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For over 150 years, Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland has inspired artists across mediums, from the bestselling YA book series Alice in Zombieland to Marilyn Mason’s abandoned film project Phantasmagoria. Right now, Alice is a ballerina, with the beloved story being performed by the National Ballet of Canada with Principal Dancer Jillian Vanstone—who danced the title role in […]

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We may only be half way through 2017, but Pirelli is already looking ahead – both literally and figuratively – with the reveal of their 2018 calendar. The calendar is shot by the wondrous Tim Walker who works alongside British Vogue’s new editor-in-chief, Edward Enninful and creative director, Shona Heath to showcase a new take […]

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Lily James stunned as Cinderella, Mia Wasikowska wowed as Alice and Emma Watson is princess perfection as Belle. Now, the highly coveted role of Ariel in The Little Mermaid is up for grabs. Fans have dreamed up everyone from Anna Kendrick to Ariana Grande to take the lead, but Lindsay Lohan took casting into her own hands by posting a side-by-side of […]

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Growing up, one of my favourite things about summer vacation was hitting up the local library and checking out as many books as I could jam into my backpack (shout-out to anyone who remembers being a VIP of this uber-exclusive club). There’s something about the arrival of summer weather that still revives my urge to […]

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It’s been six years since the 2010 Disney live-action adaptation of Alice in Wonderland hit the silver screen and Mia Wasikowska, the film’s star, has experienced a world of change. When Tim Burton first directed her in the blockbuster, Wasikowska was a young woman still on her way to becoming a household name in Hollywood. […]

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By Laura deCarufel

See photos of Natalia’s style picks »

What’s your approach to modelling?
“It’s like acting for me. I always try to understand the inspiration behind the photo shoot—the woman, film or book that we’re translating into a photograph.”

Wonderland was unleashed upon the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts (and its surrounding area) last night for The National Ballet of Canada’s annual Mad Hot fundraising gala. This year, the Ballet took its theme from the wildly popular premiere of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon. After a gala performance—including selections from the work as well as Passacaglia, No. 24 and The Dying Swan, danced by principal dancer Greta Hodgkinson, who is celebrating her 20th year with the company—guests including Karen Kain, Galen Weston Jr., Alexandra Weston and actress Lisa Ray wined, hors d’œuvre’d and wandered the transformed building, which housed an extra-long mirrored dining table filled to the brim with traditional tea fare, a hookah-smoking caterpillar, and multiple bars serving “White Rabbit” cocktails in teacups. Across the street on the Osgoode lawn, six Alices played croquet with flamingos.

Watch as fashion designer Denis Gagnon debuts his sophisticated approach to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland while costume designer Bob Crowley talks inspiration for The National Ballet of Canada’s latest production.

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By Allyssia Alleyne

From June 10 to 19, Toronto will again be a mecca of arts and ideas as the annual creative festival Luminato takes over the town. While this event boasts a chock-full schedule of spellbinding events, we’ve highlighted some of our favourites. For a full list of events, visit luminato.com.

Garden of Roses: Denis Gagnon Interprets Alice
It seems fitting that Lancôme and Luminato would choose Canada’s favourite bespectacled son to design an Alice in Wonderland–inspired dress for its annual fashion exhibit. Who else but a master of colour, proportion and the unexpected could take on a girl who sips tea with a hatter and plays croquet with a queen?
At Winter Garden Lobby (June 10 to 19, 225 King St. W., FREE)

In the spirit of the National Ballet of Canada’s much anticipated upcoming production of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, the company is hosting a Mad Hatter Workshop at the Walter Carsen Centre (470 Queens Quay West) tomorrow, May 31^st at 6:30 p.m.

Channel your inner Mad Hatter by decorating your own hat or headpiece in the style of the crazy character with the help of the Ballet’s wardrobe whizzes. Sure to express the atypical beauty that permeates the modern take on the classic tale, you are then invited to wear your creation to the Ballet’s Mad Hot Wonderland Gala on June 21^st. The best hat of the night will nab two gala dinner tickets to join VIP guests and dancers of the Ballet on stage for dinner and dancing after the cocktail reception. Forget those dancing shoes… bring your dancing hat!

For more information about Mad Hot Wonderland, visit national.ballet.ca.

Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland hits theatres today, but the tie-in machine is already in full force. Swarovski launched a Wonderland-themed jewellery collection last week that manages to combine kid-friendly designs with more grown-up pieces. The Red Queen gets a nod with bejewelled hearts and spades; the Mad Hatter with sparkling shears and spools of […]

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Daphne Guinness is the new face of Akris’ spring campaign. The off-the-wall fashionista will officially be tied to the new handbag collection launching in February. Designer Albert Kriemler explained his choice by saying that Daphne “emanates a sense of mystery and aristocracy.” We’re with you on the mystery part. [Fashionista]

Even Jeanne Beker can’t afford the multi-thousand dollar Balmain jeans from The Room. [BlogTO via Toronto Life]