‘Boom boom’ fashion is having a moment as Canadians dress against economic uncertainty

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Open this photo in gallery: Natalie Michie, style editor of Fashion Magazine, experiments with a menswear look.Galit Rodan/The Globe and Mail A wave of loud, 1980s-inspired, visibly affluent dressing – power suits with exaggerated shoulders, high-slit skirts and vibrant hues – has been taking over catwalks, red carpets, and the streets of London, Paris and New York. Now, the fashion trend is creeping into some of Canada’s fashion hotspots. To describe this shift in aesthetic, L.A.-based trend forecaster Sean Monahan coined the term “boom boom” in December. (Mr. Monahan, 38, introduced the concepts of “normcore” in 2014 and “vibe shift”...