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SPRING 2018
THE MAVERICK
After more than 20 years on screen, EMILY HAMPSHIRE
is finally finding recognition in two dramatically different roles
FASHION DESIGN ENTERTAINING
The rainbow of bold spring pieces Get primed for wabi-sabi interiors Catch the wave of fizzy red wine
CONTENTS
SPRING 2O18
04 EDITOR’S LETTER
06 CONTRIBUTORS
Omnibus
08 WEST MEETS EAST
The Canadian-raised duo behind streetwear
label NorBlack NorWhite creates bold collections
that reimagine the meaning of “Made in India.”
PLUS The latest in luxury skincare, the rise of vegan
Mexican cuisine, and a tribute to one of fashion’s
most idiosyncratic stars, Azzedine Alaïa. Also, a special
preview of this year’s CAFA Fashion & Retail Forum.
16 OUT OF THE COLD
For his party chronicles, Nolan Bryant highlights
events hosted by Louis Vuitton, Prada and more.
Essentials
17 HAIR PLAY
Ornate barrettes and brooches accent
the season’s sparkling beauty look.
20 FASHION/BEAUTY
Meet the “Id Bag,” sniff test spring fragrances
and get to know London’s Richard Quinn.
22 GOTTA HAVE FAITH
In anticipation of a new religion-themed fashion
exhibition, Nathalie Atkinson talks with women who
adopt Catholic garments in their everyday wardrobes.
26 DESIGN/TRAVEL
Take travel-friendly Allbirds footwear for a walk.
And, a roundup of uniquely designed vacation spots.
PHOTO BY MARK BINKS. VERONIQUE LEROY TOP, $188, SKIRT, $220 THROUGH VERONIQUELEROY.COM. LUC KIEFFER BANGLES, $135 TO $165 AT RUE PIGALLE (RUEPIGALLE.CA).
28 FOOD/DRINK
SoCal cuisine finds a new home at Malibu Farm
and Dom Pérignon unveils a dazzling vintage.
Features
30 FULL SPECTRUM
A rainbow of clothing and accessories makes
spring 2018 the boldest season in recent memory.
STYLING BY NADIA PIZZIMENTI
PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARK BINKS
38 STEPPING UP
Actor Emily Hampshire explains how she built
up the confidence to take on two starring roles.
BY ELIZABETH RENZETTI
PHOTOGRAPHY BY TED BELTON
42 IMPERFECT HARMONY
For better and worse, shabby chic wabi-sabi
is the design trend of the moment.
BY KRISTINA LJUBANOVIC AND ALINE LARA REZENDE
44 RED’S NEXT WAVE
The second coming of Lambrusco offers
a more refined take on fizzy red wine.
BY CHRISTINE SISMONDO
30
PHOTOGRAPHY BY ADRIAN ARMSTRONG
46 LA LA LIVING
Phaidon’s California Captured offers a snapshot of
the career of architectural photographer Marvin Rand.
BY ANDREW SARDONE
T H E G LO B E A N D M A I L S T Y L E A DV I S O R 3
EDITOR’S LET TER
Actor Emily
Hampshire’s star is
on the rise thanks to
Schitt’s Creek and S P R I N G 2 01 8
12 Monkeys.
EDITORIAL DI REC TOR
ANDREW SARDONE
ART DI REC TOR
BENJAMIN MACDONALD
Designer SARAH PAUL
Photo Editor RACHEL WINE
Copy Editor ALEX LAWS
CONTRI BUTORS
CAITLIN AGNEW, SARAH AMSON, ADRIAN ARMSTRONG,
NATHALIE ATKINSON, CLAUDINE BALTAZAR, TED BELTON,
MARK BINKS, NOLAN BRYANT, JEREMY FREED, ANYA GEORGIJEVIC,
GEORGIA GROOM, SAMRA HABIB, ELLEN HIMELFARB, KRISTINA
LJUBANOVIC, ODESSA PALOMA PARKER, KAREN PINCHIN, NADIA
PIZZIMENTI, JAMES REIGER, ALINE LARA REZENDE, SABRINA RINALDI,
WENDY RORONG, MARYAM SIDDIQI, CHRISTINE SISMONDO, STACY
TROKE, MAY TRUONG, JULIE VAN ROSENDAAL, BOBOLA YINKA
ADVERTISI NG
Chief Revenue Officer
ANDREW SAUNDERS
Lifestyle Advertising Product Manager
EMMA BLACKBURN
PRODUC TION
Director, Production
SALLY PIRRI
PU BLISH ER
PHILLIP CRAWLEY
EDITOR- I N - CH I EF, TH E GLOBE AN D MAI L
DAVID WALMSLEY
MANAGING EDITOR, LONGFORM, FEATURES & OPINION
KEVIN SIU
LI FEST YLE EDITOR
MARYAM SIDDIQI
H EAD OF VISUAL JOU RNALISM
MATT FREHNER
GET I N TOUCH
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making the red-carpet rounds while her (“Full spectrum,” page 30), design story defining United States and countries outside of North America:
co-stars hung out in a hotel room. “I hope wabi-sabi interiors (“Imperfect harmony,” page NewBase, Oliver Eills, Managing Director,
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recent accolade is winning a 2018 Canadian
Screen Award in March for her work on Schitt’s
Creek. As she tells Elizabeth Renzetti in this Andrew Sardone In instances where a company provides support to The Globe
issue’s cover story (“Stepping up,” page 38), Editorial Director and Mail Style Advisor, that company does not review or
approve a story prior to publication. In this issue, those stories
include “On the glow” (page 10) and “Footwear to go” (page 26).
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CONTRI BUTORS
In the spirit of this issue’s focus on trailblazers in style
and on screen, the magazine’s writers, photographers
and stylists call out those who inspire their own work
Oprah. Aren’t we all out here
trying to live our best lives?
Toronto-based photog-
rapher MAY TRUONG has Kool Keith. He’s bizarre and
spent more than a decade hilarious and technically just
behind the lens. She cap-
tured spring’s sparkly hair
incredible, my three favourite
accessories for this issue’s things in an artist.
story on the season’s best
barrettes and bands (“Hair
raising,” PAGE 17).
MARK BINKS has been
working as a fashion
photographer in Toronto
for the past eight years.
I am not so much inspired by an Binks brings his keen eye
for colour to this issue’s
individual as I am by all artists who fashion feature on vibrant
conceptually push the envelope… women’s wear (“Full
spectrum,” PAGE 30).
Those images push me to evolve
my own style, and hopefully put out
work that is unique and authentic.
Photographer ADRIAN
ARMSTRONG raised a glass
for this issue, shooting a
dramatic crest for a drinks
feature on the return of
fizzy red wine (“Red’s next
wave,” PAGE 44). Anyone who can successfully
balance art and commerce.
