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All posts under ‘Lucian Matis’
By FASHION Staff | January 3rd, 2012 | 9:00 am
Photography by Mackenzie James
2012 marks FASHION Magazine’s 35th Anniversary! To celebrate, each issue, we’re pairing up with a different Canadian who is also celebrating a milestone. We invite our readers to enter for their chance to WIN the designers’ featured show pieces. First up, we’re giving away the frothy Lucian Matis dress featured above as well as on our February issue cover star, Andrej Pejic!
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By FASHION Staff | December 21st, 2011 | 12:01 am
2012 marks FASHION Magazine’s 35th Anniversary! To celebrate, each issue, we’re pairing up with a different Canadian who is also celebrating a milestone. We invite our readers to enter for their chance to WIN the designers’ featured show pieces. Good luck!
Enter to win this dress by Lucian Matis »
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By Rebecca Perrin | October 13th, 2011 | 3:00 pm
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Last night’s Lucian Matis show was an exhibition of super-bright embellishments worn atop sheer champagne bases but, if you ask us, the bona-fide delights were in the digits. Spotted on the runway was yet another certifiably insane—as in amazing—nail art design by Leeanne Colley from Tips Nail Bar, Toronto’s infamous cool zone for manicures. Before the show started, we snuck backstage to preview the custom almond-shaped nails decorated in a vibrant watercolour pattern. “We did a base of Revlon‘s “White on White” nail enamel, then CND‘s “Anchor Blue” and “Electric Orange” and Hard Candy‘s “Yellow and Splendid.” We dabbed a pin-sized amount of each colour onto the nail using a tiny brush, then dropped a smidgen of acetone on top to make it disperse and look transparent. Basically, we made all the colours run into each other,” Colley explained. Well, basically, Colley just inspired us to ornament our nails with similar show-stopping designs.
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By FASHION Staff | October 13th, 2011 | 12:00 pm
Photography by Jenna Marie Wakani
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Last night’s social schedule was jam-packed. Puddle jumping from Tiffany & Co.’s Lambertson Truex leather collab fete to the new Joe Fresh store opening at Queen and Portland (sadly missing the SPiN ping-pong club opening with investor and celeb guest Susan Sarandon—so many parties, so little time), we caught up with the fashion crowd for the second night of this pre-fashion week. Last on the list was Lucian Matis. Despite the rain, 99 Gallery was packed and the standing crowd was elbowing for a prime spot. The designer stood by his signature embellished aesthetic, decorating everything from watercolour nails to over-the-top drop earrings and copper paillette–encrusted bodysuits. Matis’s skill lies in stretching his technical muscles, employing those abilities to further his creative vision, resulting in bright woven bodices, tufted tulle, and sheer panels. Sometimes it worked, and sometimes it had us flashing back to last week’s episode of My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding. With an awe-inspired audience, however, he’s clearly garnered a devoted following on the Canadian scene.
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By Sarah Daniel | March 31st, 2011 | 5:00 pm
Photography by Kyriakos
“This hair is chaotic⎯it’s an organized mess,” said Paul Pereira, Schwarzkopf Essential Looks Stylist who enlisted OSiS Dust It mattifying powder and OSiS Freeze hairspray to achieve the big volume and tumbleweed-like textured updos that reminded us of the lopsided beehives at Vera Wang’s Spring 2011 show. The organized part revealed itself when the models turned around. “Lucian wanted the nape of the neck to show,” said Pereira, so he created a tight and tiny French braid that ran up the back of the head to meet the messy portion.
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By Caitlin Agnew | March 31st, 2011 | 1:30 pm
Photography by Kyriakos
At the Lucian Matis show on Wednesday evening, the first word that came to mind was big: big shoulders, big knits, big hair, big embellishments. And yes, there was even a big marquee sign that spelled out “Lucian Matis” in bright lights, should you happen to forget where you were. Held off-site at the Design Exchange in Toronto’s financial district, the show continued in the vein of Matis’s signature ornate style. Black bodysuits with oversized shoulders and exquisite bronze beading held their own against bulbous chunky knit sweaters. Stunning beading adorned Balmain-style, pointy-shouldered blazers and bedazzled the derrières of a few onesies. Matis’s streamlined gowns stole the show, including one with a floor-length skirt covered in ombré tassels, as well as a gold teacup dress with black beaded shoulders. While the collection was at once exquisite, extravagant and elegant, its saturated looks could have used a bit more of one thing: editing.
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By Elli Stuhler | May 14th, 2010 | 11:00 am
Check out the goods by young, talented Canadian designers at this upcoming sample sale for up to 80% off. Sort through eveningwear by Project Runway Canada runner-up Lucian Matis, funky printed dresses by Zoran Dobric and earthy day dresses by Carrie Hayes. Plus, adorn yourself with elaborate, vintage glam pieces from Jewellery by Karen.
300 Campbell Ave, Suite 201, buzzer 201. Saturday May 15 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday May 16 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. click here for more info
Next week, be sure to hit up the Brose sample sale for items from their Spring 2010, Fall 2009 and Spring 2009 collection for up to 70% off.
Twist Gallery, 1100 Queen Street West. Thursday May 20 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.
By Jennifer Campbell | April 14th, 2010 | 12:30 pm
LUCIAN MATIS Fall 2010
Lucian Matis told Ryerson’s weekly student paper, The Eye Opener, that it’s time to move on from LG Fashion Week and that he plans to show his next collection in New York. [The Eyeopener via Toronto Life] See the full Lucian Matis Fall 2010 collection
People are whispering because Yves Saint Laurent’s creative director Stefano Pilati was absent from the Metropolitan Opera Gala in New York–a big YSL-sponsored event–but the company CEO said at the dinner that the designer is simply busy working on the next collection in Paris. We know, right? Getting work done instead of going to a party? Scandale. [Grazia] Read more »
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