FASHION Magazine
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Inside last night’s Picasso opening gala at the AGO: Nude models, bright couches and Kim Cattrall!
Last night, the Art Gallery of Ontario was filled with some of the country’s grandest doyens and doyennes (Mulroney! Eaton! Weston!) for the official kick off to the gallery’s Picasso exhibit, which opens to the public next Tuesday, May 1. Infusing the Gehry-designed space with a bit of Barcelona-meets-Paris flavour, the room was decked out with brightly-hued bohemian essentials, which were certainly not limited to the nude models being sketched (in Pablo’s famed style, of course) in plain view. At the centre of it all? Kim Cattrall, looking as va-va-voom as ever in a printed tie-neck blouse, and slimmer-than-slim black pants. If only Samantha had been there to make an off colour nakie remark…
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MFW diary: Tying the knot at Jil Sander and Emilio Pucci
Jil Sander shot by Venturelli/WireImage In a nod to longstanding couture tradition, both Jil Sander and Emilio Pucci sent out finale brides at their shows on Saturday—but that’s where the similarities ended.
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SNP’s word of the day: Pneumatic
Illustration by Lewis Mirrett Word: Pneumatic
Meaning: Technically, it means filled with air, usually compressed air, like the tubes running throughout George Orwell‘s 1984. But Huxley used it relentlessly to describe a woman whose curves were so ample they seemed inflated; he also used it to describe chairs, but we’ll save that objectification discussion for another day.
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Ones to watch: Felicity Brown deconstructs Picasso for ethereal results
Loud, colourful, and frothy are some of the words that come to mind when describing London-based Felicity Brown’s pieces. Though that doesn’t denote a collection of gaudy ’80s prom dresses; Brown’s oeuvre is much more tasteful than that. A graduate of the Royal College of Art, the designer’s ability to master texture is key to her allure.