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TFW diary: Did David Dixon deliver for Spring 2012?

Caitlan Moneta — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:00:24 +0000

View the photo gallery » Having an end-of-week time slot on the LG Fashion Week calendar is a good thing and a bad thing. Good because by this point, we’ve all honed our lenses to focus on important trends and notable details, but bad too, because the week’s shiny lustre has mostly worn off, and [...]

TFW diary: A cavalcade of Canadian models and covetable ’60s-inspired styles at Joe Fresh

Caitlan Moneta — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:30:55 +0000

View the runway photo gallery » View the backstage beauty » View the runway video » When it comes to fashion, I have two minds. I oscillate between editor mode (carefully scrutinizing trends, fabrics, cuts, and colour) and shopping autopilot (dreaming up outfits, making must-have lists, and slowly building my dream closet). Last night’s Joe [...]

TFW diary: All the action from last night’s Mercedes-Benz Start Up competition

Caitlan Moneta — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:30:15 +0000

View the runway photo gallery » View the runway video » If there’s one main takeaway message from fashion week, it’s that we must recognize, foster, and promote our home-grown talent so that it can grow both here and abroad. With this in mind, the inaugural Mercedes-Benz Start Up competition was held last night, and [...]

TFW diary: Todd Lynn classics die hard, but this time with a girlier edge

Caitlan Moneta — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:30:24 +0000

View the runway photo gallery » View the runway video » Todd Lynn’s leather clad rocker is showing a softer side for spring. Pearlescent swishes of silk draped at the hip or cut into long, fluid pants gave a girlier appeal to a traditionally hard-edge collection. The pale palette also seemed fresh and new, with [...]

A Turkish tale: Behind the scenes at FASHION’s photo shoot in and around the sun-splashed Mediterranean city of Antalya

Caitlan Moneta — Wed, 25 May 2011 19:30:30 +0000

We’d been dreaming since December of ’70s supermodels roaming through ruins with big hair, big jewels and even bigger attitudes. We couldn’t stop thinking about Diana Ross in the 1975 film Mahogany, or the sophisticated world travellers who strode down the Saint Laurent, Pucci and Ferragamo spring runways. It all led to a transatlantic travel [...]

TFW diary: A new look for Amanda Lew Kee

Caitlan Moneta — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 16:30:50 +0000

Designer about town Amanda Lew Kee, often spotted sporting frosty blue lipstick interestingly took her runway bow without her signature pigmented pout (same goes for her models). Does this mean she’s experimenting with a new identity? Compared to last season’s capsule-sized collection, her fall outing certainly showed growth and a certain commerciality. She started with [...]

TFW diary: Great Canadian staples at Lundström

Caitlan Moneta — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 17:45:01 +0000

Perhaps the designers were crafting their collections while staring out their studio windows into the snowy landscape of the last few months, but this seems to be the week of great Canadian outerwear. And from a brand known for their iconic parka, we would expect no less. At last night’s Lundström Collection, that very parka⎯done [...]

TFW diary: A steep learning curve ahead for Choryin Choi

Caitlan Moneta — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:45:30 +0000

Given the number of new designers on the schedule each season, it’s clear that we’re big supporters of emerging talent. Fresh off of Seneca’s Textile Design and Fashion Arts Awards, newbie Choryin Choi may already have a devoted fan base. Exhibit A: uproarious applause by the student-filled crowd. A kooky capsule collection of complicated pieces [...]