Kim Newport-Mimran brought the romance and girlish innocence of the sixties to Pink Tartan’s Spring/Summer 2013 collection. Models wore mini top hat chapeaux and cropped bustiers, be-fitting their full circle skirts. It was an homage to the jitterbugging babes, Brigitte Bardot and even Sally Draper. The collection featured an array of fabrics, and I loved the thickness of this pearlescent…
Toronto Fashion week kicked off tonight with three shows from haute retailer Holt Renfrew, Pink Tartan and Pavoni. There isn’t much to say for the Holt Renfrew show. The department store is celebrating 175 years, but overlooked the opportunity to showcase vintage collections or a style narrative, and opted to hawk a compilation of high-end designers stocked in their store.…
When you think of fashion models, often tall, leggy and thin come to mind. But last Saturday, a lecture featuring former i-D Magazine editor, Caryn Franklin, opened up a discussion on diversity in fashion. Franklin said from the start that she didn’t want to recruit students to her way of thinking, but rather to be aware of the lack of…
It was as if a fashion shower descended upon Toronto last night. Media members and VIPs were invited to FLARE‘s launch of Anna Dello Russo’s accessories collection for H&M. I arrived half an hour before the event started, and there was already a queue. I had one mission in mind, get the turquoise dog clutch and gator glasses I’ve been…
On September 6, Toronto will transform into a star-studded wonderland when the Toronto International Film Festival kicks off with the sci-fi thriller, Looper. Even though I won’t be catching heartthrob Joseph Gordon-Levitt at the premiere of this flick, TIFF is the most exciting time to be in Toronto and I can’t wait to see what surprises this year’s fest will…
