PETA Strips Down And Protests Toronto Fashion Week

Androgynous male model Andrej Pejic walks the runway at Toronto Fashion WeekMonday night the king of androgyny was in Toronto and made an appearance at LG Toronto Fashion Week. Controversial male model Andrej Pejic strutted down the catwalk for Arthur Mendonca's spring 2012 runway show in the tents at David Pecaut Square. The 20-year-old Serbian-born model was...

Day 5 of Toronto Fashion Week closes with shows by Joeffer Caoc, Rad Hourani & Dare To Wear Lovecom Montreal-raised, Paris-based designer Rad Hourani hit the Toronto Fashion Week stage on Friday evening to show his fall/winter 2012 collection - his first time showing in Canada. A short film served as the show's opener and celebrated Rad's five years in the fashion industry. The runway...

Toronto Fashion Week Has Been Sold! "Fashion week is much bigger than me as an individual person," Kay told the Star. "I really believe that this is the best next step on the runway for the event, for the City of Toronto and for our market as Canadians on the global runway." Kay founded Toronto Fashion Week back in 2000 to...

Toronto fashion week preview: The new designers on our radarLast October, a breath of fresh air breezed through the grounds at Heritage Court⎯the home to "official" Toronto fashion week⎯in the form of an über hip group of young fashionites called The Fashion Collective. A sort of mélange of hype-making and style setting, PR maven Kate Mullin, stylist...

Day 2 of Toronto Fashion Week closes with Soia & Kyo, Lundstrom Collection and Matis by Lucian Matis palette of urban traveler-inspired outwear that was fashionable but not too fashion forward. Fur trapper hats will no doubt be the perfect winter accessories. -- Lundstrom Collection www.lundstrom.ca Canadian prestige brand Lundstrom Collection presented its fall/winter 2012 collection...

Dolce & Gabbana sent a 1980's inspired collection down the Milan Fashion Week runway today and it brought back memories of Molly Ringwald movies,Sunday, February 27, 2011 Dolce & Gabbana sent a 1980's inspired collection down the Milan Fashion Week runway today and it brought back memories of Molly Ringwald movies, Devo and female power from a time when Supermodels ruled the runways. The handbags on the Dolce & Gabbana ru Dolce &...

Toronto Fashion Week: Greta Constantine Spring 2012Designers Kirk Pickersgill and Stephen Wong kicked off Toronto Fashion Week recently with their combined Greta Constantine / Ezra Constantine / PRIMER show. Always a crowd favourite, the city's fashion set was out in full force, as Canada's top editors, buyers and critics, as well as the...

World Mastercard Toronto Fashion Week Day 2 – Adrian Wu,Chloe Comme Parris,LundstromBy Melanie Kerr, writer Day two of World Mastercard Toronto Fashion Week was definitely busy, between being backstage interviewing Parris and Chloe Gordon of Chloe Comme Parris and catching every show, it was every fashion lover's dream. The day started off with Adrian Wu, it's hard to...

Day 3 of Toronto Fashion Week closes with Korhani Home Rugs evening at LG Fashion Week. (Click here for my take on earlier in the day) Korhani Home Rugs www.korhani.com Seriously fun. That about sums up the Korhani Home Rug runway show that took place on Wednesday evening. As a major sponsor of Toronto Fashion Week, the Montreal-based company...

Toronto Fashion Week: Sid Neigum Fall 2011, the new kid in town who at only 22 years old, had the crowd in awe and me nearly on my feet during his Fall 2011 runway show at Toronto Fashion Week. Neigum, one of the hottest imports from The Fashion Collective(TFC: a group of super-creatives bringing in some of the hottest tickets at...

LG Toronto Fashion Week – Amanda Lew Kee Spring 2012Emerging designer Amanda Lew Kee delighted the crowd at Toronto Fashion Week with her unique sense of style as she presented her Spring 2012 collection. This "designer to watch" brought a breath of fresh air to her youthful pieces that came to life in the Studio environment. Kee showed a...

Toronto Fashion Week: Rudsak Fall 2011 Their Fall 2001 Toronto Fashion Week show was very edgy, with "Born To Be Wild" playing, while models walking the runway in leather with fur accents in both black, camel and white. Several models carried motorcycle helmets making it clear that the line was very biker-inspired. Aside from...

Toronto Fashion Week: LINE Knitwear Fall 2011 Being the last runway event of Toronto Fashion Week, the room was literally filled with excitement and anticipation. At the moment Empire Of The Sun's - Walking On A Dream played (which I haven't stopped playing on my iPod since), I knew I was in for something special. LINE Knitwear, known...

Day 4 of Toronto Fashion Week closes with shows by Ezra Constantine, Pink Tartan & David Dixoncom Stephen Wong and Kirk Pickersgill showed their Greta Constantine fall offerings last week at a swanky off-site affair, but the Toronto-based design duo opted to show their men's collection at Toronto Fashion Week. Ezra Constantine was launched in 2009, but Thursday night's minimalist...

Toronto Fashion Week: Comrags Fall 2011During their Fall 2011 Toronto Fashion Week show, Comrags shied away from over doing the major trends to show that clean lines and elegant separates can be just as fashion forward. The design duo showed modest cuts on wrap dresses with sleeves reaching the elbow in both scoop and boat neck...

