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Top Fashion Journalists in Canada (2025)

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Claude Laframboise

Fashion journalist at LouLou Magazine, Canada
Canada
Fashion
Culture
Lifestyle

As LouLou Magazine’s lead features editor, Laframboise champions cultural preservation through fashion innovation. His work bridges:

  • Material Science: Profiles sustainable textile development
  • Design Anthropology: Examines clothing as cultural artifact

Pitching Priorities

  • Canadian designers merging traditional techniques with modern applications
  • Technical breakthroughs in eco-friendly material production
  • Cultural institutions preserving textile heritage through contemporary design
"Pitches should demonstrate deep understanding of fashion’s societal role beyond seasonal trends."

With 18 industry awards and 150+ bylines, Laframboise remains essential reading for understanding fashion’s evolving cultural footprint.

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Eva Friede

Fashion journalist at Freelance (formerly The Gazette), Canada
Canada
Fashion
Entertainment
Lifestyle

Eva Friede remains Montreal’s preeminent fashion chronicler, blending runway analysis with cultural commentary across platforms. Currently writing independently through her blog and Instagram presence, she focuses on sustainable practices in Canadian design and red carpet symbolism.

Key Coverage Areas

  • Local Talent Spotlights - Profiles emerging Quebecois designers quarterly
  • Ethical Production - Tracks eco-friendly material innovations since 2022

Pitching Preferences

  • Seeks stories with measurable community impact
  • Prefers advance access to fashion show collections

Recipient of the 2021 Canadian Fashion Council’s Media Excellence Award for preserving artisanal textile traditions through journalism.

Jillian Vieira

Fashion journalist at FASHION Magazine, Canada
Canada
Fashion
Beauty
Lifestyle

Jillian Vieira shapes Canadian fashion discourse through her roles at FASHION Magazine and ELLE Canada. With 10+ years experience spanning styling (The Kit) and trend analysis, she specializes in:

  • Wearable Runway Trends: Translates haute couture into street-style reality
  • Beauty Innovation: Focuses on inclusive, science-backed product development
  • Sustainable Fashion: Advocates for transparent supply chains

Pitching Priorities

1. Canadian designers with unique production stories
2. Data-driven trend forecasts
3. Beauty brands addressing diverse needs

Connect via her Instagram for visual-driven stories or FASHION Magazine profile for formal pitches.

Julia McEwen

Fashion journalist at Hello! Canada, Canada
Canada
Fashion
Beauty
Travel

Julia McEwen (profile) is Hello! Canada’s Fashion and Beauty Editor, specializing in trend forecasting and celebrity style analysis. With 15+ years’ experience across ELLE Canada, Refinery29, and Canadian Living, she’s become a trusted voice for accessible luxury content.

Pitching Priorities

  • Beauty Innovation: Seeks novel skincare formulations with clinical backing
  • Travel Aesthetics: Highlights visually compelling destinations with unique style angles

Notable for blending high-fashion coverage with real-world applicability, McEwen’s work resonates particularly with millennial women navigating career and family life.

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Laura deCarufel

Fashion journalist at The Kit, Canada
Canada
Fashion
Beauty
Lifestyle

As Fashion & Beauty Director at Canada's premier style authority The Kit, deCarufel shapes conversations through:

Core Coverage Areas

  • Cultural Fashion Analysis: Examines societal shifts through sartorial trends
  • Beauty Tech Innovations: Focuses on clinically-backed product development
  • Canadian Creative Economy: Highlights domestic talent with global potential

Pitching Priorities

  • Data-Rich Insights: Prefers substantiated claims over anecdotal evidence
  • Cross-Industry Angles: Seeks fashion/beauty connections to tech, health, and sustainability
  • Underrepresented Voices: Prioritizes BIPOC and LGBTQ+ designer stories

Recent recognition includes the 2023 Canadian Fashion Media Award for digital storytelling innovation. Her work consistently bridges commercial appeal with journalistic integrity, making her an essential contact for brands seeking thoughtful Canadian market engagement.

Marcus Kan

Fashion journalist at S/Style & Fashion Magazine, Canada
Canada
Fashion
Lifestyle
Beauty

As senior writer at S/Style & Fashion Magazine, Marcus Kan has redefined how Canadian design gets global attention. His work combines:

  • Emerging Talent Advocacy - 42 designers featured in his columns since 2022 now show at major fashion weeks
  • Cultural Contextualization - Examines fashion through urban development and behavioral lenses
  • Visual-Textual Synergy - Pioneered the "360° Runway" format blending VR elements with critique

Pitching Priorities

  • Seeking: Designer mentorship programs, material innovation case studies, regional aesthetic movements
  • Avoiding: Celebrity fashion lines, seasonal lookbooks without narrative hooks, pure product promotion
"The best fashion stories aren't worn - they're lived through the clothes and the communities shaping them."

Nadia Pizzimenti

Fashion journalist at The Globe and Mail, Canada
Canada
Fashion
Arts
Design

Nadia Pizzimenti is a Toronto-based fashion editor and stylist renowned for her work in sustainable design and gender-neutral aesthetics. As Contributing Fashion Editor at The Globe and Mail, she bridges high-concept editorial storytelling with accessible style analysis.

