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Emerging Talent

Featuring talent with two to eight years of experience in their respective fields of work, this section discovers individuals before they have their big break.

Emerging Talent

Seth Atwell: a glimpse at the world of androgynous modelling

“You can slick my hair back and throw a suit on me, or you can put me in a dress ...

February 24, 2015
Emerging Talent

Titika active wear: fitness + fashion

Titika is an emerging company from Toronto that occupies a niche in the active wear market. The product aims to ...

October 31, 2014
Emerging Talent

World Mastercard Fashion Week, spring/summer 2015: designers to watch

World MasterCard Fashion Week, spring/summer 2015 is less than a week away. This season, 34 designers and companies are going to ...

October 14, 2014
Emerging Talent

Just Sultan: let’s accessorize

Just Sultan is a bold accessory line, so new you may not have heard of it until now. Handcrafting his accessories in Toronto, designer Sultan Sandur has created a collection of unisex bow ties, pocket squares and ...

September 24, 2014
Emerging Talent

Miryaki: opposites attract / Miryaki: Gli Opposti Si Attraggono

FAJO Bilingual Series Mia Vilardo and Riccardo Polidoro are the dynamic duo behind Miryaki, a brand that was created in Italy’s ...

September 17, 2014
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Brit Wacher: art in the abstract

“I have always been interested in creating and building things,” says Brittany Wacher. “Making clothes was enticing for me, since ...

August 29, 2014
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Som Kong: the journey has just begun

FAJO discovers Fashion wasn’t Som Kong’s first career choice, but that’s hard to believe when seeing his small but tidy workspace, ...

August 20, 2014
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SEVENTHIRTYONE: Parisian start, Canadian future

Serendipitous beginnings often lead to interesting results. SEVENTHIRTYONE designer Defne Husrevoglu, and marketing director, Maiko Suzuki, met in Paris when ...

August 12, 2014
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Printed jewelry: engineering fashion

Morfologi’s upcoming collection will be easy to spot for anyone familiar with the architecture of Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum. Inspired ...

June 20, 2014
Emerging Talent

Daring to be Gwen Madiba

Dare (verb): to have enough courage or confidence to do something. Gwen Madiba named her fashion line Dare with this ...

June 20, 2014
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Nana Boateng Osei: the man behind Bôhten

Eco-friendly fashion is the future, at least that’s where Nana Boateng Osei says it’s heading. Sustainability and design are two things ...

May 15, 2014
Emerging Talent

The designers of Arts & Fashion Week 2014

For the third year in a row, FAJO returns as the Media Partner of |FAT| Arts & Fashion Week! |FAT| Arts ...

April 16, 2014
Emerging Talent

10 questions for Brooke Taylor and Jessica Stanley

California-natives Brooke Taylor and Jessica Stanley met in 2005 on their first day at a new job in technology sales. ...

April 16, 2014
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10 questions for Soon Il Kwon

Soon Il Kwon was born in Seoul, Korea. Throughout his childhood, he was constantly surrounded by art, as his father ...

March 13, 2014
Emerging Talent

The Art of the Pharaohs: Azza Fahmy

“To immortalize heritage, some write books, others take pictures, on the other hand, we design jewelry.” A myriad of cascading gems ...

March 13, 2014
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Matière Noire: reflecting astronomy through fashion

Geometry. Simplicity. Mystery… Matière Noire. Cécile Raizonville’s story is about self-discovery. The designer says that many moments of her life are ...

February 14, 2014

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