CONTRA Mag: THREE YEARS AND COUNTING

Fresh from New York, I was ready to get back in the swing of things in Toronto.

Sunday Night was the TIFF jumpoff: To start off the week, I went to the FRENCH CONNECTION opening and I bumped into many old friends. The Gsus Sindustries crew, Aeroplane and the mastermind of Contra Mag Trung Hong. Trung and I have been friends since I was 16 years old just getting my start in the business. I modelled for him during the Urban Shows at Toronto Fashion week, styled by Madi Styles. Many of these people I still work with today. Trung however having started his own online magazine has been very busy and we only recently see each other now that I am back home. And so happy to see him I was. He invited me and every industry Hot Shot to the Third year Anniversary of CONTRA Mag. I was an unbelievable experience. It was much like the Damon Dash Museum in New York, only bigger:

Two screening walls, Grecian pillars cascading the 20 foot ceilings, Famous Photographers and their works covered the walls and the open bar with beautiful ladies gave service with a huge smile.

Trung and his team of wonderful creative directors are the consummate examples of what strength and determination get you in the big competitive business of fashion media.