I love all the places
Splitting her time between
writer Rebecca Solnit London and Toronto,
takes my mind to. STACY TROKE has been
working as a stylist for six
years. Troke styled actor
Emily Hampshire for this
issue’s cover story
Visual storyteller SAMRA HABIB (“Stepping up,” PAGE 38).
has been writing for 15 years
and is the founder of Just Me
and Allah: A Queer Muslim
Photo Project. For this issue,
Habib profiled the designers
behind Indian streetwear brand
Norblack Norwhite (“West
meets east,” PAGE 8).
6 T H E G LO B E A N D M A I L S T Y L E A D V I S O R
A look from NorBlack
NorWhite’s Velvet Vixen
line highlights the label’s
knack for creating unique
textiles and prints.
N EW/N OT EW ORTH Y
FASHION
I
t is often difficult to part
with the remnants of
a country you grew up
in. For designers Mriga
Kapadiya and Amrit Ku-
An eclectic label by a Canadian- mar, who were raised on
a diet of 1990s R&B and hip hop
raised duo is garnering buzz for its in Mississauga, Ont. and Toronto,
embrace of Indian craftsmanship respectively, the drive to reflect
the diverse perspectives of their
upbringings as part of Canada’s
PHOTO BY AKSHAY SHARMA.
diaspora continues to motivate
them creatively, despite home for
them and their fashion label Nor-
Black NorWhite now being Delhi.
CON T I N U E D ON PAGE 10 9
8 T H E G LO B E A N D M A I L S T Y L E A D V I S O R
O Actor Felicity Jones
is the new face of
luxury skincare brand
CON T I N U E D F ROM PAGE 8 9 Clé de Peau Beauté.
Initially, the duo wasn’t planning on
moving to India. Kapadiya was born in
Hyderabad, in the country’s Telangana
state, and continued to visit her grand-
parents there after her family relocated
to Kuwait and in 1990, during the Gulf
War, Canada. Toronto-born Kumar’s
parents are also from India and she
made her first trip there when she was
13. In 2009, the pair booked a trip to Raj-
asthan to learn about an old-school tie-
dye technique called bandhani. While
exploring the state of Gujarat’s Kutch
district, they stumbled upon an NGO SKINCARE
dedicated to preserving the indigenous
On the glow
textile trade by creating opportunities
for local artisans and decided to stick
around. They launched NorBlack
NorWhite in Bombay in 2010.
“We were excited to experience a new Felicity Jones is a true English rose. With her dark hair and rosy cheeks, the Birmingham-
way of living, to connect to a different born actor is a natural ambassador for Clé de Peau Beauté, the skincare and cosmetics
lifestyle and study Indian art and life brand known for bringing radiance to complexions around the world.
from an informal anthropological lens,” For Jones, who starred in The Theory of Everything and Rogue One, maintaining that
says Kapadiya. “This informs the way glow is a ritual that starts within. “Being radiant means trying to look after yourself as
we make things happen, how we design much as possible, and to not be rushing around constantly,” she says. Jones commits to
our life and work.” regular massages, yoga sessions and drinks plenty of water: “Looking after the inside
Determined to keep their silhouettes seems to help with the outside,” she says.
as simple as possible, she and Kumar Jones’s favourite cosmetic product by the Japanese company is Clé de Peau’s Concealer,
focus instead on experimenting with f which she says makes you look as though you’ve had 10 hours of sleep when you’ve only
abric, patterns, colours and styling. One had three. “I tend to use that almost like I would a foundation – under eyes, across the
of their main creative motivators has nose.” Recently, Jones incorporated the Firming Serum Supreme, a new lifting and tight-
been reimagining a definition of “Made ening product, into a skincare routine that also includes the bestselling La Crème. “I just
in India” beyond mass manufacturing. slather it on. It’s excellent for your skin not getting too dehydrated.”
To them, it means creating space for And on those days when her inner radiance is dampened by the demands of being
Indian skills, stories and trades that are an Oscar-nominated star, a Headspace meditation session and a hot bath go along with
becoming extinct, and connecting them her skincare selections. “There’s a real ritual that comes when you’re putting them on.
to a more contemporary and interna- Something happens and you do kind of just slow everything down.” – CAITLIN AGNEW
tional style of fashion.
Last summer, they collaborated with Clé de Peau Beauté La Crème (pictured), $680 at select Holt Renfrew, Saks Fifth Avenue and Nordstrom
Adidas on a T-shirt project that played locations. For more information, visit cledepeau-beaute.com.
up their strength in textiles, but it’s their
2018 A Woman was Harassed Here
collection of apparel and accessories
that’s resonating in a world paying close
attention to gender-based harassment
and violence. It benefits the Dharavi Art
Room, which focuses on empowering RESTAURANTS
women and children through the arts,
Veggie
and found a champion in electronic
music artist Madame Gandhi. (The label’s
growing list of fans also includes fashion With their newest project, Rosalinda,
critic Suzy Menkes and former Gucci Toronto restauranteurs Max Rimaldi,
designer Frida Giannini.)
“We have so much right here in front
of us, so why not work with it and create
relevant stories to our personal journey
might Jamie Cook and Grant van Gameren
are betting Toronto’s Financial
District diners are ready for a taste
of vegan Mexican. Aiming for an
while making a living,” Kapadiya says. April opening, the 136-seat restaurant will feature a greenhouse
“It’s interesting to become aware of our canopy over the dining room and a menu of tacos, tostadas and
immigrant background, answer questions salads along with low-alcohol cocktails suited for daytime tippling.
of why and how some of our ancestors Teaming up with van Gameren, the chef behind Bar Isabel and
made certain decisions, understand Bar Raval, consulting chefs Kate Chomyshyn and Julio Guajardo of
the journey of how our families landed Quetzal, Rimaldi and Cook are aiming to provide a dining experi-
where they did in Toronto and then it ence that will please vegans and meat-eaters alike. “The Toronto
coming around full circle in a sort of dining scene has evolved so much since we first started talking
reverse migration.” – SAMRA HABIB about this concept,” says Cook.
PHOTO BY TENZING DAKPA (NORBLACK NORWHITE), A.J. FERNANDO (ROSALINDA).
As a burger fanatic, Cook is most excited about Rosalinda’s
For more information, visit norblacknorwhite.com. “out-of-this-world” black-bean burger that will be topped with
vegan mozzarella, mole, chipotle, and slices of smoked eggplant
The black-bean burger will
reminiscent of bacon. Other dishes on the menu will include highlight new restaurant
jackfruit pibil, Tijuana-style broccoli, spicy carrots in mole, Rosalinda’s vegan take
and Japanese eggplant marinated in salsa macha. on Mexican cuisine.
