What is the oldest item in your closet?
“My vintage white and green Nike Air Max sneakers.” “Even though I clean out my closet often, I have managed to hang on to a pair of Sergio Rossi heels from one of my first trips to Milan.” 1. MELISSA GIBSON’s hands got a workout drawing the elaborate body art for “Inked In” (page 95). The M.A.C senior artist cites her first Paris Fashion Week and a meeting with idol Vivienne Westwood as career highlights. For our Math Issue, we asked her what items she invests in: “Tools,” she says. “Brushes are an extension of my hands.” 2. Montreal-based photographer MAX ABADIAN flew to New York to shoot Canadian actress Sarah Gadon. This well-known celebrity shooter has captured the likes of Gwyneth Paltrow, Anna Kendrick and Naomi Watts, and been published in Vogue, Cosmopolitan and InStyle, to name a few. As a boy, he’d leaf through his mom’s fashion magazines, which inspired him to document his life, picture by picture. 3. VANESSA HEINS photographed four dancers of the National Ballet of Canada for “Barre Belles” (page 121). “Seeing these beautiful, strong women in their element is incredibly inspiring,” says Heins, who was named a top emerging Canadian photographer by The Magenta Foundation. She also shot FASHION editor-in-chief Bernadette Morra for her editor’s letter (page 40). “My Chanel leather backpack I borrowed/ stole from my mom. It’s as old as I am.” 4. A regular contributor to fashionmagazine.com, RENÉE TSE interviewed Chinese couturier Guo Pei about her new M.A.C collab (“Floral Crown,” page 108) the day after Rihanna wore one of the designer’s creations to the annual Met Gala. “The joy on her face when she talked about how grateful she was to have Rihanna wear it was amazing,” says Tse, who considered studying law before finding the world of fashion.