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Cocktail hour: We break down holiday entertaining with 3 runway-inspired party themes

Rani Sheen — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:00:39 +0000

Take a thematic cue from the runways to put a little extra fizz in your holiday party à la Gucci’s, Louis Vuitton’s, and Jil Sander’s Fall 2011 collections. View the slideshow » Jump to theme: FRIDAY NIGHT FEVER | ADULTS ONLY | NUEVO APRÈS-SKI

Inside last night’s Holt Renfrew fête: The three Coveteurs and many (many) designer duds

FASHION Staff — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:30:40 +0000

Last night, Holt Renfrew fêted Erin Kleinberg, Stephanie Mark, and Jake Rosenberg, the home-grown trio behind voyeuristic style site The Coveteur. Held in the the shoe department of the Bloor Street flagship store, the soiree debuted a new photo exhibit previewing the store’s fall footwear collections, as well as the closets of Canadian taste-makers Dee [...]

Inside Thursday night’s Moon party: Leigh Lezark spinning Rihanna amidst big yellowy globes and yellowy cocktails

Randi Bergman — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:00:49 +0000

Last Thursday night the Mimran-kissed womenswear line Moon celebrated its first birthday as well as its foray into menswear at the TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto. Surrounded by big yellowy globes (ahem, moons) and more than a few yellowy cocktails, DJ duo Leigh Lezark and Geordon Nicol of the Misshapes spun Rihanna, Robyn, and the [...]

Inside last night’s Greta Constantine primer party: A backyard full of pretties and mannequins perched poolside

Randi Bergman — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:30:43 +0000

Last night, Kirk Pickersgill and Stephen Wong of Greta Constantine held court (along with many stylish subjects) in the lush backyard of a beautiful Rosedale home in Toronto to reveal the second collection in their new accessibly priced womenswear line, Primer. As could be expected, all of Greta’s signature fingerprints appeared in the line of [...]

Inside last night’s Toronto J.Crew opening: Jenna Lyons and a full house of her spiked lemonade–sipping fans

Randi Bergman — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:30:00 +0000

Last night, high priestess of mass retail style Jenna Lyons (with CEO, a.k.a. high priest, Millard “Mickey” Drexler in tow) descended on Toronto for the opening of J.Crew‘s first Canadian outpost at Yorkdale Shopping Centre. Amidst the sunny pre-fall offerings—think bubble gum–hued cashmere cable knits, corduroys, and Lulu Frost–designed Deco bangles—a full house of summered [...]

Inside last night’s Mad Hot Wonderland gala: Boldfaced names, a hookah-smoking caterpillar and fascinators galore

Randi Bergman — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:00:14 +0000

Wonderland was unleashed upon the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts (and its surrounding area) last night for The National Ballet of Canada’s annual Mad Hot fundraising gala. This year, the Ballet took its theme from the wildly popular premiere of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon. After a gala performance—including selections [...]

Go inside last night’s Power Ball and peep all the Jeremy Laing–wearing lovelies!

Caitlin Agnew — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:00:33 +0000

What’s the one event that’s sure to draw throngs of artists, social busybodies and high rollers alike? The annual Power Ball, held in support of the Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, is the one stop on Toronto’s gala circuit that you really don’t want to miss. The theme of this year’s fest was The 13th [...]

The glitz from the opening of Montreal’s Jean Paul Gaultier exhibit + watch talking mannequins in action!

Bernadette Morra — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:00:27 +0000

“So pleased.” That was how Jean Paul Gaultier summed up his feelings about his retrospective Monday night at the VIP party held at Montreal’s Musée des Beaux-Arts. “The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk” opened Monday night with an intimate gathering that mixed Gaultier’s inner circle with Quebec designers [...]