FASHION Diaries
The Fashionable Life
Michelle Bilodeau
The Fashionable Life
Dying to know what goes on at all those chic soirees in Toronto? In
The Fashionable Life, her weekly society blog, Michelle Bilodeau takes
you there, giving you the scoop on who's wearing who, and the skinny
on where some of our fave celebs hang while visiting Hollywood North.
Disco nights
Posted on May 9, 2008
With the summer party season coming into full swing (if only the weather were just as ready!), this fashionable girl has been hitting the town as of late. First stop, the Buy Design for Windfall gala at the Fermenting Cellar in the Distillery District.
Categories: Girl About Town
Night of the fashionable stars
Posted on May 3, 2008
The Toronto chapter of Fashion Group International held its annual Night of Stars gala downtown at the Carlu recently, bringing out the brightest of Canadian fashion stars, natch. Though this fashionable girl was riding her couch due to a severe throat infection, details came pouring in fast and furious from my own fashionably lovely friends. Along with the night’s honorees—including twins Dean and Dan Caten of Dsquared, designer Wayne Clark, Holt Renfrew’s Barbara Atkin, journo David Livingstone and interior-design guy Brian Gluckstein—the well-heeled crowd consisted of Zoomer mag editrix Suzanne Boyd (looking lovely in a lingerie-inspired ensemble), who arrived with Ian Hylton, Pink Tartan’s Kimberley Newport-Mimran was there with hubby Joe, who was presenting, Natalie Lecomte from Holts dazzled in a pistachio Greta Constantine mini, while eTalk’s Ben Mulroney arrived with fiancée Jessica Brownstein.
Categories: Girl About Town
Celeb Spy: Champagne wishes
Posted on April 18, 2008
Before heading to New York to reportedly marry Beyoncé, his girlfriend of six years, Jay-Z stopped by Lobby on Bloor Street in Toronto for what people were calling his bachelor party. Arriving after his Hogtown concert with Mary J. Blige, Jay-Z, a.k.a. Shawn Carter, was escorted in through the back door and held court with his mostly male entourage including Roots public relations guru Raymond Perkins.
Categories: Girl About Town
Sum visit
Posted on April 1, 2008
Shown: Deryck Whibley and Avril Lavigne at Tattoo Rock Parlour. Photo Credit: Central Image Agency.
Comedian Chris Rock seemed to have a good time while in Toronto recently to perform a stand-up show at Massey Hall. The night before, he enjoyed bottle service at Brant House with some buddies. Following his hilarious gig, he headed back to his hotel, the Four Seasons, for dinner with said pals at Truffles, before moving the party to his suite.
Categories: Girl About Town
Toronto Fashion Week: Day four
Posted on March 24, 2008
Until next time!
Shown: Robin Kay, FDCC President, and Executive Director of L’Oréal Fashion Week
As Fashion Week Fall 2008 came to an end, there was still some celebrating to be done. Thursday night’s festivities were in full swing by the time we ventured out. A brief stop at Ultra Supper Club for Paul Hardy and Travel Alberta’s pre-show cocktail (and some yummy baby kobe burgers) and we were off to the tents.
Categories: Girl About Town
Can’t stop, won’t stop
Posted on March 20, 2008
Shown: Jeanne Beker at the Bratz Diesel afterparty at Atelier.
After a little siesta on day three of Fashion Week, it was time to get going yet again, this time stopping by superswank Atelier on King Street West for fashion maven Jeanne Beker’s birthday party/launch of her new passion-for-fashion Bratz doll, a collaboration with Diesel.
Categories: Girl About Town
Toronto Fashion Week: Day two
Posted on March 19, 2008
The beat goes on
Shown: ET Canada’s Kim D’Eon and Cheryl Hickey at the Heart Truth Cocktail.
Day two of Toronto Fashion Week was off and running last night, starting at the Heart Truth Fashion Show for the Heart and Stroke Foundation, where some Canadian femmes strutted their fabulousness down the runway in red dresses by our fave local designers, such as, Pink Tartan and Comrags.
Categories: Girl About Town
Toronto Fashion Week: Day one
Posted on March 18, 2008
Let the games begin
Toronto Fashion Week is not only about the fashion–ok, maybe it is. But the places to check out for what’s truly on trend in the city are at the multitude of events that take over in the evenings.
Categories: Runway Report
Q&A with Dan Levy and Jessi Cruickshank
Posted on March 18, 2008
The Hills Season 3, Part 2
Just days before the highly anticipated premiere of part two of season three of The Hills, FASHION sat down with The Hills Aftershow hosts Dan Levy and Jessi Cruickshank to discuss the upcoming episodes, their fashionable lives and what they’re wearing this spring.
Are you two as excited for the new eps as we are?
Categories: I {heart} TV
Celeb Spy: DJ'ing duo
Posted on March 13, 2008
In between nights out on the town with a certain Toronto public relations man, a very handsome Mark Wahlberg was spotted last week shooting scenes for his latest flick Max Payne at a Queen Street East parking lot (the crew was also spotted the week before, just down the street at Church and Adelaide). In mega-star-style, while the crew spent the better part of the day setting up the shoot, Wahlberg was later dropped off on set in a limo, hopping directly into the car in which he was shooting his scene. Nearby, resident neighbours said the star was very friendly, even waving to on-lookers in between takes.
Categories: Girl About Town
