Party Pics: 58 snaps of Toronto’s stylish set kicking off World MasterCard Fashion Week at Holt Renfrew

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Not even a micro-blizzard can stop Toronto from celebrating the start of World MasterCard Fashion Week in style. Open-toed shoes and floor-grazing hemlines were spotted on many of the attendees at Holt Renfrew’s cocktail kickoff party, with barely a salt stain or goose-bump in sight.

The party, which started after the last of Monday’s shows, transplanted the front row set—that is, a mix of editors, designers, photographers and buyers—onto the third floor of Holt Renfrew. Ambient music (courtesy a Bellosound DJ in a white Jeremy Laing dress) mixed well with on-brand magenta lighting, making for quite the party den far away from the tents at David Pecaut square. And magenta wasn’t just everywhere thanks to the lighting: from Ashley Rowe’s dip-dyed hair and bright caftan to Lisa Tant’s magenta bolero jacket to a pocket square (that may have actually been a pair of panties, according to one onlooker) worn by a crafty male guest, the evening was filled with shades of pink, purple and red.

Guests were also able to get an up-close view of the Canadian collections that are coming to Holts in the fall, with mannequins modelling key pieces from Pink Tartan, Smythe, Jeremy Laing, Greta Constantine, Pavoni, Tanya Taylor and more. (Though Taylor herself had on one of the beaded Fall 2013 dresses for an even better look at just how wearable—and stunning—her collection is.) By the end of the night the headless mannequins came to life when stylists Corey Ng and Cary Tauben posed behind them for Instagram snaps, making the late end to the first day of fashion week all the more worth it.

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