Van Gameren, a self-professed carnivore, says he was initially
reluctant to join the project, but a few early menu tastings changed
his mind. The restaurant has provided an inspiring opportunity to
play with Baja flavours and textures. “Mexican cuisine before the
Spaniard invasion was mostly plant-based... masa, beans, naturally
higher protein stuff. The climate allows for beautiful produce,” says
Cook. “It’s a natural fit for me, because it’s not trying too hard and
Amnit Kumar (left) and Mriga looking a bit further back into history.” – KAREN PINCHIN
Kapadiya returned to their roots to
launch Norblack Norwhite in 2010. For more information, visit rosalindarestaurant.com.
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EXHIBITIONS
Fashion You may not have known it from his refusal to advertise
tribute (or even show his collections consistently) but Azzedine Alaïa
was a busy guy before he passed away suddenly last November.
He had just presented his first couture show in six years and
had also been working on a retrospective of his 35 years in
haute couture, to launch at London’s Design Museum in May.
The venue for Azzedine Alaïa: The Couturier was a natural choice for a designer
whose clothes can resemble architectural superstructures. With the Victoria & Albert
Museum – venue for the Yohji Yamamoto and Alexander McQueen shows – a few
kilometres away, scoring the Alaïa exhibition was a coup for Design Museum co-
director Alice Black. “His sense of form, of the shape of the feminine body, his ability
to make it beautiful and powerful, his unmatched mastery in creating and making,
his freedom of being who he wanted to be, his independence of thinking, resonated
so well with the ethos of the museum,” she says.
Ever generous, Alaïa invited Mark Wilson of the Dutch Groninger museum to help
select 60 pieces from the company’s archives, then reached out to some of Europe’s
greatest product designers – Marc Newson, Konstantin Gricic, Tatiana Trouvé, Chris
Rhus and Ronan and Erwan Bourroullec – to build displays in which to show them.
Sculptural dresses by
It might be the last show we see with Alaïa’s personal stamp, but it likely won’t be
Azzedine Alaïa will be
displayed in a design the last we see of the clothes. – ELLEN HIMELFARB
context at an upcoming
exhibition in London. Azzedine Alaia: The Couturier runs from May 10 to Oct. 7. For more information, visit designmuseum.org.
SPIRITS DESIGN
Golden Centuries ago, when
Curves
rush ahead
gin was transported
overseas in barrels,
it arrived in North
America not crystal
clear and clean, but
woody and aged, with a distinct yellow hue. As time
progressed, shipping methods evolved to utilize
stainless steel and plastic containers, keeping the
alcohol clear. Now, craft distillers are rediscovering
the potential of barrelling the spirit.
“The theory is that some of these old classic cocktail
recipes – the ones that would have been made before
the First World War – may have been made with an aged,
barrelled gin,” says John Cote, co-owner of Black Fox
Farm & Distillery in Saskatoon. “If you try a negroni
with oaked gin, it’s spectacular.”
In addition to Black Fox, which took first place in the
“cask gin” category at the World Gin Awards in 2017, other
small Canadian distilleries such as Park in Banff, Wild
Life in Canmore, Odd Society in Vancouver and Victoria There is a surrealist quality to Houtique’s newest col- Houtique’s
Distillers in Sydney are adding to oaked gin’s growth. By lection, which launched at the most recent edition of Arco collection
plays up
law, you can’t sell whisky until it has been barrelled for Maison & Objet in Paris. For example, the Wink lamp,
seventies
at least three years, but gins can be barrelled for as few designed in collaboration with the Spanish creative decor.
as five months, making it a shorter-term investment. agency Masquespacio and its creative director Ana
“The inside of the barrel is charred, so it acts like acti- Hernández, is shaped like an elegant, gold-rimmed
vated charcoal,” Cote says. “It’s taking some flavours out eye, with long delicate fringe in the place of eyelashes.
of the gin, but the alcohol is extracting vanilla and tan- That dream-like vibe is the brand’s signature says CEO
nins – the woody, resinous flavours – from the barrel.” Andrés Gramage who likens its approach to “a window
The result is a spirit that’s mellow but complex with to another dimension.”
herbal, floral and citrus notes. “Everyone understands First launched in 2011 as an offshoot of Valencia-
what gin is, and everyone understands based furniture and accessories label Really Nice Things,
what whisky is,” says Cote. “If you like Houtique is a “place, a universe, where we can let our
both, you can do some fun things.” creativity and our craziest ideas loose,” says Gramage.
– JULIE VAN ROSENDAAL Emotional impact is at the core of the brand’s ethos,
with lifting mood and putting forward fresh ideas as
Black Fox Oaked Gin, $87 through much a priority as creating beautiful things.
blackfoxfarmdistillery.com. Also launched at Maison & Objet, the Arco collection
is composed of a couch, chairs, stools and tables. It’s
Black Fox from a colourful and playful take on a 1970s aesthetic, with
Saskatoon is arched forms and plush upholstery. “[It’s] a love triangle
one Canadian
distiller exploring
between round curves, velvet and colourful metal,” says
oaked gin. Gramage. “In this collection, the pieces become some-
thing emotionally attractive.” – ANYA GEORGIJEVIC INFORM INTERIORS ITALINTERIORS TRIEDE DESIGN LIFESTEEL
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O CAFA X
T HE GLOBE A ND M A IL
S TYL E ADVISOR
Shop
talks
CAFA’s Fashion & PRESENTED BY
Retail Forum explores
the evolution of how
consumers are courted
W
hen was
the last
time you
swore you’d
never buy
anything T HI S Y E A R ’ S FO R UM GUES TS I N CLUD E ES TA B L I S H E D
online? Or lamented the
lacklustre state of your local
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mall? Some of the biggest R E TA I L I N G, T E CHN O LO GY A N D D ES I G N
fashion- and retail- industry
challenges affecting our lives
as consumers – the balanc-
ing of brick-and-mortar and
digital sales, the invasion
and retreat of international
brands, the generational shift
in the expectation of authentic
customer service – seemed to
be reaching crisis levels not
too long ago. Now, innovative
technology, disruptive talent
and some good, old-fashioned ALI ASARIA L AU R E N C H A N JA N G A N D H I
showmanship are finally start- CEO FA S H I O N E D I TO R C L I E N T PA R T N E R ,
ing to reinvent the shopping Tulip Retail AND MODEL E - CO M M E R C E
experience for the not-so-new Glamour magazine Facebook
millennium.
