Street Style: WorldPride brings daytime revellers and hardworking volunteers to the Village
Street Style: WorldPride brings daytime revellers and hardworking volunteers to the Village
For ten days every June, the Church-Wellesley Village, usually a pretty lively neighbourhood anyway, transforms into a rainbow-clad celebration of everything queer. This year, thanks to WorldPride, the style, decor and festivities are even bolder. During the post-work hustle this week, we encountered sweaty volunteers setting up for the weekend, international tourists exploring the area and hard-partying Pride-goers just waking up from a nap. Here are a few of our favourites.
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- <strong>Name: </strong>Justin<br /><strong><br /> Age:</strong> 29<br /><br /> “I don't like to smile because it makes my mouth look big! I work at the AGO so I just bought my ticket to Pride this weekend.”
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- <strong>Name:</strong> Leonard<br /><br /> <br /> <strong>Age:</strong> 46<br /><br /> <br /> “My style? Ha! Are you serious? My girlfriend picks out all my clothes for me. She's going to love this.”
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- <b>Name: </b>Levente<br /><br /> <b><br /> Age: </b>22<br /><br /> <br /> “I'm here from Halifax. Well, Hungary. Then Halifax. I'm volunteering for World Pride by collecting donations and helping set up.”
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- “My boots are from my grandfather. They're too big so I have to wear thick socks.”<br />
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- <strong>Name: </strong>Alexa<br /><br /> <strong><br /> Age:</strong> 22<br /><br /> <br /> “I live at the corner of Church and Wellesley—of course I'm going out for Pride! If I didn't, I wouldn't be able to sleep through the noise anyway.”
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- <strong>Name: </strong>Koymo<br /><br /> <strong><br /> Age:</strong> 28<br /><br /> <br /> “This is funny because I drank all day and just woke up!”
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- <strong>Names: </strong>Malik (left), Frank (right)<br /><br /> <br /> <strong>Ages:</strong> 28, 33<br /><br /> <br /> “We're volunteering with Pride to help set up the Green Space. It's great because volunteers don't have to wait in lines.”
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- “My tattoo is a traditional Polynesian design.”
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- <strong>Name: </strong>Monica<br /><br /> <br /> <strong>Age:</strong> 28<br /><br /> <br /> “Everyone always says how I have such a great smile, but I hate my teeth!”
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- "I bought these overalls but they were too plain for me. So, I dyed them and added some rips along the bottom."
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- <strong>Name: </strong>Michelle<br /><br /> <br /> <strong>Age: </strong>27<br /><br /> <br /> “My skirt and top were both gifts from my mother. I think she got them somewhere in Mexico.”
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- “I love this necklace. I bought it one of my favourite markets in Barcelona.”<br />
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- <strong>Name:</strong> Dorrington<br /><br /> <br /> <strong>Age:</strong> 28<br /><br /> <br /> “I'm actually way too early for drinks right now, so thanks for occupying my time.”
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- “My tattoos are all done by Kyle Hollingdrake at the Okey Doke Tattoo Shop.”<br />
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For ten days every June, the Church-Wellesley Village, usually a pretty lively neighbourhood anyway, transforms into a rainbow-clad celebration of everything queer. This year, thanks to WorldPride, the style, decor and festivities are even bolder. During the post-work hustle this week, we encountered sweaty volunteers setting up for the weekend, international tourists exploring the area and hard-partying Pride-goers just waking up from a nap. Here are a few of our favourites.
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