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Posts with category "Runway Report"
Runway report
Posted on October 16, 2006
Let the games begin! It's Toronto's L'Oreal Fashion Week! Check back daily for our front row coverage of the best shows, as Canadian designers showcase their Spring 2007 collections.Categories: Runway Report
Day one: Spring into action
Posted on October 17, 2006
In a flurry of cabs, canapés and Canadiana (love the gold maple-leaf pendants on the Fashion Design Council of Canada girls!), Toronto’s L’Oréal Fashion Week was off to a stiletto-strutting start.
Categories: Runway Report
Day two: Rain, rain, go away…
Posted on October 18, 2006
The torrential rain on Tuesday didn’t wash away the fashion crowd, who arrived ready for round two. And while Burberry umbrellas bounced about outside the Muzik building, the fashion forecast inside was favourable.
Categories: Runway Report
Day three: Mid-week mania
Posted on October 19, 2006
Stuck in a ghastly gridlock, I barely arrived in time for the next round of shows. After a quick pit stop at the media lounge to grab (the fashion editor fix of a diet coke and buffet bite) and gab (five hours a day for five days a week, and there is still more to chat about?) with some of fashion’s finest ladies and gents, I was back in my seat, feeling refreshed and revitalized for some ready-to-wear…
Categories: Runway Report
Day four: All work and no play…
Posted on October 20, 2006
Despite a few stiletto-wounded whimpers overheard in the show lineups last night, the energy was still electric après a full four days of the FDCC’s Canadian-cool Fashion Week. While the shows (thus far) have ranged from dazzling to disappointing, one thing is certain: All work and no play makes fashion a dull industry. Hence, the word on everyone’s collagen-plumped lips ce soir was: after-parties!
But before we can mix ’n’ mingle in our Manolos, I hear the call of the styled…
Categories: Runway Report
Day five: Very fashionably late…
Posted on October 25, 2006
The final night of Toronto’s L’Oréal Fashion Week may have been on-trend, but it definitely was not on time. After waiting a full 1 hour 15 minutes, the lights dimmed and the music started. I put down my prosecco and picked up my pen…on with the show.
Categories: Runway Report
Day one – In Grand Style
Posted on March 15, 2007
Question: Has spring already passed me by? With the weather at a balmy 10 degrees and a cream Burberry duster coat sweetly whispering “spring” in my ear, I am already thinking about the new collections and knitwear for Fall 2007. On the (stilettoed) heels of the fall international collections in Milan and Paris, Toronto’s L’Oreal Fashion Week has officially begun with all of its fanfare, fashionistas and fabulousness.
Categories: Runway Report
Day two – Ruby Tuesday
Posted on March 16, 2007
Looking to spot some gems today, I was armed and ready with my Fashion Week essentials: Starbucks, a cellphone and sunglasses. After popping in at the Tevrow + Chase showroom to view the fall lineup (watch for print blouses, adorable bubble skirts and fab egg-shaped coats—j’adore!), I raced back to the Liberty Grand to join the fashion pack for today’s runway roster.
Categories: Runway Report
Day three – Front row and fancy-free
Posted on March 19, 2007
Despite a few fashion casualties (felled by fierce-looking boots on sore feet), too much caffeine and too little sleep, the fashion pack turned up today looking perfectly turned out. Inside the Liberty Grand, spirits were still high and the ankle booties even higher. On with the shows…
Categories: Runway Report
Day four – TGIF
Posted on March 21, 2007
After a late night (12 a.m.!) at the J.Lindeberg fashion show, hosted by Elmer Olsen Model Management at the Ultra Supper Club on Queen Street West, FASHION realized two things the next morning:
- Sunglasses and a slick of bright lipgloss do a feting femme good
- Blazer-wearing boys (in the show and the crowd) are on our style radar
Categories: Runway Report
