Attention all readers in la Belle Province. Montreal’s own Tanuki Project will be bringing their distinct live show, which blends their electro-dance beats with artful image projections, to the stage at Montreal’s Festival Mode et Design. Check them out on August 4th at 10 p.m., just a day after their debut album Playground for Everyone [...]

One of our favourite dress-up occasions, the annual Buy Design party, has just announced the details for the seventh edition of the fundraiser, which supports Windfall (windfallbasics.com)–a clothing bank that provides new clothing and basic-needs items to vulnerable families in the GTA. Next year’s theme is the Dirty ’30s–apropos considering the current climate–complete with badminton, [...]

Canadian designer Erdem Moralioglu will showcase a collection of his favourite designs London’s Victoria & Albert Museum. Erdem’s pieces will be showcased in the Raphael Gallery in conjunction with the Fashion In Motion series. “I am thrilled and honoured to be showing at the Victoria & Albert Museum,” said the designer, who has been based [...]

Vintage mavens and do-it-yourself designers should head down to the Textile Museum of Canada (55 Centre Avenue, Toronto, 416-599-5321, textilemuseum.ca) tomorrow night for panel discussion on upcycling (i.e. making old stuff new). Preloved’s Julia Grieve (an expert in this area) will join vintage costume jewellery maven Carole Tanenbaum for the talk, titled Fashion Forum: Style [...]

“In an Absolut world,” Justin Broadbent jokes, “all the vodka would be beer.” For an artist, Broadbent can be such a dude.  He creates almost hyper-actively—photographing, graphic designing, directing music videos (hotdoggarbage.com), mashing up mediums in big-scale works—and now,  he’s been commissioned by Absolut to create a one-day-only art exhibit. But honestly? On the sunny [...]

Here at FASHION we hate to gossip. We’ve never even heard of Robert Pattinson or Blake Lively or…BritBrit. Gah! Fine–Brangelina, McGosling, True Blood, JLo! So obviously we’re excited about this: Our favourite dirt disher, Lainey, is hosting her fourth Smut Soiree with the socials at The Society on June 23. The night is a big [...]

You know summer is officially here when: a) the Main is closed for the weekend and you can smell the chow mein from miles away. b) You and your friends are trying desperately to find a new friend with a pool. c) the Festival Mode et Design is finally taking downtown in hostage! From June [...]

Ashley Rowe is quickly becoming the go-to designer for cool girls on the event circuit. You don’t have to look too hard to see someone sporting one of her Miss Rowe signature bustiers or modish mini-dresses. For the next two Saturdays (June 13 and 20, missrowe.com), the designer is hosting a customization event at her [...]