Month: September 2008

Tastemakers Lounge at TIFF

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I got a media invite to see the Tastemakers Lounge at the Toronto International Film Festival. Toronto, ON ”Back for its fourth year, the Tastemakers Lounge will once again take up residence at the InterContinental Toronto Yorkville Hotel during the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Housed in the Portman Room on the second floor of the hotel (220 Bloor Street West), the theme of this season’s lounge is Ohhh Canada! “ an homage to all the accomplishments achieved thus far by Canadians in film. Twenty companies have been selected for the opportunity to introduce talent and other tastemakers’ to their products. As in previous years, the mandate is to feature a unique group of products and services, including Canadian companies and brands that visiting talent may not be familiar with. “The Tastemakers Lounge will highlight the latest trends in innovative interior design. We have selected exciting and creative work that will be inspirational to the sophisticated celebrity set, said Jason MacIsaac, owner and founder of Ministry of the Interior. The lounge design will feature …

Going to Montreal for a few days

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As you read this I’ll be writing away on Wifi on the train to Montreal. I’ll be connected and will probably post a bit about my mini vacation. I plan on checking out the vintage shops as I hear they are amazing. I also will be spending a lot of time walking around Old Montreal. Of course, I real reason I’m heading down is to see the YSL exhibit at the Museum of Fine Art and hang out with Adrian from Fashion Verbatim. Twitter will probably be the best way to get up to the minute ramblings about my Montreal trip. You can follow me here.

Valentino: The Last Emperor pictures

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Valentino was at the showing. I was dying. We managed to be walking by as he was entering the theater. I felt like we were at the opera from where we were sitting. It was funny because Valentino was sitting in across the theater from us. After the movie there was a long standing O. I cried at the end of course. Such a great movie and lovely story of his relationship with Giancarlo.

AnitaClarke.com

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Hi, I decided it was time to start AnitaClarke.com. I will be transitioning my press page to this site as soon as I can figure out how to do it. 🙂 Anita Clarke, is my real name for all of you that know me as geekigirl. This is actually the first time I’ve outed myself. Some people have commented with my real name, but I’ve never been very public about it till now. On anitaclarke.com you can see all my press clippings, event photos and other mentions in one place. I still have to write a bio for myself, eeep!

The Balenciaga Influence – shoe trends

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It’s interesting to watch the progression of a trend. Example the Balenciaga Lego shoe. I’ve been wondering how long it would take to filter down to mass market level. Here is a rough timeline: Feburary 2007 – Balenciaga debuts the shoe during the Fall/Winter 2007 – 2008 runway show. June 2007 – Beyonce is spotting in the C3PO leggings. A few months later she is sporting the lego shoes; paparazzi fodder. I groan. April 2008 – Steve Madden did the more literal version of the Balenciaga Lego shoes, they are absolute monstrosities. Today – September 2008 – Now good old Aldo is doing the inspired version. So can still see the influence though.

Valentino: The Last Emperor

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I get to see the Valentino doc at TIFF. This is gonna be so amazing. Valentino: The Last Emperor Country: USA Year: 2008 Language: English, Italian, French Runtime: 96 minutes Format: Colour/35mm Rating: G Production Company: Acolyte Films Executive Producer: Carter Burden Producer: Matt Kapp Cinematographer: Tom Hurwitz Editor: Bob Eisenhardt Sound: Peter Miller Principal Cast: Valentino Garavani, Giancarlo Giammetti International Sales Agent: UTA/Submarine Entertainment He stands vindicated as one of the great arbiters of twentieth-century design. His forty-five-year career spans the dizzying innovations and financial explosion of post-war global fashion, from his start in the French ateliers where he studied, through the meteoric rise of his line in the sixties, when Italian fashion houses came to dominate the international marketplace, and on to today, as he departs, elegant as ever. A master technician, Valentino never forgot to keep women and men beautiful in his clothes. He works free from the waves and trends of the fashion world, adhering to a more Orphic, timeless relationship between fabric, body and form. He also, not incidentally, created …