Buy Design is my favourite fundraiser of the year. It really is the one that is closest to my heart. I’ve participated in two advertising campaigns for Buy Design and it’s always a great party. I love an excuse to play model and get my make up done.
Buy Design Spring Social is Windfall’s seventh annual dress up party!
On Saturday, April 10 at 8 pm, The Fermenting Cellar in Toronto’s Distillery Historic District will be transformed into a dirty thirties fundraiser featuring a mess hall auction, croquet and badminton lawns and a swinging dance hall tent. Sip sidecars, sours and planters punch and parade across the big band stage in the boater pageant. Throw darts at the Beauty Balloon Buster game and sample brown-bagged bites from the country fare stands and bake sale.
Hosted by TV and fashion personality ADRIAN MAINELLA.
I’m very excited to be attending one of the hottest parties in the city, Prom at the ROM, PROM V: NOIR. I’ll be bringing my trusty photographer Paul Baik with me as we try to capture the spirit and fashion of the event.
Welcome to the dark side of the ROM with PROM V: NOIR, a thrilling night of dramatic glamour and cinematic fantasy inspired by the ROM’s captivating collection of winged creatures in the newly revamped Bat Cave and the recently opened Life in Crisis: Schad Gallery of Biodiversity.
Hosted by MTV’s Dan Levy and Jessi Cruickshank, hundreds of YPC members and guests will take a sensational step back into vintage Hollywood complete with private eyes and femmes fatales. Experience the melodrama of a dazzling Golden Age film première—with a contemporary twist—as you pose for a mob of flashbulbs on the black carpet, investigate tempting diversions in dark shadows, sip swishy cocktails, and shimmy the night away on a fierce dance floor to the sounds of a live Big Band and stellar Toronto DJs.
Channel your inner Bacall or Bogart and join us as we turn down the lights and light up the party on March 27, 2010.
Tickets
VIP EXPERIENCE 8 PM
YPC Member $275
Non-YPC Member $295
VIP tickets include a private viewing of the newly revamped Bat Cave during Earth Hour and access to the Director’s Cocktail—a sultry jazz supper club experience featuring a decadent tasting menu and bar. The star treatment continues with private Green Room Bar access throughout the PROM party.
PARTY 9 PM
YPC Member $125
Non-YPC Member $150
Party tickets include swishy cocktails and smashing entertainment. Get ready to shimmy the night away on a fierce dance floor to the sounds of a live Big Band and
Toronto DJs.
Haiti, Je T’Aime will take place on Monday January 25th at Revival Bar at 783 College St.
A minimum $10 donation will be asked for at the door, with 100% of the proceeds going directly to Plan Canada’s Haiti Relief Fund.
The event will feature DJ sets from Eon of Bedouin Soundclash, k-os, Brendan Canning of Broken Social Scene, Starting From Scratch, DJ Paul E Lopez and BLK BTLZ.
MTV’s Nicole Holness and Aliya-Jasmine Sovani will host the event and Special guests include Sarah Taylor from MuchMusic and Matte Babel from CP24 among others.
The event will also include an amazing silent auction that will include signed shoes from each Toronto Raptor, Raptors and concert tickets, dinner cards, spa treatments, yoga passes, jewelry, gift certificates and much more!
The auction will end at 11:30 and winners will be announced right after.
Items will be available to take home that night so bring your cash and cheques!
Anyone wishing to make a donation or to find out more about Plan’s work can visit plancanada.ca/Haiti.
As well, text HAITI to 30333 to make a $5 contribution to the foundation.
(A one-time donation of $5 will be added to your mobile phone bill. Standard messaging rates and additional fees may apply)
In celebration of Motionball’s ninth year in support of Special Olympics Canada, Torontonians are invited to mingle with young professionals and Special Olympic athletes over cocktails, live music, fashion and dancing at one of the city’s most coveted annual parties. Like all Motionball events, the Cloud Nine Gala aims to educate attendees about the importance of the Special Olympics and create an atmosphere where athletes and supporters can celebrate the great cause together.
Motionball is the brainchild of three best friends, who also happen to be brothers. Mark, Sean and Paul Etherington have been aligned with Special Olympics Canada since childhood when they volunteered at fundraising events organized by their parents, who co-founded the Sports Celebrities Festival, which has raised in excess of $25,000,000 for Special Olympics Canada since 1983. Noticing a lack of integration between supporters and the athletes they support, Mark, Sean and Paul Etherington brought Motionball to life.
The Cloud Nine Gala will feature live music by Escalate, a CK Underwear fashion show, a guest dj, silent auction, complimentary bar and a chocolate buffet – all in support of Special Olympics Canada.
Posted by geekigirl on January 4th, 2010
Posted in Category: Parties, Toronto
Oh New Year’s Eve, what a hilarious party. I didn’t take any photos myself but a photographer named Will took a ton of photos and posted them on his website Lost in the WILLDERNESS.
My mask is creepy as hell isn’t it. When I showed it to my cats they were hissing like crazy at me.
I’m loving Photoscape. It’s a great freeware photo editor and it allowed me to combine these photos with ease.
Mark Fast was in town last week for a Spring 2010 preview. I wasn’t able to attend the preview during the day but I went to Ame for a cocktails in his honour. Mark is from Manitoba originally. He studied at Seneca College in Ontario briefly before going to London. He attended the prestigious Central Saint Martins and got his BA and MA.
Mark designs by hand on a domestic knitting machine. His work is formed onto the body as he knits, and he has devised innovative stitching techniques, blending lycra with viscose, angora or wool. He is inspired by the endless possibilities of lycra yarns, sculpting areas of tension and areas of volume over the body. Mark’s fascination with the cinema drives his creative process as he channels the energy of the characters who inspire him into his knits. Obsessed with texture, Mark’s most recent work explores the relationship of garments to the wearers body.
I didn’t realize the work that goes into a Mark Fast dress until I saw the models milling about in them. Wow, the details are insane making the dresses very delicate. You have to be careful putting them on for sure. When I talked to Mark briefly, he mentioned the delicate nature of the dresses make him very selective in who he lends things too. He’s a very sweet and soft-spoken man.
Mark Fast x Louboutin Spring 2010 shoes
This season he partnered with Christian Louboutin to design his Spring 2010 footwear
Seeing Mark’s clothing in person totally blew my mind. I have a lot more respect for what he does after touching the garments and learning about his technique. I touched everyone in Mark Fast that night. His clothing has texture and dimension to it.
Posted by geekigirl on December 29th, 2009
Posted in Category: Parties, Toronto
Tickets are going fast for The Top of the Burroughes New Years Eve. I’ll be bringing in the new year with Shinan Govani, Marcello Cabezas, Todor Kobakov, Tyrone Edwards and my good friends Kirk and Stephen of Greta Constantine. You can guarantee you will see Jason Howlett, my contest winner, and I busting it out on the dance floor.
STOLI presents Top of The Burroughes New Years Eve! December 31st The Burroughes brings back the glamour of the past for one memorable night to mark the beginning of 2010. In the spirit of Truman Capote’s infamous Black and White Ball, There will be no ice sculptures, no elaborate bouquets, no standard sights as seen at every society party, the gorgeous swans and other beautiful people will be the flowers.
Dress: Modern Masquerade. The Burroughes will provide the masks!
$100 Open Bar A Ticket – Ticket Price Includes All Alcohol (beer, Wine, Champagne, Liquor) & Hors D’oeuvres
DJ’S: Sebastien Grainger, Scott Cudmore, Stuart Berman, Ian Worang, Rob Gordon
