FASHION’s 40th Birthday Party

by Fashion Staff

Every great birthday party needs three things: photo booth by PartyPix, confetti and an amazing location. FASHION’s 40th Anniversary had it all — and a VR winking magazine cover.

The night started off with a VIP pre-party reception at Galerie de Bellefeuille, where Benjamin Shine’s tulle art piece—as seen on the cover of FASHION’s 40th Anniversary issue—was unveiled. The specially commissioned portrait was auctioned off, with the proceeds going toward the creation of a fund to support emerging fashion design talent at Ryerson University. There was champagne, a Chanel dress, and a selection of Toronto’s industry elite, including ​Tony & Lina Gagliano, Suzanne Cohon, David Drebin, Simona Shnaider, Bruce Croxon, Sarah Paterson, Catriona Smart, Barry Avrich, Glen Baxter, Alan Anderson, Catherine Nugent.

Then the big FASHION40 x Yorkville Village party kicked off. Over 300 guests were in attendance, enjoying canapés from Lindsey Shaw Catering sipping on Oyster Bay, Peroni, Eska Water, and FASHION40’s signature cocktails: the Watermelon Spritz (ft. Viritus Vodka) and the Sparkler (ft. Bloom Gin and Fentimans Rose Lemonade). Toronto DJ RALPH spun throwback dance tracks as well-dressed guests chatted and gazed in awe at the 15 foot posters of our November cover star, Amber Witcomb—and at 6-tier black and white Le Dolci cake inspired by the issue. Cake or larger-than-life cover, we’re still not sure which was more impressive.

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Tamara Bahry, David Drebin and Tamara Moore

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Suzanne Cohon

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Noreen Flanagan, Gregory J Menzies and Jaqueline Loch

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Stephen Cooper and Peter Ty

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Olivia Labonté and Anya Nordström Deveaux

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Priya Parmar

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Event Hosted at Yorkville Village

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Sarah Paterson

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Robert Ott and George Antonopoulos

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Sarah Paterson and Simane Ibrahim

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Peroni Beer

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Melissa Campisi

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Noreen Flanagan, Tony Gagliano and Jacqueline Loch

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Viritus Vodka

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Barry Avrich

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Donna Reeve and Shayne Stephens

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Jeremy Freed and Jessica Way

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Noreen Flanagan and Halla Rafati

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Mark Zwicker and Kelly Whitelock

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Alan Anderson and Corey Breau

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Glen Baxter and Liisa Winkler

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Jessika Fink and Alison Slight

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Jesse Barkley and Grace Lee

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Catherine Nugent

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Lina and Tony Gagliano

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Montana Kimel and Teddy Wilson

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FASHION’s favourite covers with “Big Heart” neon light installation by David Drebin

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Glenn Dixon, Susan Langdon and David Dixon

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Mary Symons, Nolan Bryant and Karen Kelar

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Eska water

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Anne Apor Verner and Jane Apor

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Deb McCain and Brad Wilson

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Bernadette Morra and Jimmy Molloy

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Bruce Croxon

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GIMME360 Augmented Reality experience of the cover.

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Deidre Marinelli and Lil Lozinski

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Oyster Bay Merlot

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Ken Hunt and Mark Zwicker

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Gurpreet Ahluwalia and Anjli Patel

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Jimmy Cook and Catriona Smart

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Duncan Clark

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Andrea Anders

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Jennifer Daubney and Shayne Stephens

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Fentimans rose lemonade

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Amy Burstyn Fritz and Sophie Sutton

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Halen Yau and Carolyn Beaudry

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Noreen Flanagan in front of tulle portrait by artist Benjamin Shine.

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Theresa Burke and Sheila Centner

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Erin Koth

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Carmelina DiMondo and Charles Puma

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George Antonopoulos and Zeina Esmail

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Anita Matte and Cynthia Yan

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Justin Harris and Simona Shnaider

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Desia Halpin-Brill and Candy Signorini

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John Mackay, Anne Apor Verner and Elmer Olsen

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Mary Symons, Nolan Bryant and Catherine Nugent

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Catriona Smart

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Vincent Salvatore and Meron Asmelash

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Krista Gagliano and Drydon Chow

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Photobooth by PartyPix

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Victoria Radford, Myles Sexton and Nikki Wirthensohn

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Tatiana Read and Caitlan Moneta

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Tamara Moore and Gallant Law

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