This evolving relationship
between buyers and sellers will
be the focus of the upcoming
Fashion & Retail Forum, hosted
by the Canadian Art & Fashion
Awards (CAFA) in partnership
with The Globe and Mail Style
Advisor, on April 19. A day of
panel discussions, case studies
and keynote talks moderated
by lifestyle editor Maryam
Siddiqi, contributing fashion RICHARD SIMONS BARBAR A STEGEMAN N JOHN SUMMERS
editor Odessa Paloma Parker, VICE PRESIDENT OF MER- CEO AND FOUNDER VICE PRESIDENT OF
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Marina Strauss and myself La Maison Simons Adidas Canada
will bring together the influ-
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ential voices featured on this
page, among others. We’ll
discuss how creative content
builds relationships in retail,
learn the way brands can listen
to their audiences to affect
positive change and explore
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experience.
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INSIGHT/ACQUISITIONS
Sølve Sundsbø, store director
Karen Kain and host Mina Sato, Allison Coutts, Simon Lam,
Lynda Prince. Emmanuelle Gattuso. Chikako Nakajima. and Jimmy Cheun.
TORONTO’S PRADA FLAGSHIP LOUIS VUITTON DEBUTS
REOPENS FOR A CAUSE A CELEBRATION OF THE ROCKIES
Prada and philanthropist Fashion Eye, a series of photography
Lynda Prince invited friends books developed by luxe trunk mak-
and supporters of the National er turned global mega-brand Louis
Ballet of Canada to indulge Vuitton, set its sights on Canada
in a bit of retail therapy for its latest volume. Norwegian-
for a cause in the brand’s born, London-based photographer
recently revamped Toronto Sølve Sundsbø, known for his work
boutique in December. A in fashion, was tasked with captur-
percentage of the funds from ing British Columbia’s remarkable
the frocks and finery sold sup- Selkirk Mountains. In celebration
ported the National Ballet of the book’s release, the Louis Vuit-
of Canada’s Dancer Health ton Hotel Vancouver played host to a
and Wellness Program, party on Jan. 18 for clients and
considered one of the best the lensman responsible for
Emily Burnett and of its kind internationally. the captivating snapshots. Paul Kwan, Jaime Ruiz,
Toni Zhong. Matteo Dallaglio.
PARTIES
Out of the cold There was no hibernating for Canada’s social set this
winter. NOLAN BRYANT reports from four standout dos
PHOTO BY SAM SANTOS FOR GEORGE PIMENTEL (PRADA X NATIONAL BALLET), JAY SHAW (LOUIS VUITTON), RYAN EMBERLEY (ARTIST PROJECT), TASHAWNA WILLIAMS (A KID FROM SOMEWHERE).
Stephanie Weir. DJ Tam Ika.
COLLECTORS COME OUT FOR CREATIVE PHENOMS STAR A
ARTIST PROJECT OPENING IN TIFF DOC PREMIERE GOOD
Shine On, a 100-foot-long paper Toronto’s young style set were CLIP
installation by Nathalie Sanche out en masse on Feb. 17 to sup- Don’t be dainty
greeted guests on Feb. 22 at the port the TIFF Next Wave Film with spring’s coif
opening night preview and party Festival screening of A Kid From confections.
for Artist Project, the contempo- Somewhere, the latest from Layer multiple
rary art fair that has put Canadian directors Adam Beck and Paul pieces for
works on display and offered art Johnston, which follows three maximinalist
enthusiasts the chance to meet young creative beings, includ-
HAIR
effect.
the artists for the past 11 years. ing 23-year-old Olivia Bee,
Five thousand pieces by some whose photography has been
250 creators were on show for the commissioned by Hermès and
weekend-long event in Toronto,
and a portion of proceeds from
the opening supported the Art-
bound Creative Deeds Program.
Nike. Post screening, there was
a panel discussion and later a
party at Free Space, a cultural
incubator on Queen St. West.
PLAY
Barrettes and bands
are back – the more
bejewelled, the better
PHOTOGRAPHY BY MAY T RUONG
STYLING B Y GEORGIA G ROOM
From left, a moderator with
Ben Etienne, directors Paul Johnston and Adam
Elise Purdon, Beck and two of the film’s subjects:
Ian McIver. Gordon Shadrach. Sonja Slavkovic. Pat O’Rourke and Olivia Bee.
ON PEACE (LEFT): Proenza Schouler dress, $1,945, Peter Pilotto blouse, $805 at The Room at Hudson’s Bay (thebay.com). Bow clips, $25/pair at Aldo (aldo.com).
Earrings, $23.50 at Nordstrom (Nordstrom.com). ON BALI: Simone Rocha dress, blouse, hairclips, price on request through simonerocha.com.
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FA S H I O N / B E A U T Y
E
CROWNING
GLORY
JEWEL Piling on headbands
with ornate elements
TONES gives a playful look
Be as bold with your
the royal treatment.
eye makeup as you
are creative with your
hair accessories.
Peter Pilotto dress, $1,630 at The Room at Hudson’s Bay (thebay.com). Jewels by Shrimps dress, $940 at Nordstrom (nordstrom.com). A Marie crown, floral headband,
Alan Anderson brooches, $995 each through jewelsbyalananderson.com. both price on request, through amariecostumes.com.
FIND
YOUR ANGLE
Worn askew, this
La Krause headpiece
BAND AID BRAID
is a rebellious take
on regal attire.
A length of ribbon UPGRADE
decorated with brooches Anchoring a set of
and pins makes for a pigtails, these bows
special, sparkly headband. are more sassy than
sweet thanks to their
irridescent finish.
Alice and Olivia dress, $610 at Saks Fifth Avenue (saks.com). Jewels by Alan Anderson brooch, price on request through jewelsbyalananderson.com. Ribbon, price on request at Mokuba (416-504-5358). Helmut Lang top, $465 at Saks Fifth Avenue (saks.com). Cara hair bows, Erdem blouse, $2,165, skirt, $2,155 at The Room at Hudson’s Bay (thebay.com). La Krause
Makeup by Claudine Baltazar for Bite Beauty/Plutino Group. Hair by Sarah Amson for Bang Salon/P1M.ca. Models: Peace at Ciotti, Bali at Sutherland. $26 each at Nordstrom (nordstrom.com). Earrings, $15 at Aldo (aldo.com). headpiece, $465 through lakrause.com. A Marie earrings, $45 through amariecostumes.com.
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E SPRING
AWAKENING ANDREWS
ANDREWSCO.COM
Put patchouli, citrus and freesia at the
top of your fragrance list this season
Building Block tote,
$895 through ssense.com. FULL INTENSITY
A perfume for those who
embrace life, this latest
iteration of 2001’s Coco
Mademoiselle is joie de vivre
mise en bouteille. Pushing
playful patchouli to its limit,
Chanel perfumer Olivier
Polge contrasted citrus peel
with a blaze of wood for
Cult Gaia bamboo clutch, a seductive finish. Chanel
US$170 through net-a-porter.com. Coco Mademoiselle Eau
De Parfum Intense, from
$129 at Chanel counters
and through chanel.com.
