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Beauty

5 beauty tips from Kim Cattrall

By Paige Dzenis | November 2nd, 2011 | 3:30 pm

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Photography by JJ Thompson

Last night, the 3rd Annual P&G Beauty & Grooming Awards, which recognizes fashion and beauty editorial work in Canada, was held at the Carlu in Toronto. Kim Cattrall played the role of graceful emcee, and we were pleased to be called to stage not once but twice. Our fashion director Susie Sheffman won for best fashion editor, and this very site took the award for best beauty or fashion website!

However, that’s not all we went home with. Before the show, we sat down with Cattrall and uncovered a few of her favourite beauty tips and tricks:
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Fashion

What’s in your bag, Susie Sheffman?

By FASHION Staff | November 2nd, 2011 | 10:00 am

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Photography by Nicole Stafford

Today, we’ve got a special treat by way of our beloved fashion director Susie Sheffman’s little Roots bag of curiosities. Inside? Three identical pairs of glasses, love notes from her children, styling clamps, and a plastic fork. All things that will make you go hmmm…

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Fashion

They said/We said: The fashion week feud rages on, with Milan firing back!

By FASHION Staff | October 7th, 2011 | 5:00 pm

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Photography by Peter Stigter

You’ve already heard about the kafuffle caused by fashion week scheduling next fall, that timing for MFW is going to overlap with both LFW and PFW. Quelle horror! To make matters much worse, a press release surfaced this morning from the Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana in which Milan responds to New York, London, and Paris’ unwillingness to alter their fashion week schedules, and claiming that a written agreement from 2010 had MFW scheduled to take place between the 19th and 25th of September—as per usual—and which they’ve decided they’ll stick to. Dun dun dun…

But here comes the real drama: today’s statement from the Italian board of directors reads: “Such an accuse, in addition to representing an aggressive and arrogant attitude towards CNMI, used unfair argumentation in order to impose—in a unilateral way—not shared decisions. In conclusion, the Board of Directors and the Designers’ Roundtable have unanimously decided to confirm the schedule as it was previously announced on March 17th 2010: [MFW] will be held from Wednesday 19th to Tuesday 25th of September 2012.”

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Fashion

They said/We said: We smell a fashion battle in the making… Milan fashion week will overlap with New York and London next year

By Erin Lukas | October 4th, 2011 | 5:00 pm

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Photography by Peter Stigter

Fashion week schedules are about to get tighter: Milan is bumping up the dates of next year’s fashion week so that it overlaps with both New York’s and London’s. Attendees barely had enough time to make it from place to place this year (our own Susie Sheffman was rushing the gates at Pearson to make it to Gucci on time).

What’s to blame for this headache? New York fashion week always kicks off on the second Thursday of September, which will fall late in the month next year. NFW won’t move their dates up for fear of working on the Labour Day weekend. Milan suggested Paris move their RTW shows to July, which Paris politely declined. Condé Nast is particularly un-jazzed about Milan’s change and announced that their editors will not skip out on New York and London. No Anna in the Prada front row?

If the schedule stays as is, editors will have to choose between cities and just like gym class, no one wants to be picked last.
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Fashion

They said/We said: We’re sad to see D&G go (even if it means more Dolce & Gabbana)

By Laura Kathleen Maize | September 22nd, 2011 | 4:45 pm

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Stefano Gabbana and Domenico Dolce shot by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images

Rumours have been circulating for months that Dolce & Gabbana’s D&G line would soon be folding, and the announcement came this morning that now is the time, making today’s Spring 2012 runway show the last.

D&G was created as a sort of younger, fresher, and cheaper alternative to the traditional line, but lately retailers have noticed that while the pieces are popular, the prices were getting too high. Having a roughly similar price point was hurting both brands, so while this decision isn’t a surprise, neither is it a huge disappointment. While some European retailers are confused by the decision, claiming that the D&G line was far more commercial and popular for shoppers, the designers said in a press statement that the decision will bring “even more strength and energy to [their] collections.”
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Fashion

They said/ We said: Gucci moves up the spring show timeslot, leaving London model-less (and our fashion director potentially rushing the gates at Pearson!)

By Erin Lukas | September 20th, 2011 | 4:30 pm

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Photography by Peter Stigter

Sandwiched in between New York’s and Milan’s fashion weeks, the organizers behind London Fashion Week have often complained about time constraints in the past but this season has added stress with Gucci deciding to move their Spring 2012 show up to Wednesday, the last day of LFW.

To make matters worse, Gucci had scheduled castings and fittings this past weekend, meaning models had to abandon London in hopes of walking in the high-profile show. A number of shows have been affected including those of Canadian boys Erdem and Todd Lynn, the latter of who lost 10 out of 19 girls who were cast for his show. This hasn’t been the only scheduling conflict this season, either. Many models and editors were late arriving to LFW because Marc Jacobs pushed his show back to Thursday night due to delays caused by Hurricane Irene.

Many designers and casting agents are frustrated and threatening to boycott future LFWs if the British Fashion Council doesn’t intervene, which would be a shame since London is known for showing exciting new designers.
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Scene

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

By FASHION Staff | August 26th, 2011 | 12:30 pm

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Photography by Phil Birnbaum

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 Dee Taylor Eustace, Gabor Jurina (whose closet was guest-edited by our very own Susie Sheffman), Sylvia Mantella, and Lynda Latner. The three Coveteurs (get it?) looked as chic as the venue, with Kleinberg in a flowing DVF and Céline choker, Mark in Alaïa, and Rosenberg in Hugo Boss. Natch.

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Fashion

Video: We’re on-set with Constance Jablonski!

By Randi Bergman | April 14th, 2011 | 11:03 am

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It-model extraordinaire, Constance Jablonski, was in Toronto last week to star in an upcoming Holt Renfrew style guide. We were lucky enough to go on set with the stunner and quiz her on her explosive career so far and what she loves about working in fashion.


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