BASCHing it Up at LOVAS!

Wesley Badanjak presented his Fall/Winter 2012 LOVAS collection at 99 Sudbury, along with the relaunch of BASCH on March 6, 2012.  This marked the first BASCH presentation without Brandon Dwyer who, according to Toronto Life magazine, has left to work for a publication called Revive.  The shows, which were presented at 99 Sudbury in the […]

Fly to Paradise with LOVAS Spring/Summer 2012

For Spring/Summer 2012, Wesley Badanjak’s LOVAS has a more fun, light-weight collection compared to “Sisters” for Fall/Winter 2011.  Influenced by his travels in the tropics, the collection was called “Birds of Paradise.”  And birds the models were.  In fact, there were some looks with large feather headdresses, something that could easily have been taken the […]

Designer Honours Mother and Aunt with ‘Sisters’ Collection

Wesley Badajak’s LOVAS Fall/Winter 2011 is called “Sisters” which honours his mother, Manda Badanjak and aunt, Marija Vejin, both immigrants from Croatia who arrived in the mid-1970s.  The collection, which is both influenced by the decade his family came to the country as well as his Croation roots, is very lady-like, with below-the-knee skirts, texture and patterns.      As we […]