Oh Canada! Today was a day of amazing Canadian talent on the New York scene with Kimberley Newport-Mimran showing a Brigitte Bardot on the Riviera–inspired collection filled with a mix of jumbo and petite polka-dot pieces, drop-waist, ruffled tank dresses, and bright hits of tangerine. The room stayed at capacity for most of the presentation, [...]

Just in time to hit the courts, Lacoste (1011 Ste-Catherine St. W., 800-798-1212, lacoste.ca) will open a new concept boutique in July on Montreal’s main drag. The slick two-level emporium joins sister concept shops in Paris, Berlin and New York. Look for the brand’s trendy new line L!VE for women, which debuts this fall. Game [...]

As if we weren’t already longing for the warmer temps, Lacoste and Catherine Malandrino’s upcoming collaboration has got us virtually counting down. Arriving at Holt Renfrew in April, the collection mixes classic Malandrino femininity with Lacoste’s signature sporty approach. Classic polos get a lift when mixed with flirty pleated skirts and transformed into thinly knit [...]

Saturday While you lovelies were brunching and cocktailing over the weekend, I’ve was hard at work celeb-spotting at the Lincoln Centre (I spy: Carmen Electra, Kristin Bell, J. Lo, Bradley Cooper, Neil Patrick Harris, Aisha Tyler, Kelly Osbourne, Kimora Lee Simmons, Chris Bosh, Rebecca Romijn, Christina Hendricks, and so on, and so on), crossing Manhattan [...]

“There is no fashion crime, what is bad taste one day becomes good taste the next,” says Jean Paul Gaultier. [Telegraph] Shoe designer Brian Atwood and Jones Apparel Group have teamed up to create a contemporary footwear and accessories label called B Brian Atwood set to debut in Fall 2011, with prices ranging from US$200 to [...]

The New York fashion pack crowded around mayor Michael Bloomberg at a press conference where he delivered new details about Fashion’s Night Out. Among his self-aware quips, we learned that 1000 shops are participating and the largest fashion show in New York history, with 150 models and 1,500 spectators, will take place. Anna Wintour, according [...]

The news on everyone’s lips right now is the break up between Hermès and Jean Paul Gaultier.  JPG is set to part ways with the fashion house after he presents his last collection for Spring 2011. Parisian designer and creative director of Lacoste, Christophe Lemaire, will be taking his place. [WWD] The inevitable step has [...]

Lacoste‘s colour blocking looked so fresh amongst all of the somber hues we’ve spied thus far. Sporty green looked perfectly suited alongside shades of cool violet. Reds ranging from pomegranate to cranberry were dominant and got in the game by way of a strapless ribbed knit tube dress. Quirky pompom accents on belts were rah-rah [...]