• Fashion Small Businesses: The risks, the successes and the women who run the world (or at least Canada)

    As my last week in Canada I wanted to take this moment to celebrate some truly inspiring Canadian women who have taken the risk of starting their own fashion small businesses in the country. Now I am going to be very honest with you (especially all you readers who do not live in Canada), our country is very very big and there is no way for me to be able to know, have met or justly recognize all the Canadian women making their mark in the small business fashion sector. However it has been my privilege to see the growth of the following women and see their risks pay off…

  • Sine Modus – Vintage is in the air

    Walking along Pomponazzi road you couldn’t imagine to find a window that says “Vintage is in the air”! And so, walking just 20 minutes from Duomo, there’s a contemporary vintage boutique: Sine Modus. “We physically opened this shop in September” Chiara and Manuela – the two young and beautiful owners – started telling us “… our business [has been] on the internet for two years through social networking. We usually went to flea markets in Naples so we’ve always felt this passion for vintage stuff. We met at Excelsior where we were both working, and then we decided to invest a small amount of money in what combines us.” “We…