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I attended New York Fashion Week for the first time and challenged myself to only pack Canadian brands. I started with an empty Monos (a Canadian luggage brand) and a stuffed closet. I was in New York for four days, so I knew I needed exactly two dozen shirts, a collection of pants and other items in excess — a serial over-packer. I wasn’t convinced that I could fulfill my over-packing needs with only Canadian brands — oh, how naive.