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Last April, when newspaper journalist Nathalie Atkinson wrote about the marked similarities between a jacket from a small Canadian design group and one from an international mega-brand, a minor storm

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“Going to the chapel and we’re gonna get married”… hold that thought! Wedding bells are ringing, but not for me. I’m coming to the age where my friends are starting to

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