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Interview magazine and Joe Fresh host a rooftop party for Like Crazy’s Felicity Jones and Anton Yelchin

Anton Yelchin (Image: Sam Santos/Wireimage)

Interview magazine, Joe Fresh and Paramount Productions hosted an invite-only soiree last night at the Spoke Club rooftop, where the Joe Fresh–orange cocktails were flowing and everyone was loose, including Like Crazy cast members Felicity Jones and Anton Yelchin. It was a party without George Clooney and Ryan Gosling, or other faces we’ve grown tired of this week, yet it grew larger by the second and saw Jason Reitman and Jessica Chastain pass through—even Kimberley Newport-Mimran, fresh off a plane after a Pink Tartan show at New York Fashion Week, was seen laughing with husband Joe (or Mr. Fresh to his closest friends). Newport-Mimran gave us the scoop on her menswear line Black Tartan, which will be debuting in her Yorkville store very soon. That’s an actual fact— something there aren’t many of in the typical “Toronto is so much friendlier than New York” responses that journalists usually get from interviews during TIFF. Pics of the party guests and their thoughts about Toronto after the jump.

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The Velvet Rope

July 13, 2011 | 1:17 pm

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 hits Toronto with a premiere and a Hogwarts-themed party at Casa Loma

Welcome to Hogwarts at Casa Loma. (Image: Tara Sameshima)

It may be surprising to some (no one) that Harry Potter is a big deal for small children, teens, adults and the elderly. It was quite clear to us at last night’s premiere, where we saw a lineup of caped youngsters waiting in anticipation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, the last chapter of J.K. Rowling’s famed series about a Jesus figure named Harry who sacrifices everything for the good of the witch and wizard (and everything fantasy—goblins, giants, ogres, dragons) community. Unfortunately for the ragtag group of wand-bearing wannabe wizards, a representative of the movie told us that the chances of the waiting-since-6-a.m. diehards getting access to the premiere was impossible, since even big media outlets had to be turned away.

Rumour had it (and perhaps this was the reason for many non-fans filling the seats at Scotiabank Theatre) that Emma Watson, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams and Colin Farrell would be in attendance, but not one graced the plush seats of Scotiabank Theatre or the rock walls of Casa Loma with their presence (the latter three of whom just happen to be among the biggest celebrities in the city). Check out which celebrities made a splash at the premiere and on the “black carpet” in a gallery after the jump.

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Power Couples

April 27, 2011 | 12:34 pm

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In honour of Kate Middleton’s freshly pressed coat of arms, we design crests for Toronto’s blue blood

To give their daughter Kate as much aristocratic heft as possible (and to quiet complaints about a commoner princess), Michael and Carole Middleton recently commissioned a family crest unveiled just in time for Friday’s Royal Wedding. Apparently, you don’t need to be to be royal or even noble to earn your own coat of arms. With this in mind, we designed crests for some of our city’s most celebrated clans. Illustrations by Nick Craine

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Toronto Fashion Week

March 30, 2011 | 4:44 pm

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No celebrity models, just celebrity journalists for Joe Fresh at LG Fashion Week

Oh hey, I'm Joe, but you know that (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani)

When a runway room takes an eternity to fill up and “Bette Davis Eyes” plays over the bottle-necked masses, you know it’s a Joe Fresh show. Everyone is puzzled about how a grocery store fashion outlet receives such a huge reception, but the answer is quite simple: money. Joe Mimran will always have the best models, a runway that can’t be walked on by the public (no, not even the most notable of social butterflies) and a show that by most standards is fairly good. In fact, whether Joe’s show is necessary or not is moot, because he, like his wife Kimberley Newport-Mimran, had the flashiest guests: editor-at-large Derek Blasberg, Moda Operandi’s Frank de Jesus, designer Adrian Mainella, the New York Times’ Sandra Ballentine, Elle.com’s Sydney Wasserman, Shinan Govani, Nicholas Mellamphy, Suzanne Boyd, a bespectacled Moses Znaimer, Hermes Canada’s Jennifer Carter and Suzanne Cohon (and really, the list could be its own post). See the full gallery and notes from the runway after the jump.

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Toronto Fashion Week

March 30, 2011 | 1:40 pm

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Pink Tartan packs the house with party-goers at LG Fashion Week

That's right, I'm a Mimran (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani)

The Pink Tartan show is one of the week’s scene-iest, luring in crowds with the promise of seeing (and being seen with) Toronto notables. It often seems the clothes are an afterthought for these supporters of Canadian fashion, but who needs style when we’ve got Canadian celebrities? Last night didn’t disappoint—society mavens like Suzanne Boyd, Suzanne Cohon and The Bay bigwig Nicholas Mellamphy rubbed elbows with Shinan Govani, Adrian Mainella, Harper’s Bazaar editor at large Derek Blasberg and the New York Times’s Sandra Ballentine. See the complete collection, our review and yet another reason we saw front row (and photographer) scowls after the jump.

