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Last night, the Thompson Landry Gallery in Toronto’s rustic Distillery District was abuzz for the announcement of the nominees for the 2018 Canadian Arts & Fashion Awards. The stylish crowd snuffed canapés and clinked their wine glasses as patron Suzanne Rogers introduced The Suzanne Rogers Designer Grant for International Development, a $20,000 award for an […]

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The world needs more Canada. That was the resounding message from the stage at last night’s 2017 Canadian Art and Fashion Awards. All the more reason to celebrate our home grown talent and give them a platform to stand on the world stage. Sophie Gregoire Trudeau echoed that statement via video message, wearing Hilary MacMillan, […]

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Diane Von Furstenberg took to the stage at Ramscale Studio in New York City yesterday to announce the 2017 Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Award nominees and honourees. This year, a new award category, The Swarovski Award for Positive Change, was introduced to shine the spotlight on designers whose philanthropic efforts extend beyond the runway. […]

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Last night at the Thompson Landry Gallery in Toronto’s Distillery District, the nominees for the 2017 Canadian Arts & Fashion Awards (CAFA) were announced to a group of fashion followers and industry insiders. We were thrilled to join in the celebration of Canada’s best and brightest stars. All 14 awards will be presented at the 4th annual […]

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Thank you, Sophie Grégiore Trudeau for showing up at the CAFA Awards at Toronto’s Fairmont Royal York Hotel on Saturday night. Thank you for wearing that spectacular caped jumpsuit by Montreal designer Michael D. And thank you for standing up and declaring that Canada is home to world-class talent. Canadian designers desperately need outspoken fans […]

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Tonight, the third-annual CAFA Awards will take to Toronto, honouring the best in Canadian fashion. It promises to be a glittering, A-list stacked affair, with everyone from Kim Cattrall (she’s hosting) to Elle MacPherson (she’s the Vanguard Award winner) in attendance. What better time to celebrate the best of what we’ve got going on at […]

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On Saturday night, the second annual Canadian Arts and Fashion Awards (CAFA) will fête the best in homegrown talent, handing glittering trophies to designers, models, and stylists integral to the local fashion industry. As evidenced by last year’s kick off, the event is a glamorous red carpet throwdown attended by the who’s who of Canadian […]

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Toronto had its first-ever dose of fashion Oscars this past weekend, as the best in Canadian talent gathered for the inaugural Canadian Arts and Fashion Awards at the Fairmont Royal York. Aiming to shine a light on often politely under-appreciated homegrown talent, awards were given out to the best in design, styling, photography, modelling and to one person who stands in a category all by herself: Jeanne Beker. The television host/journo of 30+ years was awarded the CAFAs first Vanguard Award for well, everything.

Looking around the glittering ballroom, there was a real sense of “everyone who’s anyone is here,” which is quite the feat on a blustery night in the middle of winter. Topping that A-list was be model Coco Rocha, who stunned as no one else (in the room) could in a one-shouldered white gown by Dsquared while accepting the award for Model of the Year. Also in town, designing wonder boys Dean and Dan Caten, who scored the Best International Designer award. Taking a page out of the CFDA’s book, the CAFAs partnered with Swarovski to fund the Emerging Talent Award, which gave $10,000 and a mentorship by Joe Fresh founder Joe Mimran to Sarah Stevenson, the floral-happy designer who also won TFI New Labels last spring. With so much pegged on her impending success, it seems sure that her name will rise to the rank of fellow winner Jeremy Laing, who picked up the much-deserved award for Womenswear Designer of the Year.