing for someone to smell it on their date.”

The outfit

Group photo

Selfie

Cana dian tuxe do yay nay

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T h e m o m e n t : A c h i l l we e ke n d

No fish were harmed in the creation of this photo.

(But the fish totally looked five years ) younger after.

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WA K E - U P

Between sets at a 6 a.m. Daybreaker party in New York, DJ and model Hannah Bronfman told us how to look great on no sleep

The fragrance “Silent St. is very soothing, very calming— it’s kind of the scent of serenity. I’m always looking for a sense of calm after a busy work-week.”

DEREK LAM 10 CROSBY EAUX DE PARFUM, $120 (50 ML) EACH, SEPHORA.CA

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BEAUTY FIX MAKEUP MISTAKES HAPPEN. THESE THREE EASY SOLUTIONS HELP YOU LOOK LIKE YOU JUST LEFT A MAKEUP ARTIST’S CHAIR

It’s a scientific fact (at least to us!) that women feel more confident when they feel good about how they look. The perfect power shade of lipstick or a gorgeous smokey eye hold the key to a knock ‘em dead, girl-boss attitude. It pays to have a little extra help so that you look (and feel) your best. Enter KNOW Cosmetics and three game-changing beauty solutions.

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Looking for a kissable pout? No Thin Lips is a lip-enhancing treatment that plumps for a glamorous, sensual look. Aloe oil and vitamin E keep lips soft while the clear gloss-type solution means you can wear it on its own, or apply your favourite lipstick over top. Talk about win-win.

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Late nights often result in dark under-eye circles—the most complicated beauty issue to fix without the right concealer. The silky, lightweight, waterproof formula of No Dark Shadows offers coverage in two shades (for rosy or yellow undertones), and it conceals as beautifully as it highlights. For intensive coverage, use it under the eyes; to even out skin tone, dot it on imperfections. Add it to the planes of the face to help highlight cheekbones, the brow bone and even the Cupid’s bow. Now that’s beauty double duty.

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MODERN MASTERS Oh, this old thing? We asked Toronto’s most stylish fashion illustrators to imagine themselves in standout Spring 2016 looks

By Veronica Saroli

Laura Gulshani in Chanel

Stephanie McKay in Chloé

Sharmaine Sermonia in Proenza Schouler

It took Gulshani, 23 (a former Kit intern), years to feel confident enough in her artistic abilities to share her vibrant runway portraits with the world. “I just joined Instagram last year because, before, I didn’t want people to know I could draw,” she says.

Trained in classical-realism style, McKay, 26, is now captivated by sketching fanciful haute couture.

“For me, the most intriguing part of the artistic process was learning how to simplify things.”

Sermonia, 21, grew up in Saudi Arabia and the Philippines and taught herself to draw out of loneliness. “A lot of my drawings are from childhood memories,” she says. Now, her friends (and patrons) are asking for Sermonia originals.

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GIRL GANG

Jocelyn Teng in Louis Vuitton

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“My dad’s an artist,” says Teng, 29, “and ever since I can remember I’ve had a paintbrush in my hand.” As for her own style: “I like to draw fast because I’m trying to capture abstract feelings more than details.”

Stints in garment design in Paris and New York helped Ayoub, 25, realize drawing was her passion. “The designer I worked for in Paris did beautiful illustrations to accompany her designs, and I thought that seems much more interesting than sitting at a sewing machine.”

Sapunkova, 26, who originally studied sculpture in her native Ukraine, uses the analogy of court sketches to describe her work as an illustrator. “In court, you don’t take photographs, but you focus on things that happened, like facial expressions or hand gestures. Fashion illustration simplifies what you see.”

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Ksenia Sapunkova in Sacai

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MEET YOUR NEW JEANS ICONIC, COOL AND UNDERSTATEDLY STYLISH, LET THE MUSES-OF-THE-MOMENT INSPIRE YOUR NEW DENIM WARDROBE Selling over six pairs of jeans per minute globally, Topshop’s denim forms the building blocks of women’s wardrobes worldwide.

