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Klaxon Howl spring/summer 2012 (Images: Jenna Marie Wakani)
Check out all of the hits and misses from the Klaxon Howl spring/summer 2012 show at Toronto Fashion Week, including waistcoats, high-waisted everything and denim—lots of denim (cruise the gallery after the jump to check out the entire show, and check out what the scene was like in our review).
Cynthia Rowley’s special collection for Toronto Fashion Week
Read the rest of this entry »In a velvet-roped section in the centre of the reception area of the Toronto Fashion Week tents, Cynthia Rowley presented a collection of three dresses she designed for the Special K Start Something Fabulous program. Canadian supermodel extraordinaire Monika Schnarre hosted, introducing Rowley as a designer who has “dressed everyone from Scarlett Johansson to the fabulous girl next door” and who is “fabulous in her own right.” The whole event, while ostensibly to promote a better body image and lifestyle amongst women, felt like a giant Special K ad, from the Special K backdrop to the Special K cue cards Rowley and Schnarre held to the Special K red dresses. We learned that Special K feels that women wouldn’t possibly buy a cereal that didn’t cater to their specific needs (in this case, we presume that means being called “fabulous” a lot) and certainly not some lowbrow cereal that men might enjoy, like Rice Krispies (they’re totally different products, obviously). Find out what went down and what the crowd thought of this very special New York visitor after the jump.
Check out all of the hits and misses from the Cynthia Rowley special presentation at Toronto Fashion Week, including boxes and boxes of Special K and some red satiny dresses (cruise the gallery after the jump to check out the entire show, and check out what the scene was like in our review).
Whoever said fashion isn’t practical hasn’t met these “CanadaCool” kids from last night’s shows at Toronto Fashion Week. When it rains and you can’t find an umbrella, look no further than a Russian-inspired fur hat, perfect for collecting water. But why stop with something so bulbous? Craniums are so hot right now, so try wearing something that is so fitted it conforms to the shape of your head, like a turban or a slouchy toque, because now that Colin Farrell has stopped doing it, there’s no excuse not to. Our favourite was the pompom atop a shrunken knit toque—circulation to the brain is so overrated, anyway. Hats were the item of the night, seen on at least 40 people, and why not? It’s about time people started wearing hats again.
(Images: Erin Simkin)
Label spring/summer 2012 (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani)
In a standing-room-only section of the tents, Label showed a small presentation of their spring/summer 2012 line to an eager crowd. We are perplexed by the notion of standing to witness a collection—we had to jostle through a sea of tall people (women tend to wear their tallest heels to fashion week) to get even remotely close, and even then we missed getting a decent look at most pieces. Still, it was a good showing: asymmetrical jackets, cropped white shirts and maxi dresses were nice, but our favourite was the low-cut cardigan with a bustier underneath, paired with a belted and pleated floor-length skirt. Though we were fans of the collection (at least what we could strain to see), what more is there to say about 12 looks we got mere glances at? Label girls Shawna Robinson and Natalie Sydoruk are good at what they do; we just wish they could have foregone the shoulder-to-shoulder standing-room-only show for something more sensible. Like, um, chairs.
Label spring/summer 2012 (Images: Jenna Marie Wakani)
Check out all of the hits and misses from the Label spring/summer 2012 show at Toronto Fashion Week, including asymmetrical jackets, cropped white shirts and maxi dresses (cruise the gallery after the jump to check out the entire show, and check out what the scene was like in our review).
Read the rest of this entry »Sid Neigum has been riding high on a wave of favourable press, and this season there were high hopes for his collection, most of which were thoroughly met. Though the early afternoon show wasn’t overly star studded, we did chat with fellow designer Ashley Rowe beforehand, who told us she’d only be there to see Neigum: “I love to support the smaller designers—the late-night shows are more about the scene.” Check out our full gallery of Sid Neigum’s spring/summer 2012 collection and read our review after the jump.
Sid Neigum spring/summer 2012 (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani)
Check out all of the hits and misses from the Sid Neigum spring/summer 2012 show at Toronto Fashion Week, including drop-crotch trousers and a series of leather cutouts and polka dots (cruise the gallery after the jump to check out the entire show, and check out what the scene was like in our review).
