Wednesday, December 22, 2010
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Wednesday, December 1, 2010
The Fashion Show Ultimate Collection S02E04
204 - Time Capsule
Air Date: November 30, 2010
The clothiers do the time warp, creating fashion-forward plaid garments based on items found in time capsules that represent a particular year. Model Anja Rubik is the guest judge.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
The Fashion Show Ultimate Collection S02E03
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203 - Femme Fatale
Air Date: November 23, 2010
The designers produce fashions for the modern-day femme fatale. Model-actress Dita Von Teese serves as guest judge.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
The Fashion Show Ultimate Collection S02E02
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Season 2, Episode 2: The Human Body
The designers are in need of a "self examination" when they are challenged to complete a line inspired by the inner workings of the human body. While one house struggles, the other house works seamlessly together as they create reversible looks that mirror the traveling Bodies Exhibit.
Guest Judge: Photographer Douglas Friedman
Original Air Date: 16th November, 2010
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
The Fashion Show Ultimate Collection S02E01
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Iman's Career in Fashion
Air Date: November 9, 2010
Twelve designers are split into two fashion houses, which battle to create cohesive collections and produce fashion shows. First up: They must fashion lines based on series judge Iman's career. Designer Rachel Roy is the guest judge.
Friday, November 5, 2010
Friday, October 22, 2010
Brandon R. Dwyer infuses spice into glam evening looks for Basch label
Brandon R. Dwyer infused a little spice into an edited collection of luxurious evening looks in his spring/summer collection featured Thursday night at Toronto's LG Fashion Week.
Save for a few menswear-inspired pieces, like a cropped satin tuxedo blazer, the collection from the former "Project Runway Canada" competitor largely stuck to delivering an array of more feminine, romantic pieces.
Chiffon and satin dresses boasted delicate detailing like gathering drawstring sleeves, shoulder ruffles and tiered pleating.
But the designer didn't shy away from adding edgy elements, like fringe on a jersey vest teamed with a hot pink mini or mocha-hued feathers adorning the bodice of a ruffled-hem gown.
Tunic and wrap dresses as well as wrap-style and boat-neck tops fashioned from jersey evoked a more cosy, relaxed feel.
Peach and aqua hues added pops of colour, notably on graphic print tank dresses, amid the largely black and white colour palette.
Save for a few menswear-inspired pieces, like a cropped satin tuxedo blazer, the collection from the former "Project Runway Canada" competitor largely stuck to delivering an array of more feminine, romantic pieces.
Chiffon and satin dresses boasted delicate detailing like gathering drawstring sleeves, shoulder ruffles and tiered pleating.
But the designer didn't shy away from adding edgy elements, like fringe on a jersey vest teamed with a hot pink mini or mocha-hued feathers adorning the bodice of a ruffled-hem gown.
Tunic and wrap dresses as well as wrap-style and boat-neck tops fashioned from jersey evoked a more cosy, relaxed feel.
Peach and aqua hues added pops of colour, notably on graphic print tank dresses, amid the largely black and white colour palette.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
'Project Runway Canada' alum Jessica Biffi to close out Ottawa Fashion Week
"Project Runway Canada" alum Jessica Biffi will close out festivities at the upcoming Ottawa Fashion Week featuring spring/summer 2011 collections.
The Guelph, Ont.-born designer will cap off the event in the country's capital, which will be held Oct. 29-31 at the National Gallery of Canada.
Ottawa-based designer Emilia Torabi will open Fashion Week. Cynthia D’Amours, the designer behind Golden Fish Swimwear, and trained architect-turned-designer Rachel Sin are among those slated to show collections.
This will mark the fourth season of Ottawa Fashion Week which started off featuring fall/winter collections for the 2009 season.
Biffi was a finalist on the second season of the design competition series "Project Runway Canada." She has gone on to show her designs at Fashion Week in Toronto, launched the jewelry line Covet by Biffi, and created plus-size capsule collections through a partnership with Addition Elle and MXM.
She will branch out into menswear for the first time in her spring/summer 2011 collection which offers her version of the nautical theme with pastels and stretch jerseys in looks for men and women.
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Ottawa Fashion Week:www.ottawafashionweek.ca
The Guelph, Ont.-born designer will cap off the event in the country's capital, which will be held Oct. 29-31 at the National Gallery of Canada.
Ottawa-based designer Emilia Torabi will open Fashion Week. Cynthia D’Amours, the designer behind Golden Fish Swimwear, and trained architect-turned-designer Rachel Sin are among those slated to show collections.
This will mark the fourth season of Ottawa Fashion Week which started off featuring fall/winter collections for the 2009 season.