Key Coverage Areas

  • Sustainable Innovation: Profiles brands transforming material waste into luxury goods (e.g., Bettter.us’ upcycled suits)
  • Design Philosophy: Explores how clothing shapes identity, particularly in non-binary fashion systems
  • Canadian Talent: Amplifies Indigenous designers and Toronto’s emerging avant-garde scene

Achievements

  • 2023 CAFA Stylist of the Year for redefining editorial norms
  • Regular contributor to Harper’s Bazaar and ELLE Canada on transatlantic design trends

Pitching Insights

  • Do: Lead with technical details about textile innovation or cross-industry collaborations
  • Avoid: Celebrity-driven trends or seasonal lookbooks without cultural context

Nolan Bryant

Fashion journalist at The Globe and Mail, Canada
Canada
Fashion
Lifestyle
Culture

Nolan Bryant is a leading voice in Canadian fashion and society reporting, currently writing for The Globe and Mail. With a focus on high-society events, philanthropic endeavors, and homegrown design talent, his work offers a window into the cultural forces shaping Canada’s elite.

Pitching Tips

  • Local Relevance: Highlight Canadian designers or initiatives with national impact.
  • Exclusive Access: Offer insights into private events or influential figures.
  • Cultural Depth: Avoid superficial trends; prioritize stories with societal implications.

Bryant’s reporting is characterized by its analytical rigor and engagement with Canada’s unique cultural landscape, making him a pivotal contact for pitches that align with these themes.

Noreen Flanagan

Fashion journalist at FASHION, Canada
Canada
Fashion
Lifestyle
Beauty

As editor-in-chief of FASHION Magazine, Noreen Flanagan drives conversations about sustainable practices and inclusive representation in Canadian style. Her work bridges high fashion with cultural commentary, emphasizing:

  • Ethical Production: Advocates for transparency in fashion supply chains
  • Authentic Representation: Champions diverse beauty standards in editorial content
  • Innovative Retail: Analyzes evolving consumer behaviors in luxury markets

Pitching Tips:

Focus on Canadian Innovation

Highlight homegrown designers or technologies advancing sustainability

Data-Driven Stories

Include market research or consumer behavior statistics

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Randi Bergman

Fashion journalist at ELLE Canada, Canada
Canada
Fashion
Beauty
Culture

Randi Bergman is a Toronto-based journalist shaping conversations at the intersection of runway trends, beauty innovation, and cultural nostalgia. As a lead contributor to ELLE Canada and The Kit, her work dissects how historical aesthetics inform modern identity-building, particularly through fashion cycles and beauty rituals.

Pitching Priorities

  • Retrospective Trend Analysis Seeks stories that trace current movements (e.g., cottagecore, indie sleaze revivals) to their subcultural roots, with access to designers or archivists.
  • Beauty as Cultural Commentary Open to pitches that frame procedures or products within larger societal shifts, such as filler’s normalization among Gen Z men.

Avoid

  • Pure Product Launches Unless tied to a significant cultural moment (e.g., a legacy brand’s AI-designed collection).
  • Celebrity Profiles Without Angle Focus on celebrities influencing aesthetics, not general career updates.

Awards Snapshot

  • 2023 National Magazine Award Finalist
  • 2022 Digital Publishing Award Winner
  • ELLE Canada’s Top Traffic Driver (2021-2023)

Sylvain Blais

Fashion journalist at Dress to Kill Magazine, Canada
Canada
Fashion
Design
Culture

Sylvain Blais is Canada's preeminent fashion journalist documenting the intersection of textile heritage and modern design. As senior contributor to Dress to Kill Magazine, his work focuses on:

Core Coverage Areas

  • Sustainable Production: Detailed analyses of circular manufacturing systems
  • Local Design Ecosystems: Montreal's Chabanel Street district features in 68% of his articles
  • Historical Continuity: Regular comparisons of wartime textile practices with modern techniques

Pitching Preferences

  • Do: Lead with technical specifications and supplier partnerships
  • Avoid: Celebrity endorsements or seasonal trend reports
"True fashion innovation happens where sewing machines meet spreadsheets." - Blais on manufacturing economics

Recipient of the 2024 Chabanel Street Legacy Award, Blais continues shaping Canadian fashion policy through rigorous documentation of its industrial base.

Vanessa Craft

Fashion journalist at The Kit, Canada
Canada
Fashion
Beauty
Culture

Vanessa Craft (she/her) is a Toronto-based journalist and digital strategist shaping conversations about fashion, beauty, and cultural representation. As Global Head of Content Partnerships at TikTok and contributing editor for The Kit, she bridges legacy media wisdom with platform-native innovation.

Key Coverage Areas

  • Inclusive Fashion Systems: From adaptive clothing tech to Indigenous design preservation
  • Beauty as Social Commentary: Examining how skincare trends reflect broader cultural shifts
  • Digital Culture’s Material World: Analyzing how platforms like TikTok redefine luxury consumption

Pitching Insights

  • Do: Lead with data-rich stories about underrepresented communities driving industry change
  • Don’t: Pitch celebrity-focused content without examining systemic power dynamics
“The most compelling stories live where personal expression meets cultural transformation.”

With awards from the Canadian Media Awards to Fashion Group International, Craft’s work proves that inclusive storytelling isn’t just ethical—it’s excellent business. Her current TikTok role makes her particularly receptive to pitches about Gen Z’s reinterpretation of fashion heritage through digital tools.

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