Topshop’s Creative Director, Kate Phelan, styles the industry’s rising stars in new season denim styles in the latest Spring Summer 2016 campaign – showing you how to inject individuality to your look…

Channel 90’s grunge like Steffy Argelich by pairing distressed Jamie high-waisted, anklegrazing skinnies with a tough biker jacket and plaid. Sophia Ahrens shines a spotlight on the Leigh – these mid-rise jeans hit refresh on wearable denim and can be styled for every occasion. Bella Hadid’s tapered, high-rise Orson jeans encapsulate 90’s uptown chic when styled with a fitted jacket, primly-tied neck scarf and elegant, heeled sandals. ‘90s street style is reimagined on Imaan Hammam – opt for the

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high-waisted, tapered Mom Jean and pair with a crop top and bomber jacket to conjure this fashion era. Grace Hartzel epitomises casual chic in the fashion industry’s most sought-after cut, the Baxter. Straight silhouettes and looser cuts are key for Spring Summer, and Aneta Pajak shows you how to nail the double denim look effortlessly in Topshop’s Straight jeans.

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Bucket hats, skimpy separates, laser-brite face paint and a DGAF attitude collide at the after-hours. This look is definitely for the wild ones 1. Paint splatters and zip-tie chokers at Christopher Kane. 2. Kenzo’s anything-but-mild mesh. 3. All the neon at Versace. 4. A #tbt Nicki Minaj in all her 2011 glory. 5. Late ’80s TV icon Jem (Holograms not pictured). 6. The Dries Van Noten 9-to-5 raver. 7. Plastic accessories galore at Jeremy Scott. 8. Wild child Miley Cyrus, 2015. 9. Multicoloured sequins as hair accessory and eyeshadow at Ashish. 10. Chain-link detailing at Alexander Wang. 11. Trippy neon makeup at Manish Arora. 12. Barely-there crochet from Sibling. 13. Toronto EDM star Deadmau5.

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The soundtracks of the spring runways were as eclectic as the shows themselves.

Justin Bieber at J.W. Anderson

Björk at Gucci

Michael Jackson at Balmain

Day-Glo slashes danced across lids like lasers at a light show. At Monique Lhuillier (left), makeup artist Val Garland called the electric green and blue lines “chunky and clunky.”

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Striped nails = a unique take on minimalism.

Sally Hansen global colour ambassador Madeline Poole striped it up this season: At 3.1 Phillip Lim, she used silver tape for ultraclean “athletic” lines, nipping the ends with cuticle clippers; at Tanya Taylor she freehanded skinny and thick stripes for a ’90s effect.

IT ACCESSORY Fa s h i o n ’ s l a t e s t d a r l i n g , Jonathan Anderson of Loewe fame, is responsible for the season’s most covetable accessory: a fish out of water, dangling on a gold line.

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Spring’s requisite stripes met oceanic shells and fishing-net motifs, topped off with marine-hued washes on eyes and shipshape graphic nails. Hello, sailor!

1. A school of underwater creatures at Emilio Pucci. 2. Caribbean eyeshadow hues at Diane von Furstenberg. 3. Life’s a beach at Dolce & Gabbana.

4. House of Holland’s tugboat-captain style. 5. Chic Navy uniforms at Mugler. 6. New England nautical at Ralph Lauren. 7. Yacht-appropriate garb at Giorgio Armani. 8. Sportmax’s striking net print. 9. The reason every girl wanted to be a mermaid: Ariel. 10. Stripes on stripes at Max Mara. 11. Brigitte Bardot channels Mediterranean chic in the classic Breton top, 1956. 12. Bill Murray in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.

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We s a w e n o u g h t w i s t s , loops and knots to moor a fleet of ships. The coiled ponies at Public School were c re a te d by t w i s ti n g t wo pieces in opposite directions and winding them tightly around each other. At Altuzarra, hairstylist Odile Gilbert used lots of styling cream for shine before wrapping two pieces back and tying them together.

