{"id":62509,"date":"2011-08-10T10:46:06","date_gmt":"2011-08-10T09:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/?p=25120"},"modified":"2011-08-10T10:46:06","modified_gmt":"2011-08-10T09:46:06","slug":"3-6-august-2011-festival-mode-design-montreal-quick-quirk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/luxsure.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/10\/3-6-august-2011-festival-mode-design-montreal-quick-quirk\/","title":{"rendered":"3-6 August, 2011 | Festival Mode & Design Montreal: Quick & Quirk."},"content":{"rendered":"

550,000 visitors turned the eleventh edition of The Festival Mode & Design Montreal into a feast. Tourists, people passing by, families, students and, of course, fashion lovers were on the spot.
\nIt was a good four days, marred only by shows of jejune girlie\u2019s fuchsias and make-up sagacity: the shiny outranked the skin.
\nModels embraced dolls, amazons and neon pink-tangerine lipstick \u00e0 outrance to crow the wet of our imaginaire.
\nAnd since the notion of being surprised by fashion seemed quaint, Montreal’s trend-organizers, Groupe Sensation Mode, revamped the so-called heroin chic this year. Bourgeoises sans \u00e2ge, Mode & Opera, and Les Intemporelles wielded a singular power to stir both emotions and desire in the public.
\nThe last two months have seen Museum of Fine Arts\u2019s From the sidewalk to the catwalk and Pinkarnaval. Gaultier\u2019s Bourgeoises sans ages, women\u2019s fall collection, was his third in town exhibition. For the women, arrays of moir\u00e9s, buns, tie-neck blouses, boucl\u00e9, tweed, bondage suits, corset gowns, and marini\u00e8res. For the men, la panoplie: tailored skirts, bustiers in flamenco, matelots stripes, gold sequin, and lam\u00e9s for the James Blond theme. Though they were not in bed, models were reclining on the runway in an attractive but decourous pieces. Muse, model, fid\u00e8le extraordinaire Tanel Bedrossiantz bespoked Haute Couture catwalk along with \u00c8ve Salvail, the Montrealer known for her shaved tattooed head; and Francisco Randez, the first face of the fragrance Le M\u00e2le. Frippery Gaultier. RIP Amy Winehouse sultry voice.
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\n (Credit: Amy Lee Corkum http:\/\/corkumphoto.carbonmade.com\/)
\nMode & Opera was one for the emotion. Spread starring soprano-baryton-tenor interprets were decked out in high-fashion costumes and accessories of the Opera de Montreal. Depeche Mode\u2019s electronic music inspirations by Alex Attias & Christian Pronovost alongside live visual Basquiat-esque artistry by Zilon caused havoc with people\u2019s hearts in the same way the arias outlived every sinlge one of us. The looks per se were not of the caliber of Gaultier, ci mancherebbe altro, yet far from accoutrements. For the puristas and critics, one word: Lighten up! Mode & Opera was not trying to make a couture statement. It was getting us, all, real. Actually, their next stop: Hollywood!
\n\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>(Credit: Amy Lee Corkum http:\/\/corkumphoto.carbonmade.com\/)
\nLes Intemporelles ignited lots of admiration from both critics and public. Special host Jeanne Beker, from Fashion TV, with the brilliant Suzanne Chabot, from the Museum of Costume and Textile of Quebec presented a refined retrospective by prominent designers in couture, from les trente glorieuses to today. Designer Clairette, now in her 90\u2019s, stroke the most with her grisettes, organdy, couture and patrons. From Trois-Rivi\u00e8res (2 hours from Montreal), she flew Christian Dior\u2019s models in 1964 for a show in her littletown! And her contemporaine, Colpron d\u2019Anjou who purple velvet wedding dresses along the veil were a must! Why are wedding dresses so color-white\/cr\u00e8me-boring nowadays? I joyed in the company of the gentlefolks discovering Lilly Simon, Arnold Scasi, Serge & R\u00e9al, and Christian Chenail\u2019s pieces. A sestina dedicated to Elles, Les Femmes.
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\n ( Credit: Dickson Ly |http:\/\/transgressive.ca\/)
\nSpecial mention to my darlings bloggers: Lolitta Dandoy, Gabrielle Lacasse, Robyn Chamblers, , Marie Darsigny and Patrick L\u2019Aristocrate, for their quality reach by styling five different easy smiles, easy looks and easy elegance.
\n\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a> (Credit: Amy Lee Corkum http:\/\/corkumphoto.carbonmade.com\/)
\nWhatever happened, you have to remember with fashion, you can’t take it that seriously.
\nAlessandro | @thecaprissimo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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