Category: Fashion & Style

Ela Accessories' Founders: Ela & Martin Aldorsson.
Photo: Marayna Dickinson/Alace Photos

DisC x YouInc Presents: 10 Questions with Ela & Martin Aldorsson of Ela Accessories

About Different Is Cool x YouInc: DisC and YouInc have collaborated on a series of profile pieces featuring Canadian entrepreneurs in non-traditional, creative careers [ie. fashion, visual & performing arts, […]

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Elle at work in the Zvelle Studio, Toronto.
Photo Credit: Marayna Dickinson.

DisC x YouInc Presents: 10 Questions with Fashion Entrepreneur Elle AyoubZadeh of Zvelle Shoes

About Different Is Cool x YouInc: DisC and YouInc have collaborated on a series of profile pieces featuring Canadian entrepreneurs in non-traditional, creative careers [ie. fashion, visual & performing arts, […]

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iDermal: Body piercer implants arm w/studs to magnetically attach iPod as a watch. Really.

iDermal: Body piercer implants arm w/studs to magnetically attach iPod as a watch. Really.

When we first came across this story, we all said “Really??” Yes, really. Body piercer Dave Hurban, from Dynasty Tattoo  in New Jersey, has a love of body art and technology. […]

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We don’t patronize Abercrombie & Fitch…do you?

We don’t patronize Abercrombie & Fitch…do you?

Dear Mr. Jeffries, DIFFERENT IS COOL. PLEASE READ & SHARE. Clothing brand Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries [pictured above] has been outed as having a VERY limited definition of […]

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In Which Science And Body Art Intersect: Tattoos of the Science Obsessed

In Which Science And Body Art Intersect: Tattoos of the Science Obsessed

Awesome geek tatttoo. If you’re a frequent visitor to this site, you know we love nerds.  Science nerds, math nerds, computer nerds – all variety of thoughtful humans committed to […]

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Kate Moss hologram

Kate Moss hologram

Here’s a video of the cinematic and deeply moving finale of McQueen’s Fall/Winter 2006 show, featuring a hologram of the then scandal-besieged supermodel Kate Moss.  It was Lee’s way of […]

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In Conversation With Model/Entrepreneur Courtney Bingham: “everyone has insecurities”

In Conversation With Model/Entrepreneur Courtney Bingham: “everyone has insecurities”

Courtney Bingham. Photo Courtesy of Courtney Bingham.   Different Is Cool recently introduced Courtney Bingham as our newest Ambassador of Cool and Contributing Editor.  We are very excited to partner […]

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Judging & Bullying on Social Media: The Death of Kindness, Compassion & Happiness [Courtney Bingham edition]

Judging & Bullying on Social Media: The Death of Kindness, Compassion & Happiness [Courtney Bingham edition]

Courtney Bingham modelling photo. Courtesy of Courtney Bingham.   [Article first published on October 10, 2012.] She’s the ultimate tall, gorgeous, California girl turned super-elite model.  She’s a young entrepreneur, […]

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Show Us Your Fall Fashion The “Different Is Cool Way” with Lookbook

Show Us Your Fall Fashion The “Different Is Cool Way” with Lookbook

The cover of US Vogue’s massive 2012 September issue, featuring one of our favourite fashion eccentrics, Lady Gaga. Hey, it’s September!  Or, as it’s known in fashion circles, the most […]

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Love Forever: Yayoi Kusama & Louis Vuitton collaborate on artistic line of accessories

Love Forever: Yayoi Kusama & Louis Vuitton collaborate on artistic line of accessories

Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama.           Louis Vuitton’s Marc Jacobs is well known for his love of popular culture and Japanese avant-garde art [remember his 2002 […]

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