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Delicate lace, slippery silk, je ne sais quoi bedhead and barely there blush: Get a room with the season’s sexiest style 1. Baby Kate Moss in a totally sheer (and totally controversial) slip dress circa 1993. 2. Body chains and sequins meet at Calvin Klein. 3. Alexander Wang’s vintageinspired negligee. 4. Marilyn Monroe, the ultimate pin-up, 1953. 5. Silky separates at Marc Jacobs. 6. Lace aplenty at Rochas. 7. Deconstructed slips by Riccardo Tisci at Givenchy. 8. Alber Elbaz’s sexed-up workwear at Lanvin. 9. Nineties besties Amanda de Cadenet and Courtney Love. 10. Back-to-bed housecoats at Thakoon.

11. Elizabeth Taylor in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, 1958. 12. Rumpled waves at Stella McCartney. 13. Plunging necklines at Céline. 14. Alluring ruby lips and loved-up skin at Giles.

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The natural flush from a roll in the hay was replicated backstage at Banana Republic, where makeup artist Sarah Lucero was “whispering” shimmery powder blush over a liquid blush. A coral-stained lip completed the pretty picture.

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News flash: Shoulders are fashion’s latest erogenous zone. The proof?

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5. Zöe Kravitz’s easy elegance. 6. BCBG Max Azria’s California road trippers. 7. Subtle earth tones at Balmain. 8. Late-’60s boho realness from actress Romy Schneider.

9. Rich hues meet delicate lace at Tory Burch. 10. Windswept hair and tanned faces at Michael Kors. 11. Khaleesi = queen. 12. Pretty prairie dressing at Erdem.

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“It’s kind of a desert tan,” says makeup artist Dick Pag e at M icha e l Kors , where he kept skin matte and brushed golden bronze r a cros s th e b ri d g e of the nose, cheekbones and forehead.

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Th e “ trib a l Af ric a”– influenced cornrows on the runway at Valentino (where almost 90 per cent of the looks were worn by white models) prompted an outcry on social media. #culturalappropriation #tryharder

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“It’s like Egypt with a disco feel,” said makeup artist Kabuki of the mixed-metal underliner at the Blonds. At Prada, Pat McGrath felt futuristic, painting precise yellow-gold lips with her own Gold 001 pigment.

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Otherworldly beings descended from the cosmos in metallic lips, high-shine leather and utilitarian boiler suits, making a perfect landing on spring runways 1. Striking silver pleats at Emilio Pucci. 2. Looney Tunes’ Marvin the Martian. 3. Mylar-like varsity jackets at Courrèges.

4. Broken-mirror detailing at Loewe. 5. Iris van Herpen’s molten metal illusions. 6. Velvet alien vibes at Vetements. 7. Judy Jetson, out-of-this-world inspo. 8. Iridescent coats at Edun, calling to mind high-tech spaceship material. 9. Astral glitter at Delpozo.

10. Captain Link Hogthrob and First Mate Piggy in The Muppet Show. 11. Futuristic gold lips at Prada. 12. Spacesuit chic at Lacoste.

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EYES ON THE PRIZE She’s shared onscreen chemistry with Robert Pattinson and danced on a yacht on the French Riviera. But Toronto’s Sarah Gadon isn’t a starry-eyed ingenue. The actor—seen here in spring’s textural ruffles and bows—knows exactly what she wants Photography by Norman Wong Fashion direction by Jillian Vieira Story by Olivia Stren

It’s a sunless afternoon in an industrial pocket of Toronto’s west end, where featureless concrete facades outnumber trees, people and anything easy on the eyes. Behind one of them, in a stark studio, Sarah Gadon is being photographed for The Kit Compact.

Meeting the actor here, resplendent in Spring 2016’s beribboned and bowed runway looks, seems improbable, like encountering a tulip in the tundra.

Gadon, who was recently hand-picked

by Giorgio Armani to be the global face of his cosmetics line, is destabilizingly lovely. She has crystalline blue eyes and the kind of lit-from-within complexion that would make a white swan look swarthy. Her Hitchcockian blonde beauty could be chilly—there is coldness in perfection—but Gadon also manages warmth. Not to mention intelligence.

