Getting dressed up and having a glass of wine for no special occasion can be the ultimate indulgence these days. With all of us spending more time than ever at home, we’ve got the perfect excuse to dig into our closets and revisit some of our fave fashion-forward pieces — the ones we know will give our mood a boost. Here, three influencers share how they’ll be cocooning in style this season, inspired by the bold flavour-forward notes of Meiomi Pinot Noir.
Cher Bai
photography by Javier Lovera. creative direction by george antonopoulos. hair and makeup, caroline levin for p1m.ca/chanel.
photography by Javier Lovera. creative direction by george antonopoulos. hair and makeup, caroline levin for p1m.ca/chanel.
photography by Javier Lovera. creative direction by george antonopoulos. hair and makeup, caroline levin for p1m.ca/chanel.
photography by Javier Lovera. creative direction by george antonopoulos. hair and makeup, caroline levin for p1m.ca/chanel.
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Staying in can be just as exciting as going out, especially when it involves a fancy outfit and a bottle of Meiomi — just ask Cher Bai. These days, the Toronto-based entrepreneur and influencer (and former FASHION cover star) has been doing date nights at home with her husband. “ It’s a great reason to dress up,” she says — even if it’s for an activity as chill as snuggling on their puffy-as-a-cloud white Roche Bobois sofa and watching a movie. Bai also points out that sometimes all it takes is a fun outfit (like a feather-trimmed pyjama set by Sleeper) or a luxe pair of heels (René Caovilla, anyone?) to instantly brighten her mood. “You can still look chic even when you’re at home!”
Sadiq Adeshina
photography by Philipp von der Heydt. creative direction by george antonopoulos.
photography by Philipp von der Heydt. creative direction by george antonopoulos.
photography by Philipp von der Heydt. creative direction by george antonopoulos.
photography by Philipp von der Heydt. creative direction by george antonopoulos.
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After a long day at physically distanced photo shoots, Toronto-based model and influencer Sadiq Adeshina can most likely be found kicking back and unwinding at home with a glass of Meiomi Pinot Noir. Comfort is key for Adeshina, which means that most nights, his off-duty uniform includes Adidas by Raf Simons sneakers and a cozy knit sweater, like a plush lilac pullover by Danish brand Samsøe Samsøe. But on evenings that call for something a little more special, he’ll throw on an oversized leather jacket with bold shoulders — a beloved item in his wardrobe. “I’m obsessed with leather pieces that have interesting silhouettes,” he says. “This jacket definitely lifts my spirits.”
Gabrielle Lacasse
photography by Javier Lovera. creative direction by george antonopoulos. hair and makeup, Kim Abecassis for make up for ever.
photography by Javier Lovera. creative direction by george antonopoulos. hair and makeup, Kim Abecassis for make up for ever.
photography by Javier Lovera. creative direction by george antonopoulos. hair and makeup, Kim Abecassis for make up for ever.
photography by Javier Lovera. creative direction by george antonopoulos. hair and makeup, Kim Abecassis for make up for ever.
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There’s no need to go shopping for a new outfit when you have a wardrobe filled with vintage designer pieces and special finds. Such is the case with Gabrielle Lacasse, a Montreal-based photographer and influencer whose fashion sense, like a glass of Meiomi Pinot Noir, is full of character. To help spark some joy during the colder months indoors, Lacasse will be reaching for some of her favourite items, like a green Acne Studios blazer, jewellery that belonged to her late grandmother and a pair of OTT vintage Gucci sandals adorned with black feathers. “They were definitely an extravagant purchase,” she says.
Charlotte Rampling picks up the phone at her home in Paris after two rings, and even her upbeat “How are you?” suggests a smile. The chuckles and giggles are so frequent during our hour-plus chat that if they were spliced together, the result could be a laugh track for a Saturday Night Live sketch. Which is surprising, because of all the things the 74-year-old actress is known for, giddiness isn’t one of them.
Photography by NELSON SIMONEAU. Coat, $4,715, Givenchy.
