Tag: fashion

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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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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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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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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Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night…

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night…

[One of the chicest women in the world: Iris Apfel, born 1921.] Dylan Thomas wrote the poem “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” about his desire for his […]

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The Fashion Eccentrics: Isabella Blow

The Fashion Eccentrics: Isabella Blow

Isabella Blow, was one of the most influential people in fashion – she is credited with starting the careers of Alexander McQueen, Hussein Chalayan & Philip Treacy, among others. I […]

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The Fashion Eccentrics: Daphne Guinness

The Fashion Eccentrics: Daphne Guinness

The Honourable Daphne Guinness is another one-of-a-kind eccentric.  She has the wealth to patronize the haute couture and is one of only a handful of women left on earth who […]

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