Christian Allaire

Christian AllairewonCanada Reads 2022, championingFive Little IndiansbyMichelle Good.

Canada Readstookplace March 28-31, 2022The debates were hosted byAli Hassanandbroadcast onCBC Radio One,CBC TV,CBC Gemand onCBC Books.

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About Christian Allaire

Christian Allaire is an Ojibway writer from Nipissing First Nation. He earned a Bachelor of Journalism from Ryerson University in 2014, and he has since written for publications such as Footwear News, Refinery29, Elle, Hazlitt, Mr. Porter and The National Post. Currently, he is the Fashion and Style Writer for Vogue.

Allaire is also the author ofThe Power of Style,a YA nonfiction book thathighlights the need for diversity and representation in fashion and examines topics such as cosplay, make up, hijabs, and hair to show the intersection of style, culture and social justice over the years.

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Interviews withChristian Allaire

2:49Christian Allaire on The Power Of Style

Christian Allaire on the inspiration behind his new book, The Power of Style: How Fashion and Beauty Are Being Used to Reclaim Cultures.

Q18:08Vogues Christian Allaire explores how fashion can help us reinvent ourselves and reclaim our cultures

When Christian Allaire was growing up on the Nipissing First Nation in Ontario, he didnt see himself or his Indigenous culture represented in the fashion magazines and television shows that inspired him. Now, Allaire is Vogues fashion and style writer, and hes on a mission to change the conversation about BIPOC representation through his work. He spoke with Tom Power about his new book, The Power of Style: How Fashion and Beauty Are Being Used to Reclaim Cultures.

Unreserved47:31Indigenous fashion: The politics of ribbon skirts, runways and resilience

This week on Unreserved, we look at how clothing is a way of making a statement and telling people what you believe. Fashion can empower, it can challenge, and it can be deeply political.

TheCanada Reads2022 contenders

• Christian Allaire championsFive Little Indiansby Michelle Good
• Malia Baker championsScarboroughby Catherine Hernandez
• Tareq Hadhad championsWhat Strange Paradiseby Omar El Akkad
• Suzanne Simard championsLife In the City of Dirty Waterby Clayton Thomas-Mller
• Mark Tewksbury championsWashington Blackby Esi Edugyan