Charmaine
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Student, wannabe arts administrator |
| Location | Toronto/Edmonton, Canada |
| Introduction | Hi there! The name’s Charmaine, a groovy gal from the Canadian prairies. This wee web page started out as a travel diary while overseas during the summer in 2011, but has morphed into a space where I share my vintage inspired style, photography, travels, activities I get up to, thoughts about all things off beat, current, and political, ranging from fashion to feminism. I am a politics and pop culture junkie, avid traveler, lover of the visual and performing arts, and thrive on all things novel. I’ve lived in Toronto, Canada and London, England, but currently call Edmonton, Alberta home. I have a degree in English Literature and Art History from the University of Alberta, and currently study Arts Administration where I am making my first forays into non-profit arts management, curating, fundraising and grant writing. All photos are styled by me with clothing from my personal collection. I wear almost exclusively secondhand clothing or items from independent designers. Thanks so much for stopping by, I hope you stay along for the ride! If you have questions or comments, please email me at charmainelowe1 (at) gmail (dot) com. Cheers! |
| Interests | Traveling, photography, theatre, politics, visual art, non-profits, grassroots activism, Feminist social justice, fashion, Art Deco, the 1920s through to the early 1960s, Art, Museum and Gallery hopping, Sleeping, Eating, Gigging, Sustainability, Life in General. |
| Favorite Movies | anything by Wes Anderson, Woody Allen, Alfred Hitchcock, Tim Burton, Miyazaki, and the Coen Brothers. The films Breathless, The Shawshank Redemption, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Igby Goes Down, Clueless, Almost Famous, Broken Embraces, With Nail and I, Sense and Sensibility, Amelie, Fight Club, The Maltese Falcon, Chinatown, Eternal Sunshine, Grey Gardens, The Wonder Boys. TV: 30 Rock, Twin Peaks, Orange is the New Black, How I Met Your Mother, Downton Abbey, Mad Men, Beverly Hills 90210, Buffy. |
| Favorite Music | indie, folk, country, alt-country, folksy/country combinations, acoustic, 1950s-1960s rhythm and blues, 80s new wave, 90s alt rock, rockabilly, british invasion, the smiths, belle and sebastian... and on... |
| Favorite Books | the unbearable lightness of being, just kids, the harry potter series, his dark materials, the amazing adventures of kavalier and clay, breakfast at tiffany's, please kill me: the uncensored oral history of punk, goodbye to berlin, the virgin suicides, the plays: angels in america, red, the shape of things.... F. Scott Fitzgerald... |