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Clockwise from top: Strut Magazine, Chatelaine, Canadian Living, Zoomer

“The styling was impeccable. The choice of jewellery was to die for. Many people after the show all mentioned the jewellery.” —Blog TO

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Clockwise from top: Zoomer Magazine, SweetSpot.ca, BlogTO, National Post

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royal ascot Cotton cardigan, $178, Gant. Cotton shirt, $40, Banana Republic. Cotton pant, $88, Tommy Hilfiger. Silk scarf, $225, Ermenegildo Zegna. Leather belt, $49, Banana Republic. Suede loafer, $100, Aldo.

crystal cool (opposite) Silk dress, $750, Lida Baday, Holt Renfrew. Sterling silver necklace with crystals, pearls and turquoise, $350, Laborde Designs.

Beauty note: Limited Edition Trésor d'Afrique Collector Palette for the Eyes, Yves Saint Laurent. Grooming note: Revitalizing Gel, ClarinsMen. Sculpting Paste, Gillette. English damask wallpaper featured here, Farrow & Ball. For info, see Shopping Guide. Wardrobe styling: Serge Kerbel for Plutino Group. Hair, makeup & grooming: Kelly Meredith for Judy Inc. Assistant style editor: Jessica Green. en

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“Kristen has a unique design sensibility that draws on her experiences around the globe. No one piece is alike. It’s wearable art.” —Jessica Green, Zoomer’s former Associate Style Editor

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Press

Clockwise from top: Toronto Star article with Suzanne Boyd, Chatelaine, NADA at Toronto Fashion week ‘09, Strut, Jessica Biffi at Toronto Fashion week ‘10, Suzanne Boyd with Bryan Adams and Moses Znaimer.

“I own a few pieces from Kristen Laborde.” —Suzanne Boyd, Editor in Chief, Zoomer Magazine

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We launched Zoomer a year ago this month, with a clear directive from our founder, Moses Znaimer: to create a vehicle that would be reflective of his new vision of aging for Canada. The point was this: the 45-plus demographic, which is

approximately one-third of the Canadian population, is too often treated as dead men and women walking by media, ad-vertisers and policy-makers alike. For these boomers with zip, whom Moses famously dubbed Zoomers, this magazine was meant to be a welcome respite from this “business-as-usual” marginalizing, while being the definitive voice against it. This is not just a steep mandate for sweeping social and attitudi-nal change — but much more so as a mission statement for a magazine — but it’s a challenge that the editorial team and I have been privileged to accept.Above our regular complement of service-oriented content,

which blends lifestyle coverage with the more serious issues a full life encompasses, we craft each edition of Zoomer so that it reflects in words and pictures the underlying concepts key for us all. Staying engaged, being in the moment, accepting change and, most of all, enjoying age for all the riches it bestows in a way youth never will. Of course, concepts only come to life when personified, so we have populated our pages with the people — some famous, some not, but all notable — who do just that. And no one personifies this better than Moses, who you may have noticed is our cover subject this month.

Moses, who in the last five years has orchestrated a well-documented and brilliantly realized retirement as reinven-tion, was leery of being on the cover when first approached. But I have always felt that Zoomer was as much a movement as a magazine. A cover line on our inaugural issue declared, “It’s a Zoomer Nation” and, a year into it, I thought it important for its leader to do a review as he does in “The Zoomerist,” a sharp-elbowed interview, which appears on page 62. And what better way to launch the first in his ongoing series for the magazine, “The Zoomer Philosophy” (page 64), which will posit views around the issues of aging. But despite these arguments, Moses was not convinced until I pointed out the

result of a recent event: his purchase of VisionTV (the national award-winning, multi-faith, multi-cultural channel available on basic cable and satellite), the digital television service One: the Body, Mind & Spirit Channel and the over-the-air TV sta-tions Joytv 10 in Vancouver and Joytv 11 in Winnipeg added to his burgeoning media empire and put him back into the arena he defined in his 30 years at Citytv, MuchMusic, Bravo and a host of others. By the way, at the beginning of this year, this history garnered him quite the honorarium: a city block of Toronto’s Queen Street West outside the legendary build-ing was christened Moses Znaimer Way, and he reopened the MZTV Museum of Television in July. No wonder his face has been on a few covers, so why should he, I asked, discriminate against his own magazine? Guilt worked. I’m also happy to report that from this issue on, Moses, who has been known to be humorous, assumes new duties as the magazine’s Cartoon Editor. Check the masthead. There he will join, among others, our Editor at Large, the

indefatigable Bryan Adams who, despite his hectic interna-tional schedule, has made the time and logged the air miles to photograph every single one of our covers. For instance, to shoot Robert Kennedy Jr. in Lake Louise for our June cover, he flew from Austin, Texas, where he had been performing, to Atlanta, Atlanta to Calgary, then drove from Calgary to Lake Louise, arriving in time for dinner. He photographed Kennedy the next morning at 9 a.m. and left Lake Louise at noon as he had to work in New York the following day. I would like to thank him for going above and beyond. And I am grateful to all our contributors for trusting us with their work. I would also like to voice our appreciation to the businesses that have advertised. We launched at the beginning of the recession, and I commend them for being early adopters. And finally — and most of all — I would like to thank you, Zoomer’s readers, who are our raison d’être.

taking stock At lunch with bryan Adams and Moses Znaimer in toronto, May 2009.

