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Q&A: Theodora Richards splurges on unicorn-hair shorts

Posted March 15th, 2010 | 9:03 am | By Sarah Nicole Prickett | No Comments

Theodora Richards makes a good save after losing her shoe at the Joe Fresh Style Spring 2010 show. Photography by Angela Y. Martin

Theodora Richards—the 25-year-old model progeny of Patti Hansen and Keith Richards—is, you imagine, a high-rolling rock heiress. Mustn’t her trust fund be just heaped with Rolling Stones royalties? And modelling still pays, right? In the past few years, she’s fronted for Burberry, Erin Kleinberg and—alongside big sis Alexandra—French Connection. This spring, she joins fellow rock princesses Daisy Lowe and Pixie Geldof in the high court of C’N’C Costume National models. But then you meet her, fresh off the cheap-and-cheerful Joe Fresh Style runway (where she lost a shoe but bravely kept walking) at LG Fashion Week in Toronto [See the full Joe Fresh Style Spring 2010 show], and she’s all breathlessly chatty, literally in her stockinged feet and talkin’ ’bout her budget woes. Do you feel sympathy for the spawn? Read on.

This article originally appeared in the April issue of FASHION Magazine.

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Get some reel love at these coast-to-coast film fests

Posted January 19th, 2010 | 4:56 pm | By Sarah Nicole Prickett | No Comments

Wong Kar-Wai's In The Mood For Love plays January 29 and February 10 at Cinematheque Ontario. Photo by USA Films/Photofest

Wong Kar-Wai's In The Mood For Love plays January 29 and February 10 at Cinematheque Ontario. Photo by USA Films/Photofest

No more nights at the multiplex. This month, feel the art and soul of movies with a coast-to-coast host of film festivities:

  • Victoria Film Festival has bee showcasing indie cinema for 15 years; it’s a chiller, cozier alternative to the Hollywood North-ness of the Vancouver film fest. (January 29 to February 7, victoriafilmfestival.com) Read the rest of this entry »

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    Ellen von Unwerth’s Fräulein looks at the modern goddess

    Posted January 19th, 2010 | 11:15 am | By Sarah Nicole Prickett | No Comments

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    Ellen von Unwerth’s spanking-new Fräulein (out February, Taschen, $700) romps through 15 years of this model turned photog’s playground of the feminine. Shots of modern goddesses, from Kate to Britney to Dita, flit between light and fantastic or shadowy and noir. If you covet, don’t delay; only 1,500 copies, each signed by von Unwerth, are available.

    This article originally appeared in the February issue of FASHION. Click the images below to see more shots from the book.

    Culture » Culture » Hot Disc

    Hot Disc: Julian Casablancas, Phrazes for the Young

    Posted November 3rd, 2009 | 2:05 pm | By Sarah Nicole Prickett | No Comments

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    Do call it a comeback: Phrazes for the Young (Sony) is the first solo album from Strokes leading man Casablancas, but it’s also a triumphal, uphill march right back into our hearts. He might’ve won us over too early, too easily, this care-nothing LES lothario with his band of ruffians. New Wave or no wave, Is This It stands as one of the best-loved albums in New York rock history. But then the Strokes made two more, too soon, playing fast and loose with our affections. Julian got wasted and wrote shite lyrics. The third and last-for-now Strokes album was a whiskey-breathed yawn. We still loved him, but we had to let him go.

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    Just in time for Halloween: Horror film jewellery from Jaime Sin

    Posted October 27th, 2009 | 3:58 pm | By Sarah Nicole Prickett | No Comments

    Jaime Sin - 4 piecesOn the Toronto scene, Jaime Sin (jaime-sin.com) is one of the coolest night cats. She’s always curled up in the DJ booth, glossy black hair over eyes, or stalking the periphery of the dance floor in wicked Acne heels. And though she’s been playing at—or promoting—parties for years, she never ages a second. Creepy. So it’s no wonder that her eponymous jewellery line is witchy and tough—even more so, now that she’s added a wee Halloween collection. Read the rest of this entry »

