On Monday, October 20th, 2008, The Drake Hotel will be celebrating young Canadian fashion. The party begins at 10pm in the Lounge where guests can enjoy music featuring a special TFI guest DJ and the chance to celebrate Canadian fashion with fashion designers, industry guests, and celebrities. Guest DJ Gail McInnes played our favourite fashion favourites.
Philip Sparks is one of the Ten Undiscovered Designers On The Rise – Forbes.com Congrats Philip!
You’ll see more coverage here than normal as I’m only blogging Day 1 and Day 4 for blogTO. The other days I’ll have posts here. I’ll Twitter reactions if you are interested. Follow me at twitter.com/geekigirl
Continuing with my lookbook posts is Toronto based, Davidson Design. Click the thumbnails to see larger images. Once the larger image is displayed use the arrows to move between images. Where to buy Online at deandavidson.ca Holt Renfrew
I get sent a few lookbooks. I’ll post the ones from the designers I like here. To make these posts more interactive, I want you readers to guess which of the looks are my favourites. Leave your guesses in the comments. My first lookbook post is dedicated to Toronto based, Greta Constantine. Click the thumbnails to see larger images. Once the larger image is displayed use the arrows to move between images. Where to buy: Holt Renfrew Harrod’s Henri Bendel 712 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10019 Sample 268 Elizabeth St. New York, NY 10012 phone +1 212 431 7866 toll free +1 866 239 6779 7374 Beverly Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90036 phone +1 323 965 0098 info@samplestudio.com
I posted about my lust for Hermes scarves way, way back in 2006 and I’ve decided to revisit that. The Fall Winter 2008 – 2009 collection is influenced by India and there are lot of elephant motives everywhere. My Mom would be dying, she loves elephants. I’ve reposted the history of the Hermes scarf and some facts. It takes 2 years and 250 silk cocoons to make a 90 centimeter square scarf. The details are behind the cut if you are interested.
Have I ever told you that Du Juan is stunning? See more images at the Fashion Spot – David Yurman F/W 08.09 : Kate Moss, Daria, Du Juan, Natalia by Peter Lindbergh images: same source
I usually wear my Wellys and carry my shoes in a bag when it rains. For those that shun the wonderful Welly this item called the Shuella, the shoe umbrella, looks interesting. It’s like galoshes for heels. It covers your heels so to protect them from the rain. I haven’t seen any pictures of how your foot fits into these yet, so I have my doubts. Honestly, the Wellys are cuter. They are available online for $49.95USD. via Notcouture.com image: shuella.com
Yves Saint Laurent Spring 2009 Very pretty and wearable collection, however it didn’t grab me like Fall Winter 2008. Proenza Schouler Spring 2009 Didn’t change my mind about the collection too much, but props for using Skinny Puppy Alexander Wang Spring 2009 Everyone was peeing themselves over this collection in NYC Christian Dior Spring 2009 Alessandro Dell’Acqua Spring 2009 I didn’t do a dedicated post to this collection but I quite liked it. Gianfranco Ferre Spring 2009 Very luxurious clothing, as always. Viktor & Rolf Spring 2009 I include this only because the presentation is great. I really like the side views. The clothing on the other hand….
