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Toronto’s own Amanda Lew Kee and Chloé Comme Parris to show at GenArt during New York Fashion Week

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Chloe Comme Parris and Amanda Lew Kee to show at GenArt

Left: Chloe and Parris Gordon shot by Jenna Marie Wakani. Right: Amanda Lew Kee.

Two budding Canadian design talents—Amanda Lew Kee and Chloé comme Parrisare heading to Big Apple for GenArt’s 14th annual Fresh Faces in Fashion event. The event, which showcases up and coming designers, takes place on September 9th and will include both men’s and women’s Spring 2013 read-to-wear collections. Fresh Faces in Fashion has sent some very talented—and now very successful—designers down the runway, including Rodarte, Zac Posen, Phillip Lim and Vena Cava, so the homegrown labels will certainly be in good company. We have no doubt that the Toronto-based designers will put up a serious showing—Amanda Lew Kee has designed looks for HBO’s True Blood, sister-helmed Chloé Comme Parris makes gorgeous covet-worthy pieces, and both emerging labels have already shown at Toronto Fashion Week. Best of luck ladies!


Inside The Society’s latest soiree: Tchaikovsky and a whole lotta Toronto tastemakers

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Photography by Jenna Marie Wakani

Last night, some of Toronto’s fanciest tastemakers headed to the east side’s hanger-cum-venue Airship 37 to partake in The Society’s equally fancy soiree: a pairing of fancy wines and fancy music. Dubbed The Urban Symphony, the event planning duo Ashleigh Dempster and Amanda Blakley combo’d fine wine from New Zealand brand The People’s Wine and fine music from the Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s violinists Peter Seminovs and Amanda Goodburn, viola Eric Nowlin, and cellist Igor Gefter. Bathed in purple light, the group, including designers Maryam Keyhani, Amanda Lew Kee and Kirk Pickersgill (Greta Constantine), as well as PR aficionados Lauren Wolff and Candice Best, enjoyed a Pinot Gris and Mozart blend followed by a Pinot Noir and Tchaikovsky. For those who thought music was best listened to with your ears, think again.

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TFW Diary: Amanda Lew Kee goes back to black basics for fall

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Photography by Jenna Marie Wakani

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Last night at The Hoxton felt very much like discovering a new designer—a dark, moody space and several unknowns clothed in all black. In reality, it was more like we were in a time warp, since Amanda Lew Kee is in her fifth season. Opting to show offsite—and by show, we mean show a video—any of the designer’s efforts for the season were pretty easily missed by me, as I stood on my tippy toes just trying to get a glimpse at the looks in the video. Directed by the awesome Hannah Sider and featuring the designer in the starring role—the video showed Lew Kee prancing on and off the screen in her dark and lace-ified looks while sporting a black veil and the same bright-blue lips that she’s worn for a few years on end. Equal parts seductive and well, confusing, we still aren’t quite sure how to feel about the event.


Schaumann + Amanda Lew Kee present: Cross Court

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Next up in our all-Canuck fashion film series, we’re heading to the squash court for an ultra-trippy and ultra-sporty play on Amanda Lew Kee’s kaleidoscopic Spring 2012 collection. Filmed in Toronto at the Ryerson Athletic Centre, this shoot took flight once director Hannah Sider, along with partner Gabriel Graham, began to see Lew Kee’s models as athletes in their own rights. What we see is a fierce spring collection on a fiercely stunning model. What do you see?

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TFW diary: Amanda Lew Kee’s spring is so bright, you’ve got to wear visors

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Photography by Jenna Marie Makani

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When a brightly packaged macaron invite to Amanda Lew Kee’s Spring 2012 show appeared on our desks last week, we knew we were in for something sunny. And it was so sunny that models wore visors, while several suited onlookers peered in to watch through the King Street West-facing glass wall. In contrast to last season’s sometimes over-embellished outing, this season was a light and airy ode to hip sportswear, featuring sheer-white button downs, panelled leggings, shorts with oversized and exposed pockets, and a beautiful pair of beige silk wide legs that were slit along the sides. Two graphic prints—one with distinctly early ‘90s hippy wall-hanging flare—appeared as panels, yokes, and stripes added some serious cool-factor that we’re sure to be seeing on many a cool girl come spring.
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They said/We said: Toronto fashion week to celebrate 25th year with a new location and shows by Joeffer Caoc, Cynthia Rowley, and more!

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Photography by Jenna Marie Wakani

The Spring 2012 collections, taking place October 17–21, will mark the 25th Toronto fashion week. Having previously announced the location of the new venue, the Fashion Design Council of Canada has now released the schedule and details about the week.

While we’re not sure what to expect with the week’s theme of “CanadaCool,” we’re excited about the new venue, David Pecaut Square. With the new venue being downtown, we no longer have to teeter down to the exhibition in four-inch heels.

Each season showcases Canada’s design talent and Spring 2012 is no different, with collections from fashion heavyweights Joeffer Caoc, Pink Tartan, Denis Gagnon, and the new and exciting Amanda Lew Kee and Chloe Comme Parris. This season is also going international with established American designer Cynthia Rowley showing three never-before-seen looks.

With a new name and venue, we hope that the collections from Canadian designers are equally as fresh and thrilling.
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True Blood recap: We take wardrobe cues from Jason’s oh-so-tight Levi’s, Sookie’s army jacket and what Lafayette wears while he’s inhabited by a ghost

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Last week, the sight of Eric and Sookie christening every room of the house may have scarred our memory, but other stuff happened too: Lafayette is a medium, Tommy is a skin walker who can shift into people, and Bill and his vamps took a self-imposed silvering to try to beat Antonia at her game of unhide-and-go-seek-the-sun.

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- Jessica, under Antonia’s spell, opens the door to meet the sun only to get tackled by tight end (not sure if that was his football position; we’re mostly alluding to his butt) Jason who rushes in Superman-style, hair blowing in slow motion. He wraps her in a carpet and shuts the door faster than you can say “touchdown.”
-She’s no football, and so she’s quickly on top of him and about to bite when Antonia and her rag-tag witches stop chanting.
-Jess is slightly singed but grateful Jason saved her and a thank you make-out ensues as Bill shouts her name from below.
-Jason carries her to bed like a groom with a bride (we doubt she’s too weak to walk, but we wouldn’t turn that down either) and re-chains her—they don’t know when Antonia will start chanting again.
-Oh, and that gunshot from last week? That was Jason shooting a guard in the shoulder, but all is forgiven.
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Video: Amanda Lew Kee talks natural disasters and Asian cinema

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