With more than 100 film performances, Rampling has been called icy, imperious and aloof. The characters she is best known for are troubled in one way or another: the institutionalized ex-girlfriend in Woody Allen’s Stardust Memories, the deluded wife of a missing husband in François Ozon’s Under the Sand and a concentration camp survivor who has a sado-masochistic affair with the Nazi officer who raped and abused her in Liliana Cavani’s The Night Porter. Referring to one of her very first films, the 1966 hit Georgy Girl, critic Peter Sobczynski later wrote that “she captures the dark flip side to the carefree Swinging Sixties era…to almost terrifying effect.”
When she finally does play someone who’s got it all together — the psychiatrist Dr. Evelyn Vogel in the Showtime series Dexter — Rampling still keeps us on edge as she stealthily navigates her complex relationship with the psychopath played by Michael C. Hall.
Photography by NELSON SIMONEAU. Jacket and pants, prices upon request, Y/Project.
Rampling’s next turn is in Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, which has been pushed to an October 2021 release. But if the trailer is any indication, she will be no less compelling. She is a highlight of the three-minute preview in which she orders a boyish Timothée Chalamet to choose between pain and death.
Her method, she says, is no method. “I don’t really prepare in terms of thinking what I’m going to do,” she explains in a friendly, lyrical tone. “I understand what the scene is about by reading it, and I integrate it and learn what I am going to be saying. I’ve always worked this way. I’m a naturalist, and I don’t want to fake anything. I trust my feelings — I’ve got many of them — and I know they’ll come up when I need them.”
Photography by NELSON SIMONEAU. Coat and belt, prices upon request, Hermès.
Rampling refers to herself as “a very complicated person inside” and then adds: “But when I’m out there doing things, I’m very natural. It surprises many people because some of the roles I’ve played are quite dark, but that’s all part of my inner world. That’s what an actor plays with — the shadow side of themself.”
Her naturalness, combined with a Hatha yoga-toned frame, point-blank gaze and lack of inhibition, has also made her a favourite subject of the fashion set. Marc Jacobs’s Fall 2011 collection for Louis Vuitton was inspired by Rampling’s attire in The Night Porter. Jonathan Anderson cast her in a book for Loewe’s Spring 2017 collection. And Rampling gives Jacobs an acting class in a highly amusing video for Givenchy’s Spring 2020 campaign. Jacobs’s performance is cringeworthy, but, she insists: “He was faking being a bad actor. That whole thing was camped up. And he doesn’t want to be an actor — though he thought he did at one time.”
Photography by NELSON SIMONEAU. Dress, $9,310, boots, $2,495, and necklace, $1,580, Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello.
One of her most notable fashion shoots was with Juergen Teller at the Hôtel de Crillon in Paris for Jacobs’s Spring 2004 campaign. In one series of images, the photographer cavorts nude on a grand piano while Rampling plays. Five years later, Rampling (then 63) and model Raquel Zimmermann posed naked for Teller in front of the Mona Lisa. “People might say the pictures we did together are strange and weird,” says Rampling. “But there was nothing perverse; it was all done in an open, loving way — like kids playing. That’s what we tap into when we are performing and making teams and imagining these other people. It’s very much like playing ‘let’s pretend’ when we were kids,” she says, giggling.
Photography by NELSON SIMONEAU. Jacket, $4,640, skirt, $1,655, boots, $3,245, and sunglasses, $650, Balenciaga.
The iconic nude that Helmut Newton took of Rampling in Arles, France, also came about spontaneously. She had been asked to pose for Playboy by the production company for the John Boorman film Zardoz, which she was promoting. She suggested they hire “a modern photographer who would do stylish things and not just silly Playboy things.” So they found Newton, who was already known as a fashion photographer but hadn’t done nudes. After the Playboy shots were done, Newton proposed they move to a richly decorated hotel to do some images for themselves. “Just a half an hour and we’ll do what you feel comfortable with and just click-click; if you don’t like them, we can dump them,” Rampling recalls Newton saying. “I’d gotten on well with him, and I thought, ‘What is there to lose?’ So we went and did them very quickly. We were really just having fun. When I see how much that photo has pleased people over the years, I’m really happy because it was done so naturally. So much work is done under a lot of pressure and pain that to get something natural is really quite difficult. But this was a magic moment.”
