October 20 to 25 at Nathan Philips Square

Fashion Week

Denis Gagnon

By Andrew Sardone Posted on Oct 28, 2008 at 12:48 AM

Fashion Week’s finale was staged by Denis Gagnon, a world class Montreal designer known for twisting, cutting and weaving leather and jersey into modern, collectable clothing. 

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Morales

By Andrew Sardone Posted on Oct 28, 2008 at 12:12 AM

Lacquered floral headbands and mohawks of silk blooms crowned Renata Morales' mix of pleated cocktail dresses and maxi gowns screened with cityscape and cherry blossom prints.

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Lucian Matis

By Andrew Sardone Posted on Oct 27, 2008 at 12:56 AM

We had a sneak, capsule peek at Lucian Matis’s spring looks during Montreal’s fashion week but the designer saved some of his best looks for the line’s Toronto debut.

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Zoran Dobric

By Andrew Sardone Posted on Oct 27, 2008 at 12:44 AM

Zoran Dobric has expanded his line's distribution  with new retailers in New York, Boston, San Francisco and Hong Kong carrying his dress-focused looks cut from custom printed silk and cotton.

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League of Lovers & Thieves

By Andrew Sardone Posted on Oct 27, 2008 at 12:10 AM

The style business has its share of successful partnerships but two different lines sharing a runway dosen't often work.

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Evan Biddell

By Andrew Sardone Posted on Oct 24, 2008 at 12:22 PM

Evan Biddell's spring show stood out for its brazenly confident looks and a lineup of perfect pants. 

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Joe Fresh

By Andrew Sardone Posted on Oct 24, 2008 at 12:28 AM

“How does Joseph Mimran do it?” is the question most often whispered during a Joe Fresh show and this spring’s athletic looks earned lots of queries.

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Rudsak

By Andrew Sardone Posted on Oct 24, 2008 at 12:02 AM

 

The clothing in a Rudsak show (in Spring '09's case, leather trenches, glossy motorcycle pants and balloon sleeve blouses) play second fiddle to the Montreal company's accessory and bag collections. 

 

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Bustle

By Andrew Sardone Posted on Oct 23, 2008 at 11:52 AM

Bustle’s boy needs a vacay. Partners Shawn Hewson and Ruth Promislow’s models traveled down the runway in easy cotton suiting and cropped trench coats in navy blue striping and solid army green.

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Carlie Wong

By Andrew Sardone Posted on Oct 23, 2008 at 12:53 AM

Many Fashion Week designers receive standing ovations from friends, family and fans but few get the front row of editors out of their seats.

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Mellinda-Mae Harlingten

By Andrew Sardone Posted on Oct 23, 2008 at 12:33 AM

Mellinda-Mae Harlingten looked to a trio of inspirations for Spring 2009. 

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NADA

By Andrew Sardone Posted on Oct 22, 2008 at 12:51 AM

A pair of Grecian columns framed the runway entrance at Nada Shepherd 's Spring 2009 show hinting at the Athena-inspired collection about to catwalk by. 

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David Dixon

By Andrew Sardone Posted on Oct 22, 2008 at 12:38 AM

A movie-style trailer at the beginning of David Dixon’s show announced that the designer is creating a 50th birthday dress for Barbie but his own spring collection skipped doll house pink in favour of an African-inspired colour palette.

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Karamea

By Andrew Sardone Posted on Oct 22, 2008 at 12:18 AM

The longest line yet for the new Studio runway room stretched across Nathan Philips Square before Michelle Turpin's Karamea show.

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Joeffer Caoc

By Andrew Sardone Posted on Oct 22, 2008 at 12:09 AM

 

Joeffer Caoc got naked for Spring. 

 

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Jason Meyers

By Andrew Sardone Posted on Oct 21, 2008 at 12:37 PM

This may have been Jason Meyer's first appearance on the official Fashion Week runway but the dress-focused designer has had seasons of offsite presentations to perfect his cocktail looks. 

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Desperately Different by Katya Revenko

By Andrew Sardone Posted on Oct 21, 2008 at 12:28 PM

Water was the theme at Katya Revenko's Desperately Different show which opened fashion week's new smaller Studio runway room.

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Pink Tartan

By Andrew Sardone Posted on Oct 21, 2008 at 12:45 AM

"Sensible" might not be the most exciting adjective in the fashion lexicon but Pink Tartan designer Kimberly Newport Mimran can be excused for thinking conservatively in anticipation of tough times ahead.

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Alfred Sung’s bridal collection

By Andrew Sardone Posted on Oct 20, 2008 at 12:57 AM

The wedding dress usually plays the part of fashion finale but bridal opened the Spring 2009 edition of Toronto's Fashion Week.

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Fashion heroes’ heroes

Get behind-the-scenes at NOW's Fashion Heroes shoot to find out who our fashion heroes look up to...

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Enter Fashion Week

Toronto Fashion Week begins on Monday!

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Photo By David Hawe

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Toronto fashion heroes

By Andrew Sardone Posted on NOW | October 14-21, 2008 | VOL 28 NO 7

 

On the runway and off, our emerging style players are taking Toronto’s fashion rep to new heights. Just in time for Fashion Week (October 20 to 25 at Nathan Philips Square, lorealfashionweek.ca), we present our annual portfolio of the faces stitching up another fabulous season. 

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