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Sophie DeFrancesca in Phantasmagoria

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Phantasmagoria is an exhibit featuring work by Sophie DeFrancesca. It will be featured at the Lausberg Contemporary Gallery from June 11 – July 19, 2009. Inspired by the icon dresses of the twentieth century Sophie De Francesca’s figurative sculptures are crafted in such a way that implies the production of ornament and fabric at the same time. Sheathes of galvanized wire mesh are transformed into ethereal confections that transcend the hard, commonplace materials they are made from. A provocative evocation of the female subject, De Franscesca’s work locates a maternal and sexual female identity by probing the conventional understanding of gender and sexuality. I was able to see a preview of some of Sophie’s work at the Brose Fall Winter 2009 – 2010 preview. Her work is just phenomenal. Phantasmagoria – June 11 – July 19, 2009 Lausberg Contemporary Gallery 880 Queen Street West Toronto 416 516 44 40 toronto@galerie-lausberg.com

L’Oréal Paris Offers Complimentary Summer Beauty Makeovers for Luminato, June 5 – 7

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L’Oréal Paris Offers 1,000s of Complimentary Summer Beauty Makeovers to Torontonians for Luminato, June 5 – 7 To help Torontonians go to Luminato in style with the latest summer beauty trends, L’Oréal Paris is offering complimentary makeup and hair makeovers from some of Canada’s top makeup and hair artists. Participants will also get the opportunity to ‘walk the red carpet’ at the Beauty Tent where a photographer will capture their final beauty look as a special memento. Special guest appearances at the Beauty Tent by L’Oréal Paris’ Official Makeup Artist, Eddie Maleterre and Official Hair Artist and Colourist, Eric Del Monaco – the same beauty masterminds who created all of the runway beauty looks for LG Fashion Week, Beauty by L’Oréal Paris in Toronto and appeared on the hit TV show, Project Runway Canada. Eddie and Eric will direct the team of 20 makeup and hair artists for three-days at this amazing beauty hub, as they apply 1,000s of beauty makeovers on Torontonians using L’Oréal Paris ‘star’ products of the summer. The following special guest …

Advanced Corset Making Class

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Advanced Corset Making Class. Learn the art of corset making for less than the cost of a custom made corset! Thursday, May 28, 2009 – Thursday, July 16, 2009 from 6:30 PM- 9:30 PM This course covers all aspects of making a high quality corset from initial design, to pattern making, sewing and finishing. The classes focus on advanced techniques for building traditionally constructed custom corsets. At the end of the course you will have sewn your own corset made to fit your personal measurements. The style of corset being taught is a 19th century Victorian hourglass. The construction is medium to heavy making the end product appropriate for tight lacing, however, students can modify the information they take from the course to produce lighter garments. People interested in theatrical costumes, historical re-enactments, tight lacing and high fashion will all benefit from the material taught in this course. 8 week course 20 hours of instruction Classes are held Thursday nights from 6:30-9:30pm The total cost of the course is $375 GST = $393.75.   This …

[FAT] – Toronto Alternative Arts & Fashion Week 2009

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[FAT] – Toronto Alternative Arts & Fashion Week 2009 When people talk about inventive, pioneering and contemporary events where the latest innovators in fashion, art and music can break into the scene, they talk about |FAT| – Toronto Alternative Arts & Fashion Week. This multifaceted annual event showcases 200 of the most original fashion designers, visual artists, musicians, performers and dancers across the country and beyond. In April 2009 over 5,000 people across 4 explosive days and nights will come together to connect, create and experience the next big thing. For ticket info and to get inspired, visit www.getfat.ca The Fermenting Cellar The Distillery District 55 Mill Street E. Building 6 Toronto Date: April 21-24, 2009, 6pm – 1am every night Price: tickets $20 at select locations, $25 at the door image: JENNIFER ALLISON – Walking Tall getfat.ca

