From the Reservation to the Met Gala Red Carpet, Christian Allaire Reflects on His Life in Fashion
“You finally feel glamorous, working in fashion, then every time you bring up your Indigenous heritage you encounter racism”
Books
Romance Novels are Huge—So Are Their Leading Men. Why Are We Still Swooning Over The Hulking Hero?
From Xaden of Onyx Storm to Lukas in Deep End, they’re unusually tall, massively muscled and not far removed from the Fabios of yore
Scaachi Koul Excavates Her Divorce in Her Newest Book
The Toronto writer who made her name as a hilarious must-follow on Twitter goes deep
Jeanne Beker Is an International Fashion Icon. Now She’s Getting Personal
In her new memoir, she opens up about her breast cancer journey and how her parents being Holocaust survivors affected her
Our Favourite Beach Reads to Get Lost In This Summer
From spicy rom-coms to family sagas, the Kit team picked our fave novels of summer 2024
This Sex and Disability Writer Knows the “Life-Giving” Power of Pleasure
Kaleigh Trace shares how sex can triumph over ableism, terrible breakups—even the possibility of death.
Need a New Book? Here Are 8 Great Ones by Canadian Women Authors
From a spicy romance debut to a twisty near-future thriller, these new releases beg to be read en plein air
Alice Munro Understood Women’s Sexual Desire Better Than Any Other Author
Novelist and poet Heather O’Neill reflects on how Munro’s characters follow desire to escape mundane, predictable lives
Sophie Gregoire Trudeau’s Style Is Shifting in Her Post-Political Author Era
She’s branching out from her buttoned-down, patriotism-signalling coats and shift dresses
Carolyn Bessette Kennedy’s Style is Inspiring a New Gen of Minimalists
A new book examines her approach to fashion in satisfying detail—we could look at her all day
Britney Spears’s Memoir Is Finally Here—Here’s What We Learned
From her Justin Timberlake breakup to drugs and the conservatorship, she pulls no punches
Peeling Back Glossier’s Millennial Pink Façade
5 things we learned from a new book’s deep dive into Emily Weiss’s beauty brand
With Scammer, Internet It Girl Caroline Calloway Finally Delivers
The much-mocked phenom has self-published her first book, and it’s good
No, Eating Disorders Aren’t Just a “Teenage Disease”
“And that’s how I found out, at the age of 44, that I still had an eating disorder”
‘I Feel Embodied Now in a Way That I Never Thought Was Possible’
Elliot Page on his new memoir, the relief of transition and surviving Hollywood
The Chicest Coffee Table Books to Wrap Up This Year
Refresh their library with the latest crop of stylish tomes
Boundaries Are Here to Protect You from Holiday Stress
Too many gifts, too much travel, unpleasant table talk. Save yourself!