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    Parting kisses: Favourite things from Paris

    Posted October 9th, 2009 | 5:08 pm | By Sarah Nicole Prickett | No Comments


    Show: Alexander McQueen—and I wasn’t even present. Too sick that night to crawl from bed, I—and thousands upon thousands of other obsessives—watched McQ’s first live-to-air catwalk on ShowStudio.com. Even from afar, I was spun in, so totally entranced by his entire underworld of alien warrior princesses. (And those shoes! The most wondrously physics-defying footwear since Theyskens’ heelless hooves for Nina Ricci. Which was just last season…but still.) Magnificent in scope, meticulous in execution, it was a show to write home about. Unless you were already there. Read the rest of this entry »

    Fashion » At the shows » FASHION Lovelies

    Paris street style: Oh BryanBoy

    Posted October 8th, 2009 | 12:05 pm | By Sarah Nicole Prickett | 1 Comment

    oct09parislovelies17sm Here’s BryanBoy–that’s Monsieur Bryan Boy to you, as per his calligraphied LV invite. The thrilla from Manila has been wearing Rad Hourani around this town all week, and looking–his word–fabu. After the Vuitton show, we talked about how cool Canadians are right now: Rad, Mark Fast, Jeremy Laing.. “What’s in your water?” he demanded to know. Well, we have some of the cleanest tap water in the world, so not a lot. Maybe it’s in our beer?

    See the full look after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

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    Hot Disc: Air’s Love 2

    Posted October 8th, 2009 | 11:05 am | By Sarah Nicole Prickett | No Comments

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    Among the dubious charms of the Paris Metro is this recurring phenomenon: a grubby, often bereted man gets on, wielding an accordion, which he plays energetically for at least five minutes. This surprise isn’t free, of course; afterward he’ll stick out his hand for coins. If I were a nicer Canadian, I’d find this delightful. But I’m like: Hi! Can’t you see I’m trying to listen to Air?

    Because the French pop princes have finally set free their latest effort, Love 2 (EMI), and it seems just the thing to listen to on steamy subterranean rides. Read the rest of this entry »

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    The Paris (Fashion Week) Review: Louis Vuitton, Hermès, Miu Miu

    Posted October 7th, 2009 | 5:38 pm | By Sarah Nicole Prickett | 3 Comments

    Photography by Sarah Nicole Prickett

    Photography by Sarah Nicole Prickett

    I forgot Marc Jacobs was making timeliness happen: apparently, his last two NY shows have begun promptly, and today I nearly missed his Louis Vuitton spectacular because I decided to walk over from Colette Dinnigan. Funny thing: when you ask someone at Paris Fashion Week how long it takes to get somewhere, they give you two times: “weeth heels” and “without.”

    I should’ve gone without. But I did skitter in right as the show began, and how lucky I did! Because this show was fun–girlish, giddy fun–which is something I’d no idea I was missing, til 2:30 p.m. (sharp) today. There’s lots of drama in Paris (did you watch McQueen live? I’m still amazed), and there’s beige restraint, and there’s beauty, of course–but not a lot of fun. And what else could you call this bonbon assortment of plaid and prints, pinafores and pockets, and–wholly amazing–poodle hair? The girls looked like Marie Antoinettes on acid. Tassels swung wildly from messenger bags and trussed up shoes–sometimes they were white fur, like funny moustaches. Read the rest of this entry »

    Fashion » At the shows » FASHION Lovelies

    Paris street style: All deco’d out

    Posted October 6th, 2009 | 2:30 pm | By Sarah Nicole Prickett | No Comments

    oct09parislovelies_13sm The most luxist, label-laden editors at PFW, overwhelmingly of Eastern Euro provenance, have me considering a new coinage: editrussky? Ninety per cent of the time, I loathe their looks. But after the Chanel show today, I found one adorable example: this little Muscovite all deco`d out in Mary Katrantzou. Great to see the talented London designer getting street-styled abroad.

    Check out the full look after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

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