On a sparkling sunny day, there’s really no better feeling than sailing around the leafy city backstreets on two wheels, skirt cheekily billowing in the self-created breeze. (Hair smushed by a helmet, of course.) A bike can be utilitarian and sporty, it can be squeaky and tortuous to ride uphill, like the cute vintage ’70s models—or it can be a dream to ride and a thing of great beauty, like this GranTurismo Donna cruiser by Italian company Abici. Read the rest of this entry »
When we caught wind of an affordable Marc Jacobs capsule collection coming down the pike, our first email was to Holt Renfrew to see if it was coming north of the border and…it is! Read the rest of this entry »
Coach's Bonnie Tote
Coach’s vibrant new Poppy collection (coach.com) has finally hit stores with its playful take on classic handbags and accessories. Read the rest of this entry »
Photography by Peter Stigter
Laura and Kate Mulleavy, creators of weird-cool demi-couture line Rodarte, took home the Womenswear Designer of the Year prize at last night’s CFDA Awards. Check out a few of our favourite looks from their Fall 2009 collection.
Khakis cool? Alexander Wang says so. The designer is one of a trio of promising names who have created pieces for the third round of Design Editions, the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund’s partnership with Gap. Wang, winner of the 2008 prize, joins the runners-up, Brooklyn’s Vena Cava and milliner Albertus Swanepoel, in cooking up micro collections in that Gap holy of holies. The collections hit stores today, hot on the heels of last night’s CFDA Awards where Wang took home the Swarovski Award for Womenswear. Read the rest of this entry »
Photography by Peter Stigter
Back in February the fashion blogerati were all chattering wildly about the newly (and now no longer) redheaded Coco Rocha gunning around New York Fashion Week wielding a mic. The Canadian mannequin was on assignment for E! Canada, chronicling her life during fashion’s holy week and interviewing a barrage of personalities. The results, Coco Rocha Fashion Attack NYC, which airs tonight at 10 p.m. EST on E! (check your local listings), are an hour-long chronicle of model mayhem—makeup at DVF, a fitting at Michael Kors, agent meetings and house parties. Read the rest of this entry »
Ashley Rowe is quickly becoming the go-to designer for cool girls on the event circuit. You don’t have to look too hard to see someone sporting one of her Miss Rowe signature bustiers or modish mini-dresses.
For the next two Saturdays (June 13 and 20, missrowe.com), the designer is hosting a customization event at her studio in the Toronto Fashion Incubator’s Exhibition Place home (285 Manitoba Dr., Pod 3). During a 30-minute appointment, you can choose your favourite style—an A-line top or dress, bustier or bustier dress—and Rowe will help you put together your dream piece. Read the rest of this entry »
Photography by Setareh Sarmadi
They say if you lived through a trend the first time, don’t do catch on the second round. That’s probably true, but despite attending high school in prime neon years, I’ve developed a bit of the fashion victim’s addiction to this season’s sporty incarnation. Read the rest of this entry »
From left: Leigh Lezark, a look from Mango's Fall 2009 collection and singer Solange Knowles
Knowing not a word of Spanish, I assumed the gilded words “El Hangar” on the Mango gala invite meant the whole glittering shindig would go down in a Barcelona airport hangar.
Not quite: the location of the Oscar party (that would be the jury chairman and too-charming host of this year’s El Botón-Mango Fashion Awards, Oscar de la Renta, not the little gold man) was in Mango’s BCN headquarters. To fete the second incarnation of the awards, the warehouse was transformed into an amber-lit hive of fast-fashion festivity, all champers and ciggies and swift kisses on both cheeks. The international jet set was in full force, so in that respect it was a sort of hangar, after all (and never mind all the overbronzed hangers-on).
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TASSONI BRASIL Resort 2010
There was a definite vibe at the Tassoni Brasil (tassonibrasil.com) show, part of last week’s Toronto Alternative Arts & Fashion Week—the room was packed with an audience that included up-and-coming designers and fashionable youth giving off a great sense of excitement and support.
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