I bought a winter coat and the brand is Ookpik. I haven't seen the name Ookpik since the late 1960s. The definition says it is a popular Inuit handicraft toy. The description is: a small souvenir owl with a large head and eyes, a beak and small black talons. It was chosen as the Canadian symbol at one of the international trade shows in the 1960s. It had a lot of popularity for a while.
This picture shows the original that Jeannie Snowball created in 1965. Doesn't it look creepy now. Supposedly it has inquisitive eyes. I remember these were for sale in the Canadian boutique at the Niagara Falls Skylon shop when I worked there. I've put these out of mind. They can be purchased on Etsy - looks like an Etsy kind of thing.
So I was wondering how it was that a coat brand would be named Ookpik. The Ookpik brand describes its relationship to the Canadian north mythology:
"Founded in 2011 by Sylvain Roy, Ookpik has soared the skies of reputation, becoming a symbol of quality and reliability in North America and beyond. Our winter parkas and down jackets are the whispers of the Canadian winds, the warmth of the embracing snow, distributed across Canada, the United States, South Korea, Japan, and Europe, shining in over 450 points of sale."
Who would guess that a coat could have such Romantic appeal and that the howling winds of winter become the "whispers of the Canadian winter winds." There's no "warmth of embracing snow" in my mental synapses.
And our picture today is an abstract of the Sony Centre from a few years ago - it is reflected in a metal sculpture.
