For anyone who grew up watching Married…With Children, leopard print will forever have Peg Bundy’s bouffant attached to it in our minds. But we’d best get over it because leopard has come roaring back for fall. This slim pencil skirt ($53, asos.com) speaks to the print’s new (and, silmutaneously, retro ’50s) ladylike direction. But we say, what’s so wrong with Peg Bundy anyway?
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Shopping » Daily steal
The daily steal: Leopard-print skirt, $53
Shopping » Daily steal
The daily steal: Cross-body bag, $63
As an urban cyclist, the number one priority for a purse is that it must have cross-body capabilities. Weaving through cab drivers and jaywalking tourists is just that much harder when clutching for a shoulder bag’s dear little life. This one, ($63, topshop.com) fits the bill very nicely, and while the canvas is great for summer, the leather makes it an easy transition into fall.
Shopping » Daily steal
The daily steal: Leather pants, $79
Leather isn’t the first thing you throw on when the weather turns warm, but more than a few designers put leather pieces into their spring collections. Even if you don’t want to don these slim-cut leather jeans from Danier in the sticky months, at only $79 (on sale from $249, danier.com) they’re a cracking investment for your fall wardrobe.
Fashion
Danier picks a winner in their student design challenge
John Hillifer's winning jacket
The competition was tough enough, with 65 third-year Ryerson School of Fashion students competing to have their leather jacket be chosen as the winner in Danier‘s Design Challenge. The fact that none of the top three contestants had ever worked with leather before made their achievement especially impressive.
Danier and Ryerson dreamed up a three-stage competition that allowed students to test their sewing skills by creating a women’s leather jacket. The challenge began with participants preparing a two-minute video presenting a sketch of their garment. The videos were then posted online and the public got to vote on who made it to the next rounds–25 students got to create a muslin (dummy garment) and only 15 got to create their final leather piece.
Along with the public, a panel of judges, which included Jeanne Beker, Ryerson Fashion chair Robert Ott, stylist George Antonopoulos and Globe & Mail style writer Tiyana Grulovic, chose the winning design. Read more »
Fashion » At the shows
Toronto: Rudsak Spring 2010
Photography by Angela Y. Martin
If you’re on the hunt for a biker jacket, city tote or belted dress (and you have a love affair with leather), look no further than Montreal label Rudsak. Designer Evik Asatoorian’s spring 2010 collection for the brand was heavy on the aforementioned pieces, ranging in shades of mushroom, bone and vanilla. But amidst all of these neutrals came a knockout chili-pepper red dress (in leather, bien sur) and a rich purple foldover clutch. Rudsak’s success lies in its’ simplicity. Think pared-down classic pieces that have been reworked – ruched coat dresses, techno-fabric trench coats and leather dresses with pintucked fronts. FASHION‘s final thought: Sometimes less is more.
See a gallery of looks after the jump.
Fashion » At the shows
LG Fashion Week: Monday’s best look
VAWK Spring 2010. Photography by Angela Y. Martin
Monday’s look of the day was plucked from Sunny Fong’s 12-piece collection for his label, Vawk. Fong’s perforated leather was our favourite of his hand-done details and we love the simplicity of this vanilla-hued coat dress.
Fashion » At the shows
Slideshow: Nada Fall 2009
NADA Fall 2009. Photography by Jess Baumung
Nada Shepherd’s fall collection imagines clothes for distopic future.
View the collection: NADA
