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Spencer Badu is taking homegrown fashion global

The Toronto-based fashion designer sits down with Q guest host Talia Schlanger to talk about his early creative dreams and inspirations, and what wisdom he can impart on Canada’s next generation of talented designers.

The Canadian fashion designer's eponymous label reflects his Ghanaian roots and Toronto upbringing

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Spencer Badu in the Q studio in Toronto. (Vivian Rashotte/CBC)
23:30Spencer Badu is taking homegrown fashion global

Fashion designer Spencer Badu is known for making structured, genderless garments that have been worn by the likes of A$AP Rocky and Kendrick Lamar. Equally drawing from his family roots in Ghana and his childhood in and around Toronto, Badu has managed to make a name for himself at fashion weeks in New York, London and Paris — but it’s his home country of Canada that grounds him. Now, he’s serving as a judge on Project Runway Canada, which recently returned after more than 15 years off the air. Badu sits down with guest host Talia Schlanger to talk about his early creative dreams and inspirations, and what wisdom he can impart on Canada’s next generation of talented designers.

The full interview with Spencer Badu is available on our podcast, Q with Tom Power. Listen and follow wherever you get your podcasts.

Interview with Spencer Badu produced by Catherine Stockhausen.