RAY OF LIGHT
Two years after its first
foray into fragrance, Louis
Vuitton introduces a new
eau de parfum. Inspired by
Jacquemus bucket bag, the magic of daybreak, this
$790 through matchesfashion.com. aromatic elixir mixes man-
darin, bergamot and jasmine
sambac. Louis Vuitton Le
London-based Roksanda Jour Se Lève Eau de Par-
Ilincic crafted eye- fum, US$240 at Les Parfums
catching bags with playful Louis Vuitton Pop-Up at
touches for her spring Yorkdale Shopping Centre
2018 collection. in Toronto and through
louisvuitton.com.
Simon Miller Bonsai tote,
FORGET ABOUT IT
€740 through mytheresa.com. The time has finally come to banish the so-1990s It Bag and focus BON VOYAGE
on Id Bags instead. Short for “idiosyncratic bags” these hand-held This intense floral was
totes and shoulder-slung satchels eschew logos and exude quirky created for a woman who
elegance, playing with form, material and colour for their wow embraces a sense of adven-
factor. Designer Roksanda Ilincic toyed with different shapes in ture. A trail of Nomade’s oak
her spring 2018 handbag offering, with bright pops of pink and moss, mirabelle plum and
blue, geometric lines, unusual handles and artful straps. What’s freesia silage follows her
key to wearing these offbeat bags is working them into a look wherever she goes. Chloé
that’s equally unique. Be bold with your colour choices, fabrics Nomade Eau de Parfum,
(silk for day? Go for it!) and accessories. In other words, don’t from $86 at Hudson’s Bay,
Roksanda Elba bag, match your shoes to your bag and find comfort in the clash. Shoppers Drug Mart,
$3,245 through farfetch.com. Anything is possible. – ODESSA PALOMA PARKER Sephora, Saks Fifth
Avenue and Jean Coutu.
– CAITLIN AGNEW
PRINCE OF Richard Quinn raised the bar for front-row attendees
at his fall 2018 show during London Fashion Week in
February. Perched at the top of the runway was Queen
PRINTS Elizabeth II herself, who attended her first catwalk
show during her 66 year reign to take in Quinn’s array
of extreme prints and present him with the inaugural
Queen Elizabeth II Award for British Design. The grand gesture surprised many
because Quinn is still relatively unknown, having graduated from Central Saint
Martins only a few years ago. Quinn’s work relies on bold textiles for its impact,
and his royal kudos was partly a result of maintaining an open-access studio,
allowing other designers to use the space for fabric dyeing and custom printing.
The collaborative approach highlights Quinn’s focus on creating a bright future
for himself and his peers. “Some designers think more about being a designer in
London for a hot minute,” he says. “Whereas I want to have a sustainable business
and have sustainable practices as well.” – O.P.P.
CF Sherway Gardens | Yorkville Village | Bayview Village
For more information, visit richardquinn.london.
20 T H E G LO B E A N D M A I L S T Y L E A D V I S O RFA S H I O N
E On the runway, religious motifs and silhouettes
have influenced the collections of Dolce & Gabbana
(far left and right), Zuhair Murad (second from left),
Jean Paul Gaultier (middle) and Fausto Puglisi
(second from right).
A Dior collection in 2000 (left) opened
with a papal figure, reinvigorating the
popular embrace of religious fashion
started by Madonna in her Like A Prayer
period (below). Gammarelli in Rome
(middle right) sells clerical vestments to
high-ranking Vatican officials, as well as
traditionally sacred motifs like Madonna civilians such as artist Maryam Keyhani
(bottom right). A Vogue cover from 1988
and child, crosses and devotional mosaic featured a Christian Lacroix jacket with
figures into their clothes. Sicilian Puglisi a jewelled cross (bottom left), which is
mixes centuries-old religious art with a now in the archive of Toronto philan-
glitzy rocker sensibility. “I was obsessed by thropist Sylvia Mantella (middle left).
his Young Pope collection,” she says of Fall
2017’s wide circular saturno hats and cassock
uniforms inspired by the television drama.
“I relate to it because it’s powerful and it’s
exquisitely beautiful. Catholic motifs aren’t
just crosses – they reference paintings and
subjects and mosaics,” says Mantella, who was
raised in a Catholic household but no longer
practices. “The cherubs, the rosettes, the geo-
metric patterns that are very strong if you go
into the history. Because most of all I’m drawn
to the tremendous history. It fascinates me.
I’ve travelled to Rome probably a dozen times
and I could still spend countless hours in the
Vatican just mesmerized by the works there.”
For Iranian-born artist and style savant
Maryam Keyhani, religion doesn’t figure into
her appreciation of religious garments. On
her lush and lyrical Instagram feed, cardinal
red socks and peaked pompom-topped
moiré biretta caps bought at Gammarelli,
the Vatican’s official haberdasher in Rome,
often make a cameo. “They are really mag-
nificent in person and they fold into flat
shapes so I can travel with a few of them at a
time,” she says. Keyhani was thrilled that, as a
layperson, she was allowed to buy the clerical
vestments. The caps are the typical formal
dress of bishops and other high-ranking
church officials. “They are poetic but also
carry such humour,” Keyhani says.
The hats are severed from their religious
meaning and Keyhani connects with them on
an aesthetic level as unique millinery objects,
though their original purpose may still unwit-
G OT TA HAVE tingly play a role in her interest. She says she
is “fascinated by costume, uniform and the
F A I T H
rituals of dressing the same everyday.” For
her next liturgical look, she has her eye on
shtreimels (Jewish Orthodox fur hats), but,
she adds “they are a harder catch.”
Sporting religious iconography became
PHOTOS BY GETTY (DIOR, MADONNA, GAMMARELLI, MANTELLA), COURTESY OF MARYAM KEYHANI (KEYHANI), ISTOCK (FRAMES).
subversive for the masses in the 1980s, when
provocateur Madonna began wearing lingerie
The connection between religion and clothing is the focus of one the season’s big fashion exhibitions. layered with a tangle of rosary beads. The
As NATHALIE ATKINSON reports, that sacred link often plays a prominent role in our wardrobes style soon infiltrated high fashion, where
designers like Christian Lacroix embraced
F
a Catholic influence.
ashion and the Vatican have much in garments by the likes of Gabrielle Chanel, Jean Paul “It was all about Like a Prayer,” Mantella
common. Both understand the power Gaultier and Givenchy. recalls. Pop culture embraced what was once
of spectacle, but often find their sub- While the exhibition will focus mostly on considered blasphemous and the acceptance
stance overshadowed by pomp and style. the creative influences of Catholicism on fashion of sacred symbols in ready-to-wear helped
Fashion also often looks to religion for designers, the more intimate relationship of reli- another icon of sorts, newly installed Vogue
inspiration. Christian Dior was a deeply gious symbolism and style is between it and the editor Anna Wintour, make a splash with her
devout and superstitious Catholic but women who both embrace and subvert religious first cover in 1988. On it, Israeli model Michaela
faith didn’t overtly enter into his collections until elements in their wardrobes. The Catholic church Bercu pairs jeans with a black Lacroix haute
one of his many successors, the designer showman is unquestionably a patriarchal institution that couture jacket covered in a bejewelled cross.