She can talk about film theory without sounding pretentious—how’s that for improbable?

Gadon, it turns out, has long excelled at the unlikely: Her first role was as a farm animal. She got her start at the age of 7 as a junior—very junior—associate at the National Ballet of Canada when James Kudelka cast her as a lamb in a production of The Nutcracker. “I remember the feeling of going on stage and looking out into the darkness,” says the Toronto-born 28-year-old. “It was a really powerful experience, and I just knew in that moment that I wanted to be a performer.” Her parents supported creative expression and let her “dabble” but weren’t going to encourage her to become the next child starlet. When she finished high school at Toronto’s Claude Watson School for the Arts, she announced: “I’m moving to L.A.” Her parents made an announcement of their own: “No, you’re not.”

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Instead, in 2006, Gadon moved to the somewhat less glamorous Kingston, Ont., to study film at Queen’s University, before transferring to U of T, where she fell in love with auteur filmmaking.

Among her heroes are French director Agnès Varda and Argentinian director Lucrecia Martel, both celebrated for their subtle exploration of the female perspective. This resonated with Gadon, who is well versed in the struggles young female actors face to be taken seriously. “The only thing that’s available to you is to be an ingenue—and I didn’t identify with being an ingenue,” she says. “I was like, ‘I’d like to work with super-dark directors like David Cronenberg and do extremely intellectual films.’ I wanted to contribute to a filmmaker’s body of work, the kind of body of work that people would study.”

She got her wish. Cronenberg cast her in 2011’s A Dangerous Method alongside Michael Fassbender, followed

by Cosmopolis with Robert Pattinson and Maps to the Stars with Julianne Moore. It was a hugely exciting time— Gadon’s first serious film roles introduced her to the festival circuit and its red carpets—but she emphasizes that she wasn’t suddenly drowned by a flood of offers. “It was the beginning of what I imagine most careers are: slow and steady, hopefully.”

Now, though, her momentum is picking up speed. When we speak again, a few weeks after the shoot, Gadon has just returned from Sundance, where two of her latest projects premiered. (She also managed to pop in at Lena Dunham’s “Women Rewriting Hollywood” luncheon.) She sounds energized. “Sundance was a real ride. It was incredible. I’m still processing it.”

Her first project is the eight-part Hulu series 11.12.63, based on the Stephen King novel, executive produced by Lost alum J.J. Abrams and co-starring James Franco. The second, Indignation, a film based on the Philip Roth novel and slated for release later this year, was critically lauded and picked up by big distributors right after its premiere, where Gadon sparkled in a sleek metallic coat by Thom Browne.

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Indignation, an emotionally freighted drama exploring the existential torment of the 1950s college experience, allowed Gadon to delve into the kind of research she loves. In preparing for her role as Olivia Hutton, a bright but anguished student, Gadon read a great deal of American poet and novelist Sylvia Plath, who was Roth’s inspiration. Gadon’s character, like Plath, is an outsider. “She’s a bright, forwardthinking young mind coming against the ideologies and power structures of the time, and I very much feel that Sylvia Plath went through that same struggle,” Gadon says. It’s hard to imagine talented, confident Gadon relating to the outsider experience, but add that to the pile of improbabilities. “It’s a part of growing up, of that natural social assimilation that you have to go through in order to become a member of this society,” she says, and pauses. “I also do feel that I’m still an outsider—I’m very much outside of Hollywood.”

That distance—from L.A., a place, she says, that runs on hype—is something Gadon is currently delighting in.

Living in Toronto keeps her grounded. To illustrate her point, she recalls a recent trip to Cannes: “One minute you’re dancing with a movie star, the next you’re on [Microsoft co-founder] Paul Allen’s yacht, and then Peter Lindbergh is shooting you on a beach.” Arriving home after this Felliniesque sojourn, she went straight from the airport to her parents’ house. “I got out of the car and my dad said to me, ‘Look at this driveway! I just had it repaved!’ All he wanted to do was talk about the driveway.”

