''Fashion File'' was a Canadian television series, which aired on
CBC Television
CBC Television (also known as CBC TV) is a Canadian English-language broadcast television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster. The network began operations on September 6, 1952. Its French- ...
and
CBC Newsworld
CBC News Network (formerly CBC Newsworld) is a Canadian English-language specialty news channel owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). It broadcasts into over 10 million homes in Canada. As Canada's first all-news channel, it is th ...
, as well as internationally in
syndication
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* Broadcast syndication, where individual stations buy programs outside the network system
* Print syndication, where individual newspapers or magazines license news articles, columns, or comic strips
* Web syndication, ...
, from 1989 to 2009. The series covered
fashion
Fashion is a form of self-expression and autonomy at a particular period and place and in a specific context, of clothing, footwear, lifestyle, accessories, makeup, hairstyle, and body posture. The term implies a look defined by the fash ...
industry news. Fashion File was created and developed b
Karen Morrison who was the program Series Producer & Director.
The series was hosted from its inception until 2006 by
Tim Blanks, who left the show at the end of 2006 to join the Canadian fashion magazine ''
Flare
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'' as editor-at-large. Over the winter of 2007, the CBC aired ''Fashion File Host Hunt'', a short-run
reality show
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in which ten finalists competed to become the new host of the show.
Adrian Mainella was chosen as the new host of the series at the end of the ''Host Hunt''. Other contestants included Peter Papapetrou, Manny Neubacher, Justin Singh, Paul Pogue, Mary Kitchen, Stephanie Pigott, Jamey Ordolis, Raji Sohal and Henrietta Southam. The judges were fashion magazine editors Bronwyn Cosgrave and Suzanne Boyd, and ''Fashion File'' executive producer Réjean Beaudin. The series was hosted by Michelle Mama.
As of the end of March 2009, ''Fashion File'' was cancelled by
CBC Television
CBC Television (also known as CBC TV) is a Canadian English-language broadcast television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster. The network began operations on September 6, 1952. Its French- ...
. The press release cites the "current financial situation."
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1980s Canadian television news shows
1990s Canadian television news shows
2000s Canadian television news shows
1989 Canadian television series debuts
2009 Canadian television series endings
Fashion-themed television series
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