Photography by NELSON SIMONEAU. Top, $2,290, and dress, $1,855, Prada.
Rampling was born in Sturmer, England, to a manufacturing heiress and a British army officer who had won an Olympic gold medal in track. She was educated at private schools in England and Versailles and was working in a typing pool at an ad agency when executives cast her in a Cadbury commercial. Things snowballed from there. Rampling says that she has never actively searched for work; it has always come to her. She feels that coming of age in the freewheeling ’60s had something to do with how things unfolded.
“There were no restrictions,” she says. “Just walking down the street, I was spotted and someone put me in a small film. It so happened that that film went to Cannes and won the Palme d’Or.” The movie was the 1965 comedy The Knack…and How to Get It, which also launched the careers of Jane Birkin and Jacqueline Bisset. “Everything could be an accident in that way,” she adds. “People say I’m so lucky, and I say it was the time. I was there in the right place at the right time, and I had the right face and could do the job well.”
Photography by NELSON SIMONEAU. COAT, $1,195, BOSS. GLOVES, $475, THOMASINE.
Those early years were marred by tragedy, though. Her sister, Sarah, took her own life when Rampling was 20. For years, her father led the family to believe that Sarah had died of a brain hemorrhage, fearing his wife wouldn’t be able to cope. As it was, she suffered a stroke not long after her daughter’s death.
Rampling went through her own depression in her 40s, telling The Sunday Times Magazine: “It’s a dark, dark sickness. You just live with your time and try to work out as well as you can how the f*ck you survive in it.”
Photography by NELSON SIMONEAU. Coat, $5,495, Yohji Yamamoto. Boots, $1,015, Nodaleto.
Around the same time, her ex-husband Jean-Michel Jarre introduced her to the mostly black designs of Yohji Yamamoto, which would become the core of her fashion uniform. “The clothes really suited the moods I was going through,” she explains. She has since amassed “a huge amount of vintage Yohji.” “I still do like it, and I still almost always dress in black and white,” she adds. She also likes Y’s and supple black jersey Agnès B pants. But her footwear is strictly black lace-ups by Church’s. “I have two pairs, and they’re very old – 20 years, I think,” she says. “I’ve had them remade and even remodelled because they didn’t do that model anymore. They are absolutely amazing. I wear them barefoot. I have other lace-up shoes that I don’t really wear because they are not anything like what these are. These are beautifully made and have moulded to my feet. And like the Yohji jackets, they will probably last forever.”
Rampling has little desire to shop now, she says, and is quite happy to stick with her old favourites. “I think a lot of people will be getting into this way of life because there is something very sensual and personal and intimate about having clothes that become you,” she says. “They are part of the way you walk, the way you move and lounge around. You know how to be in them, so you can put them on and know you are going to look just the way you want to look. You don’t feel the clothes on you anymore, which is a really good feeling.”
Photography by NELSON SIMONEAU. Cape, $6,690, Loewe
Rampling has projects on the horizon, though she admits: “Quite often, I say to myself, ‘Do I really want to carry on making films?’ And then some brilliant script will pop up.” Otherwise, she enjoys biking around Paris and going out to dine and see films (when the city is not in lockdown). She lost her partner, French businessman Jean-Noël Tassez, in 2015 and has grown children — Barnaby Southcombe, a director, and David Jarre, a musician and magician — from her two marriages.
And given the fact that her father lived to be 100, Rampling still might have a lot of runway left. But unlike many public figures of her vintage (she is the same age as Cher), she isn’t into “cosmetic enhancements” to turn back the clock. “I did a bit but very little — like putting collagen in the lines — and nothing really changed my face so I ended up not doing it anymore,” she says. “And I couldn’t face going into surgery and coming out and looking at my face. What would I see? Probably a cleaner face with the lines wiped out. But I wouldn’t be seeing myself. I just couldn’t comprehend that. Whatever happens, I will carry on with my face as it is. But it hasn’t worked out too badly,” she adds, laughing yet again.
Photography byNELSON SIMONEAU.Styling byDARRYL RODRIGUES.Creative direction byGEORGE ANTONOPOULOS.Hair byBRUNO SILVANI FOR ARTISTS UNIT.Makeup byMARIA OLSSON FOR WISE & TALENTED/MAC.Fashion assistant:ORIANNE DROUET.
