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Photographer Angela Y. Martin hit opening day of LG Fashion Week to snap street style at the Vawk show and the Holt Renfrew Media Cocktail bash. Click the images below to see the looks. Check out all of FASHION’s coverage of LG Fashion Week.

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Monday’s look of the day was plucked from Sunny Fong’s 12-piece collection for his label, Vawk. Fong’s perforated leather was our favourite of his hand-done details and we love the simplicity of this vanilla-hued coat dress. SEE THE FULL COLLECTION Check out all of FASHION’s coverage of LG Fashion Week.

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The Marché Bonsecours overflowed with Montreal’s fashion crowd who teetered in high-heels over St-Paul Street’s cobblestones to take in three days of Montreal Fashion Week.

On day one, Andy Thê-Anh’s “cocktail” presentation unraveled more like a schmoozy happy hour social than a spring and summer preview. Latecomers tiptoed to catch glimpses of the central stage that doubled as a mini-runway while P&G Beauty reps (in coral mini-togas) served skincare samples on trays like canapés. Known for his sophistication and architectural details, Thê-Anh’s show sparkled (even from a distance) with various shades and intensities of blue paired with neutral white and black.

Handbag designer Jessica Jensen held her Spring 2010 preview on Friday night at the Thrush Holmes Empire gallery on Toronto’s Queen St. West. Jensen displayed the collection alongside works by her artist husband, Joshua Jensen-Nagle and both explored the same theme: the calm after the storm.

Jensen’s collection of simply-shaped totes, clutches and satchels was crafted from basket-woven leather and wave-like panels in soft greys, seafoam, purples, citrus green and blush.

We hit the Greta Constantine Spring 2010 collection and chatted to designers Stephen Wong and Kirk Pickersgill about inspirations and their foray into menswear. See galleries of the Greta Constantine and Ezra Constantine collections. More videos from Toronto Fashion Week.

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Greta Constantine designers Kirk Pickersgill and Stephen Wong debuted their menswear line, Ezra Constantine, in Toronto last night, showing in tandem with their womenswear collection. Click the images below to see a gallery of the collection. Check out all of FASHION’s coverage of LG Fashion Week.

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Last night’s Greta Constantine show at the Audi dealership on Bayview Ave. was more like a party that held a fashion show during intermission. The chock-a-block crowd flowed from cocktails to catwalk to cocktails again. The presentation itself was held in a huge concrete space, providing a miles-long runway for designers Stephen Wong and Kirk Pickersgill’s Spring 2010 showcase, which also marked the runway debut of their menswear line, Ezra Constantine.

Review and gallery after the jump.

It was a bittersweet farewell to the Canadian summer last night–it may have been cold in Toronto, but anticipation for next year was already riding high at Philip Sparks’ Spring 2010 collection of menswear. Immediately we were transported to our grandparents’ cabin, pristinely well-kept in classic 1950s Canadiana. The theme was a fishing trip in the Great Canadian wilderness–think seersucker, rain slickers, and the darling little wallpaper illustrations that adorned the printed “Gone Fishing” shirts. This detail popped up a few times: a fabric created in collaboration with textile designer Kerry Croghan that pays homage to Thor Hansen’s folk iconography. The schoolboy style—in rust, blue and green against neutral beiges–paired with flat canvas Toms shoes was enough to draw us into a summertime fantasy where fishing, portaging, and wood chopping are only what comes naturally to us Canucks.

Check out our gallery after the jump.

Missed our Paris Fashion Week street style snaps? Click the images below to see our favourite off-the-runway looks. Toronto’s up next–stay tuned! Check out our Lovelies from Milan Fashion Week.

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Show: Alexander McQueen—and I wasn’t even present. Too sick that night to crawl from bed, I—and thousands upon thousands of other obsessives—watched McQ’s first live-to-air catwalk on ShowStudio.com. Even from afar, I was spun in, so totally entranced by his entire underworld of alien warrior princesses. (And those shoes! The most wondrously physics-defying footwear since Theyskens’ heelless hooves for Nina Ricci. Which was just last season…but still.) Magnificent in scope, meticulous in execution, it was a show to write home about. Unless you were already there.

Loose-fitting trousers definitely fit into the category of “tricky trends”–it’s rare the soul who can make a true drop crotch work–but this Lovely’s slightly structured slouch looks breezy, not try-hard.

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The first time I interviewed makeup artist Dick Page was in 2004. I had sent emails to him asking for a phone interview and assumed they had just gone into a black hole where requests from Canadian editors went to die. But while working late one night, my phone rang. When I answered, the voice on the other end announced, “Hi Lesa, it’s Dick Page” and I managed to not fall out of my chair. Hearing him describe makeup inspirations and applications was unlike anything I’d ever encountered; it was poetic. I even put my head down on my desk afterwards, the experience was so enthralling. (I’m a dork. So be it).

A few weeks ago at New York Fashion Week, I finally came face to face with the man.