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Things that Calla Haynes does well:

1. Prints, not repurposed from a fabric show, but dreamed up and developed herself.
2. Shapes, by turns shrunken and body-skimming (though less so as time goes by), voluminous and seeming to float, or floor-grazing but never heavy.
3. Prettiness, the type that manages to fall just short of saccharine. It doesn’t hurt that Haynes brings a bit of Euro-tinged glamour and refinement back with her as a Canadian expat living and working in Paris.

Tune in at 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. EST to watch the Thomas Tait and Calla Spring 2012 collections LIVE from the shOws at the Ritz Carlton in Toronto!

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Where to begin. Last night, I took in a presentation by the lovely Canadian expat Calla Haynes, who loves to play with watery abstract prints in soft shapes. The models lined up before a row of potted flowers, then Haynes bashfully stepped in among them to take her bow.

We asked some of Canada’s finest fashion week exports, Jeremy Laing, Mark Fast and Calla Haynes, to give us the scoop on what they’ve got planned for the upcoming season in New York, London and Paris.

The Toronto-born, Paris-based print master Calla Haynes (calla.fr) is presenting her Spring 2011 collection in Paris next week. As a show invite, the designer, who’s worked with Jeremy Laing and Olivier Theyskens (at Nina Ricci), created a teaser video with creative consulting pair Lisa Rovner and Alice Heart of Message is the Medium. The video […]

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It’s a good day for Canadian fashion, The Bay has just announced its place as a partner in the National Association for the Development of the Fashion Arts (ANDAM) Fashion award. “Partnering with ANDAM is a huge stride for Canada as a fashion authority and resource,” said The Bay’s fashion director, Suzanne Timmins. The ANDAM Fashion award is the world’s largest international fashion prize. Two of this year’s finalists include Canadians Mark Fast and Calla Haynes. The competition is open to fashion designers of any nationality under the age of 40 who plan to show and develop their collections in France.

According to Forbes’ Highest Paid Model list, Brazilian beauty Gisele Bündchen rakes in more cash than any other model. Interestingly, the order of this year’s list is identical to last year’s. Coincidence or copy and paste? [The Cut]

News of the 2010 ANDAM Award nominees is coming out of Paris and two Canadian-born designers have made it on to a list of only six candidates. Knitwear superstar Mark Fast and print whiz Calla Haynes are both up for the 220,000 euro prize, the winner of which will be announced on June 28. The other nominees are Alexandre Vauthier, who’s worked with Thierry Mugler; one-time Lacroix couture director Bouchra Jarrar; Italian designer Francesco Scognamiglio and Turkish-born Hakaan Yildirim, who shows in London.

Toronto-born designer Calla Haynes played debutante at the most recent Paris Fashion Week: After working for Olivier Theyskens (at Rochas and Nina Ricci) and designing textiles for Jeremy Laing and Erin Featherston, the mistress of digital-impressionist prints has gone solo. Her water-coloured spring collection is fresh and elegant, mixing corsetry with airier shapes. And there’s […]

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Canadien(ne)s are taking over Paris–well, a tiny, unobtrusive corner of it. Nestled into the infamous Le Regine last night were designers Jeremy Laing and Rad Hourani, top blogger Tommy Ton, Shinan Govani with a bit of an entourage, and more… “I’ve never seen so many of us in one room here!” exclaimed one lively expatriate.

New designer-to-know Calla Haynes had cause to celebrate, in her gentle way: This week marks the coming-out of her eponymous solo line. (Previously, she earned her pedigree under Olivier Theyskens at Nina Ricci and creating prints for Laing.)