FASHION Magazine

Every day after a long and exhausting workday of writing about and looking at clothes, I come home to relax, unwind and…look at more clothes. Each night, I estimate that I spend hours poring over online shops, obsessively culling items for imaginary wishlists that sometimes transform into waking fever dreams. Some people choose to unwind […]

The post The Canadian Gothic Brand This Editor is Obsessed With appeared first on FASHION Magazine.

Following the establishment of her eponymous signature line, Montreal-based designer Audrey Cantwell has moved on to a new project: a label called Ovate. A graduate of Lasalle College, the designer began manufacturing pieces under her own name during her last year at the school. Cantwell, now 22 years old, started working on Ovate just less than a year ago, constructing each piece in her studio with natural materials such as silk, wool and leather—the majority of which are sourced locally.

Last weekend saw the first-ever Smart Design Mart (smartdesignmart.com) unfold in a building on Casgrain Street in Mile End. The fashion, art and design event “was put together in one month,” says Angie Johnson who, along with her B.F. and business partner, Tyson Bodnarchuk–they are the duo behind Headquarters Galerie + Boutique–hooked up with five like-minded pals to organize a gathering of 50-plus exhibitors. Said Johnson, “Nobody needed another arts and crafts fair. Our idea was to put together a mini-boutique.”

Read a round-up of our favourite finds after the jump.