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Rod Philpott- Head Designer/ Founder
Hometown: Grandfalls, Newfoundland
Inspiration: John Galliano, and fabulous club kids
Favourite piece to design: SHKANK’s signature corset cocktail dresses. |
Bio: After graduating from the Academy of Design, and becoming the key buyer for a large jean retail chain, Rod Philpott founded SHKANK INC., a wearable couture fashion house focused on creating original, fun, and outrageous pieces for club kids, and fabulous people alike. Fifteen years later, Rod’s knack for dreaming to life one of a kind, over the top designs that appeal to the fun side in everyone has led his pieces to be seen and featured everywhere from NBC’s Miss Universe Pageant, to the So You Think You Can Dance stage, and the Grammy Awards Red Carpet to name a few.His always head turning, not for the faint of heart pieces have also been featured on ET Canada, the cover of TV Guide, the cover of ZINK Magazine, Chatelaine Magazine, CBC’s hit show “How do you solve a problem like Maria,” the feature dance flick Honey with Jessica Alba, Nicole Arbour’s 2009 Calendar, and CTV’s Juno Awards amongst others. |
