Textiles and Dress
Canadian fashion
Canadian fashion refers to the styles, trends, design, and production of clothing, footwear, accessories, and other expressions of fashion in Canada and the polities it is descended from. Indigenous cultures of Canada have produced clothing and accessories for practical application in contention with the natural elements, as well as for ritualistic and spiritual purposes, since time immemorial. Indigenous-Canadians continue to maintain fashions that are distinct to their particular cultures. From the founding of Port-Royal, further developments -- such as wide-spread European settlement, the North American fur trade, and the establishment of New France and British North America -- incrementally introduced western fashions throughout the region. Starting from the 16th century, Canada's fashion history can be divided into discernable eras that are characterized by prevalent styles particular to the period. These various modes of dress have often been influenced by the predominant upper-class fashions of western Europe, notably Britain and France, as well as the geographical realities of living in Canada and the rugged lifestyles therein. Moreover, eras of Canadian fashion can be consistently subdivided by class expression. Canada's fashion economy includes numerous clothing and accessory brands (such as Arc'teryx and Lululemon), department stores (such as the historical Hudson's Bay Company and Holt Renfrew), various annual and semi-annual industry events in Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal, fashion magazines (such as Elle Canada and Fashion Magazine), and a variety of postsecondary programs in fashion design and marketing.
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Bearing Away the Bride.
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