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By FASHION Staff | February 10th, 2012 | 3:00 pm
Photography by Lewis Mirrett
Welcome to New York Fashion Week! Our photog Lewis Mirrett will be sending his best snaps from the streets all week long. First up is a look at the goings on outside Milk Studios before Erickson Beamon presented their debut ready-to-wear collection.
By Patricia Gajo | February 9th, 2012 | 3:30 pm
Photography by Jimmy Hamelin
Day three was a lull in the Montreal Fashion Week storm. Fashion mavens, it appeared, were saving their most spectacular looks for day four’s finale. Today was a time for investment shopping.
Since I met Cinthya Chalifoux, the scissor whiz behind CIN Tailleur, I’ve enjoyed her feminine approach to made-to-measure. Having learned her trade from an old-school Montreal master tailor Roger Paquin, she’s been carving out a nice little niche for herself, crafting quality, fitted clothing. The short-but-sweet collection she presented in the cocktail lounge totalled about a dozen looks (for both men and women), all of them showcasing a suave English-countryside sophistication in tweed and cashmere, but amped up with black over-the-knee platform boots—for the women, that is.
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By Patricia Gajo | February 8th, 2012 | 1:00 pm
Photography by Jimmy Hamelin
How to survive Montreal Fashion Week? A roll of Mentos; it’s like breath-freshening gum that you can swallow. And breathe! I don’t mean simply inhale, but breathe in the moment. Season after season as I watch the evolution of designers maturing with each collection, I feel like I’m learning and growing too.
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By Patricia Gajo | February 7th, 2012 | 2:00 pm
Allen McEachern
I started Montreal Fashion Week with a major misstep; I missed the Tavãn & Mitto show. But Dressed to Kill’s EIC, Stéphane Le Duc, raved about T&M’s expert cuts and the luxurious repositioning of the brand—also how they’re going to sell exclusively from their boutique. It’s an interesting move that seems in line with the city’s growing niche market of quality and made-to-measure garments. As for the clothes, I’ll let the photos speak for themselves.
Hours before, I had received an early-bird Tweet from stylist Cary Tauben that he’d be styling DUY’s runway. “Get ready for a couture show,” he wrote, dropping a few crumbs about a “surprise.” Indeed, Duy Nguyen delivered a very haute-lifting experience. The Parisienne Madame focus was clear; the rich urban palette was solid. The “surprise” was Tauben himself, who—in an obvious Andrej Pejic–inspired move—strut his bare, model-esque legs beneath a fur-collared coat down the stage to rippling applause.
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By Randi Bergman | October 27th, 2011 | 12:00 pm
Photography by Jenna Marie Wakani and Lewis Mirrett
From the sporty styles spotted at Joe Fresh, Thomas Tait, and Amanda Lew Kee on the runway, to the furry vests and ombred hair already on the rise from outside the tents, Toronto Fashion Week was one fabulous trend flurry. Naturally, many of the top trends from the international shows made their comeback, including brights, must-have accessories, and vibrant prints. Get clicking and planning for next spring. Your shopping list should be at least 100 pages long.
View by trend: 1. DRAPE DE CHINE | 2. FURRY FRIENDS | 3. GYM CLASS | 4. HAIR APPARENT | 5. IT ACCESSORIES | 6. LIGHT BRIGHT | 7. PRINTED MATTER | 8. ROUGH ‘N TUMBLE | 9. SECRET GARDEN | 10. SWINGIN’ SIXTIES
By FASHION Staff | October 25th, 2011 | 3:30 pm
Photography by Jenna Marie Wakani
By Jessica Borchiver
For her Spring 2012 jewellery collection show, Micalla designer Camilla Jorgensen brought on the glitz and glamour. The larger-than-life pieces sparkled with Swarovski crystals, which had obvious undertones of: “Look at me!” The oversized, chunky, and bedazzling pieces may not be your everyday jewellery, yet the models could have easily persuaded us otherwise. However, there was one notable concern—I had to constantly remind myself that these pieces were designed for spring, not for winter. A heavy necklace embellished with frost-like crystals seemed fit for a snow queen, and the lack of bright colours left me confused. These winterized pieces seemed better suited for women accessorizing for the Christmas holidays or a New Year’s bash.
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By Laura Kathleen Maize | October 25th, 2011 | 1:30 pm
Photography by Jenna Marie Wakani
In its current incarnation as Judith & Charles, well-known Canadian contemporary brand Teenflo is looking good. Shown in presentation form, the Spring 2012 collection certainly got the eye-to-eye lookover, though it would have been nice to see the outfits in motion. I overheard more than one “I’d like to see the clothes move.”
The mostly neutral-hued collection used classic shapes—blazers, shift dresses, cardigans, boat-neck tops, and even a jumpsuit thrown in for good measure—to fill the mannequin-lined runway, and the murmurs from the crowd were pleased. This collection will certainly sell very well—the black semi-military-inspired jumpsuit was calling to me—but, as we’ve come to expect from this line, the items won’t exactly turn heads.
By FASHION Staff | October 25th, 2011 | 9:00 am
Photography by Jenna Marie Wakani
By Leah Semple
Presented to an at-capacity studio and accompanied by none other than a string quartet, the LG debut show of 21-year-old designer Adrian Wu started promisingly. By the first look out, however, the collection had already failed to impress. (That look being entitled “Natural Beauty,” or, in simpler terms, a hairy-legged man in a short lace shift dress and Lady Gaga–style facial orbit.) In looks titled “orgasm” and “blue balls,” tulle-wrapped IKEA paper lanterns overpowered the designs, protruding off of models in shapes suggestive of breasts and other bodily lumps ‘n’ bumps. While the gowns themselves were quite striking in a palette of muted colours and constructed to Wu’s signature voluminous style, they were not the focus of the audience, and apparently not that of Wu’s either. On more than a few pieces, faulty zippers and rogue hem threads stuck out like sore sartorial thumbs.
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