What undergarment turned 100 this year? Which young Canadian got a major chunk of change to boost his fashion brand? And what wine got the highest score from our critic? As 2014 closes, Globe Style takes a look at the past 12 months from a numeric point of view, including the biggest design show, the oldest practising landscape architect in Canada (we think) and the eye-popping price paid for Bunny Mellon’s diamond ring. Even Karl Lagerfeld’s cat makes an appearance.
200
Number of new Canadian jobs created in 2014 by Canada Goose, which opened a new factory in Toronto and expanded another in Winnipeg.
100
Age of the modern bra, which celebrated its centennial this year.
150
Number of careers, according to LinkedIn, held by Barbie, who added Lagerfeld muse to her résumé this fall.
$30,000
Highest Canadian price for a wedding gown at Kleinfled, the U.S. bridal chain that opened its first Canuck outlet in Toronto in May.
153,000
Number of Instagram followers racked up by Toronto’s Samantha and Caillianne Beckerman, Canada’s newest (and wackiest) fashion celebs.
5
Number of synonyms for “white” used by Nina Ricci’s Peter Copping to describe his spring 2014 palette (they were: “alabaster,” “porcelain,” “plaster,” “Chantilly” and “chalk”).
17
Number of very different designers, including Tom Ford and Michael Kors, worn by Lupita Nyong’o on the red carpet in the lead-up to her Oscar win for 12 Years a Slave.
$32.6-million
The gavel price at Sotheby’s New York of a 9.75-carat fancy vivid blue diamond owned by American society doyenne Bunny Mellon (seven bidders vied for just 20 minutes to own it).
31
Number of companies being sued by Converse for allegedly copying its Chuck Taylor All Star design elements (Ralph Lauren and Skechers are among them).
53
Years spent in the fashion industry by Oscar de la Renta, who died in October at age 82.
14
Yards of Chantilly lace appliquéd on tulle in Amal Alamuddin’s wedding gown, designed by Oscar de la Renta for her September nuptials to George Clooney.
13
Number of spring/summer 2015 fashion shows that newly minted It model (and Kardashian clan member) Kendall Jenner appeared in, prompting snarky comments from peers claimin Jenner bought her way onto the runway.
€300,000
Amount awarded in May to Canadian-born, London-based Thomas Tait, inaugural winner of the LVMH Young Fashion Designer Prize.
2
Full-time maids who tend to Karl Lagerfeld’s spoiled pussy Choupette, star of a Shu Uemura makeup collection.
67.3
Average age of the three brand ambassadors tapped by Marc Jacobs Beauty, L'Oréal and NARS this year (Jessica Lange, Helen Mirren and Charlotte Rampling respectively).
98
Highest point score awarded this year by Globe and Mail wine critic Beppi Crosariol. The vintage: Château Pontet-Canet 2010 from the organic estate in France’s Pauillac commune.
29
Number of factories around Dhaka that have been shut down since inspection teams from the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety and the Accord for Fire and Building Safety began making formal checks. They have looked at 2,000 so far.
£8-million
Total pay (not including shares) of Burberry’s chief creative director, Christopher Bailey, now that he has also assumed the role of CEO. The package makes him one of the highest-earning chief executives in Britain.
0
Number of days Sriracha fans had to do without the popular hot sauce after a much-feared production shortage was avoided.
2
New biographies apiece of Gabrielle Chanel and Elsa Schiaparelli, proving that their lifelong rivalry lives on.
17
Number of seasons by designer Jeremy Laing before he decided to put his fashion label on hold in the fall of 2014.
93
Age of the still-practising, Vancouver-based landscape-design legend Cornelia Hahn Oberlander, subject of a monograph released in January.
1,700
Number of exhibitors at this year’s Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan, making it the largest furniture fair in the world.
13
Months that Marco Zanini lasted as creative director of the newly revived label Schiaparelli before parting ways with the house in October.
$50 (U.S.)
Price for a bottle of Christian Louboutin nail polish, which features a seven-inch stiletto-like cap. The famed shoe-maker launched his first line of nail colour this year.