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Shop Talk

November 22, 2010 | 3:17 pm

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Introducing: Seventy Seven, Pink Tartan’s first Toronto store

Previously the Paisley Shop, 77 Yorkville is now Pink Tartan's flagship store

The place: Pink Tartan has opened its first stand-alone store in one of the city’s oldest buildings, at Yorkville and Bellair. Built in 1837, the townhouse was once home to the Village of Yorkville’s sheriff (and a jail cell), but today, with fresh flowers, sand-coloured hardwood and wallpaper that looks like grey muslin, the two-floor space is less Alcatraz and more Alsace—the boutique feels like a sunny atelier somewhere in France.

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Toronto Fashion Week

October 20, 2010 | 11:34 am

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Do the Hustle! Pink Tartan’s bringing disco back

Is that Donna Summer we hear? (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani)

Kimberley Newport-Mimran took her Pink Tartan line solo last night (it is usually held in conjunction with her husband’s Joe Fresh show), injecting bold colours (tangerine, chartreuse, royal blue) not seen in recent collections. It looked like Newport-Mimran was in a Studio 54 state of mind when she put pen to sketch pad. Elements from the ’70s were everywhere: hot pink jumpsuits, oversized blazers and gorgeous wide-legged tuxedo pants in shimmery black satin. Even the shoes, teeteringly high wooden platforms, screamed Farrah Fawcett glam. Sure, the slinky one-shoulder dresses, one in a candy-striper print, were a little Halston Heritage, but the collection was strong—the designer made green booty shorts and yellow straw hats look sophisticated. If Pink Tartan’s interpretation is what it means to have the ’70s back, we say bring on the disco naps.

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New in Shops

August 16, 2010 | 3:46 pm

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The Bay vs. Joe Fresh: Saul Mimran’s Moon line aims at budget shoppers

The Moon section at the Yonge and Queen Bay

Sibling rivalry is alive and well with Moon, The Bay’s new collaboration with a fashionable Mimran. Not Joe Mimran, of Joe Fresh, or his wife Kimberley Newport-Mimran, of Pink Tartan; this mass-market women’s line is by Joe’s older brother Saul, president of the Mimran Group. Despite the brotherly connection, Moon didn’t debut with the same cachet that Joe Fresh has built up—at the launch party in a Liberty Village loft space on Thursday, the crowd was subdued and sparse, unlike the typical Joe Fresh show.

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Shop Talk

May 13, 2010 | 4:39 pm

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Kimberley Newport-Mimran to open first Pink Tartan store in Toronto

Kimberley Newport-Mimran (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani)

In an interview with the Toronto Star, Pink Tartan designer Kimberley Newport-Mimran revealed that she’s opening the label’s first store. The location: why, Yorkville, of course. Specifically, the 2,500-square-foot boutique will be at 77 Yorkville Avenue, in the adorable building that once was home to the Paisley Shop. No word on when the store will open.

• First Pink Tartan store to open in historic Yorkville building [Toronto Star]

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Toronto Fashion Week

April 1, 2010 | 10:46 am

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The Pink Tartan show, where even hockey players Luke Schenn and Tie Domi came to party

(Image: Jenna Marie Wakani)

The Pink Tartan show was one of the hottest tickets at fashion week. The front row was packed with Toronto’s glitterati, like Weston family scion Galen Jr. with his wife, Alexandra, Stacey McKenzie, Dan Levy, club impresario Michael King, plastic surgeon Trevor Born, Shinan Govani, CBC-ers Zaib Shaikh of Little Mosque on the Prairie and Arlene Dickinson of Dragons’ Den and, perhaps strangest of all, Toronto Maple Leaf Luke Schenn and ex-Leaf Tie Domi. The show even pulled Jeanne Beker out of the woodwork; she had recently tweeted, “Wondering why I haven’t been tweeting from LGFW? It’s Passover, and sorry, but family rules over fashion!” Every available seat was filled and aisles were packed, creating what certainly must have been a fire code violation as the models started their walk. Kimberley Newport-Mimran put out a collection of tasteful knits, aviator caps (somehow, they worked), dresses and, of course, fur (used cleverly in full and flouncy skirts), which has been seen in many of the collections this season.

