View the photo gallery » Having an end-of-week time slot on the LG Fashion Week calendar is a good thing and a bad thing. Good because by this point, we’ve all honed our lenses to focus on important trends and notable details, but bad too, because the week’s shiny lustre has mostly worn off, and [...]

When you say “Ikea art,” I think of generic, upper-middle-class “art” by the truckload: Warhol portraits, or Breakfast at Tiffany’s stills, or stock-like glossy photography of hothouse flowers. But the Wednesday-night opening of exhibitIKEA, a Toronto pop-up at the corner of King and Peter streets, smashed that perception to bits. Four Canadian creators were called [...]

By Allyssia Alleyne Has one too many H&M shopping sprees left you broke and with nary a hanger for your favourite cocktail dress? Kristy Wieber and Lisa Delorme of Rent frock Repeat (rentfrockrepeat.com) are here to help. Unveiled last Thursday at an invite-only soiree at The Spoke Club, the Toronto-based site allows shoppers to browse [...]

With 16 years worth of shows at Toronto fashion week under his belt, David Dixon has reason to celebrate. In honour of this milestone, his Fall 2011 show was preceded by a “Sweet Sixteen” retrospective of design highlights from his career. Set to a slideshow of family photos and monologues that served as inspiration for [...]

David Dixon presented his new diffusion line to Montreal Fashion Week on Monday night. In this video he talks to Ashley Joseph about his inspiration and presenting his first MFW show. See looks more video from Montreal Fashion Week» See our full coverage of Montreal Fashion Week»

By Ashley Joseph Montreal Fashion Week opened with an off-site event at MFW veteran Marie Saint Pierre’s St-Henri studio, where editors, bloggers, photogs and fans filed in for a behind-the-scenes look at where the magic happens. The ever so classic collection, punctuated by Saint Pierre’s signature ruffled and crinkled fabrics, was presented showroom-style as seamstresses [...]

Comrags always puts on one of the most genuinely fun shows at Toronto Fashion Week. This season, the models were sporting big smiles (due, we’re sure, to the totally reasonable footwear–fur-trimmed flat boots) and big, bobbed masses of kinks and curls.  Photographer Angela Y. Martin went backstage to take model portraits before the show. Enjoy! [...]

We always knew that David Dixon was a popular guy, but the massive crush at the door (we even had to kick a few brazen imposters out of our seats!) was a true testament to his reputation as an established Canadian designer.  The collection was safe, shape-wise, and Dixon focused his lens on blending cultural [...]