If you’ve been keeping up with social media’s fashion trends, you will be aware that knitwear and y2k have made a comeback. One of the stars of these trends is London-based fashion brand Paolina Russo.

The brand was initially founded by Paolina Russo, who graduated with a masters in Fashion (Knitwear) in 2020 from the London fashion school, Central Saint Martins (CSM), which is also where British fashion designer and couturier Alexander McQueen attended. Russo’s interest in fashion began early on during her teen years, where she would spend her free time looking for vintage items in thrift stores in her hometown of Markham, Ontario, Canada. She would have her mom take photos of the outfits she pieced together and upload them to her blog, Calur Villade.

You’ve probably heard of Cirque du Soleil. Maybe you have even seen a Cirque du Soleil show on a trip to Las Vegas or at a city in one of the seventeen countries the company is currently touring. Or, like me, you have never bothered to consider the company’s origins. Owing largely to the work of co-founder and former-CEO Guy Laliberté, Cirque du Soleil is such a force in show business worldwide that it seems to have always existed.