2022-02-01 Elle Canada

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“PROJECT ATIGI CELEBRATES MY HERITAGE,
COMMUNITY AND CRAFT—IT’S SO INSPIRING

AND MOTIVATING,”

– VICTORIA KAKUKTINNIQ

This year, Project Atigi is honing in on a single designer: conditions. It’s easy to spot the traditional Inuit elements woven in
Victoria Kakuktinniq. The Rankin Inlet native’s label, Victoria’s throughout: feminine detailing like cinchable waists and fitted sil-
Arctic Fashion, lives at the intersection of fashion and true func- houettes, a northern-lights-inspired colour palette and a special
tion, uniting traditional Northern garments with contemporary tattoo trim derived from a cultural practice that symbolizes one’s
design sensibility. Kakuktinniq’s limited-release parkas are highly unique life story. “This specific design represents my strength
coveted across Nunavut communities; her social-media-driven as a single mother and acts as a tribute to my own parents,”
drops featuring one-of-a-kind pieces often sell out instantly. But says Kakuktinniq.
Kakuktinniq’s acclaim is also heating up outside of the North:
She has gained traction in more-established style capitals, Tying back to HUMANATURE, proceeds from the sale of the
showing collections at Fashion Week in both New York and Paris Project Atigi collection will support Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK),
in recent years. which was also done with previous capsules. ITK is a non-profit
that works to improve the health and well-being of Inuit, carrying
As the guest designer on this year’s women-focused capsule, out its mandate through research, advocacy, public outreach
Kakuktinniq was tasked with bringing her perspective to the and education. “Project Atigi celebrates my heritage, commun-
Canada Goose repertoire. “I have always been inspired by my ity and craft—it’s so inspiring and motivating,” says Kakuktinniq.
culture and the teachings of Inuit seamstresses,” she says. “When
I was growing up, my mother and grandmother clothed us with Complete with an arresting campaign featuring an all-
warm traditional clothing. It was a way for us to express our Inuit Indigenous cast, including TikTok star Shina Novalinga,
identity. To celebrate that, this collection unites the traditional actress Marika Sila and model Willow Allen, the collection is
with the modern.” a true reflection of Kakuktinniq’s story. “This has been such an
empowering project—for myself, my community and other
Her year-and-a-half-long design process with Canada Inuit women,” she says. “Sewing traditional garments, a skill
Goose yielded three namesake outerwear styles: the light- that has been passed down from generation to generation, is
weight Kakuktinniq Down Jacket; the windproof and water-re- an important part of life in the North, for Inuit especially. We are
pellent Kakuktinniq Jacket; and the Kakuktinniq Parka, which artists; we tell our stories through our product. It’s more than just
delivers fundamental warmth plus protection in harsh winter our livelihood; it’s a way of life.”

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Interior design by Sarah Keenlyside

