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Between our Spring 2015 fashion trends guide, top 10 beauty trends of the season, and your complete guide to spring cleaning (your beauty products, at least), you’re hopefully well on your way to enjoying the warmer weather as your most stylish, well-groomed self. Now that you’ve got your outfits, hair and makeup down pat, it’s time to […]

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See the Guess Spring 2015 ad campaign » If the name Gigi Hadid seems like one that’s only reached its peak in the last few months, it may surprise you to know that she’s been a Guess Girl for over 15 years. It sure surprised us. The 19-year-old model and Real Housewives of Beverley Hills […]

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See the best coats of 2014 » As Canadians, it’s a given that each winter we need to invest in some pretty legit outerwear. Thankfully, you won’t need to sacrifice your style this season, as the chic coat became a major trend on the fall runways. We put together a list of the top 10 […]

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See our Paris Fashion Week essentials » It’s hard to believe that fashion month has already reached its final stop. But today in Paris, the Spring 2015 shows will make their final rounds. Inspired by one of fall’s biggest trends, we put together a Tuileries-approved shopping list of mod shift dresses, sparkling Chelsea boots and […]

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Having traveled from Halifax to Toronto for the past three years to document up and coming fashion, beauty and street style trends for my site Lion Hunter, I’ve come to accept the madness of fashion week. This season, as an online editorial intern at FASHION, I get to experience fashion week differently, having already been in the city for a few months and working for the magazine. Each day will still bring worries of failing to squeeze in a quick bite between shows, publishing up to date content and finding a moment to rest before the next day rolls in. Thankfully, concern over my sartorial choices is the least of these.

My approach to figuring out outfits leads to a heap of gathered wares from my favourite thrift and vintage stores that I’ve slowly collected since the lights dimmed last season. Vintage trinkets and jewellery, a plethora of prints and dope heels that I will curse at the end of each day, are all under scrutiny. As a frugal shopper I’ve found ways to create street style worthy looks without making my bank account sweat. I put together possible looks out of that pile of goodness allowing myself to change them due to last minute thrift store finds or an inspired trade of pieces between outfits. The upside of taking in Toronto Fashion Week is a prior month worth of street style inspiration from New York, London, Paris and Milan to inspire a week’s worth of looks.

In the spirit of anything goes when dressing for fashion week, here are 3 inexpensive looks that are worthy of a little show and tell.

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Along with the crisp fall breeze that assures us summer is winding down comes new fashion possibilities—and what better to fill the void in your closet? With fall comes a tendency for darker attire, the bold textures, edgy colours and metallic hardware—of course, these are just a few of things to look forward to this season, and don’t feel restricted to just one!

We’ve combined this season’s boldest looks to love and layer, and they’re sure to spice up your wardrobe of neutrals and remind you that more is more. We may not be shedding skin as the temperatures drop, but we sure are showing new skins, like wine-stained leathers for trenches and tops and multi-hued furs for coats. Classic camouflage prints were all over pants and pumps that came stomping down the runways for everyone from Jean Paul Gaultier to Carolina Herrera. These pieces are not for the faint of heart or the timid to trends—but keeping warm doesn’t mean letting your style go cold.

See our 30 Spring 2013 fashion must haves »
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There’s nothing more exciting this time of year than packing up those big ole winter sweaters to prep for the lighter and brighter season ahead. It’s finally time to shop, and to help you prep, we’ve sussed out 30 of Spring 2013’s shopping must-haves to consider adding to your closet. Whether you’re looking to update your wardrobe with a few key pieces or expecting an overhaul with some of Spring 2013’s riskiest pieces (ahem, crop tops!), we’ve got what you need, no matter what your price point. From the perfect summer shorts suit to bright and poppy sunglasses, consider this list your It list.

See the Under $100 photo shoot! »

You don’t have to spend a fortune to look like a million bucks, especially in a season of hot pants, top to toe florals and frankly faux gems. In this photo shoot from our February 2013 issue, we selected some of the best pieces of the season from mass retailers like H&M, Joe Fresh, Gap, Guess and more that will cost you no more than $100 each. And as any fashion fiend on a budget knows—under $100 ain’t no easy feat.

So go on, click through our photo shoot and sigh a big sigh of relief; the credit card devil needs not rear his ugly head this shopping trip.

Isabel Marant refreshed the longstanding trend on her Fall 2012 runway, combining Western floral yoke blouses alongside fringe and distressed suede. We’ve got 15 similarly-inspired pieces that are sure to have you lassoing the street style photogs in no time.

See our picks »

Classic denim gets a kick in the pants with new finishes and wild designs. Check out our favourite picks.

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After hearing all about the counterfeit lawsuit drama that has been going on lately, it’s almost a shock to the system to have someone say anything positive about the illegal industry. Most shocking of all is that the controversial comments are coming from Patrizio Bertelli, Prada’s CEO and Miuccia Prada’s husband.

Bertelli recently concluded a Bloomberg Television interview by saying the counterfeit industry really isn’t all that bad — in fact, it actually has some positive attributes.

“I always say counterfeits, we’re happier to have them than not have them. Don’t you think it’s sad for a brand that no one wants to copy them?” he said on air.

“Something else about counterfeits is that they provide a source of labor and income for lots of other people. So, maybe they’re not totally bad. So, in other words, we have a dual function. We want to penetrate the markets, we want to become successful and sell a lot in new markets. And we end up creating a lot of jobs and counterfeit factories, so that’s very good.”

Gucci, another famed Italian fashion house, evidently does not prescribe to Bertelli’s views that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, especially after their less-than-anticipated settlement with Guess over a counterfeit lawsuit battle (which we reported on earlier this week).

Bertelli did point out that Prada engages in lawsuits to protect their products, but that the fashion industry “doesn’t lend itself very well to patent protection” like high-tech industries do.

A spokesman for the fashion house seemed to try to do some damage control by telling WWD that Bertelli’s quotes were “part of an extended conversation that underscored how the market of counterfeits is an objective reality for successful brands.”

True enough — counterfeit products seem to be an inevitable reality of having “made it” in the fashion industry. But do Bertelli’s views oversimplify an industry that has its fair share of evils, not to mention the fact that it’s downright illegal?

After three long years of battling it out in court, the verdict in the case of Guess vs. Gucci is in: Guess has to pay up $4.7 million to the Italian luxury brand, following a copyright infringement civil suit that Guess was slapped with in 2009.

As we mentioned last month, the fight between the two Gs was a particularly arduous and dramatic one, complete with a feisty judge, tear-jerking testimonials and bitter words on both sides. Though Gucci ended up being the victor in the case, the $4.7 million that they’ll be receiving is a fraction of the $221 million settlement they’d originally demanded.