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. 

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.

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.

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.

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

“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.

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.

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

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

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. 

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.

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

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. 

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

"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.

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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Toronto Fashion Week begins on Monday!