Biffi was a finalist on the second season of the design competition series "Project Runway Canada." She has gone on to show her designs at Fashion Week in Toronto, launched the jewelry line Covet by Biffi, and created plus-size capsule collections through a partnership with Addition Elle and MXM.
She will branch out into menswear for the first time in her spring/summer 2011 collection which offers her version of the nautical theme with pastels and stretch jerseys in looks for men and women.
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Online:
Ottawa Fashion Week:www.ottawafashionweek.ca
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Sunny Fong's VAWK show burns up the runway
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When your name's Sunny, you're not exactly channeling the North Pole.
Your inner compass veers more naturally towards hotter climes, for instance Spain and Africa, equatorial countries that Toronto's Sunny Fong says inspired him in designing his latest line for VAWK, the label he reignited last year after a five year hiatus.
Accordingly, the clothes the Project Runway Canada winner presented inside the Art Gallery of Ontario's Walker Court on Monday afternoon as part of his 2011 spring/summer women's wear collection were hot, hot, hot.
Think leather minis so high on the thigh you got a nosebleed just looking at them, and diaphanous cheetah print gowns so revealing they needed to be caged.
The colour palette was part Sahara Desert, part Barcelona at night, with creams, sand browns and black and white predominating.
Textures ranged from the hardness of a croc leather bolero to the gauzy softness of chiffon pantaloons.
Toro Safari, as Fong waggishly called his staged presentation, also featured tight-fitting embossed leather vests that emphasized the bosom with darts and scalloped stitching.
They looked not unlike the breastplates the mythic Amazons wore as armour into battle.
Female empowerment was definitely a theme, here.
The models were not the undernourished, underage waifs typically seen at fashion shows.
Instead, Fong sent women of varying shapes, sizes and ages down a makeshift runway that undulated in imitation of the Frank Gehry staircase overhead.
The underlying message was that his clothes are wearable and accessible to a large swath of the Canadian female population.
Highlights included a nude so-called Zebra dress slashed and layered on the bias to create a series of floating metaphorical stripes that lent the garment a vintage feel, and a laser-cut grey-blue leather mini, what Fong called his Silver Afro Dress, that sexily defined the breasts and the waist using solid pieces of leather sewn to enhance the female shape.
That look was so hot it was smoking.
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Evan Biddell: drama king
Moody, brilliant, and notoriously arrogant, Toronto fashion renegade Evan Biddell calls himself the bastard child of Jeremy Scott and Balenciaga. Maybe he can’t sell clothes, but he’s genius at selling himself
Kurt Cobain, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison.
“They were all 27 when they were like, Ugh, this is over,” says Evan Biddell, also 27. “They kinda get to that point and they were like, OK, this is what I’ve done, this is what I’ve put out to the world? Um, is my message really worth it?”
Unshaven head in his hands, questions writ big on his brow, Biddell is being a drama king. If you recognized his mug immediately, you know he does that well. He’s not literally seeking admission to the 27 Club. But he is, in the high-school play we call LG Fashion Week, a rock star. Albeit, recently, something of a crushed one.
Biddell shot to micro-fame in 2007, after winning season one of Project Runway Canada. Around 400,000 viewers tuned in to see an unschooled kid from Saskatoon beat Ryerson fashion grad Lucian Matis (who also went on to design and show at LGFW for several seasons) for the $100,000 prize. He’d been, he says himself, “a little brat” on the show; to this day, only one of his ex-competitors, Kendra Francis, is “cool with” him. Even in the un-“reality” world, he gets mixed reactions. Tell a Toronto fashion type you’re writing a cover story on Biddell, and she’ll roll her eyes. Then she’ll say, “See you at the show!”
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Project Runway Canada Alumni Jessica Biffi shows for the first time at Ottawa Fashion Week
It’s no surprise that since Project Runway Canada’s second season air date, Jessica Biffi has been on the fast track to fashion fame. Runner up, she left the show with her name, and managed to garner a huge following in the process. Launching her first Spring/Summer 2010 collection since the PRC show at Toronto’s LG Fashion Week was the inaugural step she needed to get the ball rolling. Since then, a line of jewellery aptly named “Covet by Biffi” was also launched, alongside her corporate partnership with Addition Elle and MXM where she created plus size capsule collections under her label.
The new 2011 S/S collection is a breath-of-fresh-air take on the nautical theme with pastels and stretch jerseys. The collection caters to both Women and Men, also a first for Biffi who has been waiting to do a men’s collection for quite awhile. "I have always known that menswear would be a part of what I would do with Jessica Biffi. Since the show, my male fans have been asking, and with the Mermaids and Sailor's theme it only felt fitting that I launch menswear now." With tons of room to collect pieces for a man’s wardrobe, the styling leans more toward a European street wear look with great fitting pieces. Cowl neck tops with expert draping, bold pleating, and tailored harem pants with signature Biffi details like strong hardware in her signature gold, are just some of the elements that have fans already lining up to purchase.
