Laura Hensley

Elements of Style

Elements of Style

Reflections on the power of personal style.

 Jennifer Joseph

Bending the Rules

Bending the Rules

Now that Worn Fashion Journal has ceased publication, can fashion magazines continue to analyze the industry?

As a studio arts, fibres and material practices student at Montreal’s Concordia University and having worked in the fashion industry, Serah-Marie McMahon wasn’t able to find the insightful fashion writing she craved as a reader. While skimming through newsstands, she found nothing she could relate to in traditional fashion magazines. So she created Worn Fashion […]

 Karizza Sanchez

A dull read

Sharp's John McGouran and Michael La Fave say they want to produce a magazine of GQ and Esquire quality, but is it really more than a catalogue of pricey boy toys?

By Karizza Sanchez  It’s the September launch party for Sharp magazine’s Book for Men, a hardcover offshoot filled with glossy images of luxurious cars, men’s fashion, and exotic destinations. The ballroom at the new Shangri-La Hotel in downtown Toronto is crowded, lit with purple lights, and filled with loud music playing—a little reminiscent of a nightclub. The male guests […]

 Samatha Grice

Crimes of Fashion

Crimes of Fashion

Why reporting on what we wear has little style and no substance

When Nancy Jane Hastings was asked at her admissions interview for Carleton University’s graduate journalism program in 1981 what kind of writing she was interested in, she said fashion. The interviewer laughed. Nevertheless, Hastings was not only accepted into the program, but was the first one in her class to get a job-at Toronto Life […]