By Editor:
So You Think You Can Dance Canada judge’s Jean Marc Genereux legs really do feel like they are made of steel. How do we know? We felt them. Why? Cause his co- judge Tre Armstrong told us to.. Where? In the line waiting to see The Dare To Wear Love fashion show benefitting the Stephen Lewis foundation.
The star studded Canadian fashion extravaganza was easily one of the best fashion shows at LG Fashion Week in Toronto, Canada. The event which premiered as the closing gala of LG Fashion Week, showcased some of the most gorgeous designs of the week and the fashion show was a blast. The packed to capacity and beyond crowd of over 1200 attendees, Dare To Wear Love fashion show was staged to benefit the Stephen Lewis Foundation which is raising funds to support Africa’s Aids orphans and the grandmothers who take care of them. (The foundation issues tax receipts for all donations over $20.00, please donate online here.)
Masterminded by the talented and established Canadian design team behind Hoax Couture, Jim Searle and Chris Tyrell and supported by the FDCC , the fashion show featured some of Canada’s most established and well known fashion designers. Such as: Wayne Clark, Linda Lundstrom, Evan Biddell, Lida Baday, Hoax Couture, Greta Constantine, Brian Bailey, David Dixon, Pat Macdonagh just to name a few.
The designers were given 6 yards each of African fabric to create their gowns. All of the work, time and materials was donated for the event which also included the models time. While some were established models, others and frankly the ones who received the most applause, were media and public eye personalities which included: MPP Olivia Chow, Traci Melchor from eTalk, MTV host Jessi Cruckshank ( who hillariously vamped it up on the runway) and singer Jully Black who not only jumped in the lap of Steve Sabados, but also stopped to do a booty shake to the delight of the crowd.
Take a look at some of the spectacular designs:
Photos courtesy Brian Summers
See the entire show here.
Who was there: The Designer Guys, singer Jully Black, singer Molly Johnson, Stephen Lewis, all the fashion designers, Tre and Jean Marc from So You Think You Can Dance Canada, Canada Style editor, Jake Gold judge of Canadian Idol with his wife Leesa Butler of the F-list, Jian Ghomeshi from CBC.
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