Buy Design for Windfall 2009

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Buy Design for Windfall BUY DESIGN, Windfall’s annual charity gala, is revolutionizing the party scene with a creative social media campaign and a night promising out-of-this world indulgences. For its sixth year, Windfall’s space-themed affair will have guests dancing to a supernova of ’60s mod music with host, Adrian Mainella of CBC’s Fashion File. Praised as a top Toronto event by BizBash magazine, BUY DESIGN is the universe’s best party since the Big Bang. Shooting down to earth Saturday, April 18th at 8PM in Toronto’s Distillery Historic District, BUY DESIGN supports Windfall, Canada’s only NEW clothing and basic-needs bank. A METEOR SHOWER OF ATTRACTIONS BUY DESIGN’s galaxy-renowned live and silent auctions bring in donations that will sate fashionistas, foodies and culture lovers alike. Earthly possessions up for bid include Jenny Bird handbags, a $1000 H&M shopping spree and gift certificates to the city’s best restaurants, spas, and salons. Be there for the curtained reveal and get first bid on items – from roundtrip Via Rail tickets to Montreal and autographed NHL and NFL jerseys, to …

Worn Fashion Journal Heartbreak Karaoke

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Worn Fashion Journal Heartbreak Karaoke This event is a fundraiser for WORN FASHION JOURNAL WORN FASHION JOURNAL is a local independent print publication. WORN strives to offer readers a unique and inclusive view of fashion past and present, with content that is artistic, amusing and informative, and covers a range of diverse cultural and personal perspectives. WORN revenue is not driven by advertising, but by the patronage of its readers and fundraising events.

I’m going to be speaking at PodCamp Toronto 2009

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I guess after almost 4 years of blogging people would consider me an expert in my field. I’m finally beginning to believe a bit of that hype now that I’m going to be on a panel at PodCamp 2009. Podcamp Toronto is a FREE “unconference” for all those interested in all things podcasting, blogging and new media. Amateurs, pros, newbies and veterans are all welcome! February 21 & 22, 2009 Rogers Communications Centre Ryerson University 80 Gould Street Toronto I’m part of the session called Building Relationships with Word of Mouth and PR Practitioners While Maintaining Credibility with Your Audience at 10:30am on February 21, 2009. Building Relationships with Word of Mouth and PR Practitioners While Maintaining Credibility with Your Audience – As bloggers and podcasters, are we really the new influencers and subject matter experts? What does it all mean for businesses and consumers? Join Anita Clarke, David Jones, Eden Spodek and Matthew Stradiotto for this interactive panel as they share their experiences with the good, bad and the ugly of Blogger/Podcaster relations from …

Ketel One Vodka Tasting

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I used to think that Grey Goose was great vodka. That was until I attended the Ketel One Vodka tasting put on by Matchstick. It was held at the swanky Spoke Club. A rep for Ketel One explained a bit about vodka in general and the whole process of how this family owned company makes it’s Vodka. We tried 3 different types of vodkas ranging in price. They were Absolute, Grey Goose and Ketel. Absolute was like swill after comparing the Grey Goose and Ketel. Ketel won out because it’s a little smoother than Grey Goose. It’s actually cheaper too. See more photos from the night at the Matchstick flickr account.

Holt Renfrew Holiday Window Unveiling Video

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Holt’s put up the video of the Holiday Window Unveiling with Macy Gray and Patti LaBelle. I attended the opening and Macy Gray was hilarious. She was pissed drunk. Patti LaBelle on the other hand was the consummate professional and was absolute perfection. Check the video here, Holt Renfrew Holiday Window Unveiling. It’s too bad it doesn’t embed. Holt’s should have a youTube account.

Jaime Hayon – Josephine and the Fantasy Collection

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Jaime Hayon Josephine and the Fantasy Collection, a pop up experience by Ministry of the Interior Jaime Hayón Spanish artist / designer Jaime Hayon was born in Madrid 1974. He trained as an industrial designer in Madrid and Paris. In 1997, he began working as a researcher in Fabrica, Benetton Group’s communication research center in Treviso, Italy. A year later, he was appointed, by Mr. Luciano Benetton and communication guru Oliviero Toscani, head of the design department, where he oversaw the development of interiors for shops, exhibitions and restaurants as well as books, magazines and logo designs. 2004 saw the start of Hayon’s individual career and he has kept himself busy with a spectrum of eclectic projects. From toys, to furniture and interior design as well as artistic installations, his boldness has been to transcend the borders of the often separated worlds of art and design, comfortably bridging the two whilst embedding them with his unique style. Beautiful housewares; absolutely stunning and expensive as all hell. It has to be seen to be believed. I’m …