It’s not surprising, then, that Gadon is refreshingly practical about her work.

“In a way, you’re always at the beginning,” she says. “There’s this constant cycle of rejection. Putting yourself out there, making yourself vulnerable—all of those things are always there when you’re an actor. For anyone who is self-employed or works contract to contract, I don’t think that anxiety ever truly goes away. You just handle it better.” She seems, frankly, to be handling things quite nicely.

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When Toronto-based actor Sarah Gadon got a call out of the blue with the news that she had been tapped to be the global face of Giorgio Armani Beauty, her mind went to one of her favourite fi lmmakers. “It was like being swept up into a Fellini movie of absurd beauty and wonder,” she says animatedly, perched on a sofa in her office for the day—a swanky suite in the Four Seasons Toronto. “I ran around my house screaming and jumping up and down.”

Things only became more cinematic from there. “I flew to Milan for the 40th-anniversary tribute and I met Mr. Armani. I went to the atelier and got this beautiful dress, and I went to the party, and there was this giant receiving line, and there he was. I was so nervous. He doesn’t speak English, so he just laughed, grabbed my hand and twirled me around in front of all these photographers. That was the most Fellini point of the entire interaction.”

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La nouvelle ligne de défense contre les grands froids qui approchent : votre trousse de maquillage

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Sur toutes les bouches des personnages de Game of Thrones : l’hiver approche. Ce qui veut dire que bientôt nous nous battrons pour sauver notre peau des grands froids. Ajoutez à cela le chauffage, les douches chaudes et les différentes étapes du vieillissement, et chaque millimètre carré du plus grand organe de notre corps sera sans doute en quête d’hydratation. L’acide hyaluronique, ingrédient miracle pour combattre la sécheresse (aussi appelé hyaluronate de

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PROFILE

CUT LOOSE Actor Lucy Hale isn’t hiding behind her hair anymore

By Laura deCarufel Photography by Christopher Wahl

SHORT CUTS my blowout strategy Need further proof that Lucy Hale is a pro? This shoot took less than six minutes.

In most ways, Lucy Hale is not #justlikeus.

She stars on the teen smash Pretty Little Liars; she recently wrapped her first film; and when she tweets, her nearly five million followers respond with rhapsodic emojis. Like many women, though, Hale is pretty obsessed with her hair. “I always have been,” says Hale, 26, her voice even softer than on TV, her eyes somehow more enormous and her frame more slight—like a gazelle in leather shorts.

At 13, Hale’s idea of hair perfection was long and straight. “For years, I’d sleek-iron my hair, and it went halfway down my back,” remembers Hale, who is at Hudson’s Bay in Toronto for a whirlwind 24 hours to promote Blowpro, the haircare line of which she is the very pretty face. “My dad would do my ponytail, and if there were bumps, I’d THEKIT.CA | MARCH 2016 |

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be like, ‘Um, Dad, we need to start again.’”

(A 2003 clip from American Juniors shows a teenage Hale with a crisp part and a polished low pony—very Dior Spring 2016.)

Then, a few years ago, something changed: “I’d thought of my hair like a security blanket—I’d used it to cover my face—but I suddenly felt the urge to chop it off.” She started slowly: first trimming one inch, then three.

Now, she has a textured, chin-length bob that elicits adoration on social (sample tweet: “You inspired me to cut my hair and I love it so much omg”). “It is addictive,” Hale says, laughing. “The cut is edgier and chicer, but it also proved that I had the courage to do it. Really, I’m addicted to being confident.”

That daring is mirrored in the hair odyssey of Aria, Hale’s popular PLL character.

“Over six years, you grow as a person, so I’m

trying to be more sophisticated with Aria,” Hale explains. When the show kicked off, Aria’s thick hair was streaked with flashes of pink before she turned to a cooler bronde look. “Aria takes risks, so it makes sense that she would be a risk taker with her hair.”

