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Lesley Hampton’s show at the Gardiner Museum opened with a powerful performance by Indigenous singer and musician Iskwe. Wearing a spectacular feathered capelet, the Juno-nominated artist performed two original tracks with a live band, ending with a call to the entire room to join in on a song titled ‘The Unforgotten,’ which she says is […]

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Label: pedram karimi Designer Name(s): Pedram Karimi Hometown: Tehran, Iran Zodiac sign: Gemini Year you created your label: 2012   Describe your label in three words Forever changing, gender-free, playful What made you first want to be a designer? A program to study fashion design & marketing somehow just fell in my lap after finishing […]

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We always love to support Canadian talent and the Hudson’s Bay is making it easier than ever with their newest pop-up shop, which features 12 designers from across the country. THE COLLECTIONS™, a Toronto-based fashion production agency who helped curate the collection, hand-selected pieces that span a variety of styles. From the sleek monochrome pieces by […]

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Every facet of fashion is going high tech. From smart fabrics to computerized sketches, old school techniques are going the way of the dodo. Case in point, Stephanie Mckay’s fashion illustrations from The Collections’ RE\SET Fashion shows in Toronto last night. No longer are artists frantically scribbling in notebooks and juggling pencils, crayons and charcoals […]

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See the Mercedes-Benz Start Up Spring 2014 collections »

It was a tough decision.

So tough, in fact, that choosing a winner of the Mercedes Benz Start Up competition at World MasterCard Fashion Week proved impossible.

So last night, the judges, including myself, did the only possible thing we could think of: we declared two winners.

Edmonton’s Malorie Urbanovitch and Montreal’s Matiere Noire share the prize: mentoring from industry experts, editorial coverage in FASHION Magazine, and a runway show at the Fall 2014 collections in Toronto. Judge and Holt Renfrew’s vice president Ruth Ann Lockart lauded Urbanovitch’s strategic decision to focus her business on washed silks, a market niche. Her pale, loose-cut dresses were topped with chunky Italian-made knits that have a whiff of modern grunge.

See the top 10 moments from Montreal Fashion Week Spring 2014 »

Montreal Fashion Week has wrapped its 25^th season with Spring 2014. On the heels of an official statement announcing major structural changes (read: budget cuts) to the biannual event as soon as February 2014, there was a wistful “end of an era” wind in the air. Will we say goodbye to Arsenal as our MFW headquarters? Will there be runway presentations next year? Only time will tell. But before we look ahead and contemplate the future, let’s look back at spring 2014 top 10 moments. Be ready for the return of black and white and sheer fabrics next spring and summer.

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The Montreal Fashion Week party s’est terminé. Edition 24 of this four-day event celebrated its second instalment at the massive Arsenal Gallery in Griffintown. Here, in chronological order, were the ten most Instagram-worthy moments: