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Dragonette’s newest album brings the brain and the bod back to the beat

By Elio Iannacci | September 6th, 2012 | 4:30 pm

It’s a scalding 32 degrees in lush Prince Edward County, two hours east of Toronto, and Canadian pop trio Dragonette is taking cover on a 52-acre woodland estate owned by lead singer Martina Sorbara’s family. Her dad, Greg, is a longtime Liberal MPP and former Ontario finance minister. The Sorbara compound is the group’s official HQ for the weekend. Cooling their heels in a man-made lake after a feverish tour cycle, the Juno winners—Sorbara, her husband, producer and bassist Dan Kurtz, and drummer Joel Stouffer—are trying to unwind. But a cellphone ring echoes among the flora, fauna and even a few fawns, and FASHION’s shoot in a converted barn turned photo studio calls them away from nature.

: Photography by Angela Lewis; hair and makeup by Vittorio for Plutino Group/Tresemmé Hair Care/M.A.C. Dress, $1,395, by Arthur Mendonça. Chain top, price on request, by UNTTLD

: Top, Sorbara’s own. Pants, price on request, by UNTTLD. Necklace, $100, by M.Sexton by Myles Sexton

The Weekend To-Do: We hit Toronto’s pop-up tuck shop, Vancouver’s Playland festival and watch Serena van der Woodsen and Tim Riggins collide on the big screen

By Caitlin Agnew | July 6th, 2012 | 11:13 am

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Photography by Nettika Berthelot

Record-breaking temperatures got you feeling like a wilted flower? Down some H2O and resist the urge to camp out next to an A/C vent, because the weekend is finally here. Shop for vintage and designer summer wares, contemplate the Wild West as interpreted by painters and photographers and watch worlds collide when Serena van der Woodsen meets Tim Riggins in SoCal. XOXO.

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Calgary Stampede To-Do: Pancake breakfast fashion shows, Kate Middleton–approved wears, a Carly Rae Jepsen concert and other ways to say “yee-haw!” to the Stampede’s centennial celebrations

By Caroline Gault | July 4th, 2012 | 1:00 pm

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This year marks the centennial for the Calgary Stampede, and after last year’s Royal visit, you can be sure this southern Alberta city will see a record number of tourists passing through Cowtown—or the New West, rather, from July 6 to 15.

Apart from the nightly parties taking place at a majority of restaurants, bars and music venues throughout the city, as well as that old rodeo—which has become, for many, somewhat of a side-note on a jam-packed Stampede social calendar—we’ve rounded up a few style and beauty necessities and can’t-miss events to keep you in the western spirit in present-day 2012.

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Carly Rae Jepsen, Katy Perry, Perez Hilton and more! See all the pictures from two of the biggest MMVA afterparties

By Paige Dzenis | June 19th, 2012 | 5:00 pm

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Perez Hilton One Night In Toronto MMVA After Party 2012

Photography by Grant Martin/Dominic Chan

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While every teenager in Toronto flooded Queen and John to cheer on Justin Bieber, Carly Rae Jepsen, Katy Perry and more at the 2012 MMVAs, once the show was over MuchMusic viewers who still remember the era of Rick the Temp descended downtown for the afterparties. Read more »

Inside last night’s Power Ball: Kobos on trees, a mock television talk show, a bison on a spit, a performance by Dragonette (and much much much more)

By Randi Bergman | June 15th, 2012 | 12:30 pm

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Photography by Jenna Marie Wakani

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Lauded as the hottest art party of the year, the Power Plant’s annual Power Ball fundraiser certainly lived up to expectations last night. Complete with wall-projected animations, Kobos hanging on trees, an old fashioned swing and a pre-party hosted by the much-hyped Soho House, almost 2,000 partygoers danced into the wee hours while carving off pieces of Marc Thuet’s bison on a spit. Some of our favourite duos—The Society’s Ashleigh Dempster and Amanda Blakely, designer Philip Sparks and NOW’s Andrew Sardone, Knot PR’s Amy Burstyn-Fritz and Tatiana Read, designer Jeremy Laing and Frank Griggs, and eTalk’s Tanya Kim and CP24’s Melissa Grelo—flitted around the scene. There was a mock television talk show (which we took part in) with a dancing robot sharing hosting duties. There was a performance by Dragonette. There were ladies dressed as sailors and men dressed as women. There were, always, many types of cocktails a-flowing (shout-out to Grey Goose, who created a timely Diamond Jubilee mix at the pre-party). Surely, more highlights will come to us throughout the day, but we can’t be asked to recount them all, given how late we were up.
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Justin! Selena! Carly! Katy! The countdown is on: 3 days to go until the 2012 MMVAs

By Alexandra Grant | June 14th, 2012 | 4:30 pm

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With just three days left until the MuchMusic Video Awards, the Canadian music network dropped a bombshell today: fan favourite Selena Gomez—who was the MMVA host last year—will be returning to this year’s awards show as a presenter. Read more »

Todd Lynn is showing his fall collection in Toronto at Coco Rocha’s Strut for a Cure

By Lara Tobin | April 22nd, 2010 | 11:01 am

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Photography: Todd Lynn Fall 2010 by Peter Stigter; Coco Rocha by Chris Moore/Courtesy of Louis Vuitton

When then 11-year-old Erika Campbell heard that her dad’s colleague was cycling across Canada in the annual Sears National Kids Cancer Ride, she wanted to put on a fashion show to help raise funds. Luckily she knew someone in the fashion biz–Campbell called her cousin Coco Rocha, who gathered 20 models from Elite agency (and 10 members of the local fire department) for a show at the Roxx nightclub in Barrie, Ontario. The now-annual event has become Strut for a Cure and its second year is coming to Toronto and throwing a blow-out party on May 27 at the Berkeley Church. FASHION is thrilled to be a presenting sponsor for the event, where every single dollar from ticket sales and donations is being given to the Coast to Coast Against Cancer Foundation (coasttocoastagainstcancer.org).

So what’s in store? Jeanne Beker is playing emcee for the night and Rocha has again invited her friends from Elite to walk with her in a runway show, outfitted in London-based Canadian designer Todd Lynn‘s Fall 2010 collection. (Lynn will be there in person as well.) There will be DJs spinning throughout the event, but the headline act is Martina Sorbara and Dan Kurtz’s electropop outfit, Dragonette. The Juno Award-winning band has worked with Cyndi Lauper, they’re in the Lollapalooza lineup this summer, and they’ll no doubt deliver a fiery set at Strut for a Cure. The $95 ticket price also includes an open bar and nibblies. To pick up a ticket (they’ll go fast), visit strutforacure.com.

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Dragonette’s newest album brings the brain and the bod back to the beat

The Weekend To-Do: We hit Toronto’s pop-up tuck shop, Vancouver’s Playland festival and watch Serena van der Woodsen and Tim Riggins collide on the big screen

Calgary Stampede To-Do: Pancake breakfast fashion shows, Kate Middleton–approved wears, a Carly Rae Jepsen concert and other ways to say “yee-haw!” to the Stampede’s centennial celebrations

Carly Rae Jepsen, Katy Perry, Perez Hilton and more! See all the pictures from two of the biggest MMVA afterparties

Inside last night’s Power Ball: Kobos on trees, a mock television talk show, a bison on a spit, a performance by Dragonette (and much much much more)

Justin! Selena! Carly! Katy! The countdown is on: 3 days to go until the 2012 MMVAs

Todd Lynn is showing his fall collection in Toronto at Coco Rocha’s Strut for a Cure

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