Hale is visibly excited about the new PLL season—“The girls are in turmoil, but different turmoil!”—and about her first major film role, in the indie comedy-drama Dude, which hits screens this spring. “It’s a female-driven movie—like Superbad for girls.” Her focus, she says, is firmly on the future, which, in the most immediate sense, includes a public appearance in five minutes, where she will meet with hundreds of very excited fans. “I used to get nervous, but I feel different now,” Hale says with a grin. “Honestly? I feel like a badass.”

“I use leave-in conditioner, then I let my hair air-dry about 40 per cent. I use a texturizing cream and scrunch the hair, then I twist sections under using a blow-dryer. Once it’s dry, I use a straightener to dip and bend.”

my most memorable cut

“When I was 8 or 9, I cut my own hair.

It looked terrible.

It took half a year to grow out.”

my second-day hair hack

“I love Blowpro’s dry shampoo ($25, thebay.com). It’s hard for brunettes to find good dry shampoo, because it can be very powdery, but this is great: light and very texturizing.”

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FIRST PERSON

SAY MY NAME

Kelli Korducki sets out to find the ultimate fragrance that smells like her, only better

“MAYBE MY OWN WEAK CHEMISTRY WAS AT ISSUE. AFTER ALL, IT WAS NEVER MY MENSTRUAL CYCLE OTHER WOMEN WOULD SYNC TO.”

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consideration. Nevertheless, I recently embarked on a serious quest to find a fragrance of my own, a special one that would lock onto my pheromones and act as an extension of my body. Unfortunately, Light Blue, so bewitching on my friend, smelled like a truck stop car freshener on me. I tried others—Guerlain’s Shalimar, the hard-to-find Bvlgari Red Tea—but none seemed to achieve the desired effect of amplifying my animal magnetism. Maybe, I hypothesized, my own weak chemistry was at issue. After all, it was never my menstrual cycle other women’s would sync to.

Or maybe I was just going about it the wrong way. To test out a more natural, bespoke approach, I visited Toronto’s new Escents Aromatherapy store with a mission to walk out perfectly perfumed. As founder Jacqui MacNeill explained, essential oils have medicinal properties, and their aromas unlock when applied to the bodies that need them most. At her assistant’s urging, I tried a combination of blue camomile and geranium to help soothe my psoriatic elbows. But it was scentless, and I wasn’t in it for the healing; I was there to smell amazing. MacNeill, a glossy entrepreneur with a nose for customer dissatisfaction, stepped back in. “Let’s give you some rose otto,” she said. Her assistant helped me mix it with sandalwood, one of my favourite scents, which I shook into a vial. I rolled it on and: ROSES. My body had become a flower army’s site of chemical warfare; the sandalwood was nowhere to be found. “I like that better than whatever you’ve been wearing,” my boyfriend later remarked. Surely I could do better.

So I hit the perfume counters. I knew what I thought I wanted: something musky, woodsy and just a tad horny.

Alaïa Paris by Azzedine Alaïa was warmly sweet and spicy, something your Anaïs-Nin-worshipping roommate would dig.

By Kilian’s Intoxicated reminded me of silk dressing gowns worn by film noir heroines in their close-ups, while a dab of Les Absolus 1001 Ouds by Annick Goutal made me feel like the type of woman who would casually own a pet leopard, à la Bringing Up Baby. Jazz Club by Maison Martin Margiela, a male-marketed gourmand fragrance, on my wrists smelled about as cool as a Jazz FM sax solo. Then there was Tobacco Vanille by Tom Ford: Imagine Eartha Kitt purring for a man with a big cigar, and you’ve got the idea. Finally, I tried on New York Sandalwood by Bond No. 9 and felt like a well-worn leather armchair still warm from the object of my affection.

Each was beautiful, but none felt exactly like me. And maybe, argues perfumer and By Kilian founder Kilian Hennessy, that’s just fine. “Like fashion, a fragrance ‘dresses’ you and tells a facet of your personality,” Hennessy told me. “Personally, I believe we should have a wardrobe of scents. I like to play with them the same way I play with any other accessory: shoes, ties, pocket squares, bag. I always choose the perfume of the day last, according to the way I am dressed and the mood I am in.”

