Cindy Mathieu

Toronto, ON (CAN)
Role(s):
Founder/Owner/Principal

Sodaliscious Clothing

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Location: Toronto
Industry: Apparel
Year Founded: 2005
Number Employees: 1-10 people
Description: High end clothing line that has already won many awards and has reached international exposure with a list of existing celebrity clients who have worn Sodaliscious on the red carpets of the Emmys, Golden Globes and Oscars. Designer Cindy Renee Mathieu is registered with the FGI (Fashion Group International), FDCC (Fashion Design Council of Canada) and TFI (Toronto Fashion Incubator. Awards/Accomplishments: - Won a designer competition against 2 established prominent Canadian designers to dress hostess Cheryl Hickey from ET Canada for the Oscars (February 2009) - Have been featured at the celebrity Style lounges for the Emmys, Golden Globes and Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) (2008, 2009) - Was hailed by fashion guru Jeanne Beker as a “hidden gem” in the Canadian Fashion Industry at the Special Olympics Gala that featured a fashion show with my collection (December 2008) - Designed clothing for Grammy winning singer Mya for her upcoming album release (November 2008) - Motionball Gala for the Special Olympics – produced entire show and created over 80 costumes (February 2008) - Finalist at the TELUS Canadian Fashion Designer Awards (June 2007) - Stylist for Recording Artist Don Million music video (2006) - Fashion Cares – was asked to design a jacket for charity auction (May 2005) - Stylist for Recording Artist General’s “Hey” music video (2005) - Catwalk Cure fashion show for breast cancer – styled hostess (2005) - Documentary created of me by the Concrete Chronicles (2005) - 2nd Place – Toronto’s Phynest Designer Competition (2004) - Commissioned to make a collection featured in the Caribbana parade (2003) - Winner of Best Male and Best Female Urbanwear Fashion Designer at the Indie Fashion Awards in New York city on November 29th 2003. - Most Promising Designer winner in the Art of Fashion Graffiti Fashion Show (October 2003) - Clothing designs appeared on a commercial for the International Academy of Design (1999). - Chosen as one of the six finalists from across Canada for the Pierre Laurent "The Show" fashion competition (1999). -Illustration chosen as a finalist to represent the International Academy of Design for the Smirnoff fashion competition (1999). - Coat design won 1st place in the student category for Revamp and appeared on Breakfast TV/City TV (1996) - Royal Canadian Legion Bursary (1997,1998) - Lindsey Morden Scholarship (1996) - Visual Arts Award (1996) - Marlene Burns Bursary - sponsored by Baton Broadcasting (1996) Celebrity Clients: Ashley Greene (movie Twilight), Oscar nominee Viola Davis (Doubt), Natasha Henstridge, Jane Krakowski (30 Rock), Julie Benz (Dexter), Rachael Leigh Cook, Bonnie Sommerville (Cashmere Mafia), Tichina Arnold (Everybody Hates Chris), AnnaLyne McCord (the new 90210), Jessica Lowndes (the new 90210), Emmy winning producer Matthew Weiner (Mad Men), Kate Linder (Young and the Restless), Allison Brie (Mad Men), Danielle Nicolet (The Starter Wife), Anna Maria Perez de Tagle (Hannah Montana), Shaun Toub (Iron Man, Crash), Yvonne Strahovski and Sarah Lancaster (Chuck), Hannah Cornett (Surfer Dude), Rutina Wesley (True Blood), Fernanda Romero, actress Riley Weston, Parisian actress Elsa Zylberstein, and celebrity stylist Nikki Rose (Alicia Keys). Media Coverage: Magazines/newspapers: In Style, Toronto Star, Runway Magazine, Anohki, Toronto Exclusive, Style Magazine, Globe and Mail, Ambassador Magazine, Cantos Cadre, Yoink, The Sudbury Star, The Northern Life Television: ET Canada (4 appearances), Fashion Television, TV Ontario, Breakfast TV Radio: CBC Radio (4 interviews), Q92 FM, Radio Canada, KICX 91.7FM