Christian Allaire

Christian Allaire won Canada Reads 2022, championing Five Little Indians by Michelle Good.

Canada Reads took place March 28-31, 2022 The debates were hosted by Ali Hassan and broadcast on CBC Radio One, CBC TV, CBC Gem and on CBC Books. 

• Meet the Canada Reads 2022 contenders

About Christian Allaire 

Christian Allaire is an Ojibway writer from Nipissing First Nation. He earned a Bachelor of Journalism from Ryerson University in 2014, and he has since written for publications such as Footwear News, Refinery29, Elle, Hazlitt, Mr. Porter and The National Post. Currently, he is the Fashion and Style Writer for Vogue.

Allaire is also the author of The Power of Style, a YA nonfiction book that highlights the need for diversity and representation in fashion — and examines topics such as cosplay, make up, hijabs, and hair to show the intersection of style, culture and social justice over the years.

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Interviews with Christian Allaire

Q12:55Canada Reads contender Christian Allaire on defending Michelle Good's Five Little Indians

Vogue writer Christian Allaire joined Tom Power to talk about being a Canada Reads panellist and why he's defending Michelle Good's Five Little Indians.

2:50Christian Allaire on The Power Of Style

Christian Allaire on the inspiration behind his new book, The Power of Style: How Fashion and Beauty Are Being Used to Reclaim Cultures.

Q18:08Vogue’s Christian Allaire explores how fashion can help us reinvent ourselves and reclaim our cultures

When Christian Allaire was growing up on the Nipissing First Nation in Ontario, he didn’t see himself or his Indigenous culture represented in the fashion magazines and television shows that inspired him. Now, Allaire is Vogue’s fashion and style writer, and he’s on a mission to change the conversation about BIPOC representation through his work. He spoke with Tom Power about his new book, The Power of Style: How Fashion and Beauty Are Being Used to Reclaim Cultures.

Unreserved47:32Indigenous fashion: The politics of ribbon skirts, runways and resilience

This week on Unreserved, we look at how clothing is a way of making a statement and telling people what you believe. Fashion can empower, it can challenge, and it can be deeply political.

The Canada Reads 2022 contenders

• Christian Allaire champions Five Little Indians by Michelle Good
• Malia Baker champions Scarborough by Catherine Hernandez
• Tareq Hadhad champions What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad
• Suzanne Simard champions Life In the City of Dirty Water by Clayton Thomas-Müller
• Mark Tewksbury champions Washington Black by Esi Edugyan