If you say so, master perfumer. But I’m not so sure my chemical reactions can be as easily swapped in and out as a pair of hoop earrings or platform pumps. I’d like to think my one true fragrance is still somewhere out there, waiting for me.

WHAT’S YOUR SCENT SPIRIT OBJECT? Match the perfume to the object and pick your poison

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In my early 20s, I made a friend who was magnetic and difficult and smelled incredible. As booze cast a soft focus over our weekly karaoke nights, she careened from table to beer-dampened table leaving invisible trails of Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue while I ached with the inadequacy of my own scentlessness.

I suspect that establishing a signature fragrance happens to many people by accident. It’s easy to understand how a person might be gifted with something that’s easy to wear, spritz it at pulse points and repeat ad infinitum. It’s how you could end up wearing a fragrance considered the domain of 16-year-old basics into your karaoke years—or you could get lucky and find one that really works for you.

But the perfect scent isn’t an easy thing to seek out. Perfume is a luxury item that’s unlikely to be picked up on a whim—that’s what lipstick is for. Besides, fragrances can be unkind. Body chemistry, olfactory associations and the particularities of your officemates all have to be taken into

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INSTA CRUSH

Meet Korea’s It girl: Model Irene Kim will make you want to up your beauty game

PHOTOGRAPHY: PETER STIGTER (KIM); INSTAGRAM.COM/WARUKATTA (LY); INSTAGRAM: SITABELLAN (ABELLAN), CHARLOTTE_FREE (FREE), CHLOENORGAARD (NØRGAARD). ART DIRECTION AND PRODUCT PHOTOGRAPHY: KRISTY WRIGHT

By Natasha Bruno Irene Kim is hard to miss. In a sea of street-style stars, the Seattle-born Seoulbased model first hit North America’s fashion radar during Spring 2015 New York Fashion Week—despite not walking in a single show. Photographers couldn’t get enough of her, largely because of her ever-changing My-LittlePony-inspired hair—a career-rocketing dye job her agency wasn’t fond of at first. Kim quickly became an internet phenom, amassing a major Instagram following (her WHAT’S THE account @IreneIsGood has 718K followers and WILDEST BEAUTY counting). Though she was already a favourite TREND YOU’VE TRIED? on Korean fashion television shows K-Style and “I bleached my brows Style Live, fans from around the world started for a while. It made me flocking to Kim’s YouTube channel for her simple look like a baby alien without makeup, but makeup and skincare tutorials. also a lot edgier with a Now, big brands are taking notice of Kim’s strong smoky eye.” colourful personality and playful approach (recently she debated on Insta whether her WHAT HAIR COLOUR ARE spirit animal was a unicorn or a turkey). CosYOU DYING TO TRY NEXT? metics giant Estée Lauder has snagged her as “At this point, I can’t its muse, alongside Kendall Jenner, for its new see myself with any 82-piece skincare and colour collection, dubbed other colour besides Estée Edit. Launching exclusively at Sephora rainbow—it has been this way for about this month, the millennial-targeted line is divided three years now. But into beauty attitudes like “the Edgiest” (loads I recently saw a cool of high-impact hues) and “the Barest” (sheer dyeing technique on washes of no-makeup colour).

YouTube called While getting a sneak peek at the products in watercolouring.”

New York, we chatted with Kim—who was rocking purple brows—about her unique makeup WHAT’S YOUR GO-TO looks, her signature unicorn hair and the next MAKEUP LOOK? beauty obsession coming out of Korea.

“I gravitate toward a

Irene Kim, Estée Edit by Estée Lauder spokesmodel, at New York Fashion Week.

clean face because my hair is so vibrant. But I’ll also do a cat-eye with liquid liner and a fun lip like a bright orange, or I’ve been trying out coloured brows. Then a lot of mascara.”

on my skin and is super-hydrating. I actually keep it in the fridge, which gives it an extra cooling sensation.”

WHAT’S THE LATEST BEAUTY CRAZE YOU’VE SEEN IN SEOUL?