John Galliano, sent a model opulently dressed as can be seen as the very opposite of modernity, but “I was just a teenager when that came out
PHOTOS BY GETTY. (RUNWAY), ISTOCK (ILLUSTRATIONS).
an archbishop down a runway perfumed with there are still those who find virtue and personal and I never forgot it,” Mantella says. “I never
incense in 2000. meaning in wearing sacred iconography reworked, would have thought that someday I would be
The relationship between religious beliefs and whether it comes from the runway or the vestry. touching and looking at that piece thirty years
the rite of getting dressed is the basis for this year’s The contemporary interpretation of sacred art later!” she says. But a decade ago the oppor-
blockbuster fashion exhibition at the Metropolitan and symbols has a special resonance for Toronto tunity arose for her to purchase that holy of
Museum of Art in New York. Heavenly Bodies: philanthropist and conservationist Sylvia Mantella. holies, the vintage Lacroix haute couture
Fashion and the Catholic Imagination, opening As an avid fashion collector, she wears avant-garde jacket worn on the cover. And she did.
May 10, will include religious artworks from the labels like Off-White, but is most drawn to the “That is the one piece I’ve yet to wear,”
Met’s collection and papal robes from the Sistine decadent collections of Italian designers like Fausto Mantella admits. Maybe some things are
Chapel sacristy displayed alongside designer Puglisi and Dolce & Gabbana, who often incorporate still sacred after all.
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E
FOOTWEAR
TO GO
These woolly wonders by Allbirds
are earning a following among comfort-
and style-craving globetrotters
Mention to someone that you’re considering
the purchase of a merino wool shoe and he
or she will likely assume you’re talking
about a slipper for around the house. The
superfine merino wool footwear from San
Francisco-based Allbirds, however, is meant
to be worn around the world.
The company, which started shipping
to Canada in March, launched in 2016 with
WINNING
a single product, a simply designed wool
runner, which quickly obtained the title
of the world’s most comfortable shoe.
The following year, the company released
a slip-on “lounger.” And last month, its third
design, a boat shoe made of bamboo fibre
DESIGN
arrived. Each model retails for $135. During the most recent Toronto
The shoes are a dream to wear: Seamless, Design Offsite Festival in January,
sock-like uppers mean no chance of blisters, one of the standout moments was
the wicking properties of wool keep feet Umbra’s Work/Life show. Hosted on
warm and dry, and light foam-and-rubber the lower level of its downtown flag-
soles are extremely comfortable. They’re ship, the exhibition asked emerging
versatile for travel thanks to their subtle Canadian studios to develop prod-
silhouette and range of hues, and also ucts that address the ever blurred
require minimal room in your suitcase. line between the spaces we occupy
When co-founder Tim Brown first during our working hours and our
dreamed up Allbirds, he says, “I saw there downtime. The winning piece –
was an opportunity to use natural fibres selected by a judging panel that
in footwear.” It helped that he’s from New included Umbra designer Laura
Zealand, famous for its large sheep popula- Carwardine, Drake Hotel curator Mia
tion. With its use of sustainable merino, the Nielsen, festival executive director
brand has kicked off a mini-movement in Jeremy Vandermeij and yours truly
the apparel industry: Active and athleisure – was the Haneraki by Montreal’s
wear brands like Adidas and Lululemon Dear Human. A remarkably simple
are now incorporating the fibre into and playfully colourful wall-mount-
their clothing. ed rack, it offers the versatility that’s
“People buy eight pairs of shoes a essentials for flexible spaces. In the
year, we’re not going to change that,” past, Umbra has rewarded a winning
says co-founder Joey Zwillinger. “When design by putting it into production.
you’re making those buying decisions, Stay tuned to find out if this champ
we hope that we can help you make a will be available to help get your
more responsible one.” – MARYAM SIDDIQI own home/office organized some
day soon. – ANDREW SARDONE
For more information, visit allbirds.ca.
For more information, visit umbra.com.
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26 T H E G LO B E A N D M A I L S T Y L E A D V I S O RFOOD/DRINK
E
CALI NEXT COU R SE
CUISINE Across Canada, new restaurants are launching
novel cuisines and unique styles of eateries. NEW
7 0
Here’s where to enjoy everything from Japanese-
A former private chef has
Peruvian fare to fish-shaped waffle cakes
infused the L.A.-area with
a fresh take on dining out %
Malibu, the seaside enclave just north of
Los Angeles, is a prime destination for surfing,
celebrity spotting and ocean views, but it was
C H O T T O M AT T E
Toronto CACAO
missing a good place for lunch until Helene With locations in London and Miami, the first Canadian
Henderson showed up. Thanks to the town’s outpost for restaurateur and Nobu alum Kurt Zdesar’s
geographic isolation and captive audience of fast-growing Chotto Matte empire opens this summer
wealthy locals, the busiest restaurants were in Toronto. The dining room will specialize in Nikkei,
places with terrific views but menus filled or Japanese-Peruvian dishes, including sushi,
with overpriced, flown-in seafood. When the ceviche, sashimi, tempura, and charcoal-grilled
Swedish-born chef opened her hippie-chic, robata, alongside an extensive cocktail menu.
farm-to-table Malibu Farm Café in 2013,
however, it immediately became the best For more information, visit chotto-matte.com.
place in town to enjoy the crashing of waves
over a chopped kale salad.
Perched on the edge of Malibu pier, the
eatery offers panoramic views, ocean breezes U Z U TA I YA K I
and a laid-back menu inspired by Henderson’s Calgary
two-acre farm in nearby Point Dume. “Eat
the real thing or don’t eat it all at all,” is a Just in time for warmer weather, Calgarians can
favourite saying of the former private chef. now enjoy a taste of Japanese taiyaki, a waffle
The food is seasonal, organic and local, cake pressed into the shape of a fish and filled with
featuring eggs laid by Henderson’s feather- sweet bean paste, custard or Nutella. The fish’s mouth
footed chickens and fruit from her own trees. does double duty as a cone for soft-serve ice cream,
Thanks to a combination of Instagram-worthy with flavours including matcha, ube, coconut, vanilla
beach vibes and colourful, veg-forward plates,
it has since expanded well beyond Malibu.
and black sesame.
