TORONTO FASHION WEEK / FAT / FASHION ARTS TORONTO

I think this is the last of  the schedules for "FASHION WEEK TORONTO"...the week that began on Wednesday March 14 and runs through Saturday April 27!

 

It began with the now-30-year-veterans and obiquitous-to-fashion-week-team of JUDY CORNISH  and JOYCE GUNHOUSE for "COMRAGS",  along with another solid handful of Internationally-showing CANADIAN DESIGNERS, at "the shOws", running from March 13-14.

Next up, the in-its-second-season "WORLD MASTERCARD TORONTO FASHION WEEK",  March 18-22, with it's roster including veterans DAVID DIXON and STEPHAN CARAS.

 

With a finale by the art/fashion world of "FAT/FASHION ARTS TORONTO" April 23-27, I've listed all their "live" fashion shows below. (their lineup also includes performance and music and art of other sorts, see their website http://fashionarttoronto.ca/ for complete listings.)

 

What a week...lol....they do us proud....

FAT / FASHION ARTS TORONTO

TUES APRIL 23

8:05pm    SAKHUJA _{(Brampton, Ontario)}
8:20pm    TARAH KENNEDY _{(Toronto, Ontario)}
8:30pm    ASPHYXIA _{(Toronto, Ontario)}
9:20pm    HOUSE OF ETIQUETTE - Filthy-Gorgeous _{(Toronto, Ontario)}
9:35pm    DIANNA DINOBLE - STARKERS CORSETRY _{(Toronto, Ontario)}
9:40pm    HAPHAZARD - Faceless _{(Toronto, Ontario)}
10:30pm  SPARKLE&POMP _{(Toronto, Ontario)}
10:40pm  WORKMAN ARTS - Mad Couture Catwalk _{(Toronto, Ontario)}

WED APRIL 24

8:20pm    KOLLAR CLOTHING _{(Toronto, Ontario)}
8:30pm    CRAIG RENAUD presented by Seneca College _{(Toronto, Ontario)}
9:20pm    V-FRANZ _{(Montreal, QC)}
9:40pm    WORTH. BY DAVID C. WIGLEY _(Toronto)
10:30pm  NAZBASH / HASTI _{(Toronto, Ontario)}
10:45pm  WANI BY SAKI PHILIP _{(Toronto, Ontario)}\

THURS APRIL 25

8:15pm    DYSTROPOLIS BY WENDY NG - Valhalla _{(Toronto, Ontario)}
8:25pm    FUTURSTATE _{(Toronto, Ontario)}
8:35pm    M.SEXTON _(Toronto)
9:20pm    MATIÈRE NOIRE _{(Montreal, Quebec)}
9:25pm    HENRY NAVARRO DESIGNS _{(Toronto, Ontario)}
9:30pm    B.E. SHIELDS _{(Toronto, Ontario)}
10:30pm  MITRA _{(Thornhill, Ontario)}
10:40pm  L'UOMO STRANO _{(Toronto, Ontario)}
10:55pm  HAPPY ANDRADA _{(Metro Manila, Philippines)}

FRI APRIL 26
 
8:10pm    DU LARÉE BY ANDY JONES - #WERK2013 _{(Toronto, Ontario)}
8:20pm    MASHA _{(Maple, Ontario)}
8:30pm    INNA _{(Hamilton, Ontario)}
9:20pm    THE WARDROBE STYLIST _{(Ottawa, Ontario)}
9:30pm    UNTITLED&CO - Punish Yourself _{(Toronto, Ontario)}
9:40pm    Y.D.N.A. _{(Montreal, QC)}
10:35pm  PACTFASHION _{(Toronto, Ontario)}
10:40pm  FASHION TAKES ACTION: Azadi Project, Nationwares, Local Buttons _(Toronto)

SAT APRIL 27

8:05pm   IMKESANDRA _{(Toronto, Ontario)}
8:15pm   CINCHED TIGHT _(Toronto)
8:25pm   MAYO _{(Barcelona, Spain)}
9:20pm   WALLACE PLAYFORD _{(Mississauga, Ontario)}
9:30pm   ARIA FRANCES ELEMENTS _{(Ottawa, Ontario)}
9:40pm   NIAPSOU _{(Montreal, QC)}
10:30pm LUBICA _{(Jamaica/Toronto)}
10:35pm TYPICAL FRIDAY NIGHT _{(New York, New York)}
 


the shOws - http://theshows.com/about.php
WORLD MASTERCARD TORONTO FASHION WEEK -  http://worldmastercardfashionweek.com/
FAT/ FASHION ARTS TORONTO - http://fashionarttoronto.ca/
COMRAGS - http://www.comrags.com/
DAVID DIXON - http://www.daviddixon.ca/ 
FUTURSTATE - http://www.futurstate.com/article.cfm
KOLLAR CLOTHING - http://www.kollarclothing.com/
STARKERS CORSETRY - http://www.starkers.com/
STEFAN CARAS - http://www.stephancaras.com

