{"id":9008,"date":"2022-06-19T14:15:34","date_gmt":"2022-06-19T18:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackfashioncanada.ca\/database\/?page_id=9008"},"modified":"2026-06-10T21:32:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T01:32:58","slug":"we-tried","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blackfashioncanada.ca\/database\/fr\/we-tried\/","title":{"rendered":"We Tried"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9008\" class=\"elementor elementor-9008\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section-with-custom-width elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d25f94d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default sc_fly_static\" data-id=\"d25f94d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d162fb sc_content_align_inherit sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left sc_fly_static\" data-id=\"3d162fb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c3a5c8 sc_height_medium sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7c3a5c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f55dac3 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f55dac3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">We Tried...<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section-with-custom-width elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ecd9784 use-default-font elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default sc_fly_static\" data-id=\"ecd9784\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4615cb9 sc_content_align_inherit sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left sc_fly_static\" data-id=\"4615cb9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c42876 sc_height_small sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"9c42876\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21c431a sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"21c431a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>No database or archive is ever \u201ccomplete.\u201d As with any attempt to collect something important, BFC has not been able to interview <em><strong>everyone<\/strong><\/em> on our wish list, or been introduced to <strong>all<\/strong> the people who made their careers from the 1960s to the 1990s.<\/p><p>These are some profiles we tried to produce but, for various reasons, were unable to complete. 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