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See the Canadian fashion photo shoot » Call us Canadian, but don’t call us dull and boring. A mouthy print by newcomer and Ontario native Hayley Elsaesser is something to smile about, as is the slew of homegrown designers featured in this spread from our February 2015 print edition. Crops and slits, laser cut-outs and […]

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See the knitwear photo shoot » It’s the final day of fashion week in Toronto and we’re getting ready to wrap things up with the final designers set to present this afternoon. Today’s shows will be no less exciting than the last four days, with the exotic jewellery and handbag collection from Huntress, as well […]

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See today’s photo shoot » We’re on to day three of Toronto Fashion Week and we couldn’t be more excited about what we’re seeing. From the origami-inspired designs at Sig Neigum to the ’70s rock-n-roll chic look at Pink Tartan, we have been seriously impressed so far. Getting us on the edges of our seats today […]

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See all the photos from the Minnie Mouse presentation at Toronto Fashion Week » Minnie Mouse is having a moment lately (could she be fashion’s latest It girl?) and her influence has made its way to Toronto’s World MasterCard Fashion Week, hosted by Samantha and Cailli Beckerman. This year, Disney partnered with Mercedes-Benz Start Up to […]

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See the entire Sid Neigum Spring 2015 collection » The first show of World MasterCard fashion week will be one to remember for designer Sid Neigum. Shortly after his 6pm, show the designer was awarded the Mercedes-Benz Start Up award, which includes a $30,000 bursary as well as a mentorship from a panel of Canadian fashion […]

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See all the photos from the Mercedes-Benz Start Up runway » In the end, it was the origami that won out on the opening night of World Mastercard Fashion Week. The six finalists in last night’s Mercedes Benz Start-Up Competition were the strongest group yet in the 3-year-old cross-Canada talent search. Sisters Chloe and Parris […]

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See the photo shoot » Live from Toronto, it’s World MasterCard Fashion Week! The Spring 2015 shows take to the stage tonight, and in celebration, we present a special project. Beginning today, we’ll be featuring exclusive photo shoots done in collaboration with Toronto-based creative group The Collections. The photo shoots will feature the best in […]

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See the Massive Party dressing tips » After last week’s epic induction at Holt Renfrew, spring party season ramps up with the Art Gallery of Ontario’s annual Massive Party this Thursday. In its 10th year, the bash is a stylish, sexy night at the museum, complete with installations, performances and open bars a’plenty. And while […]

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Go backstage at Toronto Fashion Week Fall 2014»

In an era when runway show livestreams, tweets from the front row and instant backstage beauty coverage is considered all part of fashion week, anyone with a good internet connection can feel like they’re in the tents, experiencing it first hand. But there are still a few mysteries to be discovered in the before and after moments of a big show—and, thanks to Toronto-based photographer Nathan Cyprys, we’re sharing them with you! While the rest of us were split between street style posing and watching models come down the runway at World MasterCard Fashion Week, Cyprys was backstage, documenting the last-minute frenzy of show prep at Sid Neigum, Klaxon Howl and Matthew Gallagher. If you’ve ever wanted to be a show stylist, like seeing models in the moments before they turn up the fierceness or just enjoy beautiful fashion photography, this behinds the scenes gallery is for you.

See fashion week party pics »

It was a busy start to World Mastercard Fashion Week in Toronto on Monday. Not to be outdone by a show-packed schedule, the trio behind promo team The Collections threw an opening night party at Soho House. Drawing their usual west end crowd, cool kids in toques, cornrows and dark lips filled the elegant space with attitude to spare. The company’s troupe of represented designers including Beaufille’s Chloe and Parris Gordon, Sid Neigum and Thomas Balint’s Michael Thomas all came by to toast the week ahead. Photographer Renata Kaveh went for early spring megawatt, opting for head-to-toe white. Meanwhile, several fresh-off-the-runway models infiltrated with glass cutting cheekbones.

See the Sid Neigum Fall 2014 collection » 

When a string quartet playing smooth adagios greets you for a Sid Neigum fashion show, you would be forgiven for mistaking this as a sign for a softer, dare we say, even romantic, collection out of the hard-edged designer. And in a way, we were sort of right.

As soon as the lights went up however, the quartet took up a modern staccato piece, which jolted us back to Neigum’s sculptural reality for Fall 2014. The show moved through various colour schemes, each relying on the various fabrics used to generate movement and architectural shape.

One of Neigum’s greatest skills, geometric shaping took new life in dresses and jackets in the shape, or soon-to-be shape of flattened boxes ready for assembly made from ribbed synthetic fabric in riff on corrugated cardboard. Held together with metallic bars that evoked memories of brass paper fasteners from school years gone by, the pieces were almost Gehry-esque in their undulating folds and angular ends.

Just when you thought you’d take some recovery time from Black Friday, we have news of some of our favourite homegrown designers gearing up for end-of-year sample sales and noteworthy pop up shops and holiday promos. You watched their designs sashayed on the Fall 2013 runways and made notes of your favourite pieces: now’s your chance to get that wishlist into your closet at discounted prices.