The Pink Tartan runway show is always one of the season’s hottest tickets; maybe it’s because the whole affair is a big pleaser for the upper crust (Kimberly Newport-Mimran and her husband Joe have many friends), maybe it’s the stargazing or heck, maybe it’s even the clothes. No matter the reason, there wasn’t an empty seat in the house, which is why we weren’t shocked to hear a cacophony of “Don’t you know who I am?” and “I’m already on the list” from pleading fans. Newport-Mimran’s show brought out names like model Stacey McKenzie (ever demure in a subtle zebra-print onesie with a hood), PR gal Suzanne Cohon, Newport-Mimran’s husband Joe Mimran (of course), philanthropist Catherine Nugent, Teen Vogue’s Gloria Baume, Marie Claire’s Abigail Kalicka and Glamour’s Rachael Wang. Even though people guarded their seats closely, we still spotted some bloggers swooping in at the last second to tweet photos of themselves from the front row, then look at said photos on Twitter—hey, a personal brand wasn’t built in a day. Check out our rundown of the scene, the show and the complete Pink Tartan spring/summer 2012 collection after the jump.
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Pink Tartan spring/summer 2012 (Images: Jenna Marie Wakani)
Check out all of the hits and misses from the Pink Tartan spring/summer 2012 show at Toronto Fashion Week, including laser-cut leather accessories, black cigarette pants and other classics (cruise the gallery after the jump to check out the entire show, and check out what the scene was like in our review).
Read the rest of this entry »We, just like everyone we know, have balked at Joe Fresh for being a grocery store brand at a fashion week—why are people getting excited about $10 crew-neck T-shirts for men and cheap pencil skirts for women? Not to mention that not everything made goes into production, which is problematic when most of the time Joe Mimran is creating plenty of items that his audience wants (cheaply). Last night, Joe Mimran packed his runway with Canadian model powerhouses, including Heather Marks, Liisa Winkler, Kirsten Owen, Alana Zimmer and Yasmine Warsame; even rising-star model Frances Coombe walked in the show (but she’s been working all week and deserves it), proving once again that Joe has the best models (or at the very least the most exciting models). He showed a series of looks that made up a rather cohesive collection, including leathers, neoprene and daisy crochet knits for women, but what we were truly shocked by was the menswear—we’d buy almost all of it, and we’re left wondering: will it ever make it into stores? Our review of the scene, the show and a full gallery of the collection after the jump.
Joe’s atomic orange (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani)
Check out all of the hits and misses from the Joe Fresh spring/summer 2012 show at Toronto Fashion Week, including wool blazers, print pants and orange-soled shoes for men, and many desirable dresses for the ladies (cruise the gallery after the jump to check out the entire show, and check out what the scene was like in our review).
Yes? (Image: Erin Simkin)
Read the rest of this entry »Night two may have been short a few household names, but we managed to get some shots of the fashion frenzy. Stacey McKenzie was out and about hamming it up, but that’s yesterday’s news. Today we bring you hungry writers, lonely editors and people who would rather be anywhere but fashion week—oh, and we’ve got some happy, pretty people, too, for good measure. Check out the scene in a gallery after the jump.
Read the rest of this entry »Chloé Comme Parris, one of last season’s most buzzed about collections, was back at Toronto Fashion Week to impress critics once more. Sisters Chloe and Parris Gordon showed less of a goth aesthetic this time around, using printed fabrics (all designed by their artist mom) and jersey, with white as a unifying colour. Though we balked at the paint-splattered-canvas runway (we get it, you’re artistic), we loved the button-up-shirt-cum-bolero (full sleeves that cut off right at the underarm), gold buttons (dotting sweaters up the arms, down dresses and on epaulets), golden zippers with horseshoe-shaped hardware and the textured sleeveless tops. The girls brought another iteration of their coveted knapsacks from last season, this time in beige that echoed the days of Cher Horowitz’s mini-backpacks. See the entire Chloé Comme Parris collection after the jump.
Chloé Comme Parris spring/summer 2012 (Images: Jenna Marie Wakani)
Check out all of the hits and misses from the Chloé Comme Parris spring/summer 2012 show at Toronto Fashion Week, including revamped rucksacks, a lot of gold buttons and hardware and less of a goth aesthetic than we’re used to from the sister duo (cruise the gallery after the jump to check out the entire show, and check out what the scene was like in our review).
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