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FASHION plates: Toronto fashion week essentials

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By Randi Bergman and Jordan Porter

Introducing the first in our new weekly feature, where we combine our love for pretty pictures and talent for delivering ultimate shopping picks. Each Tuesday, we’ll be gathering deliciously buyable products based on a common theme. First up: Toronto fashion week essentials! With the shows just around the corner and some shows already underway, now is the perfect time to indulge in some homegrown retail therapy. From household names like Roots to accessory artisans like Maryam Keyhani, here’s our list of Canadian can’t-live-withouts.

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Her Majesty’s headgear: The best hats from the royal visit

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Call it what you will, but the apparel of any political or monarchical leader is vital in how they go down in history. Think Marie Antoinette or more recently, the now-resigned PM of Japan who received boo’s all around when he sported that bizarre multicoloured shirt. Now that HRM The Queen has just left the country, we’re taking a look back at the sartorial choices she made during her stay, specifically the ones she put on her head. Our verdict? Those wide brims and elaborate details are, well, fit for a queen. Click the images below to see our favourites.


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Night of the TV stars

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FASHION’s Rani Sheen guest blogs from the Geminis.

Canada’s TV personalities turned out in their awards-show best on Friday night for the 23rd Annual Gemini Awards in Toronto. The InterContinental’s soaring glass lobby was a grand setting for pre-show cocktails, although the Metro Toronto Convention Centre’s basement was a slightly less glamorous venue for the awards.

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Andy the great

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One of the many perks of my job is chatting with super-talented designers and last week, I got the chance to talk to Montreal-based Andy Thê-Anh at the grand opening of his new boutique (83 Yorkville Ave., 416-921-2639, andytheanh.com) in Toronto’s tony Yorkville.

[See the Spring 2009 collection and view our video interview with Andy Thê-Anh]

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Halifax: Hey, Canada, we can do it too

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For a city you can hide in the palm of your hand, it’s mysteriously possible for its citizens to be right in the thick of citywide event and not have a clue. Halifax’s first dance with fashion week was no exception, passing by without stirring up much more than a light breeze. An event needs deafening buzz to catch this city’s attention and it seems this time around, the vibrations were at just the right pitch.

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FASHION Reporters

Halifax: Fashion Week, Round Two

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When eight strong-jawed men came lumbering down the runway in body-consuming pieces of pleated and stitched vinyl, bold panels of canary yellows and gunmetal greys, and highlights of clear cut-outs and airy silks—the fruits of designer Akshay Tyagi’s (akshaytyagi.com) labour—I knew this city’s latest go at a fashion week wasn’t in vain.

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Montreal: Fashion Week fast approaching

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Montreal Fashion Week is almost here.  Taking over the Bonsecours Market in old Montreal (October 13 to 17, montrealfashionweek.ca), the 15th edition of the event is more daring than ever, presenting many young, hip up-and-coming designers as well as the classic, timeless warriors, such as Marie Saint-Pierre, Helmer and many others. Here’s what I’m excited about:

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Lights, camera, fashion!

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Calgary is a cosmopolitan city, full of affluent audiences, hungry for fashion. But, anyone who lives here knows prices have soared over the past few years. For some, it’s hard enough to justify a vanilla-bean latte, let alone those killer Betsey Johnson pumps. So, what better way to indulge CIFF audiences, than with a heaping spoonful of Canada’s most reasonably-priced fashion line, Joe Fresh Style.

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