WINTER MAGS 1

I will be feeding this blog from the present and the past...
I have over 30 years of Canadian Designer info archived, and there is new info being added every day, so a little from one and a little from another.
I will try for as many pictures as possible, because after all, what is fashion if we can't see it...although there are some amazing words floating around from some of Canada's press, however, I am being  very careful to not tread on the intellectual, artisitic, or copywritten property of others and so I am also in the process of directly contacting any and all that I can before I will publish anything they might own.
So don't give up if the majority of what you see is words, there will be plenty more to come.
You will also notice that when I do mention someone I will try to include a link to their visible media presence so you can find them!
If you have pics and or info, please do not hesitate to contact me...the more input the better....

So working throught the winter mags I will point out

"FASHION" WINTER 2013 and their new slant on Canadian content. Yeah!!
Editor-in-Chief; BERNADETTE MORRA, in her editor's letter speaks glowingly of Canadian design talent LUCIAN MATIS and DAVID DIXON, and points out the  "level of artistic craft has inspired "Patriot Love" (page 254), a regular feature spotlighting Canadian design." REALLY EXCITING NEWS!! Their "first up, "Montreal's PAVONI".
The issue also gives a nice bit of coverage to "New York-based, Edmonton-raised designer newbie ANGELIQUE CHMIELEWSKI", "former Montrealer...London-based designer "JOCELYN PICARD and his label "LYN", "Montreal-based leather -goods label "RUDSAK"  and its "founder and chief visionary" EVIK ASATOORIAN.
Contributor SARAH NICOLE PRICKETT asks "Is Canadian fashion glamorous?' and gives a nice call out to CALLA, DAVID DIXON, DENIS GAGNON, ERDEM, GRETA CONSTANTINE,  LUCIAN MATIS, MIKHAEL KALE, OBAKKI, PINK TARTAN and TAVAN & MITTO. She suggests "Canadian designers who keep their processes small can turn our country's basic fashion infrastruture, and their own limited budgets, into a marketing strength. Offer artisanship and the conscientious shopper will come."
I have been saying and teaching a similar thought for many years, "don't try to compete with the Gap, you can't, but you can do the unique and limited things that they can't" Today's customer is intelligent and can, with a little guidance, put the two together, and both parties go on to succeed. And as to bringing it home, yes!  Here is hoping. Its what this blog is about,  "COLLECTED WE STAND"
If you noticed in a recent issue of Vogue magazine, they discuss how many American designers are doing their "making at home in the USA". And so are we, and not following behind... as I mentioned in my first entry, there on FRANCO MIRABELLI'S store front, "IMAGINED, DESIGNED AND CREATED IN CANADA"

ANGELIQUE CHMIELEWSKI http://angeliquechmielewski.com/
BERNADETTE MORRA  http://www.fashionmagazine.com
CALLA by CALLA HAYNES http://calla.fr/
DAVID DIXON http://www.daviddixon.ca/
DENIS GAGNON http://www.denisgagnon.ca/
ERDEM  by ERDEM MORALIOGLU http://www.erdem.co.uk/
FRANCO MIRABELLI http://www.mirabelli.com/
GRETA CONSTANTINE by KIRK PICKERSGILL AND STEPHEN WONG http://www.gretaconstantine.com/
"LYN" by JOCELYN PICARD  http://www.jocelynpicard.com/en/
 LUCIAN MATIS http://www.lucianmatis.com/
MIKHAEL KALE http://mikhaelkale.com/index2.php
OBAKKI http://obakki.com/
PAVONI by GIANNI FALCONE and MIKE DERDERIAN http://www.pavonicollection.com/
PINK TARTAN by KIMBERLEY NEWPORT-MIMRAM http://pinktartan.com/
RUDSAK by EVIK ASATOORIAN http://www.rudsak.com/
SARAH NICOLE PRICKETT