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Seen Around

Clockwise from top: Measha Brueggergosman, Claire Cooper, Stacey Mackenzie, Pastel Supernova

“My beautiful earrings from Kristen Laborde completed my look at the Miss Universe Pageant.” —Clair Cooper, Miss Great Britain

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The Marilyn Dennis Show

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Breakfast Television

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Plaid Magazine

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“Laborde’s pieces stand out from the rest.” —Mariko Lauren, Stylist

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Flare.com

www.otmzine.com

“I call her the mechanic.” —Desire Kaniki, Stylist

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Divine Brown Music Video

Divine Brown featuring Fritz Herald and the Phantoms, music video “Sunglasses”

“Laborde makes funky bold jewellery that’s eye catching.” —Fritz Herald and the Phantoms

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Flare.com

www.flare.com

“Give your look a hit of rocker edge with a statement necklace from Laborde.” —Tammy Palmer, Senior Market Editor, FLARE.com

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Asian Waves

asianwavemag.com

“I always get compliments whenever wearing one of my Laborde pieces.” —Allison Uher, Marketing Director

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More Magazine

More magazine featuring Michie Mee

“Laborde Designs always comes through for me, I love her pieces.” —Michie Mee, Canada’s hip-hop queen

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Trends Magazine

Trends magazine. SS2012 & FW2012

“Laborde Designs is great to work with.” —Sonia Lowe, Editor of Trends

30 TRENDS 4 Fall/Winter 2012

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W E A R A B L E A R T

Anne-Marie Chagnon estab-lished her avant-garde collection of versatile jewellery sculptures in 1995 and has since taken Canada and the U.S. by storm. Chagnon’s craftsmanship is second to none. Wearable art pieces are made by hand in Montreal using fine pewter, wood, resin, glass and gold.

Revered for her work with Cirque du Soliel, her architectural and archeological inspiration are apparent in her original use of crude, primitive and minimalist shapes for reversible bracelets, necklaces and rings. Semi-precious stone fossilized in tarnished metal casings bear Chagnon’s unmistak-able signature, recognizable at a glance.

B O Y F R I E N D W AT C H

The big, bold and beautiful face of the 42mm boyfriend watch trend on women has the “here today gone tomorrow” feel of most fleeting fads. However, in an era where hemline lengths, trouser cuts, belt tie and lapel widths, heel heights and bracelet girths constantly fluctuate, why not embrace the ever-changing face of your luxury timepiece?

In typical Dior fashion, Calibre Elite by Zenith is equipped with a manual winding movement, white gold case, black satin strap, ardillon buckle set with diamonds, bezel, dial and crown set with, again, more diamonds.Anne Marie Chagnon “Donasi”

Reversible Bracelet

Anne Marie Chagnon “Eloiza”Reversible Bracelet

Anne Marie Chagnon “Fermin”Reversible Bracelet

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Trisha Blush Leather with gold chain Dior Fine JewelleryZoran Dobric Wrap

STYLE PERSONIFIEDBy Sonia Lowe

High fashion fall runways for 2012 promise both an emancipation of mood and the personification of style. Where self expression meets fashion statement, you’ll find accessories channeling bold-to-somber colour moods, wild-to-tame structural design, and passive-to-aggres-sive silhouettes. The “art imitates life or something like it” trend will appeal to those who value self expression and celebrate uniqueness.

T W I S T E D

Canadian jewellery designer Kristen Laborde thrives on creating a line for customers who dare-to-be-different. Her recent Euro trip inspired the casual-chic sensibility of knots and braids, stones and dangles, and clustered cocktail rings, that adorn the appendages of today’s worldly fall fashionista.

Laborde says,“This season was all about incorporating colour with some mixed metals. The knotted braid collection has a boho chic in-fluence to it. It’s for the girl-on-the-go who wants to look effortlessly chic - but with minimal effort. These long braids pull together any outfit with a relaxed, yet polished look.”

V I N TA G E V I R T U E S

Fashion pays homage to Queen Mum style with feminine appeal as regal cloak and brooch references make a comeback on catwalks. High-society-chic becomes youth-ful with contemporary adaptation. Designer Zoran Dubric’s silk wrap is rooted in traditional ornate em-broidered detail, juxtaposed with straight lines and sleek, modern edges.

For a chic take on a prim and proper style, try a glitzy brooch or cross-stitch lapel-style necklace. Dior dazzels in rose and yellow gold coloured diamonds, deman-toid orange diamonds, golden opal and green chrysoprase and tsavorite garnets.

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Music Videos

Music videos: Mackenzie, Dirty Little Mouth; Jesse Giddings, Sunshine

“Kristen’s jewellery is beautiful and unique. I love incorporating it into my videos.” —Daniel Palmer, Director & Producer at The Field

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