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Evan Biddell’s top-secret fashion week plans

Biddell used cellphones as accessories last season (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani)

One week before LG fashion week, Evan Biddell, winning designer of the premiere season of Project Runway Canada, and his business partner, photographer Joseph Fuda, will open Oz Studio Boutique on Ossington. Biddell has commissioned well-known stylist Peter Papapetrou to help display his wares and invited media and friends to attend the March 16 opening.

But Biddell’s collection is currently absent from the fashion week lineup, and the designer has said he won’t comment on whether Oz has affected his involvement until the store opens its doors. We got in touch with the Fashion Design Council of Canada, which organizes fashion week, who told us that Biddell would be participating, but the show may not be a traditional one. Reality television alumni Lucian Matis, Jessica Biffi and Brandon Dwyer have all been slotted in for the weekly catwalk shows in the meantime, though PRC alums Sunny Fong and Jason Meyers, who both showed last season, are also absent.

Evan Biddell sends out a troupe of intergalactic warriors for spring collection [Toronto Life]

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Collagen for feet, short-lived trends of the 2000s, Audrey Hepburn’s clothes sell for $437,800

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Killer heels? Collagen is being used to pad feet (Photo by Valeyoshino)

• A collection of Audrey Hepburn’s couture dresses and accessories was auctioned off in London, generating more than £270,000 (about $437,800). The centrepiece, a Chantilly lace cocktail gown, was estimated at £20,000, but sold for an astonishing £60,000. The pieces are all lust-worthy but are perhaps better suited to a mannequin than a real person. In order to fit into the outfits, the wearer must match Hepburn’s diminutive 32-22-34 frame. [Daily Mail]

• We usually associate opera stars with barrel-chested men and Rubenesque women. But Miuccia Prada, who is designing costumes for the Metropolitan Opera’s spring production of Attila, disagrees. Apparently, Prada took one look at the supernumeraries (non-singing actors and extras) and said, “I cannot clothe them! I need models!” The Met is now conducting model castings, despite those who insist supernumerary work is about how you move, not how you look. Unfortunately, good models are experts at both. [Paper]

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Our favourite looks from Toronto fashion week

This past fashion week was a parade of Project Runway contestants, bustier dresses and sheer fabrics, and now that it’s over, we’ve come up with a slide show of our favourite pieces from the collections. Check them out below.

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Jason Meyers’ show much better than Project Runway effort

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A look from Jason Meyers' collection (Photo by Jenna Marie Wakani)

No question, Jason Meyers presented a much tighter collection than the one shown last season as his Project Runway debut, which could kindly be described as embarrassing. Last night, however, Meyers showed more promise, straddling an odd line between Club Monaco basics (a collared white shirt dress embodied this look in particular) and party-girl staples, like mini-dresses and large ruffles. We liked his slim-cut pants, especially a pair that sat quite high on the waist. The collection was in no way flawless: the garish orange-purple-lime-splattered silk could have been left out, and finishing details were an issue—a rear slit in a skirt gaped in an unseemly way, and one strapless number slipped down to reveal the model’s nipple.

See all the looks from the collection below.

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