“My mother and grandmother always told me, ‘If you’re happy, you’re confident. And if you’re confident, you’re beautiful.’

They were elegant and they never chased trends. They knew what they liked and what liked them. But the best advice they gave me was to accentuate what you already own.”

“I recently saw a whole shelf of face products made from horse oil....”

WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE DISCOVERY FROM THE ESTÉE EDIT LINE? “I love the Edgiest Khol Shadowstick, and I use it to tint my eyebrows.

Also, the Pink Peony Overnight Water Pack feels really nourishing

WHAT’S THE BEST BEAUTY ADVICE YOU’VE BEEN GIVEN?

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: ESTÉE EDIT BY ESTÉE LAUDER THE EDIT EYESHADOW PALETTE, $60, THE EDGIEST MATTIFIED LIPSTICK IN MAROONED, $26, THE BAREST BLUSH IN EMBER GLOW, $32, THE EDGIEST KOHL SHADOWSTICK IN BLACK VIPER, $26, THE EDGIEST UP & OUT DOUBLE MASCARA, $28, SEPHORA.CA

WHAT IS ONE OF YOUR BAD HABITS? “I used to have a terrible nail-biting habit. Fortunately I fixed it with nail art in Korea!”

WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF? “Sometimes when I’m travelling, hotel rooms freak me out.”

WHAT WAS THE LAST SHOW YOU BINGE WATCHED? “Sex and the City reruns.”

WHAT’S THE FIRST THING YOU CHECK IN THE MORNING? “The time on my phone to see if I can sleep for another 10 minutes.”

COLOUR CHAMELEONS

These models catapulted to fame after changing up their looks with jaw-dropping hues. Inspired to make your next hair move?

Who: Fernanda Ly Colour story: First seen on the Louis Vuitton Fall 2015 runway, this Chinese-Australian model’s whimsical pastel-pink hair has since graced the covers of i-D Magazine, Vogue Japan and Teen Vogue.

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Who: Sita Abellan Colour story: Currently a fiery orange/redhead, this blunt-banged Spanish model and DJ was hand-picked by Rihanna for a role in the pop star’s infamous “Bitch Better Have My Money” video.

Who: Charlotte Free Colour story: The electric-pink-haired American has coloured her way to the big leagues: She’s a runway regular at Chanel shows and a face of Maybelline.

Who: Chloe Nørgaard Colour story: The American model debuted a self-dyed kaleidoscopic fluoro colour job at the Rodarte Fall 2013 show; two seasons later she followed up by going pale pink and lilac for the show.

She’s dropped hints about a collab line with Manic Panic.

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LAST WORD

MONEY TALKS

We asked Canadian fashion industry pros to share their salaries with us (anonymously, because #manners).

You might be shocked—designers make how much?

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Editorial Model Runway Model

$200 $600

Hand Model Model Rep Emerging Fashion Designer

$200 $250

Established Fashion Designer

$500 $800

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One designer told us that, after all expenses, his annual salary was closer to $0.

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$20,000$40,000

$600 $1,000

Celebrity Hair & Makeup Artist $1,000 $1,500

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Hair & Makeup Artist

$500 $1,500

$120,000+ $175$250

$100,000$120,000

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Prop Stylist Stylist Assistant

$1,200 $5,000

Senior Stylist $1,500 $7,500

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Graphic Designer Digital Editor

$80,000$100,000

$1,000 - $2,000

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Assistant Editor

$28,000$33,000

$35,000$45,000

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Seamstress

Fashion Photographer

$200 $400

Senior Model Rep

CREATIVES

Freelance / Event Photographer

Models typically triple their rate when nudity is involved.

Experienced Model

Commercial Designer

PHOTOGRAPHY

MODELLING

DESIGN

$70,000$90,000

$500

Art Director

Marketing Manager

$45,000$55,000

Publisher Account Director

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PR

Per blog post with social sharing

Visual Merchandiser

Account Coordinator PUBLISHING

$60,000$85,000

Senior Store Manager

Per social post per event

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$40,000+

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