Toronto Fashion Week: Soia & Kyo Fall 2012

Fashion Week Handbags: Salvatore Ferragamo Fall 2012 The inky color beloved by fashion people and regular folks alike (especially in New York) has been oddly omnipresent in Fall 2012 collections; because it doesn't photograph well and more vivid colors are preferred for magazine editorials, black often finds itself relegated to a designer's...

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 Fall 2012Fashion really has a thing for farm animals right now. First it was lambs, then sheep, and now piglets, a whole host of which walked the runway during Tuesday's Korhani show during Toronto Fashion Week. This isn't Korhani's first brush with the animal kingdom. Last season saw bunnies!...

Day 2 of Toronto Fashion Week closes with Soia & Kyo, Lundstrom Collection and Matis by Lucian Matis showing off the neutral 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...

Fashion Week Handbags: Alexander Wang Fall 2012 Alexander Wang Fall 2012 yielded enough accessories for us to get an impression of what we should expect come fall, but too few to really satisfy my curiosity as a Wang fangirl. I'll be waiting impatiently for images of the full line to emerge. Until then, it seems like we're in for a...

Fashion Week Handbags: Miu Miu Fall 2012 Thankfully, Miu Miu Fall 2012 is much better. The line doesn't look like Miu Miu so much as it does Prada Lite, but the bags are bold, structured takes on traditional shapes – an accessories avenue that rarely leads a designer astray. After last season's tiny, quasi-western oddness, it's a...

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: Holt Renfrew Presents Fall 2011 – Can't Live Without Canadian FashionWith Toronto's Rogue Fashion Week having come to a close with the Greta Constantine and Ezra Constantine show, it seemed almost symbolic (of what, I've yet to determine) that designers Kirk Pickersgill and Stephen Wong's lines then took part in Holt Renfrew's opening show for the official LG...

New York Fashion Week – Rag&Bone Fall 2012I have to say I was pretty disappointed with New York Fashion Week this year! I'm usually drooling over several collections, but this time I only really liked 3 of them as a whole (Michael Kors, Rag&Bone and J.Mendel) and several looks here and there (from Rodarte, Altuzarra and BCBG by Max...

Day 4 of Toronto Fashion Week closes with shows by Ezra Constantine, Pink Tartan & David DixonDay 4 of Toronto Fashion Week finished off with fall/winter 2012 collections coming down the runway from Ezra Constantine, Pink Tartan and David Dixon. (Click here for my take on earlier in the day) Ezra Constantine www.gretaconstantine.com Stephen Wong and Kirk Pickersgill showed their...

LG Toronto Fashion Week – Marie Saint Pierre Spring 2012Canadian fashion designer and regular Real Style Network contributor, Marie Saint Pierre, showed pieces from her Spring/Summer 2012 collection in the Studio at Toronto Fashion week yesterday afternoon. It was a private showing and less chaotic than the busy tents. Six mannequins were arranged...

Fashion Week Handbags: Marc Jacobs Fall 2012First and foremost, if you haven't looked at the full Marc Jacobs Fall 2012 show already, I'd encourage you to head over to Vogue.com and flip through it now; I generally prefer spring fashion week to fall because the clothes are so much more fun, and Jacobs managed to inject a healthy dose of...

Toronto Fashion Week: Joe Fresh Fall 2012 cheerful at Toronto Fashion Week each and every season, Mimran's very reasonably priced clothing and accessories line and its supermarket beginnings continue to take the North American fashion scene by storm, one brightly hued sweater at a time. Joe Fresh always brings the colour to the...

Toronto Fashion Week: MARTIN LIM Fall 2012During last season's Toronto Fashion Week, the folks at Mercedes Benz Start Up generously handed over the reins to their Twitter account to me to live tweet the finale of their inaugural, nationwide fashion design competition. Well, I must've done a bang up job (read: refrained from tweeting...

Toronto Fashion Week: Arthur Mendonça Fall 2012 Over the course of Toronto Fashion Week, I witnessed everything from face-distorting yawns to pursed lips à la Miranda Priestly. Neither was spotted at Arthur Mendonça's show on the final day of World Mastercard Fashion Week; instead, women all around me were swooning. And it had nothing to...

PETA threatens to protest Toronto Fashion Week with help from Stella McCartney & Penelope Cruz So far the graphic video hasn't been screened anywhere near Toronto Fashion Week, but on Tuesday afternoon the PETA reps floating around the tents claimed that the video would be sent to any Canadian designers who opted to present leather or fur in their collections. PETA has had a small...

