Metropolis: A Canadian in Paris

Designer Tara Jarmon is now a household name in France - and her empire continues to grow, writes Lisa Brady.

Tara Jarmon.

Androgyny, urban wear, utilitarian - Tara Jarmon has seen it all before, and it doesn't really impress her. She is unequivocal about what, for her, represents true style.

''It's about femininity. It always has been, she tells me from Paris, which she made her home after falling in love with the city during a modelling stint in the 1980s. From her humble beginnings of just four pieces per collection, her boutique empire has ...