LG Fashion Week Beauty Day 3: Marie Saint Pierre Spring 2012
TORONTO, OCTOBER 19th, 2011- True to herself Marie Saint Pierre knows how to reinvent herself season after season. Even though, she is using the same shapes and techniques, it still looked completely new. The whole collection looked luminous, light, just completely Marie Saint Pierre. She has this talent to bring emotions out of us, while just looking at her garments....
LG Fashion Week Beauty Day 3: Pink Tartan Spring 2012
TORONTO, OCTOBER 19th, 2011- Pink Tartan is THE Toronto label, the one everyone appreciates; so excitement was at its higher, in a venue full of celibrities and Toronto socialites. Second unveiled of the collection, as you may remember the first one was in New York, this “second edition” was not so great. We missed the retro vibe that gave all the meaning...
LG Fashion Week Beauty Day 3 : Klaxon Howl Spring 2012
TORONTO, OCTOBER 19th, 2011- Walking on a rock songs playlist, a modern version of Marlon Brando oppened the show. This season, it seemed that the urban streetwear label, Klaxon Howl was all about empowering our man inner bad boy. With military inspired colors, the label declined shirts, cargo pants and dark wash jeans with a vintage feel. Also bringing back white jeans,...
LG Fashion Week Beauty Day 3: Robert Graham Spring 2012
TORONTO, OCTOBER 19th, 2011- Known for his trendy, yet never out of style man shirts, this designer presented a unique capsule collection, the X Collection by Robert Graham. On a retro soundtrack played live by musicians, perfectly shaved men were standing in front of the audience. Vichy and stripes, in a acid palette color gave a surprising manly result. Definately, the...
LG Fashion Week Day 2: Lovas Spring 2012
TORONTO, OCTOBER 18th, 2011- The designer behind LOVAS, Wesley Badanjak not only presented us a good collection, but he also managed to gave us quite a show, an extremely precised and well done presentation. Based on a Far-West inspiration, Badanjak presented his own version of the Country stories. Tan models, with braided hair and feather warbonnets, that impressive...
LG Fashion week Day 2: Attitude by Jay Manuel Spring 2012
TORONTO, OCTOBER 19, 2011- To close the night, LG Fashion Week Beauty by L’Oréal Paris scheduled a major retail player in Canada, Sears. Not necessarely known for its avant-garde and fashionable garments, Sears decided some seasons ago to change things up by pairing with a major fashion personality – not designer, Jay Manuel. Isn’t that Cool? As the...
LG Fashion week Day 2: MICHI Spring 2012
TORONTO, OCTOBER 18th, 2011- MICHI is the definition of what the LG Fashion Week likes to call CanadaCool. Edgy, fashion-forward, provocative, glamourous, name it, you would have found it in the MICHI’s runway show. As an utilitarian active lifestyle brand, with impeccable fit, MICHI originated from the desire to fill the gap between provocative, glamorous lingerie...
LG Fashion Week Day 2: Amanda Lew Kee Spring Summer 2012
TORONTO, OCTOBER 18th, 2011- Quite new on the fashion scene, this young designer started AMANDALEWKEE first as a jewelry line which later developed into a nappa leather garments and more recently a women’s ready-to-wear line. Today, she presented a cooler aesthetic, more casual, than her usual look. Still very polished, the looks were inspired by the preppy style...
Arthur Mendonça Spring 2012
TORONTO, October 18, 2011- Known for designing for strong, confident women, Arthur Mendonça unveiled his spring/summer 2012 collection during Toronto’s LG Fashion Week Beauty by L’Oréal Paris. Arthur launched his namesake collection in 2002. The Toronto-based label was greeted with immediate acclaim and enthusiasm on the Canadian fashion scene by media, retailers,...
Lala Berlin Spring 2012
TORONTO, OCTOBER 18th, 2011- For the first time, Leyla Piedayesh, designer of Lala Berlin showcased her Spring 2012 collection during Toronto’s LG Fashion Week Beauty by L’Oréal Paris. With almost an hour late, special thanks to a bad security system and crowd managing from this organisators, this (talented) Berlin-based designer had to present her collection in...
The Distillery District: Distillers of new ideas
TORONTO, OCTOBER 17th, 2011- Walking through this village on this chilly monday morning, the place was quiet and empty; perfect to appreciate all the secrets this place had to offer. The Distillery District is a national historic site with an incredibly rich history; the site was once The Gooderham and Worts Distillery, and represents the largest and best preserved collection...