Buy Local Week 2008

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During BUY LOCAL WEEK December 1-7, think LOCAL FIRST! Ten Reasons to Buy Local 1. Money spent at locally-owned businesses goes around longer in the local economy as local business people pay for all kinds of local services, spend their profits and pay taxes locally. Purchasing locally helps grow other businesses and the Toronto tax base. 2. Local businesses produce more income, jobs, and tax receipts for local communities than big box stores do. 3. Non-profit organizations receive an average 350% greater support from local business owners than they do from non-locally owned businesses. 4. Supporting local businesses preserves the economic diversity of our communities and the unique character of our neighborhoods. 5. Local businesses have a reduced environmental impact because they can make more local purchases requiring less transportation. 6. Local businesses yield two to four times the economic benefit to you, the local resident, compared to non-local businesses. 7. Local businesses are owned by people who live in this community, and are more invested in the community’s future. 8. Local businesses often hire …

Canstruction Toronto 2008

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So every year in at my work, they setup entries for Canstruction. Canstruction® is the most unique food charity in the world! A foundation of the Society for Design Administration (SDA), Canstruction® is a design/build competition currently held in cities throughout North America. Teams of architects, engineers, and students mentored by these professionals, compete to design and build giant structures made entirely from full cans of food. The results are displayed to the public as magnificent sculpture exhibits in each city where a competition is held. At the close of the exhibitions all of the canned food used in the structures is donated to local food banks for distribution to emergency feeding programs that include pantries, soup kitchens, elderly and day care centers. Since its inception, ten million pounds of food has been donated to aid in the fight against hunger. Initiated by the Denver, Seattle and New York Chapters of the SDA in 1992/93, Canstruction® now has over one hundred individual competitions scheduled to take place during the 2007-2008 cycle. Design and Construction Industry …

Toronto Party for Issue 7: Winter Formal Slowdance!

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Toronto Party for Issue 7: Winter Formal Slowdance! Worn Fashion Journal & Slowdance Night team-up to bring you The Most Important Night of Your Life! Featuring the Release of Worn Fashion Journal issue 7! Featuring All Slow Songs, All Night Long! Featuring an Intimate Dancecard-Booklet! And there’s more to this Very Special Evening! A Lending Library of Resident Dancers! A Photobooth for the Fashion-Passionate! Fancy dress, while not required, is greatly desired. $10 Formal Ticket comes with the very Latest Issue of Worn Fashion Journal as well as your Dancecard! This is a queer & senior friendly event. This is a co-production of Lickety Split smut zine, Perpetual Emotion Machine Productions, and Worn Fashion Journal. More info: www.wornjournal.com, www.licketysplitzine.com, & www.slowdancenight.blogspot.com Saturday, November 29, 2008 9:00pm – 2:00am Dovercourt House 805 Dovercourt Road (1 block n. of Bloor, 3 sts. west of Ossington) Toronto, ON inconsolablecat@hotmail.com

a comrags retrospective – November 17 – 30, 2008

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a comrags retrospective Joyce and Judy would like to thank you for the pleasure of their first 25 years in business! From November 17-30th we will be exhibiting artifacts from the 80’s up to the present marking significant events in the life of Comrags. This multi media collage will bring back fond and funny memories of Canadian fashion, music, trends, and friends. If you can’t make it in you may want to post a “memory” on our facebook page! comrags 654 Queen Street West Toronto, Ontario 416-360-7249 mon-wed 11-6pm thurs-fri 110-7pm Sat 10-6 Sun 12-5