The line-up of course is virtual at this point as Biffi gears up to soft launch her new ecommerce website. Women’s wear, Men’s wear, custom pieces and the Covet by Biffi will all be available for purchase online next month at www.jessicabiffi.com. Items are also available for order at the brand new studio and head office at 400 Eastern Ave, Toronto On.
And now, Biffi could not be more excited to close the show at Ottawa’s Fashion week on October 31st at 9pm. In its fourth season, the show takes place in the National Gallery of Canada in downtown Ottawa, and promises to serve as an amazing platform for the runway show. A departure from the regular crowd and hustle of Toronto Fashion Week, the Ottawa Fashion Week board handpick attendants and media, ensuring it is an upscale exclusive affair for the Capitol’s fashion elite. Media from Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto and Ottawa will be in attendance, as well as an abundance of designers showing from all over the nation.
For show attendance to the Ottawa Fashion Week runway show, please email to rsvp@badpr.ca. For more information about the designer please visit www.jessicabiffi.com Thanks to sponsors Town Shoes, product sponsors and OFW.
New talent the draw at this year's Toronto Fashion Week
Toronto’s fashion focussed is suiting up for its bi-annual whirlwind week of Canadian style.
Officially starting on Monday, LG Fashion Week Beauty by L'Oréal Paris will present Spring 2011 Collections at Heritage Court at Exhibition Place.
“There are almost 30 presentations representing more than 60 designers, including talent from British Columbia, Winnipeg, Montréal, Vancouver, Toronto and more,” says Robin Kay, president of the Fashion Design Council of Canada.
“Some are the traditional runway and some will be interactive installments.’
Along with established labels such as Pink Tartan, Bustle and Montréal design favourite Denis Gagnon, a fresh crop of designers is set to debut. According to Kay, the FDCC has been working with a variety of new talent with an eye toward long-term collaboration.
“The Fashion Collective, a hip, new group, has connected the street to the runway,” she says. “From them we’ll see seven new designers: Rita Liefhebber, Amanda Lew Kee, Chloecommeparris, THOMAS, Fortnight, Klaxton Howl and House of Groves — this is a really exciting new element to this season's lineup.”
This is Fashion Week's 12th year; the event is acknowledged as the second-largest fashion week in North America.
“Stepping onto our runway immediately allows firsthand media exposure and, of course, global attention,” says Kay. “Between the media, stylists, buyers and consumers —it’s often a necessary step for designers. Without the runway, the world cannot see a collection come alive.”
In addition to widespread media coverage that includes traditional mediums and online exposure from the country’s premiere fashion publications and bloggers, the shows will be streamed live from lgfashionweek.ca, free of charge.
Also via the website, tickets for a day, the entire week, and for Dare to Wear, the closing-night fundraiser show, are available for purchase by anyone who wants to experience the event in person. Pre-fashion week shows include Ashley Rowe, showing tonight, and Greta Constantine, tomorrow night.
Which designers to look for
In addition to the usual hotly anticipated LG Fashion Week shows, this season's big draw is a slew of new and up-and-coming designers, says fashion stylist Alexis Honce.
She names Amanda Lew Kee as one of her favourites, and LOVAS and Line Knitwear as shows to see.
“I used to style Robin Kay; last season she bought a dress from Duy that was really gorgeous, so I’m excited to see what that designer is doing as well.”
Duy’s show is Friday evening at 5 p.m.
Making an appearance on Wednesday is celeb stylist Phillip Bloch. Offsite shows include VAWK, by designer Sunny Fong, winner of Project Runway Canada Season 2. VAWK presents at the AGO Monday at 1 p.m.
http://www.metronews.ca/ottawa/life/article/661778--new-talent-the-draw-at-this-year-s-toronto-fashion-week
Officially starting on Monday, LG Fashion Week Beauty by L'Oréal Paris will present Spring 2011 Collections at Heritage Court at Exhibition Place.
“There are almost 30 presentations representing more than 60 designers, including talent from British Columbia, Winnipeg, Montréal, Vancouver, Toronto and more,” says Robin Kay, president of the Fashion Design Council of Canada.
“Some are the traditional runway and some will be interactive installments.’
Along with established labels such as Pink Tartan, Bustle and Montréal design favourite Denis Gagnon, a fresh crop of designers is set to debut. According to Kay, the FDCC has been working with a variety of new talent with an eye toward long-term collaboration.
