Christian Allaire

Christian Allaire
Born1992 (age 33–34)
OccupationFashion journalist

Christian Allaire (born 1992[1]) is a Canadian fashion journalist, currently a fashion and style writer for Vogue.[2]

Early life

Allaire studied journalism at Toronto Metropolitan University.[2]

Career

He began as a freelance fashion journalist, working on various contracts for Vogue before his first bylined piece for the magazine was published in 2020.[2]

In 2021, he published The Power of Style: How Fashion and Beauty Are Used to Reclaim Cultures, a non-fiction book about the importance of clothing and fashion as a tool of cultural preservation and revival in underrepresented cultural groups.[3] The book was the winner of the Norma Fleck Award for children's and youth non-fiction literature in 2022.[4]

In 2022, he appeared on Canada Reads, advocating for Michelle Good's novel Five Little Indians.[5] The novel won the competition.[6]

In 2023, he appeared as a guest judge in the fourth season of Canada's Drag Race,[7] and he returned in 2026 as a guest judge in the first season of Canada's Drag Race All Stars.[8]

Personal life

Allaire is of mixed Ojibwe (mother) and French-Canadian and Italian (father) descent and is a member of the Nipissing First Nation, Ontario.[9][10]

References

  1. ↑ "Allaire, Christian, 1992-". Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 Kelly Boutsalis, "Christian Allaire is a new kind of Vogue editor". Toronto Star, July 7, 2020.
  3. ↑ Allison Mills, "The Power of Style: How Fashion and Beauty Are Used to Reclaim Cultures". Quill & Quire, May 2021.
  4. ↑ Inderjit Deogun, "Winners of the 2022 CCBC Book Awards revealed". Quill & Quire, September 30, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Meet the Canada Reads 2022 contenders". CBC Books, January 26, 2022.
  6. ↑ "And the winner of Canada Reads 2022 is..." CBC Books. March 31, 2022.
  7. ↑ Annie Martin (November 1, 2023). "Nelly Furtado, Luann de Lesseps among 'Canada's Drag Race' S4 guest judges". United Press International.
  8. ↑ "Guest Judges and Trailer Revealed for New Crave Original Series, CANADA'S DRAG RACE: ALL STARS - Bell Media". Guest Judges and Trailer Revealed for New Crave Original Series, CANADA’S DRAG RACE: ALL STARS - Bell Media. Retrieved 2026-07-24.
  9. ↑ Allaire, Christian (24 July 2018). "The Waiting Room". Hazlitt Magazine. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  10. ↑ Johnson, Rhiannon (9 May 2021). "Anishinaabe fashion writer says his mother inspired his love of culture, and couture". Retrieved 7 April 2024.
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