INTRODUCING
An outpost at the Four Seasons Resort Lanai For more information, visit facebook.com/uzutaikayki.
LINDOR70 CACAO
in Hawaii opened in 2016, followed by
another at the new Nobu Eden Roc Hotel
Miami Beach last year. %
The expansion of Henderson’s empire SHERWOOD
shows no sign of slowing, with a fourth Victoria
location opening this spring on Orange
County’s tony Newport Beach harbour; Perched on a corner in central Victoria, Sherwood
a world away from her chicken coops and by founder Shane Devereaux (the man behind Habit,
persimmon trees but equally desperate
for an epicurean revamp. – JEREMY FREED
one of the city’s most popular coffee joints) aims to
provide the community-building, café-restaurant ex- TAKE A MOMENT TO MELT
perience common in Europe and Australia. Featuring
For more information, visit malibu-farm.com. a coffee bar and a full-service restaurant, Devereaux
hopes to open by mid-June. – KAREN PINCHIN
For more information, visit sherwoodvictoria.com.
LIGHT Drinking his eponymous champagne,
the Benedictine monk Dom Pierre
BODY Pérignon supposedly once declared,
“I’m drinking stars!” Now, Japanese
artist and designer Tokujin Yoshioka
has collaborated with Dom Pérignon to bring that sparkle
to life in a limited-edition release of a 2009 vintage. A
blend of 60 per cent pinot noir and 40 per cent chardonnay,
the wine has notes of guava and white peach, rounded with
vanilla and toasted brioche. While the year was challenging
for growers, chef de cave Richard Geoffroy says it produced
“magnificently mature, flawlessly healthy fruit.” The result is
a rich, powerful wine. Yoshioka, who is known for his own
impactful work in crystals, light and glass, has won many
design accolades, including the 2017 Milano Design Award.
He drew inspiration for the prismatic Baccarat sculpture that
can display the bottle from the light and energy of the juice. Irresistibly smooth. Delightfully dark.
“To the eye, to the palate, it transmits a luminous vibration,”
says Yoshioka. “Above all, I wanted to transmit the beauty
Created by the Lindt Maître Chocolatiers.
and poetry of light.” – K.P. Passion and love for chocolate since 1845.
Dom Pérignon Vintage 2009 Tokujin Yoshioka Limited
Edition, $275 at LCBO Vintages in Ontario. For more
information, visit domperignon.com. Visit lindt.ca
28 T H E G LO B E A N D M A I L S T Y L E A D V I S O RFULL As long as it’s bold and worn from
top to toe, every hue is instantly in vogue
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY M A R K B I N K S
S T Y L I N G BY
NADIA PIZZIMENTI
R E D A L L OV E R BLUSHING PRIDE
Miniature bows cover Christopher Update a neutral ensemble
Kane’s crafty, textured take on the with a swash of pink in the form
little red dress. Christopher Kane dress, a dramatic wrap. Sofie D’Hoore
$8,795 through christopherkane.com. dress, $980, Marques Almeida top,
Bag, price on request at Michael Kors $490 at Nordstrom (nordstrom.
(michaelkors.com). com). Shoes, $575 at Stuart Weitzman
(stuartweitzman.ca).
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There’s nothing overcast about
this Michael Kors cloud-like print.
Blouse and skirt, price on request
at Michael Kors (michaelkors.com).
Boots, $850 at Stuart Weitzman
(stuartweitzman.ca). Earrings
and bag, price on request at
Chanel (chanel.com).
PURPLE REIGNS
The pleated finish of an Issey Miyake blouse creates
a rich variation of colour. Pleats Please by Issey Miyake
blouse, $575 at Holt Renfrew (holtrenfrew.com).
Cuchara earrings, $128 through cuchara.ca.
32 T H E G LO B E A N D M A I L S T Y L E A D V I S O R T H E G LO B E A N D M A I L S T Y L E A DV I S O R 33M I N T CO N D I T I O N
In au courant satin, a pastel green tone pairs well with a hot-hued shoe.
Sies Marjan jumpsuit, $2,195 through siesmarjan.com. Luc Kieffer bangles,
$135 to $165 at Rue Pigalle (ruepigalle.ca). Cult Gaia bag, $298 through
cultgaia.com. Shoes, $575 at Stuart Weitzman (stuartweitzman.com).
GOLD MEMBER
A gilt Chanel shift has a
chartreuse shimmer thanks
to its iridescent texture.
Dress, $11,950, hat, gloves,
earrings, price on request
at Chanel (chanel.com).
34 T H E G LO B E A N D M A I L S T Y L E A D V I S O R T H E G LO B E A N D M A I L S T Y L E A DV I S O R 35S U N N Y WAY S
A very 1980s monochromatic
colour scheme is emphasized
by a blouse’s retro shape.
Tibi blouse, $495 through tibi.
com. Akris vest, $1,810, dress,
$3,885 through akris.ch.
Diana Broussard earrings, $295
at Rue Pigalle (ruepigalle.ca).
CO R A L B R I E F
Stripes in peach and cantaloupe create a luscious mix.
Simon Miller top, $605, trousers, $620 at Nordstrom
(nordstrom.com). Cult Gaia earrings, $88 through cultgaia.com.
Makeup by Sabrina Rinaldi for M.A.C Cosmetics/P1M.ca. Model: Bobola Yinka at Ciotti.
36 T H E G LO B E A N D M A I L S T Y L E A D V I S O R T H E G LO B E A N D M A I L S T Y L E A DV I S O R 37Stepping
L’Agence blouse,
$295 at Holt Renfrew
(holtrenfrew.com).
Emily Hampshire has
spent over two decades
climbing the career
ladder on screen.
ELIZABETH RENZETTI
talks to the actor about
the divergent roles
that finally earned her
international acclaim
PHOTOGR APHY
B Y T E D B E LT O N
t is a cautionary tale that parents
might whisper to their fame-
craving children to keep them from
the spotlight, this story of Emily
Hampshire and the rat. It wasn’t
the rat’s fault, of course. It wasn’t
Hampshire’s fault, either. They were
two dedicated professionals set on a
collision course by fate. Well, set on
a collision course by the creators of
12 Monkeys, the Syfy series in which
Hampshire stars as the enigmatic, eccentric truth-
teller Jennifer Goines.
The trouble started with an email to Hampshire
from an assistant director: “How do you feel about
spiders?” The actor hates spiders. However, being
a good Canadian and, thus, a good sport, she said
she was okay with scorpions and rats. So a scorpion
and a rat were brought on set for a scene in which
Jennifer is being tormented with the creatures.
There was Hampshire, mouth open in a maniacal
laugh under a dangling rat, when…well, I should let
her finish the story.
“The rat pooped in my mouth,” Hampshire says.