Toronto Fashion Week: Greta Constantine Fall 2012On Friday, March 19, I was summoned to the brand spanking new Arcadian Loft event space atop The Bay's Toronto flagship for the Greta Constantine Fall 2012 runway show. What I arrived at the show expecting from designers Kirk Pickersgill and Stephen Wong's latest womenswear collection was more...

Toronto Fashion Week: Chloe Comme Parris Fall 2011 For the more fitted looks, the duo drew inspiration from style icon's like Mary Kate Olsen, Kate Lanphear and Leigh Lezark, creating some pretty hot topics for Toronto Fashion Week. Chloe Comme Parris' Fall 2011 collection is a feminine and sharp unit of things you can mix, match and work...

Outfit Identifier: Helen Mirren's Coat, Dress, and Handbag at the Dolce & Gabbana Fall 2012 Fashion ShowHelen Mirren attended the Dolce & Gabbana Fall 2012 fashion show during Milan Fashion Week on February 26, 2012 in Milan, Italy. The 66-year-old actress wore a lovely floral and butterfly printed dress with long sleeves by Dolce & Gabbana paired with a blush floral embroidered coat with half...

Toronto Fashion Week: Lucian Matis Spring 2012Lucian Matis' fashion shows are always a Toronto Fashion Week highlight for me. I've come to expect spectacular presentations and perfectly over-the-top designs from Matis, and his recent Spring 2012 runway show offered exactly that. The circus lighting from the Fall 2011 show was gone, but...

Fashion Week Handbags: Burberry Prorsum Fall 2012In two ways, I always dread the Burberry show at London Fashion Week. First, because I know that Christopher Bailey's beautiful ready-to-wear, and his outerwear in particular (THOSE COATS.), will threaten to drain my bank account all over again with one swift poke the the pleasure center in my...

Day 3 of Toronto Fashion Week closes with shows by Bustle, Melissa Nepton & Joe Freshcom Melissa Nepton brought her "Eolia" fall/winter 2012 collection to the tents at Toronto Fashion Week on Wednesday evening. The Montreal-based designer presented a strong collection of outerwear, chunky knits and relaxed separates that were inspired by an ethereal nomad. Delicate dresses,...

LG Toronto Fashion Week – Chloe Comme Parris Spring 2012Young sisters, Chloe and Parris, presented the Spring/Summer 2012 for their Chloe Comme Parris collection in the Studio at Toronto Fashion Week yesterday evening. Their passion for contemporary fashion and accessories stood out in every piece. Chloe Comme Parris created a very feminine...

Soia and Kyo Fall 2012 fashion design, indie clothing, style, beautyShopping for jackets is always my favorite part about fall fashion. Canadian outerwear company, Soia and Kyo is stylish, wallet-friendly find. Designer Ilan Elfassy showed the trendy collection at Toronto Fashion week with looks for men and women. Their coats and jackets always have a sexy...

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

Paris Fashion Week Closes With Final Fall 2012 ShowsThe hottest runways in the world have been, sadly, packed away for another season as Paris Fashion Week comes to a close today. We have been bringing you some of the highlights from the Fall 2012 shows and here are a few more of the top Paris highlights to end an all-out fashionable...

Fashion Week Handbags: Proenza Schouler Fall 2012If you only look at one set of detail shots from New York Fashion Week, make it Proenza Schouler's. Not even for the bags, necessarily; most of these pieces will come to retail in a very limited way, with the well-known PS1s and PS11s dominating the Proenza handbag landscape. No, look at these...

Lucian Matis unofficially opens Toronto Fashion Week with a dramatic fall 2012 collectionLucian Matis unofficially opened Toronto Fashion Week on Monday night with a dramatic presentation of his "Nature's Art in Symmetry" fall/winter 2012 collection in the ballroom of the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in downtown Toronto. This season the Romanian-born, Toronto-based fashion designer...

Toronto Fashion Week: Holt Renfrew Presents Fall 2012 Mackage, which of course was already on the list after last week's presentation of the complete Fall 2012 collection. That's a lot of needs from one runway show, yes, but those folks at Holt Renfrew are quite talented at luring me into their department stores. Holt's has always been a...

Ford Models Storm Toronto Fashion Week 2012com Runway highlights > MADISON SCHILL (FORD WOMEN, TORONTO & NY) | MARTIN LIM FALL 2012 Photography: STEVE ALKOK TAYLOR GANNON (FORD MEN, TORONTO & NY) | SOIA & KYO FALL 2012 Photography: STEVE ALKOK JENICA VANDERMEER (FORD WOMEN, TORONTO & NY) | RUDSAK FALL 2012 Photography: STEVE...