From the Happiest Season trailer release to a rap battle between Simu Liu and Ryan Reynolds, here’s everything that made headlines this week.
The trailer for Happiest Season dropped
The trailer for the highly anticipated queer rom-com starring Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis finally dropped, and it looks just as delightful as one might hope. The two actresses play a couple whose lives are about to get complicated when they visit Davis’s family for Christmas. Dan Levy co-stars as Stewart’s best friend, and the cast is rounded out with a list of impressive names including Victor Garber, Mary Steenburgen, Aubrey Plaza and Alison Brie. The movie also features original music by Canadian duo Tegan and Sara, Bebe Rexha, Sia and others.
THE TRAILER FOR HAPPIEST SEASON IS FINALLY OUT! Our song Make You Mine This Season – a song we wrote JUST for the movie – is in the trailer!!! We’re SO EXCITED! GO WATCH! pic.twitter.com/0aTHhe7jPW
Simu Liu roasted Ryan Reynolds in a “diss track”
As members of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (Simu Liu as Shang-Chi and Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson/Deadpool), the Canadian actors aren’t technically rivals but Liu shared a “diss track” roasting Reynolds for a minute straight on his social media earlier this week. “Better call Tim Hortons because this roast just got DARK,” he posted online. The rap is part of AGBO Superhero League, a charity fantasy football league involving the stars of various Marvel movies and series, with the winner getting a million dollars for a charity of their choice. Now in week nine of the competition, Liu and Reynolds are battling for first place, with Liu playing for UNICEF Canada and Reynolds for SickKids Foundation. Watch this space for Reynolds’ rap comeback.
In this year’s @AGBOleague, we’re playing fantasy football for a million dollars towards the charity of our choice.
So you know I’m not gonna hold back on the trash talk.
Blue Ivy Carter narrated an audiobook
Blue Ivy Carter, offspring of Beyonce and Jay-Z, is only eight years old but she’s already the narrator of an audiobook based on an Oscar-winning film. Titled Hair Love, the audiobook adaptation of the 2019 animated short is now available via Audible, Google Play, Overdrive and more, and the award-winning seven-minute film itself is available to watch in full on YouTube.
Halsey released a book of poetry
Grammy-nominated musician Halsey released her debut book of poems this past week. Titled I Would Leave Me If I Could, the collection “delves into the highs and lows of doomed relationships, family ties, sexuality, and mental illness.” Halsey’s book comes on the heels of poetry collections released by Lili Reinhart and Lana Del Rey earlier this year.
Canadian jewellery brand Mejuri released their Toronto Dôme ring this week. The ring is part of their Dôme and the City series that showcases versions of their Dôme ring inspired by different cities around the world. The brand’s home city, Toronto, comes as the collection’s third release with existing rings already representing New York and Los Angeles. The Toronto ring is a black enamel dome with ethically sourced diamonds and whether you’re from Toronto, live in Toronto or are a fan of Toronto, this ring will fit perfectly into any existing stack.
Thom Browne opened its first store in Canada
Photo courtesy of Thom Browne
Thom Browne’s first Canadian store opened in Yorkdale Shopping Centre this week. The quirky designer’s new space is located in the mall’s southeast wing and was designed with Flavio Albanese of ASA Studioalbanese. The Yorkdale Shopping Centre location is in true Thom Browne form – it’s modelled to look like a minimal mid-century office. Terrazzo floor, grey walls and overhead fluorescent lights set the mood for the meticulous world of Thom Browne as he launches his own space in Canada.
Reebok launched its first footwear collaboration with Cardi B
Reebok dropped its first sneaker collaboration with Cardi B this week. The collection consists of two silhouettes, the Club C Cardi and the Cardi Coated Club C Double. With a palette of red, white and black, the sneakers come in both women’s and children’s sizing – which means we hope to see some mommy and me looks from Cardi B and her daughter Kulture in the near future. Cardi also stars in the brand’s new “B Unexplainable” campaign which aims to highlight and challenge the social expectations of women.
