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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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From out there choices like Gucci’s Florence Welch and William Blake mashup to Rufus Wainwright’s live runway serenade at Michael Kors, brands invest a lot of time and energy coming up with a soundtrack that not only vibes with the collection and speaks to their message for the season but also adds to the whole […]

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Whoever said that punk is dead was clearly not at Toronto Fashion Week’s Fall 2016 shows. “Courtney Love on a long, long bender. A hot mess but like, pretty” was makeup artist Grace Lee‘s interpretation of the look at Helder Diego, while ultra-glossy black lips and white-out brows at Mackage took centre stage. UNTTLD and […]

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Toronto Fashion Week kicked off last night with a ceremonious bang—the bang of several models who fell in alarming succession on the Mikhael Kale runway, that is. The culprit? A pool of water allegedly spilled by some troll who clearly takes pleasure in such a scene. That, or someone rushing to find their seat (but […]

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“I think Canadians are self-loathing, or we don’t think we’re cool,” Alberta-born, Toronto-based designer Sid Neigum tells me in his studio. “Something’s not good until it’s sold internationally. We see that in music all the time [too].” This issue is one that all Canadian designers are well-versed in. Since his debut at Toronto Fashion Week in […]

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Is fashion art? Well, kinda. The question matters suddenly thanks to a petition launched by Anjli Patel, a lawyer who works with Toronto designer Sid Neigum. Patel wants fashion designers to be able to apply alongside artists for funding from Ontario’s Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Sport. This isn’t the first time someone has tried […]

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We came, we saw, we created our Spring 2016 shopping lists. World Mastercard Fashion Week may have come to a close for another season in Toronto but thanks to the trends we spotted on the runways our sartorial spirits have been lifted as we head into the seemingly endless cold weather months. From flirty ruffles […]

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Sid Neigum has been on a major upswing since he last showed at World MasterCard Fashion Week. His fall collection was picked up by The Room at Hudson’s Bay, debuting with a floor-to-ceiling takeover and to much fanfare (almost all of his pieces sold out in a matter of days). He then was selected as […]

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“I love Jazz FM!” Sid Neigum beamed as he finished a radio interview on the opening night of World Mastercard Fashion Week in Toronto. It should come as no surprise that the Alberta-born Neigum likes jazz. Intuitive, emotional, improvisational—they are all words that could be applied to that genre of music as well as Neigum’s […]

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See Sid Neigum’s Spring 2015 collection » Many male designers say their first flirtation with fashion was dressing their sisters’ dolls. Not Sid Neigum. The 26-year-old self-described math and science nerd was happiest with his Lego and K’Nex, constructing motorized Ferris wheels and roller coasters before graduating to model rockets and remote-control cars. “I was […]

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If there were ever an excuse to wear Canadian, it was Saturday’s second annual Canadian Arts and Fashion Awards (CAFA), which took Toronto’s swanky Fairmont Royal York hotel by literal storm. In the thick of Hollywood’s awards season, the CAFAs were probably as close to the Oscars as anything we’ll ever attend, with homegrown designers […]

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On Saturday night, the second annual Canadian Arts and Fashion Awards (CAFA) will fête the best in homegrown talent, handing glittering trophies to designers, models, and stylists integral to the local fashion industry. As evidenced by last year’s kick off, the event is a glamorous red carpet throwdown attended by the who’s who of Canadian […]

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