Flourish for Reena 2008

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The 2nd annual Flourish for Reena event took place last week. The Reena Foundation is the charitable arm of Reena; a non-profit social service agency dedicated to integrating individuals who have a developmental disability into the mainstream of society. Reena was established in 1973 by parents of children with developmental disabilities, as a practical alternative to institutions. Reena strives to create and maintain an environment that respects and promotes dignity, individuality, independence and freedom of choice. Flourish is a yearly event hosted by The Reena Foundation which provides funding towards education programs and respite services to people with developmental disabilities within the GTA. These essential programs are maintained through the Toby and Henry Battle Development Centre in Thornhill. Your generous ticket purchase to Flourish will help to keep the services alive and accessible to our clients in need. It really was a wine lovers paradise at Flourish for Reena. There were 16 wine vendors from around the globe with a focus on Chile. They all setup their tasting stations and away everyone went. I’m a …

Virgin Unite Canada – The Mad Hatter’s Ball

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Virgin Unite Canada – The Mad Hatter’s Ball So this was my first swanky fundraiser invite. The Mad Hatter’s Ball was an event for Virgin Unite, the not-for-profit entrepreneurial foundation of the Virgin Group. This is the second year this event has taken place in Canada. It also takes place across the world in other major cities. Virgin Unite is the entrepreneurial foundation of the Virgin Group. We work with great partners all over the world to develop new approaches to social and environmental issues. We’re fortunate that Richard and the Virgin group pick up our overhead costs – so 100% of all donations go directly to the frontline where it is needed the most. We believe that the only way we are going to drive the scale of change that needs to happen in the world, is if we revolutionise the way that the business and social sectors work together. We want to use all the entrepreneurial energy across the Virgin Group to help drive this revolution. Richard Branson didn’t spend much time with …

Doing the Theatre thing

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At the request of The Grumpy Owl I attended a theatre production with him. I don’t really do theatre but I said sure. He’s writing for the blog Mooney on Theatre. The play we saw was called Fibber at Theatre Gargantua. It was interesting. I think you should read the owl’s review at Mooney on Theatre, FIBBER- Theatre Gargantua.

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 …

The Clothing Show – Call for Designers

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The Clothing Show – Call for Designers The Clothing Show is inviting emerging FASHION DESIGNERS to exhibit their designs on the RUNWAY at the upcoming Fall 2008 show! Fashion Show dates: September 26, 27 & 28, 2008 Location: Better Living Center, Exhibition Place DEADLINE: September 1, 2008 Please submit 5 -10 images and/or illustrations of your proposed submissions and a one paragraph BIO to sarah@theclothingshow.com for review. All designs must be original Minimum Submission: 4 complete outfits Artistic, wearable art encouraged! For forms and pricing information please contact Sarah Power 416-516-8959 www.theclothingshow.com

Paper People Clothing Party

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Paper People Clothing Party Saturday, July 26, 2008 Meet the designer Jennifer Fukushima. Check out never-before-seen items as well as pieces from the Fall/winter’08 collection. We will also have wine snacks…….. 6:00pm – 10:00pm THE RAGE store 13 Kensington Ave. Toronto, ON 4165885177 info@ragetoronto.ca

Stella Artois Légère Launch

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I got this really cool invite to the Stella Artois Légère launch. It was at Circa and there was lots of Stella on hand to try out. I’m not a big light beer fan but this was okay. It was very light tasting and like most light beers it reminded me of water. Before Wclef Jean “played” for the crowd, there was an acrobat. I think Wclef’s DJ did most of the work because they really didn’t perform anything. Wclef was more of an M.C. that night.

geekiviews: Eleven Minutes

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I saw Eleven Minutes with Danielle during Hot Docs. It was the night of the TTC strike to be exact. This feature documentary follows fashion designer, Jay McCarroll’s year-long journey designing and preparing his first independent runway show and selling of his clothing line to stores after wiining the first season of Project Runway. This in-depth, raw and humorous documentary explores the conflict of balancing commerce with art, fame with talent, and reality-TV with actual reality. It was an excellent movie. I think anyone who really wants to be a designer should see it. It’s stripped down and raw, there is no glamorizing of his whole ordeal. It was funny as all hell and Jay had me pissing my pants. I also loved the crazy PR lady that everyone was afraid of. It’s a real emotional rollercoaster from beginning to end. I definitely recommend it to any fashion fan or curious bystander. The Toronto Fashion Incubator is sponsoring a screening of Eleven Minutes on Tuesday, June 17 at 7:00pm in Theater 222, Innis College, 2 …