about
From a hometown on the prairie, Lara Vincent bloomed bright, quickly, and blew away—first to Toronto, where she collected a degree in fashion design from Ryerson University. Then, she mistressed the art of millinery, studying at Central Saint Martins and the London College of Fashion. Next steps landed her among New York’s fashion queendom, working for an idol (Betsey Johnson) and an aspirer (Samantha Pleet). Reality didn’t tarnish Miss Vincent’s dreams. And if Manhattan doesn’t shatter a girl’s rose-coloured glasses, what can?
Now, at 25, Lara’s back in Toronto—though place hardly matters when you live in daydreams and sing-songs, as she does, whispering to flowers and humming to birds. She busies herself as a milliner, mostly. In other lives, she’s a clothing designer, or a maker of collages, or an archaeologist.
At first inspired by a book of Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal, Lara’s heady pieces are foraged from secret gardens and the best superstitions. They’re made with finest suedes and silks, delicate fingers, and love. They belong to the fanciest dresser-uppers.
“Bite Me,” Vol. II in the Lara Vincent Collection, is a sequel pretty enough to please all her fangirls. Wreaths of petals are wire-twined and ribbon-tied to fit the wearer’s crown. Medicine pouches, heart-shaped or square, bear necessary magic: love notes, healing stones, shark teeth, lucky pennies, fairy dust. You don’t have to believe. It’s enough to carry one ethereal little bit of Lara Vincent’s faith.