And then she repeats it slowly: “The rat. Pooped. In
my mouth.” She pauses for a minute for effect, then
Céline dress, $3,150
bursts into raucous laughter. “The rat wrangler came
at Saks Fifth Avenue
over and said, ‘I’m so sorry. He was nervous. It was
(saksfifthavenue.com).
his first show.’”
Manolo Blahnik heels,
The unfortunate episode with the rodent hasn’t
$895 at Nordstrom
deterred Hampshire at all from her vocation,
(nordstrom.com).
38 T H E G LO B E A N D M A I L S T Y L E A D V I S O R T H E G LO B E A N D M A I L S T Y L E A DV I S O R 39Calvin Klein
205W39NYC blouse,
$1,150 at Saks
Fifth Avenue
(saksfifthavenue.com)
In my own life,
I’ve gotten more
confident with
saying things
that are true
which she has been dedicated to since the between Toronto, where she shoots Schitt’s “I felt like I left the earth.” She wanted to
age of 13, and which is the only job she’s ever Creek, and Los Angeles, where 12 Monkeys be Eponine, one of the story’s protagonists.
had. It’s not like she’s had any time lately was filmed. Four years later, having made her debut as
to consider an alternative. She will soon be “Emily is beyond dedicated,” says Terry Geneviève Bujold’s daughter in the film Dead
seen in Xavier Dolan’s film The Death and Matalas, executive producer of 12 Monkeys. Innocent, Hampshire moved to Toronto at the
Life of John F. Donovan, and in the suspense “She has that unique ability to play so many age of 16. It was the place to make her mark as
thriller Never Saw it Coming, an adaptation of things at once – manic, angry, vulnerable, an actor. When asked if that decision pleased
Linwood Barclay’s 2013 novel. The fourth and funny, homicidal, loving. To be able to her parents, she laughs. “They knew they
final season of 12 Monkeys will begin airing quickly pivot from one emotion to the next couldn’t have stopped me,” says Hampshire,
this summer. It’s an enviable list of credits at breakneck speed is what makes [the who is pretty sure she didn’t graduate from
for someone who was ready to throw in the character] Jennifer work. And that’s all Emily.” high school.
towel just a few years ago, before Eugene and Jennifer and Stevie reflect two aspects of While making the film Good Neighbours with
Dan Levy cast her as the laconic and hilarious Hampshire’s personality. Stevie is the sarcastic, director Jacob Tierney, she met and befriended
motel receptionist Stevie Budd in their chill person she wishes she could be – so a young Quebecois actor. The actor said he had
comedy phenomenon Schitt’s Creek. different from her own ebullient spirit that she nowhere to stay and Hampshire invited him to
Watching Hampshire’s animated gestures feels she disappoints people meeting her for crash with her for the weekend. The kid, whose
as she discusses her big career break over Earl the first time who are expecting a sly, cool girl. name was Xavier Dolan, stayed for a month.
Grey tea at Soho House in Toronto, it’s hard to But it is Jennifer, the manic, freethinking key to As Dolan’s directing career rose into the
believe that this lively person was, until fairly 12 Monkeys’ riddle, who is closest to her heart. stratosphere, he kept telling Hampshire that
recently A) afraid of auditioning and B) on the “It’s liberating to play someone like that. he was writing a part for her. When she was
verge of packing it in. She’d had two decades I sometimes fantasize about being an old lady, on set playing other roles, they would connect
of steady, small-scale success in Canadian film when you can say the truth that everyone else on FaceTime and he would read new pages
and television, but hit a turbulent patch. is thinking and no one is saying,” she says. he’d written. All the while, big-name stars
“I was in a bad place in my life,” she says. “In my own life, I’ve gotten more confident were joining the cast of Dolan’s film, called
“I hadn’t worked in a year, I was getting a with saying things that are true.” Eloquently The Death and Life of John F. Donovan, which
divorce, I was getting nervous in auditions.” illustrating this fact, she talks openly about gave Hampshire the jitters. “Suddenly, Jessica
In fact, she was down to $800 in the bank, the huge change that’s happened in the film Chastain is in it...Kathy Bates, Natalie Portman.
and was preparing to move into her friend’s and TV industry over the past several months. A lot of people wanted a star in my part, but
closet in L.A.: “I mean, it was a walk-in closet,” “Before the whole MeToo thing happened, Xavier was like, ‘No, it’s Emily.’’’
she says, smiling wryly. “And I’m a denning going to a general meeting [in Hollywood] When asked why he wanted Hampshire
animal, so I like closets.” That’s when she got felt like dating. Because there’s no specific so badly for the part, Dolan highlights her
the casting call for a show about a snooty project you’re discussing, it felt like you sense of humour. “I think, as director, you
family that goes bankrupt and is forced to live had to be likeable,” she says. “Right after it have to surround yourself with people who
in a small-town motel. happened, it was like night and day. I wasn’t can laugh at you and laugh at themselves,”
She worked up the courage to audition for sexually assaulted before, but it was just the he says. “She’s dedicated to the part she
CBC’s Schitt’s Creek, although Dan Levy would vibe in the room changed. It was much more plays but she has that very rare quality of
later tell her that she prefaced her appearance professional.” introspection that allows her to never take
with, “This is going to be horrible,” and hid her With this sleazy side of the industry, it’s herself seriously, even though she takes her
face in her shirt. The creators saw through the understandable that parents might dread job, and her character, seriously nonetheless.
Jacket, $7,800, brooch, $1,375 nervousness, and Hampshire won the part of sending their kids off to be actors. Hampshire, That, for me, is very precious.”
at Chanel (chanel.com). Stevie. “It feels like a rebirth,” she says of the who grew up in Montreal, found her parents “I wanted to be great for him,” says
series, which now counts musician Elton John, supportive of her aspirations. When the actor Hampshire. “I wouldn’t have wanted him to
Styling by Stacy Troke. comedian Sandra Bernhard and designer and was in Grade 6, her mother took her to see stick by me and then I ruin it. But it was the
Makeup, hair and nails by filmmaker Tom Ford as fans. Shortly afterward, Les Misérables on stage when she really wanted greatest working experience of my life. It felt
Wendy Rorong for Oribe/ she was cast in 12 Monkeys. Between those to go to a pool party hosted by a boy she was magical.” For a person who was ready to give
NARS Cosmetics/CND/ roles and parts in films like Darren Aronofsky’s crushing on. It was a pivotal moment: The boy it all up, it doesn’t really get much better than
Plutino Group. Set design Mother!, Hampshire hasn’t had any time off was forgotten, but Les Mis stayed. While she Emily Hampshire’s CV in 2018. “I feel like I’ve
by James Reiger for P1M. in the past four years. She splits her time watched it unfold on stage, Hampshire says, hit the jackpot.”
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