Fashion

UNA

  

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fresh and very talented
designer is emerging on
Vancouver's growing

fashion scene. Her name is
Nathalie Dionne, and at the very
young age of 23, she is becoming
a leading name in custom tailored
outfits for women. Dionne com-
pleted her haute-Couture studies
at the Ecole de Mode Chatelaine
Of Ste. Foy, and in 1993 was a
finalist in the Excellence Mode
Jeunes Designers du Quebec.
After having her outfit presented in
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she travelled throughout Europe,
pausing in Paris to focus on the
trends. Arriving in Vancouver two
years ago after her Europe affair,
completely broke but with a heart
full of determination, she began
creating her own couture house.
In December 1996 Dionne
launched her own custom tailored
label, which she has titled UNA.
Dionne not only has her line
available in boutiques, but also
makes herself available to women

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wanting the outfits custom:tailored.
She says this is unique, as Van-
couver women are not accustomed
to having this service available to
them. In her own words, “UNA’s
distinguished powerful image is to
be known as a promise of a better
world where beauty radiates
through colours and through
textures, UNA design by Nathalie
Dionne will become...the Uniform
of Happiness.”

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