FASHION Magazine

  • Ones to watch: Two local designers make their Toronto Fashion Week debut for Spring 2014

    by Randi Bergman
    ones to watch toronto fashion week spring 2014
    Photographed by Sean Merritt Penhall. Fashion direction, Dwayne Kennedy. Hair by Taca/REDKEN. Makeup Janine Holmes/Maybelline. Models, Kaitlin/Elmer Olsen and Nikita/Push Model Management

    In the age of pop culture fashion, we’ve all become hyper aware of the fashion competition. Whether on screen or IRL, Project Runway concepts promise a knockout throw down between up and coming designers vying for fame, fortune or just a little financial boost. The fashion competition is real exciting for those on the outside, but it can often be insurmountable pressure for all designers involved—especially those who don’t win anything. Thus became Threshold, a Toronto Fashion Week showcase of burgeoning designers who can launch their collections sans struggle.

    “I have worked with many designers who have participated in competitions in the past and although I do think there are many benefits from being part of them, I also feel the disappointment of not winning can be very demotivating and hard on a new designer,” says Dwayne Kennedy, The Collections fashion director and one of the brains behind this showcase. “We want Threshold to be a positive experience from beginning to end and to equip designers with the tools to succeed season after season.”

    This Wednesday at World MasterCard Fashion Week, Threshold will premiere with Paria Shirvani and Axel Kohler, two Toronto-based designers with skills to spare. Here’s a little preview of what’s expected for Spring 2014.

    Posted in Axel Kohler, Dwayne Kennedy, Fashion Week, Paria Shirvani, Spring 2014, Style, The Collections, Threshold, Toronto Fashion Week