StockX launched a physical authentication centre in Canada
Online sneaker and streetwear resale marketplace StockX has set roots in Toronto with a physical authentication centre. As the eighth authentication centre for the brand, the Toronto location is a reaction to the increased sales growth in Canada and it will help connect Canadian customers and sellers which will reduce shipping and duty costs, as well as shipping wait times. The company is also launching “All-In Pricing” in Canada to reduce any unexpected fees at the time of delivery. With the physical expansion to Toronto StockX will also begin StockX Excursions: Toronto, a series of in-person and digital events including exclusive promotions, panels and launches.
Aritzia opened its Super World™Pop-Up
Photo courtesy of Aritzia
This week, Aritzia launched its first Super World™ pop-up in New York with plans to open another location in Los Angeles. The New York Super World™ pop-up occupies the former Dean & DeLuca on Broadway in Soho and was designed in partnership with LA-based Canadian designer, Willo Perron. The store offers a visual experience as customers explore the various styles of Aritzia’s cult favourite jacket the Super Puff™ and its relatives: The Super (Re)Puff™ , The Super Puff2O™ and The Super Fleece™. With custom designed furniture and a surreal minimalist aesthetic, the store is bound to show up all over your Instagram feed soon.
Fendi opened a holiday pop-up at Holt Renfrew Yorkdale
Photo courtesy of Fendi
From November 12th to December 27th Fendi will host a holiday pop-up featuring the Fendi Roma collection at Holt Renfrew Yorkdale . The seasonal pop-up is the ideal stop for fashionable gift-giving and holiday dressing. From silk pyjamas to winter essentials, the playful collection, which is clad in the Fendi Roma logo, is the sure to make you smile.
Black Radiance Beauty landed at Rexall stores across Canada
Get your makeup bags ready because wallet-friendly Black Radiance Beauty is now available at 75 Rexall stores across Canada. Originally founded in New York in the ’90s, the now L.A.-based cosmetics brand has been on a decades-long mission to offer a wide range of pigment-rich shades to women of colour with deeper skin tones, especially those who need to reach beyond the typical “caramel” tones you traditionally see on beauty shelves. With prices starting as low as $4, and offerings ranging from complexion products to eye makeup, Canadian shoppers can now easily get their hands on a variety of Black Radiance’s best-sellers such as the Pressed Powders ($6), Perfect Tone Lip Glosses ($4), and True Complexion Contour Palettes ($9). Editor’s note: Black Radiance Beauty is also available in select Loblaws.
Zero-waste Good Juju makes its mark on the Canadian green beauty scene
Did you know that in North America, more than three billion plastic shampoo and conditioner bottles are sent to landfill every year? Good Juju is here to help change that frightening stat. The local green beauty company officially launched this week, offering zero-waste shampoo and conditioner bars ($18 each) that last for 50 to 74 washes depending on your hair type. That’s the equivalent of around three plastic bottles. Made with all-natural and certified organic ingredients (think: coconut oil, shea butter, argan oil, aloe juice and charcoal), the assortment of bars, which address fine, dry and normal hair types as well as scalp concerns, are packaged in millboard cartons that are lined with a non-GMO corn foam that dissolves in tap water. What’s more, Good Juju also plans to roll out dissolvable laundry detergent strips later this year. Shop Good Juju here.
Consonant Skincare revealed its makeover
Photo courtesy of Consonant Skin+Care
Toronto-based natural skincare line Consonant has taken a more holistic approach to skin. The brand’s trusted face and body product formulas remain the same, but this week Consonant has introduce a new name, Consonant Skin+Care, along with a new look and website focused on self-care practices. Product packaging, which now features bright pops of colour, now comes with one side dedicated to talking about how to use the product on your skin and another side that shares a wellness practice that can be used while applying. Consonant Skin+Care’s website has also been revamped to feature a whole wellness blog dedicated to practices for the mind, body, soul and of course skin.
The Detox Market introduced its first in-house hand cream
A nourishing hand cream is a 2020 must-own to protect and soothe dry hands from our constant hand washing and use of hand sanitizer. If you’re in the market for a new one, check out The Detox Market’s latest in-house launch, Detox Mode Impossible Hand Cream ($35). The new-to-shelf hand salve features moisturizing shea butter, aloe vera and vitamin E, along with an aromatherapeutic blend of bergamot and cedarwood.
