FASHION Magazine

It seems like half of Canada spent last weekend in Quebec for Osheaga and the Montreal Fashion & Design Festival and the other half headed southwest to Chicago for Lollapalooza. And while both festivals had their fair share of rain, Lolla attendees showed off some sweet summer styles right through to Sunday night. Check out our shots from Grant Park by Toronto photographer Jillian Lockwood—fringe skirts, American flag-print cut-offs and loads of brightly-coloured items were popular as ever.

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Osheaga wasn’t the only game in town last week in Montreal, with the city being invaded by not one but two stylish festivals. Festival Mode & Design transformed the downtown core into one big fashion show, with runways and installations being erected across town. Style Panelist and street style photographer Élodie Parthenay was there to snap some of the best styles on the street.

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It’s no small feat to stay stylish and festival-ready when Mother Nature decides to cram lightning, torrential rain and paralyzing heat into the space of three short days, but as a whole, Osheaga’s festivalgoers managed to take the unpredictable weather this past weekend fashionably in stride.

Though typical festival garb showed up in full force (think flower crowns, ratty shorts and boho fringe), there was a decidedly more feminine and ‘50s-inspired sartorial lean. From a mint gingham halter dress to a bralette-and-circle-skirt combo, Osheaga’s female attendees somehow managed to strike a Betty-Draper-meets-Pocahontas golden mean, adding in unexpected elements to their femme pieces like an oversized pewter shark tooth or Montauk moccasins.

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The Brits may be famous for their stiff upper lips, but it seems that everyone in London this week has given it up to the Olympic spirit. As captured by photographer Luke Freeman in and around Olympic Park, patriots from the UK and beyond were hitting the town swathed in their respective countries’ flags. From star spangled tights to Team Canada’s sweaters, catch the best shows of patriotism we’ve seen through the games thusfar.

For those who aren’t quite ready to break out the red and white, we found another way to sartorially celebrate the Olympics. Toronto’s most stylish have been donning medal shades of gold, silver and bronze all summer long, and whether they know it or not, we’re taking that as a major vote of confidence for Team Canada’s podium standings. Our team scored a bronze this weekend in diving, and here’s hoping there are 36 more where that came from.

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Just like last week’s style snaps stripes post, polka dots are a standout graphic element that have become as neutral as a simple white tee. Need proof? Just take a look at these 25 awesome shots of men, women and even the kiddies donning dots and specks on the Toronto streets.

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By now, stripes have become just about as neutral as a white T-shirt, with everyone embracing the once sailor-specific look into their everyday wardrobes. With such popularity, the Toronto summer streets were just ripe for the stripe pickin’. Check out 38 of our favourite takes.

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If last week’s batch of photos from the Calgary Stampede didn’t prove that Alberta’s largest city boasts some serious fashion chops, today’s installment should do the trick. Street style dynamo, Ania Boniecka, captured a variety of styles, from the cowboys to the punks to the cowboy punks and everything in between. Check out this mesmerizing gallery and just try and tell us that Calgary doesn’t have it going on.

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Unless you’ve been on a really (really) long vacation, you’d know that all bets are off in terms of mixing and matching prints, patterns, colours and the like. As such, the once deemed statement but now almost mainstay designs have been seen on the streets all summer long. Here are some of our favourites shot around Toronto.

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When you think about street style, the first streets that comes to mind are most likely not those that host the Calgary Stampede. But from the natives dressed in traditional garb over at the “Indian Village” to the various patio parties, there’s diverse vibrancy as far as the eye can see. To document, we had Calgary photoblogger extraordinaire and resident cool girl Ania Boniecka snap the raddest stampede styles. And as they say, the proof is in the pudding. And by pudding, we obviously mean photos.

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From candy colours to the oh-so-hot-right-now ombré to Poision Ivy red, the sky seems to be the limit with hair dye jobs as of late, and Toronto’s most fashionable inhabitants seem to be embracing the trend  that we saw on the runways and the streets of fashion week full stop. Need proof? Just feast your eyes on the recent shots Lewis Mirrett snapped of the zaniest dos in and around the Toronto streets.

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While the rest of the city was busy setting off Canada Day fireworks and lining the streets for the annual blowout Pride Parade, Toronto’s hippest were hanging in the beautifully shaded backyard belonging to gallerist Daniel Faria. Co-hosted by Faria and alongside Rui Amaral and Andrea Beechey, the backyard soiree (complete with drag show by Mozza Fierce, tunes by DJ Diego Armand and drinks served by topless The Earl’s Men) was a welcome respite from the frenzied pulse beating through the city’s wears. Instead, guests like Trinity Jackman, Jeremy Laing, Frank Griggs and Catherine Dean favoured easy breezy Ts, loose summer dresses, tropical prints and strapped flats. Check out our favourite shots from street shooter extraordinaire, Textstyles’ Stefania Yarhi.