DECOR

PHOTOGRAPHY, ERIC FORGET (BETTENCOURT MANOR), JULIEN BASTIDE (SARAH KEENLYSIDE) & CHRIS TUBBS (COLETTE VAN DEN THILLART) CAN’T PINPOINT the exact moment I became a max- Interior design by Colette van den Thillart
imalist, but I think it had something to do with frequent
childhood visits to the eclectic home of my parents’ the start was ‘Why not? Why hold back? Why be safe?’” she
close friends—two artists whose expressionist paintings says. Keenlyside began furnishing the space with vintage
and modernist collages burst forth from the walls with mid-century-modern pieces from the city’s Expo 67 era, art
from friends and collaborators and quirky finds from Instagram
I exhilarating colours and fascinating compositions. The and Facebook Marketplace. Her first piece was a Ligne Roset
art matched the treasure trove of bizarro novelties that Ploum sofa, which she had reupholstered in a textured green
dotted their house, from a golden Elvis bust that sat beside a fabric and now humorously compares to a dill pickle. She
bubble-gum-pink sink in the powder room to a floor-to-ceiling then added a multicoloured curved-stripe rug by Pieces by An
collection of vintage royalty and tobacco tins that lined the Aesthetic Pursuit, a bright-red Verner Panton Peacock Chair
kitchen wall to a talking Pee-wee Herman pull-cord doll that and an art-deco-style fireplace that her mother found curbside.
lived by the patio. These tchotchkes, no matter how ephemeral, Keenlyside says the apartment is still a work-in-progress, which
were indications of the couple’s personal style, and it was with squares perfectly with maximalism’s time-worn aesthetic. “I
that approach that I built my own style over the years, with think to go out and deliberately buy a whole bunch of stuff
cowboy hats in my closet and bright, clashing artworks on in a short period of time is antithetical to what maximalism
my walls. Suffice to say, the dominance of minimalism over is,” she says. “Finding things over time—while travelling, at
the past decade wasn’t my thing. Monochromatic greige a gallery opening or by inheriting something from a beloved
interiors and countertops so stripped of their basic function family member—contributes to a meaningful and harmonious
that nary a toothbrush could be found on them would never space. Without meaning, maximalism is just clutter.”
be me. After I spent a day de-cluttering my apartment with
particular zeal, a friend surveyed my work and proclaimed, Matthew Bettencourt, a Toronto-based interior designer
“Well, you’ll never be a minimalist.” And I’m not alone in who co-owns Bettencourt Manor, a decor shop focusing
this aversion to containing myself. on vintage and one-of-a-kind pieces, echoes the sentiment.
Over the course of the pandemic, Marie Kondo’s once “When you go out with a list, you’re not necessarily going to
wildly popular approach to streamlined living—whittling find what you’re looking for,” he says. “We always tell clients
down your belongings into a tightly curated selection and that if there’s a gut reaction to something, it’s going to work
then neatly hiding them away from prying eyes—has lost its in their space.” Along with his partner, Rick, Bettencourt
lustre. “Minimalism can be completely magical and poetic, approaches the trend in a more understated way, keeping
but for some it felt a little barren when our homes became pattern mixes as the focus but with colour palettes that are
our entire world,” says interior designer Colette van den more muted. “It’s much easier to layer a maximalist space if
Thillart. There was even a backlash against Kondo’s own you’re working with neutrals,” he says. “You can really build
tidying product line. But to me, the shift has been more about vignettes with rooms and spaces that have a lot of interest
the individual eccentricities we developed over the past year to them without worrying about it being overwhelming.”
forming into a collective desire for the weird and wild. Just as
the runways heated up with oversized silhouettes and all-out Whatever your personal approach to maximalism, the
glamour, our homes took a page from the disco-era anthem most important rule is that there is no such thing as rules. “I
“More More More.” “Maximalist rooms are a lifestyle, and think the one mistake that people make is actually trying to
they give back in so many ways because everywhere you be too tasteful,” says van den Thillart. “Screw taste—you’ve
look, there’s something that’s either going to entertain you, got to take risks.”
make you smile or spark a memory,” says van den Thillart.
And, sure, style is a pendulum that’s likely to swing back at
any time, but, she adds, “minimalist spaces are not made for
the mess of life.” This is especially true now that our homes
have become multi-purpose spaces.
Maximalism has been trending on both ends of the spectrum,
from the high—a spread on model Cara Delevingne’s home
in Architectural Digest featured so many mismatched patterns
that the magazine dubbed it “delightfully dizzying”—to the
low—IKEA’s recent collaboration with legendarily quirky
British designer Zandra Rhodes. On Instagram, indie brands,
including Alberta-based rug tufter Rashelle Campbell, have
flourished thanks to a renewed interest in colourful, crafty
homewares. On Twitter, the viral tweet “Girls only want one
thing and it’s a living room with hardwood floors, a green velvet
sofa and a colorful rug” seemed to encapsulate the moment.
During the pandemic, multidisciplinary artist Sarah
Keenlyside relocated to Montreal, where she could flex her
maximalist-decor tendencies in a larger space with more
natural character than her Toronto condo. “My attitude from

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FoSaocrdedways

The uplifting new anthology from BRYANT TERRY, Black Food: Stories, Art & Recipes
From Across the African Diaspora, is colouring outside the lines.

By AMAN DOSANJ

FOOD

This anthology is a sensory celebration of original art,
music, poetry, essays and recipes that powerfully connect
the past with a blinding future of possibility. “I think it’s the
crown jewel in my body of work,” he says before humbly
adding: “Let me stop for a second and say that this is not my
book. My name is on the cover, [but] I assembled a brilliant
whip-smart team who [brought] this book into the world.”