Laline launched its Olive & Babassu collection
Photograph courtesy of Laline
If you’re a fan of botanical oils, like olive and avocado, then you’re going to want to check out Laline’s latest beauty offerings. The Israeli bath-body-lifestyle brand’s latest collection, Olive & Babassu, which is also infused with a woody aroma of cedarwood, lily and sandalwood, is all about the body for some welcome, in-shower TLC: The assortment features a body scrub, serum, shower gel and bar soap, plus a gorgeous room diffuser to scent your space.
Period pain is a nightmare for most women around the world. They are caused due to the overproduction of inflammatory chemicals, called prostaglandins, which in turn trigger your uterus to bunch up, spasm, and cramp, making women want to curl up in a ball until the pain ends. Each month, the uterine lining builds up […]
There’s a maddening lack of salon pro’s trained to work with textured hair, which can result in shame, rejection and embarrassment for clients. Here are three Canadians leading change with petitions demanding that textured hairstyling becomes a standard part of Canadian beauty school education.
Nancy Falaise, Montreal
PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF NANCY FALAISE
With a goal of 10,000 signatures, salon owner Nancy Falaise aims to present a completed curly hair program to the Ministry of Education and Higher Education of Quebec that would introduce all curl patterns (wavy, curly and coily) into beauty school curriculum, beginning with the fall 2021 semester. “I’d like them to either use my program or [have me] help them create one. A good hairdresser, even if they specialize in one thing, should know the basics of everything. Hair is hair,” she says.
Solange Ashoori, Toronto
Owner of Toronto’s Ziba Style Bar, an inclusive salon that caters to all hair types, Solange Ashoori’s petition is addressed to the Ontario Ministry of Training Colleges & Universities and calls for a major overhaul to all post-secondary hair programs in the province that tackles the insufficient education of curls, specially 3C to 4C curl patterns. For Ashoori, the public response to her petition asking for 10,000 signatures has been fascinating. “We weren’t even expecting the petition to get as big as it did. That reiterates that the need for this change is imperative,” she comments. “I hope that the ministry will accept our help and listen to the demands of thousands of stylists and people who are hopeful that this change will be implemented.”
Chloe Streit, Calgary
Grade 11 student Chloe Streit is demanding that secondary school cosmetology courses in Alberta include modules on Black hair through her petition pushing for 15,000 signatures. The young stylist-in-training was inspired to spark change after her employer, modeling agency Mode Models, released a new booking policy in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests that now charges clients if a Black model shows up on set to hairstylists ill-equipped to style their natural hair. “As a white woman in society, I started thinking about the ways my race gave me an unfair advantage in life,” says Streit. “I immediately thought of my cosmetology class and the ways in which our curriculum is so skewed to only catering to [Caucasian hair]. There’s very little representation of BIPOC cultures or trends, which I thought was utterly ridiculous and upsetting.”
It is very common for people to experience a racing heart from consuming alcohol. Many drinks have a high sugar content that can cause your heart to race faster and stronger. Also, have you ever wondered why you need to go to the toilet repeatedly after a few drinks? Well, it's because alcohol is a diuretic - a urine producing substance. So when you have a few too many cocktails your heart tries to compensate for the loss of fluid volume, from all the frequent visits to the loo. It does this by increasing the blood flow and the force of each contraction with each heartbeat, which might explain that pounding feeling you had.
It's always important to drink in moderation and if you are going to have a glass, try to stick to clear drink choices that use sparkling mineral water over soft drinks or juices. And, try to drink a glass of water for every alcohol beverage you have, this will help prevent dehydration.
Always know the warning signs of a heart attack, and if you're ever in doubt call Triple Zero (000) to ask for an ambulance.
Period pain is a nightmare for most women around the world. They are caused due to the overproduction of inflammatory chemicals, called prostaglandins, which in turn trigger your uterus to bunch up, spasm, and cramp, making women want to curl up in a ball until the pain ends. Each month, the uterine lining builds up […]