Best Shows From Toronto Fashion Week - Toronto Fashion Week PicturesView Fullscreen With things finally winding down, post-Fashion Month, we figured it was time to take a look to our friends to the north, who have also just wrapped up World Mastercard Toronto Fashion Week. With emerging talent lighting up the runways, this city earns the right to boast that...

Day 2 of Toronto Fashion Week closes with the Mercedes Benz Start Up, Chloe comme Parris, Lovas and a little Attitude In fact, the 'Birds of Paradise' collection was the most focused, cohesive presentation that the 30-year-old designer has brought to Toronto Fashion Week yet. Multi-ethnic models showed off fitted cocktail dresses, cropped jackets and super flirty sundresses with ease. The unexpected twist?...

Donatella Versace sent her fall 2011 collection down the Milan Fashion Week runway yesterday and it gave Versace fans exactly what they wereSunday, February 27, 2011 Donatella Versace sent her fall 2011 collection down the Milan Fashion Week runway yesterday and it gave Versace fans exactly what they were expecting; form fitting clothing that is anything but shy. Versace also created one distinct handbag for the fall Donatella...

The Shows Mark The Unofficial Start To Toronto Fashion WeekThe ShOws, sponsored by P&G Beauty & Grooming, is an new event marking the unofficial start of Toronto Fashion Week by bringing together a handful of talented Canadian designers to debut their collections. Held in the luxurious grand ballroom of The Ritz-Carlton Toronto the first night seemed...

Toronto Fashion Week: Greta Constantine Fall 2011One of the first to show during Toronto Fashion Week and just before the official launch of LG Fashion Week which starts today, the Greta Constantine show is always a highly anticipated event. The boys, as the designers Kirk Pickersgill and Stephen Wong are affectionately known, always put on...

Toronto Fashion Week Day 3: Matis by Lucian Matis, Lucian Matis, Korhani Home, Mackage, Joe Fresh) on the runway at Korhani Home, these are the runway shows that wowed us on Day 3 of Toronto Fashion Week. Matis by Lucian Matis Lucian Matis kicked off the day with his diffusion line Matis by Lucian Matis. The affordable collection designed specifically with the career orientated woman in...

Day 4 of Toronto Fashion Week closes with Caroline Neron, Bustle and VawkDay 4 of Toronto Fashion Week finished off with spring 2012 collections coming down the runway from Carline Neron, Bustle and Sunny Fong's Vawk. (Click here for my take on earlier in the day) Caroline Neron www.carolineneron.com

Canadian supermodel tumbles on the Toronto Fashion Week runwayOn Tuesday evening Sears presented their second collection with creative director Jay Manuel of America's Next Top Model fame at LG Toronto Fashion Week. Urban safari-inspired chic threads, thumping beats, gusts of dry ice on a super slick runway and... a model goes down. But it wasn't just...

LG Toronto Fashion Week – Canadian Fashion Designer Arthur Mendonca Spring 2012 Mendonca's return to Toronto Fashion Week was a triumphant affair. Stay tuned for more from the week. 2 Comments

PETA threatens to protest Toronto Fashion Week with help from Stella McCartney & Penelope CruzCount on PETA to make a statement during Toronto Fashion Week. As the fashion festivities kicked off, reports circulated that passionate animal rights activists would be out in full force to protest the use of fur, leather and exotic animal-skins in the fall/winter 2012 collections of Canadian...

Toronto Fashion Week Day 3 With Joe Fresh, Mackage & MoreKorhani Home Fall 2013 Time flies when you're spending your days watching fabulous runway shows at Toronto Fashion Week! I've already witnessed three days of Canadian fashion, but there's no time for slowing down, there are still two days ahead of me with amazing designers like Vawk, Lucian...

LG Toronto Fashion Week – ATTITUDE By Jay Manuel Spring 2012All eyes were on TV personality Jay Manuel on night two at the Toronto Fashion Week tents as he presented his Spring/Summer 2012 collection for the Sears line ATTITUDE Jay Manuel. The collection, only sold at Sears stores, took a page from the book on anything-but-ordinary vacations for the...

Toronto Fashion Week kicks off with shows from Holt Renfrew, Arthur Mendonca and Lala Berlin The fashionable festival kicked off on Monday evening at a new home... LG Fashion Week has moved and towering tents have been set up in the heart of Toronto's entertainment district at David Pecaut Square. Here's a look at what came down the runway on the first night of LG Toronto Fashion...

LG Toronto Fashion Week: The Mercedes-Benz Start Up 2011 National FinalIn association with the Fashion Design Council of Canada (FDCC), The Mercedes-Benz Start Up 2011 National Final had a full house at Toronto Fashion Week. The show kicked off with Global Production Director, Jarrad Clark, presenting this year's designer finalists: UNTTLD, Triarchy, Cassie Dee,...

Day 3 of Toronto Fashion Week closes with shows by Bustle, Melissa Nepton & Joe Fresh down the rodeo-inspired runway, but the loudest applause was reserved for a male model that drove the crowd wild with his open shirt and sexy smirk. -- Melissa Nepton www.melissanepton.com Melissa Nepton brought her "Eolia" fall/winter 2012 collection to the tents at Toronto Fashion...