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70 Years of Dior at the Royal Ontario Museum

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A (slightly) grainy photo of me amidst some Dior dresses, admiring the details of these incredible pieces.

 

A couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure of going to a ROM Speaks event at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) with one of my favourite ladies, Émeraude. This one was on 70 Years of Dior, with Florence Müller leading the discussion whilst elaborating on the history of the House of Dior from the dawn of its creation in 1947 to the modern day, as well as her career working with the House from Paris to North America. It was incredible to see how the style of the House has evolved, from the flared skirts and tapered waists when Christian Dior was alive and oversaw the designs, to the modern day embroidery and flowing skirts, 60 years after his 1957 death (and under the creative eye of Maria Grazia Chiuri).Read More

Is It Worth Applying To University?

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Is graduating the best you can do?

 

In the wake of Brexit, there are more and more questions that remain unanswered. At this time last year, I was a Canadian student with the dream of going for my Master’s Degree in England, and relying on my Italian citizenship (and as a result, ‘local’ student fees as opposed tot he astronomical foreign student fees) that would come along with it. However, after Brexit, I began to reconsider if I really needed to pursue a university education any further. Regardless of whether or not trade deals can be achieved, for a lot of young people, it’s the sense that their future has been robbed. At the heart of their worries is the constant pressure put on British universities to offer student-friendly tuition fees, something that will be difficult once the EU university fundings stop. So, quite naturally, you want to ask yourself whether you should or not pursue your studies and go to university. Will it still be worth it, post-Brexit?

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13th Annual Fata Skate

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Annual photo with my “Adoptive Parents”.

 

One of my favourite places to be in the world? It might be surprising, but it’s right here at home. Toronto and the surrounding area is the place I grew up, where a lot of my family lives, and where nearly all of my friends are (except for a few stragglers and travellers that I don’t get to see half as often as I’d like to). It’s also the place of some of my favourite traditions, including the Annual Fata Skate.

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Best Places to Eat in Toronto

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Having lived in the beautiful city of Toronto for my entire life, it’s an understatement to say that my love of food has led me to discover the city’s most swoon-worthy eateries. Particularly during my stints of downtown life (read: university and my past job in telecommunications), I was easily able to try a bunch of different restaurants around the city of Toronto, and quickly began to take mental notes of which were the ones that I should be returning to time and time again.

 

Whether you’re a Torontonian yourself, or coming to the city for a visit, here is a list of my go-to places in the city for both food and dessert:

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When to Find a More Fulfilling Career

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For me, switching to working from home, with a focus on marketing for my clients, has helped me to not only love what I do, but find the time to feel fulfilled through personal writing, photography, and travel (and combining all three of these things in my blogging!).

Getting stuck in a dead-end job is one of the most frustrating things in the world. Sadly, it’s also something that happens to just about everyone at some point in their lives. Of course, just because you’re stuck in a job that you don’t care about right now doesn’t mean that this is the way things are always going to be; however, if you really do want to find a more fulfilling or interesting career, then the only way to do that is to start putting in the right amount of effort. With that in mind, here are some steps that I took, and you can too, to find yourself in a more satisfying and fulfilling career:

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