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Check out our street style shots from the final day of Toronto’s LG Fashion Week.

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If you’re on the hunt for a biker jacket, city tote or belted dress (and you have a love affair with leather), look no further than Montreal label Rudsak. Designer Evik Asatoorian’s spring 2010 collection for the brand was heavy on the aforementioned pieces, ranging in shades of mushroom, bone and vanilla. But amidst all of these neutrals came a knockout chili-pepper red dress (in leather, bien sur) and a rich purple foldover clutch. Rudsak’s success lies in its’ simplicity. Think pared-down classic pieces that have been reworked – ruched coat dresses, techno-fabric trench coats and leather dresses with pintucked fronts. FASHION‘s final thought: Sometimes less is more.

See a gallery of looks after the jump.

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We’ve been thinking for a while now that in very short order were all going to be hooked into the hive mind with thin white wires, so the jewellery at Evan Biddell’s spring show was fairly apropos. Glittering robotic breastplates featured LG’s Chocolate phone, its screen glowing with the Biddell’s logo. (Hey, at least we didn’t spot any “Addicted to Biddell” T-shirts.)

Clothing wise, there was plenty of Biddell’s now signature cowls sprouting from tight tops and draped jersey drop-crotch jumpsuits, which, at their best, were indistinguishable from dresses. A grey piece had a skintight rubbery tank top that gave way to soft fabric that swirled beautifully around the body. Piecey, colour-block jackets were well-crafted and worth second look. A pair of preposterous pleated pants that extended from the body in scrunchy blue semi-circles were forgotten when a neon-coral dress with a deep V-neck came billowing out for the finale.

See our gallery of the collection after the jump.

Check out our gallery of off-the-runway looks from day four of LG Fashion Week.

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The closer at Evan Biddell’s post-apocalyptic show grabbed us with it’s brilliant coral-orange hue, but the way the fabric folded and billowed around the model–a protective cape in a stormy world–held us to the last glimpse. See all of FASHION‘s coverage of LG Fashion Week.

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Beauty editor Lesa Hannah went backstage at Joe Fresh Style (see the collection) on Wednesday night to find out how the beauty team created the show’s clean, beachy look. See all of FASHION‘s coverage of LG Fashion Week.

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Beauty editor Lesa Hannah went backstage at last night’s Pink Tartan show (see the full collection) to find out how to create the beauty looks. Click the images below to get a behind-the-scenes look. See all of FASHION‘s coverage of LG Fashion Week.

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Not unlike fellow designer Jason Meyers, Halifax’s Katrina Tuttle designs clothes for parties, though Tuttle’s are of the garden, not nightclub, variety. And many of her spring frocks were garden variety indeed. Similar one-shouldered shifts marched out in textured white, pink satin with a tone-on-tone circle motif, a black and white paintbrush print. Better was Tuttle’s fun take on handkerchiefs. Fabric was buttoned and folded into bubble skirts gray and white, up the front of a translucent pale gray dress or into a strapless frock in three shades of aqua. (The idea was less successful creeping over the shoulders of jackets and yet more dresses.) A few standalone items of note were a strapless maxi in an oversized flower print, a bubble dress done in bright white jersey with floral burnouts and the final looks: two embellished, effusive pieces that seem to best display the kind of party Tuttle wants to attend.

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After last season‘s combat boot clad models stomped down the Pink Tartan runway, we wondered if PT really stood for Pretty Tough.  This season, it seems that designer Kimberley Newport-Mimran decided to take a turn in another direction: back to the ’80s.  But rather than looking like just another runway rewind, PT’s spring 2010 collection delivered on the fresh factor. Bold shoulder pads and sequin-sprayed vests, cropped jackets and dresses drove home the opulent ’80s theme, while the spandex workout gear and anorak jackets lent a “Let’s Get Physical” feel.  It was all very Sporty Spice and it worked, big time.  Mixed in amongst all of this shimmer and shine were the tried and true PT touches: exposed zippers, nautical stripes, wide-leg sailor trousers and classic button-down shirts (which played the role of a sexy dress this time around).  Trenches morphed from cropped to maxi to coat dress in a range of go-with-everything hues like light grey,
midnight blue and tan. FASHION‘s final thought:  When can we get our hands on this hot collection?

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Does not autostart, suitable for blog embeds. We chat with designer Joe Mimran about spring’s underwear-as-outerwear collection. SEE THE FULL COLLECTION

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The show for Joe Fresh Style is always a madhouse, with all and fashion sundry up to the rafters to see what Joe Mimran [watch our interivew] had cooked up for his grocery store brand. Part of the hype is wondering which big names Mimran will bring in to stalk his catwalk. This season it was Keith Richards’ daughter, Theodora Richards, who danced her way out of an opening stumble. The lineup also included rising Canadian stars Amanda Laine, Addison Gill, Kori Richardson and Tara Gill. Anyway, on to the clothes.

The look, in a word, was underwear. Gingham bras and bloomers, a sweater body suit, body con dresses (okay, body shapers, but they were worn as dresses) and high-waisted shorts with non-existent legs (see: no-pants). Transparency cropped up everywhere from organza blouses and filmy silk onesies to mesh tees with delicate rosette appliques. A vintagey lace coat was another take on the same idea of see-through coverage. In some cases it was hard to tell what was meant as clothing and what was meant as underpinning, but trying to distinguish the two almost misses the point.

See our gallery of the show after the jump.