See all the looks from the Pink Tartan show in our slide show >>

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Toronto Fashion Week

March 29, 2010 | 11:35 am

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Toronto fashion week begins with the fur-heavy Izma show

(Image: Jenna Marie Wakani)

Toronto’s official LG Fashion Week began last night at the Allstream Centre on the CNE grounds. Despite the rain and Sunday evening start time, Suzanne Rogers, Ainsley Kerr, Jeremy Laing, Joe and Kimberley Newport-Mimran et al. showed up to see the first collection from Izma—a fur-focused line from designer Izzy Camilleri (who famously designed a fox coat for Meryl Streep’s character in The Devil Wears Prada) and Adrian Mainella, former host of Fashion File.

These furs aren’t the kind of pieces Cruella DeVil would covet. The pelts are from the North American Fur Association, a group that uses the furs of non-endangered species acquired from licensed trappers, who use a quota system to assist with wildlife control. The runway looks presented every imaginable use of fur—messenger bags, capes, shawls, skirts, sweaters, and a sheer dress with fur floret details. We were struck by the lightness of the material as it billowed with the models’ strides down the catwalk.

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Required Reading

January 8, 2010 | 12:15 pm

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10 fashionable members of Toronto’s Twitterati

Toronto designer Kimberley Newport-Mimran (Photo by Jenna Marie Wakani)

For people who have been living under a rock for the past year, there’s a social networking site called Twitter, and it provides a window into the lives of strangers and celebrities, 140 characters at a time. Though most tweets are as exciting as a grey V-neck sweater, members of Toronto’s fashion industry keep things vibrant with glimpses into their lives beyond the runway, in some cases giving the heads-up on upcoming sales. Here are 10 to follow in 2010.

Who: Kirk Pickersgill and Stephen Wong of Greta Constantine
Topics covered: Upcoming shows, collection updates, cute updates from the office
Recent tweet: Everyone in the studio have become yoga maniacs! Soon we’ll be designing Greta Constantine yoga mats. Check them out at 889 Yonge
Bonus: Tweets on upcoming sample sales
Follow: @gretconstantine

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Toronto Fashion Week

October 22, 2009 | 11:06 am

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Everyone loves Kimberley Newport-Mimran’s Pink Tartan collection

A look from the Pink Tartan collection (Photo by Jenna Marie Wakani)

It was obvious that ’80s opulence was a strong influence on Kimberley Newport-Mimran’s Pink Tartan collection. Showing reverence for undergarments, there were a few bustier dresses, and shoulder pads were given pride of place, stitched atop a sweater or visible through a sheer shirt. Jean Paul Gaultier would be proud. We love how young it was. There were tube tops and leather minis but also the Pink Tartan signatures that the label’s devotees have come to rely upon. Later, wide-collared trenches were thrown over sparkling cocktail dresses, reminding us of the scene in Pretty Woman in which Richard Gere throws his coat over a scandalously clad Julia Roberts, though these frocks wouldn’t have caused a fuss in the Regent Beverly Wilshire, or at least not the type Gere was worried about.

To see the full collection, view the photos below.

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The Goods Toronto International Film Festival 2009

September 13, 2009 | 2:00 pm

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We hit up Coco Rocha at the Holt Renfrew fash bash

Holt Renfrew took their annual gala, always the festival’s most fashionable bash, to new heights last night—the very top of The Burroughes Building, much to the dismay of spike-heeled attendees. No sooner had we reached the top of our social climb, joining Westons and Queen Westers alike, when we heard a dismayed gasp coming from a woman staring at Coco Rocha.

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Best Dressed

April 29, 2009 | 1:45 am

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Toronto’s Best Dressed: Brazilian Ball, April 25, 10:45 p.m.

Who: Kimberley Newport-Mimran, Pink Tartan fashion designer
Where: The Brazilian Ball, Metro Toronto Convention Centre

(Photo by Emer Connon)

Are you wearing one of your own dresses?
Yup, this is a Pink Tartan. I just picked it up today, so I had my fingers crossed that it would fit right.

So you designed it for tonight?
Yes. I don’t do long dresses—they make me feel like Barbie.

Tell us about your accessories.
The shoes are Chanel. I’ve just started following Karl Lagerfeld on Twitter. The bag is Jil Sander, and the stole is vintage.

What are the big trends this spring?
This spring? God, I’m already working on spring 2010. This spring, prints are huge.

What is your one must-have item for a Brazilian getaway?
A bikini.

By whom?
Pink Tartan.

Would you ever go thong?
No. I’m not that confident.

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