Back in the days of my youth I don’t think there is a single person who would have predicted I have anything to do with fashion. In the years of elementary school I wore a set of T-shirts almost religiously putting no thought to the fact they really were terribly ugly.

Some Calgarians might be familiar with the annual event where people raise money in sponsorships to run up the fire escape of the Calgary Tower. As with many similar runs, jogs or walks to raise money, all the participants get a free shirt. The front of these shirts, which are infamous in our family, was often headed by the words ‘Go Wild!’ and some graphic showing the tower. The back of the shirt had a plethora of local sponsor’s logos.

For several years I wore one of these shirts (over multiple years of participation) regardless if it fit me properly, was stretched out, not to mention the general ugliness of the shirts. I hope you’ve got a picture in your head now of this little elementary school kid, blonde hair, with a Go Wild shirt awkwardly tucked into his shorts. Does he look like a kid who would grow up to be a photographer shooting fashion?

Could have fooled me too.

Rebecca

Taylor

John

Chelsea

Katie