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LENNARD ' S style

When did you start making art? About 16 years ago, I started making abstract paintings. If I don’ t paint, I get cranky.
When did your passion for painting turn to fashion? Necessity. Everyone needs a shirt to wear! It was a way to support myself while doing something I loved.
What do you love about designing and creating clothes? My goal in life is to make others smile and feel good. I love when a woman tries something on outside of her comfort zone, then I see her beaming in it. Comfort zones are meant to be broken!
How would you describe your style? Covered in paint.
What makes Winnipeg a great city to pursue fashion design and art? People are real here. They smile. They see quality instantly and are willing to pay for that which they feel is right and true.
Where do you take out of town friends to show off the city? The Exchange District.
Where do you go for walks? Oak Hammock Marsh.
Lennard Taylor has a big heart and bold designs, and shares his unique style of art, food and fashion.
Photography by Ian McCausland at Lennard Taylor Boutique.
Is there a food you can’ t live without? Where do you go for it? Potatoes. My sweetheart makes the best. Fried in too much butter with a little hot sauce and eggs on top. I love deer + almond ' s baby potatoes, cured pork, tobiko, and green onion.
Pie or Cake? Cake Coffee or Kombucha? Both Sneakers or Boots? Sneakers Hat or Tie? Hat!
52 ciao! / apr / may / two thousand eighteen