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TIFF Partysphere: Bright young things Felicity Jones, Anton Yelchin, and Jessica Chastain at the rooftop Interview and Joe Fresh party
On Tuesday night, Interview, a.k.a. one of New York’s definitively coolest mags, threw down with home-grown megabrand Joe Fresh atop the Spoke Club to celebrate the film “Like Crazy,” alongside its rising stars Felicity Jones (we’ve heard her referred to as the next Carey Mulligan) and Anton Yelchin. Everything was orange-y hued (including the Negroni), which is probably why Jessica Chastain showed up. Or maybe it was to engage in a ginge showdown with also-stunningly-tressed PR gal Alison Lawler-Dean. Despite the slight chill in the air, the patio was packed with minglers, including the inimitable power couple Joe Mimran and Kimberley Newport-Mimran.
Fashion » At the shows
TFW diary: Bright and juicy at Joe Fresh
Photography by Jenna Marie Wakani
With its debut flagship store opening this spring in The Big Apple and a handful of new flagship stores popping up across Canada, the future continues to look bright for Joe Fresh (and the mastermind behind the label, Joe Mimran, who sported an electric orange scarf at the show). This knock-your-socks-off colour wave lapped into Joe Fresh’s fall 2011 collection too with juicy orange shift dresses and cord belts, crisp blue and rich green outerwear⎯the bracelet length sleeve is back folks, so muster up your inner Jackie O and invest in a pair of elbow length gloves this fall. Oxford shoes dipped in metallic gold and librarian-chic low heels will keep you a step up for fall, while navy blue knits and camel coloured separates continue the classic sportswear streak. And when it comes to reciting your accessories vows, a rich cognac-hued tote bag is the one to have and to hold, forever and ever. Amen.
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Joe Mimran’s Barbie look-alike doll even sports velvet slippers
Joe Mimran (right) and his look-alike doll
*Sigh* Why must companies tease us by trotting out cult-y items that we want to own, but cannot actually buy? Case in point: Joe Mimran just had a Ken doll made in his image to celebrate Joe Fresh Style’s current line of Barbie merch. The doll has Mimran’s signature hair and is dressed in his signature blazer and open collar shirt and his signature velvet slippers complete with their signature crest. It’s so covetable. And so one-of-a-kind. Boo. Read more »
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Q&A: Joe Mimran talks about the first Joe Fresh flagship
Joe Mimran poses with models (from left) Tiiu Kuik, Irina Lazareanu and Arlenis Sosa
Hanging out with Irina Lazareanu is what I call a Saturday night well spent. And this is how last weekend played out, when Joe Mimran rolled into town to celebrate the opening of the country’s first freestanding Joe Fresh Style flagship (540 Granville St., 604-681-4200, joe.ca). With him? A handful of Toronto media, Loblaws executives, musicians from Marianas Trench, Divine Brown, The Stereos and Sweet Thing (who gave a free, afternoon street concert to screaming fans), DJ Mia Moretti and electro-violinist Caitlin Moe, and of course, the models—Irina, Arlenis Sosa and Tiiu Kuik. Here’s what he had to say about the store. Read more »
Scene » Red carpet
TIFF party pics: Pierre Bergé and YSL muses Loulou de la Falaise and Betty Catroux at the premiere of L’amour fou
Loulou De La Falaise, Betty Catroux and Pierre Bergé. Photography by George Pimentel/WireImage
It is a rare occasion indeed for Torontonians to rub shoulders with a fashion titan like Yves Saint Laurent‘s longtime partner, and co-ounder of YSL Rive Gauche, Pierre Bergé. But rub shoulders they did–an elite group, anyway–at the after party for the world premiere of Pierre Thoretton‘s documentary, L’amour fou. The film, which traces Saint Laurent’s career through the lens of his relationship with Bergé, and the ultimate auctioning off of their collection of art, furniture and objets, features extensive conversations with Bergé, as well as talks with the designer’s muses Loulou de la Falaise and Betty Catroux, who were staples on the Paris fashion scene. Read more »
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Party pics: Bloor Street comes out for CANFAR
Kimberley Newport-Mimran and Joe Mimran at Bloor Street Entertains. Photography by Tom and Aline Sandler
On Wednesday night, Bloor Street threw it’s massive annual fundraising effort for the Canadian Foundation for Aids Research (CANFAR). To reach their $400,000 goal, Bloor Street Entertains turns boutiques all over Toronto’s Yorkville neighborhood in pop-up restos catered by the city’s top chefs. Marc Thuet, Jamie Kennedy and Blu’s Massimo Collavani were just a few of the foodie names who cooked menus at venues normally known for dishing out luxe–Tiffany & Co., Eleven, George C., Holt Renfrew, Teatro Verde and Cartier among them. After dinner, the party moved over to the Royal Ontario Museum where the guest list included designers Sunny Fong, Jeremy Laing, Philip Sparks and Nada Shepherd, Canadian fashion royals Joe Mimran and Kimberley Newport-Mimran (who were also the event’s co-chairs), and sea of smartly dressed socials who cut a rug and tried to outbid each other in the silent auction.
Click on the photos below to see snaps from the event and if you don’t see yourself in the gallery, head to torontolife.com/BSE for more pics.
Fashion » At the shows
Video: Joe Fresh Style Spring 2010
We chat with designer Joe Mimran about spring’s underwear-as-outerwear collection.
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