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The daily steal: Sex And The City chocolates, $9

Posted February 12th, 2010 | 9:00 am | By Sarah Casselman | 3 Comments

Photography Nettika Berthelot

Photography Nettika Berthelot

Can’t wait until May for Carrie Bradshaw and co. to hit the big screen again?  Then throw on your Manolos and take a bite out of the Big Apple now with Laura Secord’s Sex And The City chocolate collection (from $9, laurasecord.ca).  Based on the show’s characters, there are four distinct confections to choose from–the New York city skyline (Carrie), graphic patterns (Miranda), shoes (Charlotte) and leopard-print (Samantha).  Perfect for any girl-about-town this Valentine’s Day.

Culture

Get some reel love at these coast-to-coast film fests

Posted January 19th, 2010 | 4:56 pm | By Sarah Nicole Prickett | No Comments

Wong Kar-Wai's In The Mood For Love plays January 29 and February 10 at Cinematheque Ontario. Photo by USA Films/Photofest

Wong Kar-Wai's In The Mood For Love plays January 29 and February 10 at Cinematheque Ontario. Photo by USA Films/Photofest

No more nights at the multiplex. This month, feel the art and soul of movies with a coast-to-coast host of film festivities:

  • Victoria Film Festival has bee showcasing indie cinema for 15 years; it’s a chiller, cozier alternative to the Hollywood North-ness of the Vancouver film fest. (January 29 to February 7, victoriafilmfestival.com) Read the rest of this entry »

    • Beauty

    We match up Tom Ford’s latest scents with the men of A Single Man

    Posted January 11th, 2010 | 3:30 pm | By Siofan Davies | No Comments

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    Photography by Katie Ennis

    After seeing Tom Ford’s spectacular directorial debut, A Single Man, my friend compared it to a two-hour long perfume commercial. She meant this as a compliment. The film contains characters of real dimension and weight, and sex appeal, which can also be said of the fragrances Ford himself has created. Ford had a hand in the wardrobes of George (Colin Firth) and Kenny (Nicholas Hoult) for the film, but it is also easy to imagine them and the other male characters enveloped in a fragrance from the new four-piece Tom Ford Private Blend White Musk Collection ($210 each, at Harry Rosen).

    Click the images below to see which scent we picked for the characters.

    Culture

    Twihards join Degrassi kids, Fefe Dobson and Bella’s dad at the New Moon premiere

    Posted November 20th, 2009 | 3:33 pm | By Siofan Davies | 1 Comment

    nov09newmoon8_lgTeam Edward and Team Jacob came out for premiere of The Twilight Saga: New Moon at Toronto’s Winter Garden Theatre last night. The crowd ranged from tweens in kitten heels and crinolines (Suri Cruise in five years) to TwiMoms in satin and sequins. The accessory of the evening wasn’t sparkly jewels reminiscent of Edward’s sun-touched skin, but feathered headpieces that were more posh than goth. But back to the boys!

    See photos from the New Moon premiere after the jump.

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    Fashion

    The September Issue will screen during Toronto Fashion Week!

    Posted September 30th, 2009 | 11:09 am | By Jennifer Campbell | 1 Comment


    FINALLY! Toronto documentary series Doc Soup will host the Canadian premiere of The September Issue on Wednesday, October 21–during Toronto’s LG Fashion Week. If you need reminding, the film follows Anna Wintour, Grace Coddington et al, as they put together the September 2007 issue of Vogue. Read the rest of this entry »

    Culture » FASHION at the CIFF

    Fashion at CIFF: Rocker chic invades the fest for Rock Prophecies party

    Posted September 29th, 2009 | 4:30 pm | By Karen Ashbee | No Comments

    Photography by Maryanne Bilham

    Photography by Maryanne Bilham

    In the immortal words of Mick Jagger, “It’s only rock ’n’ roll but I like it!” There wasn’t much not to like about the award-winning documentary Rock Prophecies, which screened Saturday night at the Calgary International Film Festival. From director John Chester, this film explored the life of Robert Knight, an iconic rock photog who’s snapped everyone from Led Zepplin to Aussie band Sick Puppies.

    After hearing the film’s wicked soundtrack, I was tempted to skip the after bash and head home to host my own personal party, complete with some long-shelved LPs, but I did my film fest duty and headed down to the Barley Mill for the bash. Read the rest of this entry »

    TIFF 2009

    TIFF Video: On the red carpet with Amanda Seyfried at the Chloe premiere

    Posted September 17th, 2009 | 11:50 am | By Jennifer Campbell | No Comments

    Fashion

    Video: Grace Coddington vs. giant scarves in The September Issue

    Posted August 19th, 2009 | 7:18 pm | By Jennifer Campbell | 4 Comments

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    Two more clips from The September Issue are making the rounds. The premiere is tonight at the MoMA in New York, but it won’t make it to a theatre near (some of) you until October. The first clip shows some light Sienna Miller hair drama–the blonde bobbed wig they were using to cover her lank hair didn’t really work out, leading to the top knot that eventually made the shot. The second clip features Grace Coddington and her wild hair tending to Raquel Zimmermann, Coco Rocha and some gigantic knits. (Remember those big orange scarves from Giles?)

    Enticingly brief clips after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

    Culture

    The French New Wave spends July at Cinematheque Ontario

    Posted July 3rd, 2009 | 2:20 pm | By Sarah Nicole Prickett | 1 Comment

    Jean Seberg in Jean-Luc Godard's <em>Breathless</em>

    Jean Seberg in Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless

    When Stuart Murdoch, the sad singing Scotsman best known for fronting Belle and Sebastian, met his wife, he left her Breathless.

    Says the New York Times Magazine: “As a courtship present, Murdoch made her a replica of the New York Herald Tribune T-shirt Seberg wore in the opening shot of Breathless.”

    Cute, right? But then: “‘I may have also done that for an earlier girlfriend,’ Murdoch admitted sheepishly.”

    Ah yes. How appropriate. Like Murdoch’s women, all fashionable lovers of French New Wave know the delight of discovering a genre made exactly, exquisitely, for them—the super-chic haircuts, the striped shirts and plaid minis, the smoky-eyed (and forever smoking) gamines—only to realize they’re just the latest suckers for the lovely clichés of Parisian art-house cinema.

    But don’t let that stop you from falling: this summer, the Cinematheque at the AGO is screening gorgeous pics by Godard and his precocious coterie of peers. Read the rest of this entry »

    Fashion

    We’ve got passes for the new Valentino doc!

    Posted June 30th, 2009 | 1:05 pm | By Jennifer Campbell | 1 Comment

    Yesterday morning, the FASHION staff took in a screening of the upcoming doc, Valentino: The Last Emperor. It was as glorious and over-the-top as you’d expect a movie about Italian fashion to be: Couture! Temper tantrums! André Leon Talley! Oh, and Valentino holds hands with Karl Lagerfeld. More than fashion, the film also shows the relationship between Valentino and Giancarlo Giametti, his partner for over 50 years. (And don’t get us started on those pugs.)

    The film opens July 10, but we’ve got 10 pairs of passes to give away for special screenings in Toronto (July 6) and Vancouver (July 7). Write in to fashiondiaries@fashionmagazine.com with your city and the answer to our skill-testing question–the first 5 correct entries from each city will win a pair of passes. The question: Director Matt Tyrnauer compared his film to another movie, referring to it as a “geriatric ______ ______” Dig around here for the answer.

    The contest is now closed.

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