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I had the opportunity to attend The Kit Connect Conference—held in partnership with the Canadian Art & Fashion Awards  on Wednesday April 5th 2017. The conference was a full day career series which was strategically divided into various segments for understanding and reflecting on various areas of fashion. The Editors, The Artists, The Marketers, The Bloggers, The Retailers & The Designers.

Every single member of  The Kit family was super sweet & extremely warm.  I enjoyed quick chats with Laura decarufel, the editor in chief, Jillian Vieira, The fashion editor & Amber Hickson.

It was great meeting the bloggers, Ania B who is also a CAFA nominee for Digital Influencer Of The Year 2017. Jodi Blk, who loves Black & white everything.

I also had a pleasure of discussing my work with Mario Chiofolo ( Hudson’s Bay director of marketing) & Jackie Charest, luxury retail marketer .

Here is the lineup from the conference:

THE EDITORS: Presented by The Kit 

• Laura deCarufel, The Kit editor-in-chief
• Jessica Hotson, The Kit creative director
• Rani Sheen, The Kit beauty editor
• Jillian Vieira, The Kit fashion editor

THE ARTISTS 

• Rita Remark, Global Lead Educator & Lead Nail Artist, Essie Canada
• Roger Medina, Celebrity Hair Expert, Garnier Canada
• Veronica Chu, Spokesperson & Makeup Artist, CoverGirl
• Norman Wong, Fashion Photographer & Director
• Jac Summers, Fashion Model

THE MARKETERS 

• Kate Buitenhuis, Joe Fresh director of global integrated communications
• Jackie Charest, luxury retail marketer
• Jaclyn Marsh, Trend Marketing marketing director
• Mario Chiofolo, Hudson’s Bay Company director of marketing
• Taylor Frankel, NUDESTIX co-founder

THE BLOGGERS

• Ania Boniecka, Ania B
• Jodi Blk, Jodi Blk
• Alyssa Garrison, Random Acts of Pastel
• Jose Lopez, Jose Lopez Fitness & Lifestyle
• Anna McMeekin, KZM Agency

THE RETAILERS 

• Christine Carlton, Founder & CEO, The September
• Trisha Lepper, Sr. PR & Marketing Specialist, Etsy Canada
• Lysa Garcia, VP of Retail Stores Canada, Michael Kors

THE DESIGNERS

• Sid Neigum
• Matthew Gallagher
• Jennifer Torosian
• Hilary MacMillan
• Christopher Paunil
• Mel Ashcroft, The Collections Co-Founder