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On October 4, Toronto hosted its third annual Nuit Blanche.  Over a million people gathered for this all-night, after-dark adventure and discovered a city invaded by artists. Art of every medium, in every corner, illuminated the city with excitement, mystique and beauty. The event was an opportunity to seize a brief moment to connect with each other and our environment.

Female vocalists like Emily Haines, Jenny Lewis and Deborah Harry are always tops on the best dressed lists I keep in my head. So maybe it’s not surprising that the girls I would crown most fashionable on Prince Edward Island are also rising stars in the Maritime indie music scene.

My favorite festival is finally heading our way! The ever expanding Pop Montréal (October 1-5, popmontreal.com) will strike again from this year, invading the streets, bars and churches with music, film, art and of course—our reason to live—fashion. Aside from the shows I can’t wait to attend, Puces Pop, the fashion branch of the festivities is presenting many events to prove once again that music and fashion don’t just have a fling, but a marriage.

By Amanda Losier

The CTV building at Queen and John was transformed into fashion central on Sunday night when it was taken over by the marvelous Dean and Dan Caten fashion show, presented by FashionTelevision. The world famous fashion designers were there to present their Fall 2008 DSquared collection, which they first showed in Milan this past February.

Read FASHION‘s coverage of the Milan show or see pictures from the DSquared event.

Canada’s most anticipated music event, the Virgin Festival took place on Toronto Island over the weekend. Against the backdrop of the city skyline and the scent of lake water was a sea of nodding heads, swaying arms and screaming fans leaping across blankets of mud and grass.

FASHION spent the weekend at the Virgin Festival and between the Constantines, Foo Fighters, Moby and the Oasis dust-up, we managed to capture the best of festival style. Click here to see some of our favourite looks.

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I love vintage. It’s economical, environmentally friendly and the best way to find a unique piece to wear somewhere special. For me, the best thing about vintage shopping is digging for hours and leaving a store with an amazing find that will make my friends jealous. So when The Green Man Vintage and Vinyl (48 University Ave., 902-566-1361) opened its doors last fall, I was thrilled that the store was everything that vintage shopping is supposed to be—and more.

When this year’s Toronto International Film Festival party invites started rolling, we knew we were in for one heck of an opening weekend. And on what could be the busiest two days in the city of Toronto’s history (think: TIFF, Virgin Fest and Canada’s Walk of Fame), this fashionable girl was more than happy to oblige, to the right party, of course.

With Sally Shapiro and Robyn burning up iTunes everywhere, the girls of Sweden are certainly having a little moment in le soleil. The latest addition? Twenty-two-year-old Lykke Li, with her breathy, electronic alt-pop album Youth Novels (Warner) in stores now. Already a hit in her native land, Lykke Li’s debut album tells stories from her […]

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Last week, as I was driving to our downtown office early in the morning, I spotted a flock of hipsters sitting on the sidewalk with their oversized shades or standing with their friends, all of them waiting for the new Ste-Catherine H&M to open. The line was so long I couldn’t see the end of it.

Many are calling her Canada’s answer to Rihanna, but Kreesha Turner is much, much more than that. The Edmonton-native, turned Toronto-based songstress, just launched her hotly anticipated debut album, Passion (EMI), this past week and this fashionable girl was front and centre at her CD launch party at Revival on College Street in Toronto.

Carla Bruni: Comme si de rien n’était (As If Nothing Happened) (Audiogram)

Ah, only the French could have a first lady who would release an album where she purrs about love, sex (lots of it) and drugs and have the public love her all the more for it.