“The Fashion Collective, a hip, new group, has connected the street to the runway,” she says. “From them we’ll see seven new designers: Rita Liefhebber, Amanda Lew Kee, Chloecommeparris, THOMAS, Fortnight, Klaxton Howl and House of Groves — this is a really exciting new element to this season's lineup.”
This is Fashion Week's 12th year; the event is acknowledged as the second-largest fashion week in North America.
“Stepping onto our runway immediately allows firsthand media exposure and, of course, global attention,” says Kay. “Between the media, stylists, buyers and consumers —it’s often a necessary step for designers. Without the runway, the world cannot see a collection come alive.”
In addition to widespread media coverage that includes traditional mediums and online exposure from the country’s premiere fashion publications and bloggers, the shows will be streamed live from lgfashionweek.ca, free of charge.
Also via the website, tickets for a day, the entire week, and for Dare to Wear, the closing-night fundraiser show, are available for purchase by anyone who wants to experience the event in person. Pre-fashion week shows include Ashley Rowe, showing tonight, and Greta Constantine, tomorrow night.
Which designers to look for
In addition to the usual hotly anticipated LG Fashion Week shows, this season's big draw is a slew of new and up-and-coming designers, says fashion stylist Alexis Honce.
She names Amanda Lew Kee as one of her favourites, and LOVAS and Line Knitwear as shows to see.
“I used to style Robin Kay; last season she bought a dress from Duy that was really gorgeous, so I’m excited to see what that designer is doing as well.”
Duy’s show is Friday evening at 5 p.m.
Making an appearance on Wednesday is celeb stylist Phillip Bloch. Offsite shows include VAWK, by designer Sunny Fong, winner of Project Runway Canada Season 2. VAWK presents at the AGO Monday at 1 p.m.
http://www.metronews.ca/ottawa/life/article/661778--new-talent-the-draw-at-this-year-s-toronto-fashion-week
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Fashion designer basks in glow of Project Runway
Tall and willowy, Adejoke Taiwo speaks with a self-assurance and ease that belies her 26 years of age.
Perhaps some of that poise can be credited to the six years she spent in post-secondary school, including two years at Red Deer College studying costume cutting and construction and another four years at Ryerson University earning a degree in fashion design.
Or that she's a veteran of a reality-TV show, Project Runway Canada.
Or that she already has a clothing line to her name called alala, a word in the Yoruba language meaning "dreamer."
And dreamt Taiwo has, setting her sights on a career in fashion design ever since she was a child.
"If that didn't work out, I wanted to be a biologist," Taiwo laughs. "But it seems to be working out so far," she adds.
Taiwo produces a small binder which opens to a title page with Sewing Book neatly stencilled on it. Inside are notes on stitching-related matters, along with some rather crooked sewing samples -- the fruits of her childhood lessons that started when she was six-years old.
For Taiwo, sewing was anything but a chore. "When my parents wanted to punish me, they would threaten to take away my sewing machine," she says.
Perhaps some of that poise can be credited to the six years she spent in post-secondary school, including two years at Red Deer College studying costume cutting and construction and another four years at Ryerson University earning a degree in fashion design.
Or that she's a veteran of a reality-TV show, Project Runway Canada.
Or that she already has a clothing line to her name called alala, a word in the Yoruba language meaning "dreamer."
And dreamt Taiwo has, setting her sights on a career in fashion design ever since she was a child.
"If that didn't work out, I wanted to be a biologist," Taiwo laughs. "But it seems to be working out so far," she adds.
Taiwo produces a small binder which opens to a title page with Sewing Book neatly stencilled on it. Inside are notes on stitching-related matters, along with some rather crooked sewing samples -- the fruits of her childhood lessons that started when she was six-years old.
For Taiwo, sewing was anything but a chore. "When my parents wanted to punish me, they would threaten to take away my sewing machine," she says.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Kim Cathers Talks Gay Fashion
No one knows more about crossing fashion lines than Vancouver’s own Kim Cathers, who ruffled more than skirts during her time on the second season of Project Runway Canada.
“Good gay fashion is the same as straight fashion,” Cathers says. “Don’t wear Ed Hardy and act like a douchebag. Or maybe that’s just good life advice. Either way you should abide.”
For those at a loss for what to wear this Pride, Cathers recommends crinoline, sparkles, big massive shoes, feathers or a parasol. She advises everyone to “go big, go bold, find amazing shoes, and don’t forget to dance baby, dance!”
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“Good gay fashion is the same as straight fashion,” Cathers says. “Don’t wear Ed Hardy and act like a douchebag. Or maybe that’s just good life advice. Either way you should abide.”
