Last night at LG Fashion Week, America’s Next Top Model’s Jay Manuel unveiled his Spring/Summer 2012 Collection for Attitude at Sears. The show had a full house, with people waiting over 45 minutes to get seated. The collection was very safe, with pieces that were meant for the beach. The most exciting part of the show was when Canadian supermodel,…
Jimmy Choo XV is a must-have on every aspiring Imelda Marcos’ coffee table. The gorgeous coffee table book chronicles the 15 most eponymous Choo shoes, and features decadent imagery including sketches, past lookbooks, red carpet photos and editorials shot by noted fashion photographers like Mario Testino and Terry Richardson. Bound in a sumptuous snakeskin embossed cover, the release of the book…
Last Friday at the shOws, I had a chance to see Jean-Pierre Braganza, an amazing design talent from Toronto who has been showing at London Fashion Week. I was obsessed with his artistry and the tailoring in his garments. The cut-outs and decoupages created architectural elements that enlivened simple day dresses. Geometric elements were consistent throughout the collection, with hexagonal…
From October 17-21, people from the fashion, media and entertainment industry will gather in David Pecaut Square on King Street West (thank God!) to celebrate Canadian and International fashion talent. I’m looking forward to bringing reviews and video footage of the shows to this blog and the Women’s Post. The shows I’m most excited for are Denis Gagnon, Chloe Comme Parris…
Last night at the Ritz Carlton in Toronto, supermodel Coco Rocha premiered a documentary about Haiti that was directed by the husband, James Conran. Nearly two years ago, Haiti suffered a catastrophic earthquake. The country is in a desperate state and this film attempted to illustrate the devastation. The film followed Rocha and photographer Behati Prinsloo as they visited Haiti…
