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Project Runway Canada: The judges
ELLE Canada's editor-in-chief and the designer behind Bustle share their fashion inspirations.
By Jennifer Seligman
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Find out what happens backstage at Project Runway Canada with our beauty behind-the-scenes peek!
Shawn Hewson, fashion designer
What are your favourite fall trends?
"For men, classics with a twist -- like well-tailored jackets, vests and shirts in non-traditional colours, patterns and styles -- and mixing patterns, like polka dots, plaids, stripes, paisleys and checks."
Who are your favourite fashion designers?
"Etro and Alexander McQueen."
What's your biggest fashion "don't"?
"Fashion victims."
What's your favourite fashion inspiration in books and film?
"Sample, by the editors of Phaidon Press, and Zoolander."
What's your most extravagant fashion purchase?
"Prada and Gucci loafers."
What's your biggest fashion weakness?
"Wacky but expensive socks."
What's your favourite outfit?
"Fall blazers from Bustle and my pink-and-blue-pinstriped Paul Smith suit."
What's your most valued fashion possession?
"My Dolce & Gabbana party suit -- it's a good go-to suit."
What is your greatest fashion influence?
"I find vintage clothing very inspiring."
If you could have one superpower, what would it be?
"Seeing the future."
If you had to eat the same meal every day for the rest of your life, what would it be?
"A mixed grill of meat and vegetables -- I eat that all the time anyway."
If you could have dinner with any historical fashion figure, who would it be and why?
"Karl Lagerfeld and Naomi Campbell. I would bring a few extra cell phones, though, so that if Naomi threw one at me I could fire some back at her!"
Favourite fashion era?
"The '40s -- that old-Hollywood glamour."
Favourite fashion capital?
"Milan for its runways but Amsterdam for its street style -- people are just so confident there."
Most fashionable cocktail?
"A Belvedere on the rocks."
Image courtesy of Alliance Atlantis
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