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Fashion

They said/We said: Could Blue Ivy Carter be the next fashion mogul?

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Photography by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images

Blue Ivy Carter was destined for greatness when she was a mere twinkle in Jay-Z’s eye, but no one expected she’d become a fashion mogul less than a month after her birth.

The couple has filed an application to trademark their offspring’s name (the real name, though we’d prefer Babeyoncé) to create a line of fancy baby gear including strollers, diaper bags, and cosmetics—because even babies need makeup nowadays.

Of course, there is the chance that the couple intends to protect the little one’s name. Already, the responsible, tabloid-reading workers at the trademark office have shut down two requests for the names “Blue Ivy Carter NYC” and “Blue Ivy Carter Glory IV”—not to mention the new strain of marijuana or countless martinis named after the not-yet-one-month-old hip-hop princess.

No wonder the newest generation of celebrities is turning into Lindsay Lohan act-a-likes! Maybe the couple has the purest of intentions, but considering that Hova already exploited his kid by including a snippet of her cry in his new track “Glory,” we’re inclined to believe some Swarovski-encrusted Blue Ivy strollers are in our future.
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Fashion » At the shows

TFW dairy: Micalla brings glitz, glamour, and Swarovski

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Micalla Spring 2012

Photography by Jenna Marie Wakani

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By Jessica Borchiver

For her Spring 2012 jewellery collection show, Micalla designer Camilla Jorgensen brought on the glitz and glamour. The larger-than-life pieces sparkled with Swarovski crystals, which had obvious undertones of: “Look at me!” The oversized, chunky, and bedazzling pieces may not be your everyday jewellery, yet the models could have easily persuaded us otherwise. However, there was one notable concern—I had to constantly remind myself that these pieces were designed for spring, not for winter. A heavy necklace embellished with frost-like crystals seemed fit for a snow queen, and the lack of bright colours left me confused. These winterized pieces seemed better suited for women accessorizing for the Christmas holidays or a New Year’s bash.
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Fashion » At the shows

PFW diary: All things sparkle-y at Delfina Delettrez and Swarovski

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PFW diary: All things sparkely at Delifina Delettrez and Swarovski

It wouldn’t be Paris fashion week without a few sparklers thrown into the mix.

First up: Delfina Delettrez. This jewellery designer is a fourth generation Fendi (yes, that Fendi) woman. She’s the daughter of Silvia Venturini Fendi—the accessories director at this famous luxury house—and Bernard Delettrez, the French jeweler. (Clearly, this French darling has quite the sparkling lineage.) Family jewels aside, Delettrez has her own eponymous line of couture-worthy baubles (many are one-of-a-kind) that blends goth with modern. From sinister-looking skulls to whimsical creatures (a few seasons back there was a pig ring that caused a few snorts), these fantastical creations are a feast for the eyes. Her current collection was showcased on wigs that rival Marge Simpson’s signature towering ‘do. Paging, Nicki Minaj!

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Scene

SNP’s word of the day: Chiaroscuro

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Illustration by Lewis Mirrett

Word: Chiaroscuro

Meaning: In art, the use of contrast―light versus shadow―to create depth in a two-dimensional work.

Usage: “We’re each of us our own chiaroscuro, our own bit of illusion trying to emerge into something solid, something real.” ― Libba Bray. I’ve never read anything she’s written, but I love this quote.
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TIFF 2011: Keshia Chanté, Lauren Lee Smith, Fefe Dobson, and a bunch of boys miming with girly gifts in the IT Lounge

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To lure the stars in town for TIFF, Toronto-based PR agency NKPR held a packed-to-the-chic-gills IT Lounge. The fashionable and free were on offer up during the fest, so the most important question can now be answered: Who stopped by?

Visitors for the most part held Canadian passports, with a few internationals getting their swag visa stamped. Those spotted included: Keshia Chanté, Howie D, Taryn Manning, Russell Peters, Paul Haggis, Dustin Milligan, Dean McDermott, Billy Boyd, Lauren Lee Smith, and many more from the world’s of television, film and music.
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Shopping

FASHION plates: Marilyn Monroe

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By Randi Bergman and Jordan Porter

Are you sick of putting aside your blonde ambitions? Have no fear. You can finally scratch that Seven Year Itch. Jewels, the new exhibit of Bert Stern’s iconic images of ’60s icons, including Marilyn Monroe in the last images ever taken of her, just opened in Toronto and has the icon firmly planted in our minds. Why not catch the exhibit (on until July 9, at IZZY GALLERY, 106 Yorkville Avenue, 416-922-1666) while channeling the screen star in some of the pieces we’ve spotted!

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Fashion

First look: Mark Fast’s jewellery line for Atelier Swarovski

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A cuff from the Mark Fast for Atelier collection

Mark Fast‘s body con dresses and Swarovski‘s sparkling crystals are a match made in collaboration heaven. The Canadian knitwear designer, who first teamed up with Swarovski for his Spring 2010 collection, has joined forces with the sparkly faux-gems behemoth to create a line for Atelier Swarovski.

London-based Fast is one of five talents–including fellow fashion designers Prabal Gurung and Joseph Altuzarra, jewellery designer Jenny Manik Mercian and costume designer Michael Kaplan–tapped by the brand for their Spring 2011 collaborations. Read more »


Scene » Red carpet

Take a peek inside Swarovski’s TIFF fashion suite

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Every year at the film festival, Swarovski hosts a gifting and lending suite where talent can come in, take a look around and borrow some ice for the red carpet. This year, the items in the lounge from the fall collection had a distinct ice queen feel to them – think Anne Hathaway as the white queen in Alice in Wonderland, or better yet, Tilda Swinton as the White Witch in The Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe. Read more »


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