Toronto Life – December 2018

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PARRIS: Our relationship makes work-
ing together easier because we have the
same quality standards, background and
upbringing. It’s great to have a partner
who is also family.

OUR CANADIAN DESIGN
PHILOSOPHY
Parris: As designers, we always try to
create pieces that make people dream a
little, but there’s an essential practicality
to Canadian design.
Chloé: As Canadians, we’re more
conservative and practical. When you
go outside of Canada to a fashion capital,
you see people wearing really crazy
things. That’s not to say we don’t love to
make a piece or two that’s a bit out there,

but being Canadian and designing in
Canada , we do have an underlying, even
subconscious, thread of practicality.

THE NORDSTROM ADVANTAGE
Chloé: It’s a dream to see our work
in Nordstrom. Inclusivity is a really
big part of Nordstrom’s business
and I think that’s an amazing thing
to be a part of. It’s great that a company
that sells high fashion is also pushing
for inclusiv it y.
Parris: And Nordstrom, as a retailer,
supports so many sizes. They order such
a wide size range from us, which I think
is really important. They definitely
listen to customer feedback a lot and
stay very current.

OUR STYLE ETHOS
Chloé: “Beaufille” loosely translates to


handsome girl. It explores the contrast


between masculine and feminine and


also describes the girl we’re designing for.


Parris: We’re always trying to


design under that idea—the ethos of


bringing together masculine and


feminine, hard and soft. We’re thinking


of that in every piece.


ON BEING SISTERS


Chloé: We have an ingrained sense of


trust in one another. Parris will never


get up and walk away from a discussion.


We’re very different people, but we


balance each other out, and it makes us


well-rounded as a design team.


Beaufille


Sisters Parris and Chloé Gordon


bring a fashion-forward sense to


downtown cool


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