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TFW Diary: Rad Hourani closes out the week with an androgynous video/model takeover

By Caitlin Agnew | March 19th, 2012 | 11:00 am

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For his fifth anniversary show Friday evening, Rad Hourani opened with a multi-screened, black-and-white video presentation set to an ambient soundtrack of chirping birdies. But before long, the runway was taken over by an army of androgynous models, hair centre-parted and slicked back, in a parade of beyond-streamlined belted coats and tight pants. The classic Rad by Rad Hourani uniform of black-on-black was given an earthy punch of mossy green; nearly every model carryied a sleek, sharp-angled leather bag. With spring barely here, I’m already getting excited for the fall, if only to wear Hourani’s futuristic take on the varsity jacket.
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TFW Diary: Ashtiani proves softness and angularity are one delicious mix for fall

By Ilmie Dharmaratna | March 16th, 2012 | 3:00 pm

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The message at yesterday’s Ashtiani show was clear: Muted tones and simple structures trump the over-the-top elaboration seen elsewhere this week (you know who you are). Done up in calming greys, muted mints and the like, designer Golnaz Ashtiani served up quite a few must-haves for fall. Case in point: a light cream cropped wool jacket with mini cape collar in frosty blue, that was paired with a patent leather trimmed wool skirt and a close-fit dress with soft green pleating. Have you ever seen such soft angularity?

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TFW Style Snaps: 32 spectacularly mixed prints from outside the shows

By Randi Bergman | March 16th, 2012 | 2:30 pm

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“Mix master! Cut faster!” is what we’re singing right now. Just look how well leopard, stripes, florals, and Navajo have been spliced by yesterday’s most stylish Toronto Fashion week attendees. Being Friday and all, that’s really all we have to say, but these delicious images really do speak for themselves. Happy viewing!
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TFW Diary: 39 Joseph-worthy technicoloured looks from Matis by Lucian Matis

By Nicola St. George-Hyslop | March 16th, 2012 | 12:00 pm

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You would think it was commonplace, but creating a diffusion line that has direct ties to its sister brand isn’t always how things go down. Such was the case, however, with Matis by Lucian Matis, Lucian Matis’s affordable line of wears (as if we needed to clarify that), which showed earlier this week. The collection borrowed its largely black colour scheme along with the notable feather adornments—a definite street-style want—from its older sister label.

Matis featured many a wrap dress in almost every technicoloured pattern imaginable. Trust us, Joseph would be jealous. It’s a flattering shape to be sure, but it would have been nice to see Matis mix up the silhouettes a bit, especially given how great some of the other styles were. Case in point: one simple black shift with elbow-length sleeves and knit outer pockets seemingly made just for a Coachella girl.
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TFW Video: Behind-the-scenes at the Fall 2012 Pink Tartan show!

By Randi Bergman | March 16th, 2012 | 11:00 am

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TFW Diary: Festooned peplums! Sumptuous furs! Check out 30 luxe looks from last night’s Pink Tartan show

By Rani Sheen | March 16th, 2012 | 10:30 am

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Pink Tartan’s Kimberley Newport Mimran aimed her Fall 2012 collection at the same glossy working woman as usual—the one who sweeps elegantly from the office to a cocktail party—though perhaps this season she’s had a promotion. The textures were extra sumptuous, from a fluffy rose-pink jacket to a deep red velvet coat with furry sleeves to a full feather peplum. This is the collection to shop for the peplum trend this fall: the waist frill appeared on sleeveless shells with lean flared trousers or over long bandage dresses. (One of those was worn by model Kate Somers, with a new wispy, shoulder-length haircut, who decided her vertiginous pointy heels had to come off at the end of the runway, to cheers from the socialite-filled crowd.) Newport-Mimran made a strong case for selling us our fall coats—most of the looks were dominated by their toppers, and we have our eye on a gorgeous Céline-esque forest green wool coat with leather sleeves. Really, a promotion deserves a little self-present.
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TFW Diary: Über graphics meet the Fair Isle in Line’s stellar fall collection

By FASHION Staff | March 15th, 2012 | 4:00 pm

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Line has us covered for all sorts of cozy knits come fall. Combined with slimmer underpinnings the collection features knobby knits in rich eggplants, oranges, and greens. The best looks were schoolboy inspired—picture: über graphic-meets-Fair Isle knits topping untucked oxford shirts and bulky trousers. The results were just as successful when sweaters were layered atop sweaters (shocker!) and paired with a sheen-y (but not quite metallic) skinny pant.

And while our ever-picky eyes couldn’t help but focus on the somewhat puzzling inclusion of fur-knuckled fingerless gloves (nor the redundant black leather leggings, if we’re being honest), we have a mile high ‘want’ list of stylish Line knits for fall.
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TFW Style Snaps: 40 shots of It bags and brights en masse outside the shows

By Randi Bergman | March 15th, 2012 | 2:30 pm

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Looks like everybody was thinking the same thing when they got dressed for the shows yesterday, as Toronto’s finest stepped out in some of the juiciest brights we’ve seen all season! (And by season, we mean the unseasonably warm few days we’ve been having). There was tons o’ tangerine and even pastel It bags, from Céline to Prada and beyond! Take a look at our best shots and get inspired to brighten it up yourself.
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