For those at a loss for what to wear this Pride, Cathers recommends crinoline, sparkles, big massive shoes, feathers or a parasol. She advises everyone to “go big, go bold, find amazing shoes, and don’t forget to dance baby, dance!”
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Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Red Ribbon Affair
FASHION | Red Ribbon Affair
With the announcement this week of a major breakthrough in HIV/AIDS research, a solution to the catastrophic disease seems closer than ever. The fashion industry has always been a major fundraiser for the cause, and tonight Canadian designers come together to support the AIDS Committee of Toronto. Featuring designs by Project Runway Canada finalist Jason Meyers, local girl Baby Steinberg, and juniour fashion line C'est Moi, tonight's event includes a silent auction and cocktail party in aid of a very worthy cause.
Andrew Richard Designs, 571 Adelaide Street West, $25, 7 pm
With the announcement this week of a major breakthrough in HIV/AIDS research, a solution to the catastrophic disease seems closer than ever. The fashion industry has always been a major fundraiser for the cause, and tonight Canadian designers come together to support the AIDS Committee of Toronto. Featuring designs by Project Runway Canada finalist Jason Meyers, local girl Baby Steinberg, and juniour fashion line C'est Moi, tonight's event includes a silent auction and cocktail party in aid of a very worthy cause.
Andrew Richard Designs, 571 Adelaide Street West, $25, 7 pm
Project Runway alum launches online shop
Designer Kendra Francis is going digital as she broadens her brand with new ventures.
The Project Runway Canada alum behind Toronto-based luxury apparel brand Franke is launching web boutique L.A.B.
In addition, Franke will join other Toronto-based designers as part of an iPhone app called Stylefile.
The app allows users to check out independent designers and boutiques around the world.
The organization that helped foster Canadian fashion talents Brian Bailey and David Dixon is offering youth interested in design a chance to become their own boss.
The Toronto Fashion Incubator is collaborating with Youth Employment Services to give teens and young adults in A Passion for Fashion.
Non-professional designers aged 16 to 29 in Ontario are being targeted for the project’s one-on-one mentorship and workshops on the industry, including starting a business, fashion design and marketing.
Participants will also have a shot at entering the Fashionista’s Den, a competition that will award one young person $1,000 cash, a year-long TFI Outreach membership as well an additional 50 hours of business advisory and fashion mentorship.
For more information, visit www.yes.on.ca orwww.fashionincubator.com.
The Project Runway Canada alum behind Toronto-based luxury apparel brand Franke is launching web boutique L.A.B.
In addition, Franke will join other Toronto-based designers as part of an iPhone app called Stylefile.
The app allows users to check out independent designers and boutiques around the world.
The organization that helped foster Canadian fashion talents Brian Bailey and David Dixon is offering youth interested in design a chance to become their own boss.
The Toronto Fashion Incubator is collaborating with Youth Employment Services to give teens and young adults in A Passion for Fashion.
Non-professional designers aged 16 to 29 in Ontario are being targeted for the project’s one-on-one mentorship and workshops on the industry, including starting a business, fashion design and marketing.
Participants will also have a shot at entering the Fashionista’s Den, a competition that will award one young person $1,000 cash, a year-long TFI Outreach membership as well an additional 50 hours of business advisory and fashion mentorship.
For more information, visit www.yes.on.ca orwww.fashionincubator.com.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Survivor anchors new Canadian reality TV channel
The "fat, naked guy" from Survivor is back.
The Global Reality Channel will launch July 1 by airing Richard Hatch's triumphant first season of Survivor from beginning to end.
Reruns of Survivor's 20 seasons will be a cornerstone of the new Global Reality Channel, a 24-hour digital service. The channel, billed as "all reality, all the time," will include new seasons of The Apprentice UK and Big Brother, as well as repeats of reality fare such as Deal or No Deal Canada, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, X-Weighted, Project Runway Canada and Fear Factor.
Read more: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/Survivor+anchors+Canadian+reality+channel/3222991/story.html?cid=megadrop_story#ixzz12WyQ4iwB
The Global Reality Channel will launch July 1 by airing Richard Hatch's triumphant first season of Survivor from beginning to end.
Reruns of Survivor's 20 seasons will be a cornerstone of the new Global Reality Channel, a 24-hour digital service. The channel, billed as "all reality, all the time," will include new seasons of The Apprentice UK and Big Brother, as well as repeats of reality fare such as Deal or No Deal Canada, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, X-Weighted, Project Runway Canada and Fear Factor.
Read more: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/Survivor+anchors+Canadian+reality+channel/3222991/story.html?cid=megadrop_story#ixzz12WyQ4iwB
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