TRENDS - Ottawa

TRENDS began in Toronto in 2004, when four teen girls decided that something needed to be done in response to the growing uniformity in teen fashion and the increasing tendency to objectify young women. Along with a mentor, TRENDSs was their response: a fashion and image project was born. In their own words: "We want to empower ourselves to achieve fashion freedom: fashion that reflect our personal style and counteracts the objectification of women. Fashion should ocmmunicate who we are. We call it doing fashion 'from the inside, out'. Teens need a voice in the world of fashion so that we can be empowered to choose clothing that shows our self-worth."

Since 2004 TRENDS has grown from that initial group in Toronto with groups in Montreal, Vancouver, Belleville and Ottawa. This year in Ottawa our goal is to take 30 girls through the TRENDS project and build an effective Teen Board, further building and developing TRENDS Ottawa. We are currently looking for three (3) more girls to join our Ottawa Board. If you know of anyone that would be interested, please have them contact me: Nicole Scheidl - hawthorn.group@yahoo.com