FUTURSTATE

FROM: http://fashionarttoronto.ca/2013/03/10/futurstate/

Arts & Fashion Week

April 23-27, 2013

FUTURSTATE

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Futurstate, we have taken the challenge to re-envision it 10X into the future; the look has become known for is modern, hard-edged and unflinching. Inspiration for the collection includes sci-fi, fetish, post-apocalyptic visuals, and many dystopian daydreams. This season, the style for men is extremely structured with an industrial utilitarian militant look. For women, the style ranges from sharply refined industrial to a sleek and decadent look, with underground aristocratic feel. Overall the mood of this collection is striking, powerful and invincible.

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
Futurstate is a Toronto based design company founded by designer Laura Stewart in 2003. Inspired by underground subcultures and alternative clubbing and music scenes, Stewart has created a fashion brand that encompasses a seamless look of dystopian style. It’s her love of creating striking fashion statements – how fashion can be transformational both physically and emotionally – that drives the design. The club-wear and street-wear collection has a dark and modern aesthetic, with a sci-fi industrial look. The range includes designs for both men and women, and has been selling successfully online to fans around the world. Futurstate has been featured in several alternative fashion magazines including Gothic Beauty, Auxiliary Magazine, and Alt Fashion UK. Recently Stewart has launched a second label, Victory & Vice, which further investigates her dark and modern vision. Its look is bold and contemporary with an edgy and raw aesthetic also quite dark in nature.

   

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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