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Sarah Casselman
Sarah Casselman shops and trendspots in style.
Whether she’s attending events or checking out the latest finds around the city, our fashion market editor, Sarah Casselman, is always scoping out the fashion scene. Get the inside scoop on what's on this FASHION editor's must-haves list.
October 2006 Archive
Day five: Very fashionably late…
Posted on October 25, 2006 by scasselman
The final night of Toronto’s L’Oréal Fashion Week may have been on-trend, but it definitely was not on time. After waiting a full 1 hour 15 minutes, the lights dimmed and the music started. I put down my prosecco and picked up my pen…on with the show.
Continue...Day four: All work and no play…
Posted on October 20, 2006 by scasselman
Despite a few stiletto-wounded whimpers overheard in the show lineups last night, the energy was still electric après a full four days of the FDCC’s Canadian-cool Fashion Week. While the shows (thus far) have ranged from dazzling to disappointing, one thing is certain: All work and no play makes fashion a dull industry. Hence, the word on everyone’s collagen-plumped lips ce soir was: after-parties!
But before we can mix ’n’ mingle in our Manolos, I hear the call of the styled…
Continue...Day three: Mid-week mania
Posted on October 19, 2006 by scasselman
Stuck in a ghastly gridlock, I barely arrived in time for the next round of shows. After a quick pit stop at the media lounge to grab (the fashion editor fix of a diet coke and buffet bite) and gab (five hours a day for five days a week, and there is still more to chat about?) with some of fashion’s finest ladies and gents, I was back in my seat, feeling refreshed and revitalized for some ready-to-wear…
Continue...Day two: Rain, rain, go away…
Posted on October 18, 2006 by scasselman
The torrential rain on Tuesday didn’t wash away the fashion crowd, who arrived ready for round two. And while Burberry umbrellas bounced about outside the Muzik building, the fashion forecast inside was favourable.
Continue...Day one: Spring into action
Posted on October 17, 2006 by scasselman
In a flurry of cabs, canapés and Canadiana (love the gold maple-leaf pendants on the Fashion Design Council of Canada girls!), Toronto’s L’Oréal Fashion Week was off to a stiletto-strutting start.
Continue...Runway report
Posted on October 16, 2006 by scasselman
Let the games begin! It's Toronto's L'Oreal Fashion Week! Check back daily for our front row coverage of the best shows, as Canadian designers showcase their Spring 2007 collections. Continue...
Objects of desire
Posted on October 13, 2006 by scasselman
A recent Saturday morning stroll après the perfect blowout turned into a stride when raindrops began to fall. Ducking into a used bookstore (entre nous: I actually prefer the word vintage—it sounds less “dusty”) for a much-needed coiffure cover, I discovered the book Dear Scott, Dearest Zelda: The Love Letters of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald (available at amazon.ca). Reading countless pages of “dearest darling” and “my truest love” made me think: In our march for equality, have we managed to stamp out chivalry altogether?
Continue...To my holiday honeys
Posted on October 3, 2006 by scasselman
Even before I could bid adieu to my summer tote, my first holiday invitation arrived: a preview of the Gap Holiday 2006 collection in New York City. Ah, those three little words–New York City. They make a girl want to kick up her Choos and celebrate. I suddenly felt fabulously festive and RSVPed "yes." I would be there with bells on.
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