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Designer Paul Hardy puts Calgary on fashion map with amazing anniversary bash
He basically had me at hello. As soon as I walked through the doors of the River Cafe on Prince’s Island Park, I was greeted by the man himself – Mr. Paul Hardy – who was taking the time to chat with...
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What’s in style in Calgary? A tweet dress by fashion designer Paul Hardy
Paul Hardy is no stranger to thinking outside the box. But even he was a little baffled by the idea of making a “tweet dress.” “It took me quite a while to grasp the concept because I’m actually quite...
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Wild West meets Broadway for this year’s Stampede Grandstand Show
Before he was the Emmy-winning musical director of the opening and closing ceremonies at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, and before he worked with Twyla Tharp on a few good Broadway shows, Dave Pierce...
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Parkluxe 2014 offers something for all
Parkluxe 2014 is a chance to see some high-end fashion right here in Calgary. The Oct. 4 event is a luxury fashion show and exhibition put on by PARK (Promoting Artists Redefining Kulture). That means...
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Lock into Paris show supports CPO
Lovers of all things fashionable gathered at Devonian Gardens recently to support our beloved Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra. The fab fashion show-featuring Chanel and other top designs from Holt...
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Outlook 2015: Wild economic swings part of life in Calgary
This is the first in a five-part series exploring Calgary’s economy for the coming year. In 1959, 12-year-old George Brookman received his first introduction to the wild economic swings of the city of...
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Alberta Ballet delivers a little ecstasy
They could have called it This Girl’s Life. That’s the theme running through every gossamer strand of the Alberta Ballet’s revised — but still elegiac and beautiful — edition of Fumbling Towards...
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Bill Brooks: Loving La Nuit Noir
Leave it to the talented folks at Alberta Ballet to put on a fabulous fundraiser. La Nuit Noir, held Feb 28 at the Fairmont Palliser had all the trappings one would expect from the premier dance...
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Designer Paul Hardy named Glenbow artist in residence
Calgary designer Paul Hardy, who has worked with with a bevvy of stars from show business and fashion, has a new hat to wear in 2015. That’s because it was announced Wednesday that Hardy was named the...
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Hardy tackles the museum experience
Before he became an internationally acclaimed fashion designer, Calgary’s Paul Hardy had another gig: decorator of department store window displays. “I used to do visual merchandising years ago,” Hardy...
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PARKLUXE 2015 fashionably fabulous
Scores of the hip and happening set gathered at Riverwalk Plaza, East Village for Parkluxe 2015- a high-fashion and art showcase featuring a diverse lineup of local design, art and cuisine. Presented...
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Kaleidoscopic Anamalia a must see
Glenbow’s recent installation, Kaleidoscopic Animalia- designed and curated by fashion darling Paul Hardy, is a must see experience. Hardy, Glenbow’s 2015 Artist-In-Residence, has created an exhibition...
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Calgary celebs select their favourite performances
The Herald surveyed a few prominent Calgarians and asked for their favourite Calgary-area performing arts moments of 2015. Shelley Youngblut, Director, Wordfest Shelley Youngblut 2015 High Performance...
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Fortney: Fashion leader Paul Hardy still blazing trails
He’s an internationally known fashion designer whose luxury women’s wear can be found in the most exclusive boutiques in North America and Asia. Still, Paul Hardy is the first to marvel how a boy from...
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5 things to do this week in Calgary
Beeba Boys at The Globe Cinema (Tuesday, Feb. 2) Deepa Mehta (Sam & Me, Fire, Water) portrays an Indo Canadian gang war over Vancouver’s drug scene in this crime thriller. Mehta will be on hand for...
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Cheap Date: Spend a night at the museum on the first Thursday of each month...
First Thursdays used to be a thing in Calgary back in the heyday of Art Central, the quirky hub of galleries, studios and boutiques that once occupied the building at the corner of Centre Street and...
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Fortney: During Juno week, 'Party Like a Rock Star' isn't just a saying
It’s a tall order, even for one of the city’s most capable chefs: whip up a party menu for 600 people, including some of the biggest music stars on the planet. Connie DeSousa didn’t even flinch when...
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Paul Brandt, Paul Hardy an unlikely but fabulous Calgary fashion team
They are an odd couple, this pair of Calgary Pauls. One’s just a whole lotta low country; one is a great deal of high fashion. But the relationship between C&W artist Paul Brandt and acclaimed...
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Fortney:Sheldon Kennedy, Paul Brandt team up against human trafficking
“If this was 1996, I’d standing here all by myself.” Twenty-one years might seem like a long time ago, but for Sheldon Kennedy it’s never far from his thoughts. That year, the then-27-year-old NHL...
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Luxury abounds at PARKLUXE 2017
The hip, happening and fashionably forward gathered en masse at Spruce Meadows Sept. 30 to attend PARKLUXE 2017. Presented by Bankers Hall and featuring UNTTLD, a selection of some of the top luxury...
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