Petites at Toronto Fashion Week: Day One

Petites are once again hitting the stylish road at Toronto Fashion Week, checking out the hottest styles for the upcoming season.  Since petites are widely ignored by the fashion world, Shorty Stories is once again, bringing back our twice-a-year Petites at Fashion Week series. The pictures for Day 1 were all taken at the Royal […]

Lucian Matis Reception and Show at the Royal York

The very first show of the week was Lucian Matis, held at the Royal York Hotel.  However, before the presentation, attendees were treated to a reception of sparkling wine and hors d’oeuvres (the food was not too bad, albeit a little on the brown side).  One of the sponsors, Smashbox, was there to give lip […]

Gothic Black with a Splash of Colour at Greta Constantine

The Greta Constantine Fall/Winter 2012-2013 collection opened with a splash of colour – models in dresses in bright greens, blues, oranges and more strutted down the long L-shaped runway at the Arcadian Loft  s before things went a little more goth with a high concentration of blacks (and a little bit of white).     […]

VAWK Model Call Asks for ‘Diversity’ But Not in Height

Project Runway Canada winner Sunny Fong is known for using a wider range of sizes for his line, VAWK, but once again, he is ignoring the shorter woman in his casting call for his upcoming Toronto Fashion Week show. While the call does allow for non-runway height women (5’6″ and above, without heels), I cannot […]

Maybelline: Toronto Fashion Week’s New Make-Up Sponsor

You might have already read my post at DelectablyChic! about MasterCard being Toronto Fashion Week’s new title sponsor, but this morning, I found out that L’Oreal has been replaced as well. The new cosmetics sponsor is Maybelline!  Maybelline is the official make-up sponsor for Fashion Weeks around the world, including Berlin and of course, New […]

Toronto Fashion Week: Priceless? (Updated with my thoughts)

LG is out, MasterCard is in as Toronto Fashion Week’s new title sponsor. The first season under the new World MasterCard Fashion Week name will be held this March 12 to 17 when Canadian designers present the Fall/Winter 2012 collections at at the tents at David Pecault Square, where the Spring/Summer shows were in October. […]

LG Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2012: Likes and Dislikes

Well, it’s that’s a wrap.  The Spring/Summer 2012 collections are now over and boy, it was an amazing week.  A new location which takes us back tents gave it more of a fashion week feel.  Of course, accessibility for those who take public transportation this time around was better as well – the location was […]

Mushroom Bags at Cydelic by Choryin

The one thing that caught my eye at Cydelic by Choryin were the bags.  Every single one of the models carried one, all mushroom shaped, but designed very differently.  With chains and rod handles, the bags’ styles ranged from animal print to loud colours such as magenta and bright blue as well as three dimensional […]

LG Fashion Week Highlights: Day 5

Wow, it’s  been an absolutely crazy week and I can’t believe that the Spring/Summer shows are now coming to an end.  Today, the last day of LG Fashion Week, shows include Adrian Wu,l as Anu Raina, Micalla, Baby Steinberg as well as Judith & Charles (marking their first time at LG Fashion Week). Adrian Wu: […]

Krane Spring/Summer 2012: Hipstery Suspenders and Manpris

I don’t normally write about menswear, but the Krane show this evening was quite interesting.  Taking place in the studio space, the audience sat on one side, while panels were placed on the other.  A very different set-up.  The choreography for the show was also quite different from what one might experience at a studio […]