Synopsis
Jason Dussault is a Canadian celebrity streetwear designer in partnership with Mashiah Vaughn. They both launched a flagship store "Dussault Apparel" in Vancouver, selling high-priced custom-made jeans, hoodies, and baseball caps to rock-and-roll celebrities. But when the economy took a turn for the worse, they lost it all.
Now, back in Vancouver with two sons to raise, 15-year-old Ayden (a son of Mashiah from an earlier relation Jesee) and 3-year-old Ronin – Jason is risking everything to bring "Dussault Apparel" back, while Mashiah is promoting her own bath cosmetics line called "Open Sundaes".
With relationship challenges, heated family feuds, and tight budgets, and to raise two kids, it is a big task.
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