World MasterCard Fashion Week: Day 5 Highlights

The last day (not counting Fashion Saturday – more on that in the Yays, Mehs and Nays coming later this week)! Hilary Macmillan: One of the few designers who actually included true spring/summer colours in the collection – lavenders and shiny pieces, combined with the blacks and whites seen at the vast majority of shows […]

World MasterCard Fashion Week: Day 3 and 4 Highlights

DAY 3: Paria Shivani: The first of two shows presented by The Collections, this women’s line has a young flare.  The orange/tomato red tops and bottoms as well as the gauzey overlay on many of the pieces.  Many of the looks are fairly wearable for every day situations, while others are in the “in between” […]

World MasterCard Fashion Week: Day 1 and 2 Highlights

Pink Tartan: I have a love-hate relationship with this line, and have so for the past few seasons.  I love LOOKING at the outfits, but they tend to be very heavy and don’t work well on shorter women with very small frames – most pieces are next to impossible to alter without changing the shape […]

Holt’s Opens LG Fashion Week with Canadian Designer Showcase

Luxury department store Holt Renfrew launched the Fall/Winter 2012 collections with a show called “Can’t Live without Canadian Fashion” featuring well-known names such as Pink Tartan (who will be showing tomorrow), Lida Baday and Greta Constantine.  Not all of the designers in the Holt Renfrew show are showing this week (in fact, Pink Tartan is the only […]

Highlights from Day 1 of LGFW

The craziness has begun.  LG Fashion Week shows began tonight Heritage Court, starting with a show hosted by Holt Renfrew, held in the main runway area.   Shows continue tomorrow, with many of the big names showing, including Pink Tartan and Joe Fresh.  LG Fashion Week runs until Friday, April 1. Some highlights of the night: