{"id":62612,"date":"2011-04-21T09:15:44","date_gmt":"2011-04-21T08:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/?p=21653"},"modified":"2011-04-21T09:15:44","modified_gmt":"2011-04-21T08:15:44","slug":"lg-toronto-fashion-week-day-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/luxsure.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/21\/lg-toronto-fashion-week-day-3\/","title":{"rendered":"LG Toronto Fashion Week \u2013 Day 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"LGFW<\/a>
\nDay 3 of Toronto’s LG Fashion Week and on deck was Micalla, Duy, KRANE Design, LOVAS, Comrags, ATTITUDE By Jay Manuel, and David Dixon.\u00a0 It’s been a bit of a challenge for me to juggle the busy fashion week schedule.\u00a0 There are few breaks, if any, in between shows to sit down and get some photo editing or writing done.\u00a0 Needless to say, it’s all there and slowly making its way onto the It’s All Style To Me Blog<\/a>, Facebook Page<\/a>, and YouTube Channel<\/a>.
\nFirst show of the day for me was menswear and accessory designer Ken Chow’s KRANE Design<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 For anyone who’s been inside, the Studio<\/em> is a horrible place to show at LGFW.\u00a0 It’s more dimly lit, packed, and overheated than a church on Easter.\u00a0 Catching a clear unobstructed view of urban military-inspired shirtless collection proved difficult – photographing it near impossible.\u00a0 “Move over, move over!” LGFW lead photographer George Pimentel would yell at the models, encouraging them to move into what little incandescent light there was as they approached the pit.\u00a0 A brief display of theatrics was enjoyed by all, manbags were pulled from the shadows and tossed around like footballs by the performing duo.\u00a0 Thanks for that, but I really don’t see how it helps me get a better<\/em> view of the bags.\u00a0 A shame really, because Ken is one of the more successful male designers with KRANE available in specialty department stores (Barneys, Fred Segal Man, Isetan) and upscale boutiques (Delphic, les Etoffes, Gravity Pope, ODIN) across Canada, USA, and Asia.
\nWesley Badanjak’s LOVAS<\/a><\/strong> was next up with his labour-intensive, culturally integrated women’s collection.\u00a0 More on that in a separate post<\/a>.\u00a0 Joyce Gunhouse<\/strong> and Judy Cornish’s<\/strong> 27-year old label Comrags<\/a><\/strong> came off looking fresher than ever with youthful bold shower-curtain-chic<\/em> floral prints in cool and warm colour ranges.\u00a0 Taking a closer look at the Wrest Collection<\/em> revealed some detailed embroidery on the jet-black tights used with most of the outfits.\u00a0 Cable-knit tights and colourful nylons are quickly becoming the funky accessory of choice for FW11.\u00a0 I think I spot a trend.
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\n\"Comrags<\/a>
\nWithout a doubt, the most eagerly hyped show of the day was Sears’ ATTITUDE by Jay Manuel<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 Earlier this month, Jay was interviewed by Marilyn Denis<\/a> where he talked about being given the option to ditch the name ATTITUDE by Sears.\u00a0 His answer was echoed in the show’s press kit, “ATTITUDE is something we feel when we put on clothes that make us extraordinary.\u00a0 ATTITUDE is never about arrogance.\u00a0 Our outward expression is a projection of what we want the world to see.\u00a0 It’s a declaration of who we are.”\u00a0 With colour-blocked powerhouse June Ambrose<\/a> at the styling helm, creative direction by Jay Manuel, and sponsored media coverage, this was an all out fashion production.\u00a0 Forget the raw backstage post-show press scrum, these guys threw an all-you-can-drink press party in the Studio<\/em>.\u00a0 Almost makes you want to forgive the approximate one-hour delay.\u00a0 Toronto Life reported that, “the collection was fine, nothing spectacular to note,<\/a>” to which some of the girls sitting next to me in the second row who were losing it in pre-orgasmic fits ecstasy may respond, “Like, OMG, WTF Toronto Life?”\u00a0 Yes the quality is far from Gucci<\/a>, but the come on, that was a great collection of the coolest jewel-coloured 30’s flapper-inspired looks.\u00a0 A+ for creativity and June, your hands are gold.\u00a0 Your styling, the hair, the make-up – it catapulted this collection into the stratosphere.
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\n\"ATTITUDE<\/a>
\nI felt for David Dixon<\/strong> who had to deal with the frustration fall out of a Jay’s delayed show and after party that monopolized the press afterwards.\u00a0 All he could do was sit and wait for them to finish.\u00a0 To add insult to injury, some idiot had started circulating tweets about the show being cancelled earlier that evening.\u00a0 Sweet Sixteen<\/em>, was a Part I of the fashion show which celebrated looks of the label’s past 16 years.\u00a0 The Barbie FW09 and SS10 Hanging Gardens of Babylon were my favourties of the retrospective tribute.\u00a0 Part II of the show featured Dixon’s Indonesian-themed, Escape To Jakarta FW11 Collection<\/em>.\u00a0 More a Cruise Collection than a Fall\/Winter Collection?\u00a0 Escape To Jakarta could easily be both, featuring leopard crepe de chine, grass taffeta and digital python, mixed with boiled wools, leather sequins and ikat fabrics.\u00a0 “Designing this collection served as my own personal getaway.\u00a0 I got to escape in the luxurious fabrics, the sweeping hemlines and clean, modern silhouettes,” stated Dixon.\u00a0 This collection was full of incredible prints, detailed tailoring, and gorgeous gowns that can be worn either on winter holiday, or a night out on the town here at home.\u00a0 For more photos of Day 3 at LG Fashion Week, please visit the It’s All Style To Me Facebook Page<\/a>.
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\n\"David<\/a>
\nSpiro Mandylor – It’s all style to me for Luxsure<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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