We spoke with Terry over Zoom about pushing back against
worn-out narratives, liberation through rest and changing food
systems one beautifully illustrated book at a time.

ON HIS FIRST VEGAN COOKBOOK “[Publishers] didn’t feel that
[Vegan Soul Kitchen] was a viable project [in 2007]. The response
was often ‘You’re cutting the pie too thinly’ or, even more troub-
ling, ‘Vegan? Black people? That sounds oxymoronic.’ That early
lesson [I learned] as an author is something I’m very aware of
as a publisher now. People who are part of a community know
what its current cultural zeitgeist is, and they know what the
emerging zeitgeist is—and it’s important to listen to those voices.
Fast-forward to now: Black people in the United States are the
fastest-growing population of vegans.”

PHOTOGRAPHY, ADRIAN O. WALKER “F OOD HAS ALWAYS BEEN A GREAT WAYformetobring ON HIS IMPRINT “It’s long been a vision of mine—and my literary
people into the conversation,” says Bryant Terry. For agent’s—to have a publishing imprint. For whatever reason, I put
decades, he has dedicated his professional career to barriers in front of [myself that I had to pass before] going forward,
food-justice activism. Now, the author, James Beard like ‘When I get to this level of success in my career or if I have this
Award winner, vegan and chef-in-residence at the many [social-media] followers or if I’ve published this many books.’
Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) in San Francisco Now I recognize that those barriers were unnecessary because this
is reimagining the world of publishing with 4 Color Books, imprint is needed and I should have asked for it a long time ago.”
his revolutionary new imprint under Ten Speed Press. “We
want rebels,” he says. “We want [BIPOC authors] who are ON CURATING BLACK FOOD “I wanted it to be written without
off the beaten path, who are doing stuff that we aren’t seeing concern for the white gaze. This is a conversation we’re having
in the world.” among [ourselves]; we’ll invite the world to listen in, but I wanted
Black Food: Stories, Art & Recipes From Across the African the book to be a love letter to people of African descent through-
Diaspora—4 Color Books’ debut release, curated and edited out the globe—to the foodways of the Black diaspora.”
by Terry—is a spiritual multi-course feast for the soul with
contributions from over 100 voices (including that of Toronto- ON HIS FAVOURITE ESSAY IN BLACK FOOD “I’ve always been
based chef Suzanne Barr) from around the globe. In creating inspired by [American poet and mental-health activist] Tricia
a vision for his book, Terry drew inspiration from the works Hersey’s calls to embrace rest—and napping—as our birthright
of the late Nobel Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison and, and to push back against capitalism. Historically, [society has]
notably, The Black Book (an encyclopedic collection of work edited valued Black people for our labour, not for just existing, so I am
by Morrison and published in 1974 about the American Black really excited about that.”
experience from the early 1600s to the mid-1900s). “When
I think about Black Food, I keep coming back to a quote by ON MAKING CHANGES BEYOND PUBLISHING “We’re [hosting] a
Morrison: ‘The function of racism is distraction,’” he says. Black-food summit in June—as part of my residency at MoAD—to
“It keeps you explaining over and over again your reason bring together BIPOC creatives from around the world for com-
for being. While this book acknowledges the historical and munity-building, networking and skill-sharing. We want to ensure
contemporary ways in which our people have been margin- that there’s no longer the excuse ‘We looked, but we couldn’t find
alized, exploited and erased, the main focus of this project is an Asian food photographer [or] a Black art director.’ Publishing
our agency, creation and empowerment. What emerges when books is simply one aspect of what 4 Color Books will be doing.”
we aren’t distracted by racism? How are we empowered? In
what ways is our humanity displayed? What are we curious ON CHANGING THE FUTURE OF FOOD “I want to see food jus-
about? What brings us joy?” tice [because] food is a tool [with which we can] actively create
a healthy, just and sustainable food system that works for every-
one—not [only] the handful of multinational food corporations
that largely control our food system. So, self-determination,
power in the hands of the people [on the ground] and celebrat-
ing and eating together while we’re building the movement—
that’s what I want to see in the coming years.”

