The next Chanel Metiers des Arts show is tomorrow, Thursday Dec. 3, and some of you might be asking, wth is that?
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Two years ago the historic Musée Galliera started a reconstruction and has finally reopened! The museum, which was previously only able to mount exhibitions on the ground floor level, now has a newly renovated lower level named after Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel and is currently showcasing the work of this fashion icon with an exhibition curated by Miren Arzalluz, director of the Palais Galliera, and Véronique Belloir.
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I was recently asked to appear on CBC radio Eyeopener, to talk about fashion during this pandemic and what the future might hold. While we didn’t discuss it on air it was based little bit around an article in the New York Times called sweatpants forever.
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Would you ever rent your clothes instead of buying them? That was the questions they asked last week on the CBC Eyeopener.
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When I heard a year ago about the Christian Dior exhibition coming to the Glenbow Museum I was possibly the most excited person in Calgary. I had been sad to miss the original installation by curator Dr. Alexandra Palmer, at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto in 2017, so when the team at the Glenbow asked me to speak about the history of Christian Dior at their salon series I was more than ready!
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Leah appeared on the Eyeopener with host David Gray to discuss the legacy of Karl Lagerfeld after his death at 83.
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Marie Kondo is a major trending topic this new year precisely because we all set such terrific goals for ourselves at this time of year. Mari made waves first with her book, The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up which gave people some helpful tools to sort out and organize their entire home. Her new Netflix series, Tidying Up is a wonderful way to get inspired to tackle your own mess and get sorted for all the other things you want to accomplish in 2019. As someone who also helps my clients organize their closet and dressing spaces I really enjoyed seeing where the KonMari method and my own methods agree, and also diverge.
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January is a great time to set your intentions for the year. For many of us that means getting deep into clearing out our clutter and getting organized.
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Explore the 70 years of history at the house of Dior in my feature article in S Magazine, June 2017.
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Leah Van Loon was the contributing fashion editor for the September issue of Avenue Magazine featuring 4 local talents and their editorial statements for Fall 2017.
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In May 2016 during my week long fashion group tour, I was introduced to the lovely Paula Alaszkiewicz, the assistant curator of the private Louis Vuitton museum (curator Judith Clark). Not to be confused with the Fondation Louis Vuitton, this is a small archival museum telling the story of the brand and the history of Louis Vuitton. She was kind enough to not only arrange for us to visit the museum but toured us herself through the two story permanent exhibit built in 2015.
Read MoreMaybe you didn’t know but I have a recurring fashion advice column at @feverishnews and the latest edition is out now! I’m talking about how to buy a great winter coat and giving you some of my top tips for buying vintage!
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