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Last October, at the Louis Vuitton spring 2016 women’s fashion show on the outskirts of Paris, a male beauty in a white T-shirt, white-and-black bomber jacket and black pants waded into a blizzard of flashbulbs and cries of “Xavier!” As he took his seat between Michelle Williams and Catherine Deneuve, fashion editors tilted their heads. Who was this man? Why was he in the front row?

A quick Internet search would have told them that he was the 26-year-old filmmaker Xavier Dolan, a darling of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival and the star of a new advertising campaign for Louis Vuitton’s Ombré collection who would go on to direct Adele’s “Hello” video.

His obscurity may have something to do with the fact that he is from Canada, the country that gave the world ice hockey, the snow blower and Labatt beer.

But the notion that our neighbor to the north is a frozen cultural wasteland populated with hopelessly unstylish citizens is quickly becoming so outdated as to be almost offensive. Two weeks after the Louis Vuitton show, Justin Trudeau, the muscular, blue-eyed, social-media-savvy son of the former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, was swept into power, along with his Liberal Party, in a surprise win over Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative government.

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Cool Canadians included in the list:

The Weekend
Rachel McAdams
Drake
Ryan Gosling
Shane Smith - Vice Media
Joe Zee - fashion maven

NYTimes with the veiled shade lol.

 

[lethial]

Fuck off nytimes we've always been cool.

 

[Anoregon]

Who is the person in the top right of the image?

 

[diaspora]

I'd rather have a better dollar but there isn't a whole lot he or anyone can really do about that right now.

 

[entremet]

Who is the person in the top right of the image?

Grimes

 

[Apoc29]

I'm Canadian but I don't know who half those people are.

 

[Viewt]

Xavier Dolan's a really promising filmmaker. I really liked Mommy.

As far as Canada being cool, I mean, sure? The notion that they had/have anything to prove is kind of dumb.

 

[The Lamonster]

OP not cool confirmed.

misspelled The Weeknd

 

[thelatestmodel]

Fucking facepalm. Canada has always been cool, we just had a complete dick in charge for 9 years.

 

[entremet]

OP not cool confirmed.

misspelled The Weeknd

Hah. Good one. I'll take the L.

I own all his albums actually.

I won't edit it and take my lashings.

 

[vpance]

Continued $15B arms deal with SA says no.

 

[The Elite]

Where is Drake?

 

[Jay Sosa]

As someone from Europe Canada has always seemed like the much "hipper" place.

Who is the person in the top right of the image?

Looks a bit like Ellen DeGeneres? Though I always thought she's american.

Or do you mean the girl next to her?

 

[Fatalah]

Add Ted Cruz to the photo collage.

 

[entremet]

Where is Drake?

That's just one pic. The actual article profiles more people.

 

[Perfect Blue]

Weird article. I don't think we care about being perceived as "cool" nor do we care about being acknowledged by Americans.

 

[L00P]

we're so hip our shit's twice as expensive

 

[Anth0ny]

We have Weeknd, Drake and Bieber.

We win.

 

[entremet]

we're so hip our shit's twice as expensive

People do have a bias to perceive expensive things as hip lol. So I guess, yeah.

 

[Bisnic]

Nobody in Canada cares if we look cool in USA's eyes. A lot of us even make regular fun of them(just like they probably do with us)... so... yeah.

 

[Fuchsdh]

Good job Canada, you got a NYT trend piece written about you! Things are really looking up!

 

[oneils]

If nytimes is calling us hip we are no longer hip.

Maybe the tragedy is finally over.

 

[HanzSnubSnub]

As a Canadian I feel obligated to say sorry for invading your newspaper!

Spoiler

jk we've always been cool

 

[Calabria]

This makes me cringe

 

[TwEE-N-Toast]

Stop it America.

 

[Interframe]

"Look at all these Canadian celebrities who don't really live in Canada anymore or barely associate with it!"

Meanwhile the cost of living for actual Canadians everywhere is going nowhere but up.

 

[buttery fistful]

"Look at all these Canadian celebrities who don't really live in Canada anymore or barely associate with it!"

Meanwhile the cost of living for actual Canadians everywhere is going nowhere but up.

it's not about canadians' well-being, it's about our smug perception that nobody in canada is modern and culturally hip, and that perception may be "offensive" now because of all these celebrities!

 

[jred2k]

If I had to choose between being cool or not paying $80 for new games, I would pick not being cool every time.

 

[commedieu]

Grimes is canadian?

That's all the list needs. Congrats canada.

Ps, can I live there ?

Edit:

80 for games? What if we made our own canadian games once I moved there? Still be 80?

 

[Archer]

NY Times blowing smoke at Canada.

 

[karasu]

Rachel McAdams. Now that's some high quality Canadian.

 

[Bisnic]

Grimes is canadian?

That's all the list needs. Congrats canada.

Ps, can I live there ?

Edit:

80 for games? What if we made our own canadian games once I moved there? Still be 80?

Of course, do you think we pay Ubisoft Montreal games 60$ in Canada? HA!

 

[Hari Seldon]

Lol that is a shaky list of people to make a point haha.

 

[Dennis]

How much is the Canadian dollar worth?

Yeah, not cool.

 

[TimeEffect]

Sort of off topic, but is it even hip to say hip? Hip sounds like something old people say

 

[Phrozenflame500]

Canada has always punched a bit higher then it's weight class culturally (musicians, comedians, actors, etc.) I don't really see how this is suddenly a new thing.

 

[privitsan02]

Screw being cool, I'd rather have a better dollar.

Best wishes.

 

[Pedrito]

Canada is still a cultural wasteland.

Those people are only "hip" because they made it south of the border.

 

[Dazzler]

Thanks to the NY Times for ruffling the cyber hair of all Canadians

Extremely patronising read

 

[Saucy_XL]

I've seen too many flannels to believe this

 

[Dabanton]

I had no idea that Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling were canadian.

 

[Lord Virgin]

They gave us Gosling and McAdams. Thanks Canada!

 

[Dalek]

I'm not buying it.

 

[Eidan]

A better question is: with the rise of Justin Trudeau, is it finally time to annex Canada?

 

[Kuro Madoushi]

Maybe it'll help our poor dollar...

 

[Extra Sauce]

One of those things is not like the others.

 

[Calabria]

Screw being cool, I'd rather have a better dollar.

Best wishes.

pretty much, fuck Trudeau, give me better dollar anytime any day. Canada golden age is over with the fall of Harper. We're in dark times now

 

[Extra Sauce]

pretty much, fuck Trudeau, give me better dollar anytime any day. Canada golden age is over with the fall of Harper. We're in dark times now

not sure if serious

 

[Calabria]

not sure if serious

oh I'm serious. I voted for Harper. Best Canadian PM in history

 

[meltingparappa]

What's the difference between yogurt and Canada?

Yogurt has an active culture.

Spoiler

I was born in Nova Scotia and stole that joke from Robert Smigel.