DUY NGUYEN

FROM AN INTERVIEW WITH DUY @ FRANK

"DUY Nguyen earned many fans for his sharp tailoring and innovative designs since the launch of his eponymous high-end, ready-to-wear label in 2011. DUY collections evoke a timeless elegance, thanks to the designer’s penchant for luxurious fabrics and masterfully detailed patterns. His designs have been internationally recognized and most recently, he won the prestigious 2012 Mercedes-Benz Start Up award and was able to present his collection during World Mastercard Fashion Week Toronto in front of an international audience.

frank spoke to Duy about the DUY woman, his Canadian-inspired A/W2013 collection and how winning the Mercedes-Benz Start Up Award helped his label..."

 

FOR THE ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEW SEE:
 

http://www.thisfranklife.com/post/45197454660/wmcfw-five-x-five-duy-duy-nguyen-earned-many

JEAN-PIERRE BRAGANZA

GREAT INTERVIEW WITH JEAN-PIERRE BRAGANZA @ REALSTYLE MAGAZINE

http://www.realstylenetwork.com/Magazine/Spring2013/index.html

http://www.realstylenetwork.com/Magazine/Spring2013/index.html#/24/

"London-born, Canadian-bred (he moved to Canada as an infant) and internationally known for is strong style- that's Jean-Pierre Braganza. Braganza's designs are known for their sharp angles and succinct tailoring, but we see a lighter side of the designer emerge beautifully for spring as he merges art with fashion. he reveals to us how his new collection takes inspiration from the  prints of Kiev-based artist Zinaida Lihacheva. The result? A collection that blends fantasy and (of course) strength. The perfect cocktail fora brand new season."

Go to issue for one-on-one interview...

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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JOHN FLUEVOG SHOES

QUOTATIONS TAKEN FROM:

What’s better than a great communication strategy?

Ken Tencer

Special to The Globe and Mail

PublishedWednesday, Mar. 13 2013, 5:00 AM EDT

"Founded in 1970 in Vancouver as a single, vintage shoe store, Fluevog now has 14 locations across North America and an amazing website where one can find this tongue in cheek corporate philosophy, ‘Moses used tablets, Picasso used paints, God used Moses, Alex G Bell used the telephone and John Fluevog uses shoes. Great minds of the past have used a variety of mediums to communicate their messages – since the beginning of time (or at least John) John has even been using the soles and foot socks of his shoes to communicate with the world.’ Compare this statement of purpose to the mission statements of most companies, and it’s evident that Fluevog has a pretty eclectic audience in mind.

Other than great shoes and briefcases, what compels me about Fluevog is its ability to connect on a whimsical and functional level with its customers. It has replaced a one-way communication strategy with what I’m going to call an open, two-way ‘Conversation Strategy.' Today, a communication strategy can incorporate online dialogue tools. However, too many of us have simply carried forward the old “tell our story” approach to these new media, and that isn’t good enough.

Just being present on social media platforms isn’t enough to generate buzz and revenues. What Fluevog has managed to do is to use social media to seek out and attract kindred spirits to the brand. In addition to Fluemarket, a site where consumers can buy, sell or swap, Fluevog shoes, the company reaches out to potential designers through Open Source Footwear, where the best ideas are actually made into shoes and the designer given credit."

 

FOR FULL ARTICLE SEE:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/small-business/sb-digital/innovation/whats-better-than-a-great-communication-strategy-conversation/article9600803/

 

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RUDSAK

FROM IT'S ALL STYLE TO ME.COM

March 13, 2013 By Spiro Mandylor
http://itsallstyletome.com/2013/03/13/preview-rudsak-fallwinter-2013/

Returning to the frontier of disco and glamour, the collection draws influence from the new age era of pop culture while remaining faithful to the brand’s rugged DNA. Think memories of stardust flash like glowing neon lights, rejuvenating dreams of travelling through space on rockets. Lightning designs, metallic paints and bold contrasts manifest a brave new fashion.
An array of outerwear, prêt-à-porter clothing, footwear, handbags and accessories will strut down the runway for both women and men. Darkness reigns the catwalk as galactic black prevails throughout the collection, neutrals of browns and khakis hit like meteorites, and metallics glimmer like stardust.
Women’s early season staples include waist-cinched short leather perfectos, while transitional coats sit mid-thigh, forming subtle A-lines in shape. Asymmetrical parkas cast an elegant hourglass silhouette of the body’s form for a stylish winter look. Men’s single and double-breasted coats are boxy, as are down-filled jackets with center-front closures. The footwear leaps sky-high with chunky-heels while designs stay low with off-duty bikers and equestrian heels. Boots are lined with pony hair or shearling for an added sense of dashing allure. Whether you’re walking the city streets or off on a weekend escapade, the Fall/Winter 2013 Collection of handbags are functional yet cleverly constructed in both traditional and textured leathers.
“We are gearing up for our 20^th anniversary in 2014 in a big way,” says designer Evik Asatoorian. “I used subtle inspiration from my past while at the same time staying true to our rebel without a cause DNA. I think of the 70s as my favourite era and wanted to bring that groovy time to life through our designs.”
Rudsak’s signature leather appliqués, exposed hardware, heritage snaps and crests run through the collection, with attention to tailoring, fabric fusions, and raw edges dominating the complete looks. All of these details are what keeps the brand relevant in the fashion scope year after year.
Copy/Images: Rudsak

 

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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

TORONTO FASHION WEEK / The ShOWs

And now the "official-fashion-week" listing is including "The ShOws" which are actually at the end of the week previous to the WORLDMASTERCARD Toronto Fashion Week...

Their lineup includes some most notable. I wonder why they chose this venue over the other?

Interesting to note that:
Jeremy Laing; Toronto-based-and-just-showed-in-New York,  
Tanya Taylor; New York-based-and-just-showed-in-New York,
Jean-Pierre Braganza; London-based-and-just-showed-in-London,
Steven Tai; London-based-and-just-showed-in-Paris, 
have all come home to give us a close-up. THANK YOU!!
And, kicking of the ShOws,
Joyce Gunhouse and Judy Cornish  of Comrags, now in their, amazing, 30th Year of business, CONGRATS...

March 13 – The ShOws

6:00 PM – Comrags
7:30 PM – Jean-Pierre Braganza
March 14 – The ShOws
6:00 PM – Tanya Taylor
7:00 PM – Steven Tai 
8:00 PM – Jeremy Laing

COMRAGS/ JOYCE GUNHOUSE and JUDY CORNISH - http://www.comrags.com/
JEAN-PIERRE BRAGANZA-http://www.jeanpierrebraganza.com/
TANYA TAYLOR-http://tanyataylor.com/
STEVEN TAI-http://www.steventai.co.uk/
JEREMY LAING-http://www.steventai.co.uk/
THE SHOWS-http://theshows.com/designers.php