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Fashion Merchandising Graduate Courtney Hunter Delivers Classy Consignment at...
The Vancouver suburb of Langley wasn’t always known as a fashion hotspot. Everything changed when Blanche Macdonald Fashion Merchandising graduate Courtney Hunter opened Cashmere and Cupcakes there....
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Blanche Macdonald’s Fashion Design Grad Shows Deliver ‘Polish and Intimacy’...
‘But Still They Begin: Needles and Pins’, the 2012 edition of the Blanche Macdonald Fashion Design Graduate Show, has been hailed as Canada’s top Fashion School’s best runway show yet. As ever, the...
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Esthetics Graduate Laura Eastveld: Creating Superstars with Eminence Organics
Ask Laura Eastveld about Eminence Organics and a smile instantly appears across her face. She doesn’t just work for the famous Hungarian Organic Skincare Line. She absolutely adores everything they...
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CurliQue Talent Leader Jaylene McRae Turns Adversity into Inspiration
Every day, visitors to Blanche Macdonald’s CurliQue Beauty Boutique are greeted and treated by the expertise and artistry of Q-Talent Leader Jaylene McRae. Q-Talent Leader, just to clarify, is a...
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Esthetics Graduate Lindsay Koropchuk Creates Perfect Sense at Vancouver’s...
“When I was little I didn’t have a dream career,” smiles Lindsay Koropchuk. “My dream was a job where I could walk around in heels with a briefcase.” Heels and briefcases are perks of the job now that...
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Fashion Merchandising Graduate Sydney Gibson: Merchandiser by Day, Rock Star...
Sydney Gibson’s love for fashion started early. It didn’t hurt that her mother, Bet Gibson, was a Fashion and Makeup Instructor at Blanche Macdonald. “I always liked fashion, even through Elementary...
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London, Paris… Vancouver! The Incredible Return of International Makeup...
Janeen Witherspoon is a Makeup Superstar. Her work has graced the pages of French, British, American, Russian, Turkish, Indian and Japanese Vogue, along with international magazines like POP, Husk,...
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Pro Hair and Makeup Graduate Liz Pederson Strikes The Perfect Beauty Balance
Can’t decide between makeup or hair? Why not do both? For freelance Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Liz Pederson double the expertise means double the opportunities. “I’m doing both makeup and hair on...
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Twilight, Johnny Depp and Sappho Organic Cosmetics: The Incredible Journey of...
JoAnn Fowler was a late starter in the Makeup Industry. She’s been making up for lost time ever since. “When I was 16 I asked my mother if I could take a makeup course,” she recalls with a smile. “She...
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Just Do It: Nike Gives Fashion Design Graduate Theola Wong Creative Control
“I knew I was going to be a designer when I was five years old,” smiles Nike Senior Apparel Designer and Blanche Macdonald Fashion Design Graduate Theola Wong. “My mother sewed all the time. When I...
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Super Star Stylist Karen Langley Visits Blanche Macdonald Centre
It’s the tail end of a typical work week for Karen, having shot a Stella McCartney fragrance campaign in New York, consulted for the design team at Nike headquarters in Portland and styled a cover...
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Esthetics Graduate Christy Denton Cooks Up Spa Perfection with Cranberries
A framed certificate takes pride of place on the wall of Cranberries Spa. It’s from The Westender newspaper, naming Cranberries as the Bronze Medal winner in the Top Spa category in its most recent...
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Vancouver is Centre of the Fashion World for Makeup Grad-Turned-Instructor...
Jon Hennessey is Makeup Royalty. The graduate-turned-instructor at Canada’s #1 Makeup School has hundreds of Fashion Shows in New York, Milan and Paris, and countless editorial and advertising shoots...
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Fashion Design’s Dace Moore Puts Vancouver on the Style Map
“It is NOT our mission to make clothes that make a woman look good, but it IS our mission to make clothes that make a woman feel beautiful.” That’s the proud mission statement greeting visitors to the...
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Pro Hair Graduate Pamela Jacek-Shapiro Finds Freedom at Workshop Salon
Pamela Jacek-Shapiro understands the Beauty Business. She’s been a professional Makeup Artist. She’s worked in hair salons and behind the scenes at Fashion Shows and photo shoots. So now the graduate...
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Graduate and Instructor Holland Miller brings Makeup Effects Magic to Screens...
“When I was 16 I snuck into the theatre and saw Aliens. At that moment I knew I wanted to make monsters.” Holland Miller knows all about monsters. The young man from Sacramento now inspires the next...
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Esthetics Graduate Sally Sue Provides Spa Solutions, Italian Style
Sally Sue, Sales and Operations Manager at Soluzione Spa Products, has earned the right to talk about chasing dreams. She’s running the day-to-day business for the Vancouver-based, Italian-inspired...
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Pro Hair Grad Raj Bharti Makes Styling Success Look Ezz
There’s a reason Raj Bharti decided to call his Surrey salon EzzCuts. That’s pronounced ‘easy cuts’ and, as the name suggests, it’s a space where men and women can treat themselves in a fun and...
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Makeup Graduate-turned-Instructor Julie Brown Creates Bridal Brilliance...
It’s never too late to begin a new career. Julie Brown is proof. She’s one of BC’s most in-demand Bridal Makeup Artists (with a Weddingwire.com Bride’s Choice award to prove it), an IATSE permittee...
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