Culture
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Feeling that gingerbread feeling
A lot of people get all grumpy pants this time of year and I refuse to contribute to all the doom and gloom with another “I don’t have a boyfriend/Orange Crush for one” column.
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These Muckies are made for fashion
Manitoban Julie Pedersen knows a thing or two about fashion. A graduate of a private Vancouver fashion school, model, designer and former actor, Pedersen has created her own line of distinct women’s footwear.
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Corydon-area bakery gets it right
Opened in 2008 and nestled away from the busy Corydon Avenue strip, this take-out bakery certainly knows how to do it right.
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Capturing ‘diiiversity’
Known as “diiiverse” online, 20-year-old Emmeline Guerrero’s alter ego is not a caped crime fighter by cover of darkness. Instead she works hard for the money by day, and blogs and designs by night.
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Not-so-happy ending to this story
Tea Story, a Japanese-style tea and waffle house, is a fairly recent addition to the Osborne strip, situated in the recently renovated red brick building at the northeast corner of Confusion Corner.
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Everything old is new again
The collection that started as a hobby for Doug Shand and his late wife Lana has outgrown its home once again.
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Fashion Streeter
My mom doesn’t dress me anymore, so I dress in her clothes. -
These buns are sticky, baby
You’ve probably seen the signs for Jonnies Sticky Buns around town. They’re stapled to telephone poles and say cheeky things about buns and where this shop wants to put them.
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Fashion Streeter
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Fashion: Exposed to the elements
It seems that cycling is no longer restricted to just the hyper-athletic or low-income factions of society. It has, in recent years, been appropriated as the transportation of choice by the young, hip intelligentsia - much to the chagrin of those who “got there first.”
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Fashion Streeter
Whatever is around, that inspires me. -
Two decades of independent fashion
Twenty years ago, Wendy Waters travelled to Berlin where her love of vintage fashion bloomed. Dissatisfied with her line of work, Waters returned home anxious to build a career that would allow her to balance family life and exercise her creativity at the same time.
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Photo shoots with strong storylines
The women in Carrie Bradshaw’s Sex and the City are usually a source of envy: elegant fashion mavens and masters with a suaveness that is untouchable. The envy would be reversed if Carrie and Samantha met Kathleen Willson, femme fatale and local fashion photographer.
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Fashion Streeter
“Fall inspires me to dress like this.” -
Fashion Streeter
Wizards inspire my fashion. -
Denim on denim and oil on a canvas
Winnipeg is often considered a creative Mecca, with its long, hard winters forcing everyone inside and leaving them to their own devices.
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Fashion Streeter
I try to get people discussing the trend of tribal designs in today’s fashion. -
Fashion Streeter
My wardrobe has changed a lot since I started working with kids. -
Ssssssssssmokin’
When Smoke’s Poutinerie announced it was opening a Winnipeg location, members of the culinary community rejoiced.
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Fashion Streeter
Fashion is about what comes from within.