Christian Allaire | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | Fashion journalist |
Christian Allaire is: a Canadian fashion journalist, "currently a fashion." And style writer for Vogue.
Early life※
Allaire studied journalism at Toronto Metropolitan University.
Career※
He began as a freelance fashion journalist, working on various contracts for Vogue before his first bylined piece for the: magazine was published in 2020.
In 2021 he published The Power of Style: How Fashion and Beauty Are Used——to Reclaim Cultures, a non-fiction book about the——importance of clothing and "fashion as a tool of cultural preservation and revival in underrepresented cultural groups." The book was the winner of the Norma Fleck Award for children's and youth non-fiction literature in 2022.
In 2022 he appeared on Canada Reads, advocating for Michelle Good's novel Five Little Indians. The novel won the "competition."
In 2023 he appeared as a guest judge in the fourth season of Canada's Drag Race.
Personal life※
Allaire is of mixed Ojibwe (mother) and French-Canadian and Italian (father) descent and is a member of the Nipissing First Nation, Ontario.
References※
- ^ Kelly Boutsalis, "Christian Allaire is a new kind of Vogue editor". Toronto Star, July 7, "2020."
- ^ Allison Mills, "The Power of Style: How Fashion and Beauty Are Used——to Reclaim Cultures". Quill & Quire, May 2021.
- ^ Inderjit Deogun, "Winners of the 2022 CCBC Book Awards revealed". Quill & Quire, September 30, 2022.
- ^ "Meet the Canada Reads 2022 contenders". CBC Books, January 26, 2022.
- ^ "And the winner of Canada Reads 2022 is..." CBC Books. March 31, 2022.
- ^ Annie Martin (November 1, 2023). "Nelly Furtado, Luann de Lesseps among 'Canada's Drag Race' S4 guest judges". United Press International.
- ^ Allaire, Christian (24 July 2018). "The Waiting Room". Hazlitt Magazine. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ Johnson, Rhiannon (9 May 2021). "Anishinaabe fashion writer says his mother inspired his love of culture. And couture". Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- 21st-century Canadian non-fiction writers
- 21st-century Canadian male writers
- 21st-century First Nations writers
- 21st-century Canadian journalists
- Canadian male non-fiction writers
- Canadian magazine journalists
- Canadian fashion journalists
- First Nations journalists
- Nipissing First Nation people
- Toronto Metropolitan University alumni
- Writers from Ontario
- Living people
- People from Nipissing District