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By Joy Pecknold | April 13th, 2012 | 4:30 pm

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A cold day two of Vancouver’s Eco Fashion Week had attendees sporting last season’s winter coats or shivering in this season’s diaphanous dresses, which was fine by Indigenous Designs, who showed first. The California-based label, which uses fair trade and organic materials, sent out a succession of cozy knits in all nature of rich fall colours and patterns. Topping off every look was a very Spring ’12 Miu Miu-esque red eye.

Next Kreati-Ka, designed by French Seattleite Kathy Sabin-Mensah, brought far dressier fare to the runway. She succeeded most with some wearable yet sexy shifts with sheer insets or overlays. Her last grand, voluminous gown got some oohs and ahhs and then some oh nos as the model wearing it tripped a number of times on its extra length.
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Vancouver’s Eco Fashion Week kicks off with stellar collections and re-styled Value Village wears

By Joy Pecknold | April 12th, 2012 | 3:30 pm

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Mother Nature clearly approved of the kick-off to the Fall 2012 edition of Eco Fashion Week. She gave a long, wet, chillier-than-usual Vancouver winter its first dry spring high of 16 degrees. The runway, set atop an iceless 2010 Olympiad legacy rink in Robson Square, warmed up with a show featuring no new clothing.

It was stylists, not designers who took centre stage using some $500 worth of pre-loved Value Village finds. Sarah La Greca and Deanna Palkowski styled 21 waste-not, wide-ranging looks from pastel-on-pastel and print-on-print to ‘70s rock and ‘80s glam sent out to a Grimes soundtrack. My favourite: a Chinoiserie smoking jacket that wouldn’t have been out of place in Jason Wu’s fall collection, followed by a Cher Horowitz-esque pastel blue pleather jacket worn over a ladylike ivory ensemble—albeit more spring than fall—and a double scoop of polka dots on a blouse and pencil skirt.
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TFW Video: Behind-the-scenes at the Fall 2012 David Szeto show

By Randi Bergman | March 21st, 2012 | 2:00 pm

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TFW Style Snaps: 26 shots from outside the last day of Toronto Fashion Week

By Randi Bergman | March 21st, 2012 | 12:30 pm

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What better way to wrap Toronto Fashion Week(s) than with even more of Lewis Mirrett’s awesomely sunny shots from outside the last day of shows. Take a gander at the PYTs in this gallery and stay tuned for a full rundown of the top trends spotted inside and outside of the shows later on.
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TFW Diary: Jeremy Laing’s utilitarian feast feels as fresh as ever the third time around

By Sarah Casselman | March 21st, 2012 | 12:00 pm

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In bowling, it’s called a turkey. In hockey, it’s called a hat trick. Now that we’ve seen Jeremy Laing’s Fall 2012 collection three times (via both New York and Toronto) we want to know: what is this called in fashion? Given the wearability (no, it’s not a dirty word anymore) of Laing’s current line-up of tailored menswear-inspired separates, maybe the word for it is smart? Fewer architectural dresses found their way into the mix this season. Instead, big bleach-stained jackets, skinny trousers and strong coats took the spotlight. You’re not a Laing girl if you aren’t into layering—think jackets over diaphanous dresses over trousers. Zippers snaked their way down coats and maxi dresses, adding a familiar technical touch to his design aesthetic. Despite the many covered looks, he didn’t batten down all the hatches; a plunging neckline here and a sliver of skin there offered up a side of sexy that complemented this utilitarian feast that wrapped three weeks of shows.
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TFW Diary: Jean-Pierre Braganza brings his brand of East London edge to Toronto

By Rani Sheen | March 21st, 2012 | 11:00 am

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The ShOws were created to bring back talented expat Canadian designers showing overseas, and London-based Jean-Pierre Braganza is a fine example of a local boy doing good—he’s part of the just-announced Alexa Chung–fronted British Designers Collective for 2012, which means he’ll be retailing his wares in a six-week pop-up shop in Britain’s Bicester Village shopping centre alongside Preen, Holly Fulton, and Erickson Beamon. Toronto got an up-close look at his black, grey and plum and lilac fall collection last night, with its sharp-fitting pencil dresses with slashes of block colour or digi prints, wild patterned knits and voluminous, Westwood-ish bustled skirts.
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TFW Diary: David Szeto makes a ladylike Toronto debut

By FASHION Staff | March 20th, 2012 | 1:30 pm

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As the opener to last night’s The ShOws at the Ritz-Carlton, Paris/Brussels-based designer David Szeto brought his commercial collection of updated wrap dresses, simple suiting and mix printed separates for the first time. It was luxe to be sure—think gold-linked belts with jewelled detailing, black on white ruffled collars and chain hems on Chanel-esque jackets. The collection is sure to do well in a retail setting, but perhaps didn’t feel special enough to take the ushering helm of the third week of shows.
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TFW Style Snaps: 22 shots of fashion folks rushing in and out of the Ritz Carlton

By Randi Bergman | March 20th, 2012 | 1:00 pm

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Last night, our boy Lewis Mirrett was treated to the paparazzi treatment, when a security guard booted him off the Ritz Carlton property. “But I’m just trying to photograph the clothes!” he protested, but alas, the clearly un-fashioned gent didn’t get it. (As if you haven’t heard of Tommy Ton!) Ever the trooper, he still managed to turn out some pretty wicked shots from between the bushes. Check ‘em out.
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