Choosing to eschew LG Fashion Week and the FDCC in favor of their own off-site runway show, Greta Constantine brought down the house on Thursday night with their Spring 2010 collection held at a downtown Audi dealorship filled to the brim with 600 of Toronto’s fashion glitterati (including Hello Magazine’s Ciara Hunt, Holt Renfrew’s Barbara Atkins, Fashion Television’s Jeanne Beker and Flare Magazine’s Lisa Tant to name a …

With LG Fashion Week just days away Toronto designers are getting ready for one of the busiest weeks of their lives and for some of them, the pandemonium has already started.  On Wednesday night we took in one of the first shows of the season, Brazen Hussy by Canadian design duo (and sisters) Michele and Kathleen Pedro.  Known for their cute yet sexy designs, the girls of Brazen Hussy presented a line that …

Friday night we were treated to a runway show of Project Runway Canada alum Brandon R. Dwyer’s Fall 2009 collection here in Toronto.  While we admit we’ve been less than loyal followers of this season of Project Runway, we were itching to see what Brandon would come up with for his fall collection. 

Before the show began, we flipped through …

While Lucian Matis’ Fall 2009 collection was officially titled “City Hunter”, we couldn’t help but think of Puck, Titania and the rest of the characters of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.  Matis created a virtual forest for his fall runway show with a color palette of earth tones including coppery metallics, earthy greens and browns plus rich shades of grey and soft, inky purples.  The collection, from printed cocktail dresses …