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AQUARIUS February/
March 2022
JANUARY 20 – FEBRUARY 18
Feelings of enthusiasm and freedom will By ALEX VALLIÈRES
light up your February. Add to this the gift of
saying the right thing at the right time and
you’ll be set to spread some joy. In March,
you’ll have extra doses of both charm and
feistiness. A small disagreement might take
the sheen off things, but otherwise it doesn’t

get better than this!

PISCES CHANEL LIBRA

FEBRUARY 19 – MARCH 20 SEPTEMBER 23 – OCTOBER 22
In February, Jupiter, the planet of Do you miss being madly in love? Then
abundance, arrives and joins forces with
Neptune, the queen of imagination, here’s some good news: Something
bringing you a deep sense of welcome beautiful is about to unfold. Yes, you’re
relaxation. The presence of these two
planets will chase away your stress by burning to surrender to it, but deep
making you see new possibilities and inside you’re scared of being wrong or
helping you meet your own expectations. being deceived. Go on, trust yourself:

You know now—more than
ever—what’s good for you.

ARIES CANCER SCORPIO

MARCH 21 – APRIL 19 JUNE 21 – JULY 22 OCTOBER 23 – NOVEMBER 21
At the beginning of February, An unexpected event
you’ll face some hard truths that The next couple of months will go one of
will force you to reconsider a decision two ways: Everything will go swimmingly sometime in the next two
you made—and for good reason, or everything will be harder (and more months will alter everything. You
because you didn’t make the right one! might be offered an important
In March, you’ll be hitting that sweet spot, frustrating) than usual. This is due to all position, taken on a trip, seduced
whether it’s in love, friendship, work or those planets in Capricorn, your opposite in an unusual way or inspired to
bravely push your limits. Be on the
a personal project. sign. How do you play your cards right
when there’s no in-between? Try keeping lookout for change!

your balance—it’s the best you can do.

TAURUS LEO SAGITTARIUS

APRIL 21 – MAY 20 JULY 23 – AUGUST 22 NOVEMBER 22 – DECEMBER 21
A nasty resentment toward a Right now, February’s looking pretty bleak You feel like you’re floating, at the
loved one is poisoning your life. mercy of the current, and this has you
It is not only keeping them at a to you. Everything around you seems panicking a bit. That’s normal because
distance but also locking you into lukewarm, bland and slow. But there’s the leader in you is used to taking the
a suffocating trap. Fortunately, the no point in pacing around like a lion in a reins. This wave, however, may take
spring sky will give you the strength cage. And around March 7, 21 and 28, you to unknown and invigorating
to forgive and help you turn the page you’ll regain some of your superbness shores. So don’t resist—let it carry
and enthusiasm thanks to the support
and finally move on. you where it will.
of Venus, the Sun and Mercury.

ILLUSTRATION, GUILLAUME BRIÈRE; PHOTOGRAPHY, IMAXTREE GEMINI VIRGO CAPRICORN

MAY 21 – JUNE 20 AUGUST 23 – SEPTEMBER 22 DECEMBER 22 – JANUARY 19
I know you long to be adored and If you followed my previous advice, you’ve Mars’ journey is energizing, but it
appreciated for your brilliant mind, also pushes you to ask a burning
avoided hitting a wall and humiliating question: Where does your anger
but you need to be patient. It’ll yourself in the process. Nice work! And
happen in March, when Mars and now the timing is right to finally put forward come from? From frustration,
Venus—escorted by Mercury and an idea, fast-track a project and charge jealousy, a lack of recognition,
Saturn—camp out in a friendly sign. Make straight ahead. The universe is listening contempt, a feeling of injustice or
the most of this wait in February and to you, supporting you and giving you the impatience? The answer will launch
thank your fans for believing in you.
means to achieve your ambitions. you on a liberating path.

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FINALE

REST IN POWER TEXT, JOANNA FOX; PHOTOGRAPHY, IMAXTREE

VIRGIL ABLOH, artistic director for Louis Vuitton menswear and founder of Off-White,
was a creative visionary who taught us that anything is possible. Thank you for inspiring us.

September 30, 1980 – November 28, 2021

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