Category: Fashion Innovations
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Fashion Innovators: One Woman’s Fight for Fairness
This article focuses on local business owner, Nurjahan Begum, and includes an exclusive interview with her. This is the debut article on The Switch for new writer Tasha White. The year 2022 is a big one for many reasons; The opening of the Ethical Local Market was one of them. It popped up in Toronto’s […]
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Functional Art With Exo Design Labs
I recently reached out to an old acquaintance of mine, Alexander Toufexis, after coming across his new business – Exo Design Lab. This business focuses on the design and manufacturing of beautifully intricate prosthetic covers. This article focuses on the business and includes a Q&A with Alexander himself! Exo Design Lab is a Toronto-based business […]
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Hearing Aids – But Make It Fashion
Hearing aids can be a lot of things to a lot of different people. To some, they are a nuisance or an embarrassment, to others they are the door to a whole new world. This article will focus on Filipino-Canadian Ruzzelle Gasmen’s own hard of hearing journey, and how it has inspired her work. It […]
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Fashion Innovation Spotlight: MoEa Sneakers
Our team is constantly connecting with those from around the world working to make a difference in a range of industries. Recently, we connected with the founders of MoEa sneakers – a new product presently part of a French Kickstarter campaign. Keep reading to learn more about how this new product will be changing the […]
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Getting to Know Apricotton Co.
This article includes an interview with Jessica and Chloe, founders of Apricotton, carried out by Raquel Almeida Margulies. “I find that girls are punished for, you know, having bodies.” Chloe, Apricotton Co-Founder Puberty. An experience we can all relate to….and the awkwardness of it all, probably even more so. Puberty demands an entire set of […]