Posts Tagged ‘Canada Style’
Monday, August 30th, 2010
This past weekend hot British fashion designers Rag & Bone made a special appearance at Toronto’s Holt Renfrew. The design team of Marcus Wainwright and David Neville stopped by the fashion retailer to chat with Canadian style fashionistas and promote their new fall/winter 2010 collection.
The fashion designers didn’t do much speaking, but smiled for the camera and let the clothes speak for themselves. Their fall/winter 2010 line is all about layering different textures and fabrics. The oversized layered looks with long scarves and warm jackets are perfect for our Canadian winters.
See our profile of Rag&Bone and photos of their fall 2010 fashion collection here.
Tags: Canada Style, David Neville, fall fashion, fall fashion trends, fashion designer, Holt Renfrew, Marcus Wainwright, Marcus Wainwright and David Neville, Rag & Bone
Posted in Canada Style, Events
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
The much awaited opening of the first Victoria’s Secret in Toronto took place today at Yorkdale Mall and Real Style Network was there. Large crowds of media and eager shoppers convened outside of the new Yorkdale Victoria’s Secret location to get a glimpse of the merchandise and more importantly the Angels.
Adriana Lima and her fellow Angels, Erin Heatherton and Chanel Iman, came to Toronto to cut the pink ribbon in style with a pair of big sparkling pink scissors. (And yes, they are very pretty in person as well! This entire office has now gone on a diet)
The opening of a Toronto Victoria’s Secret store is long overdue. This is only the second Canadian location. The first store opened just a few weeks ago at the West Edmonton Mall. Two more Victoria’s Secret stores are planned to open in Toronto before the end of the year.
Victoria’s Secret started back in 1977 and has become the top American lingerie company. They sell everything from undergarments to beauty products, shoes and clothing. They are, of course, best known by some for their elaborate fashion shows featuring sexy lingerie and top models including Heidi Klum, Tyra Banks and Helena Christensen.
There are over 1,000 Victoria’s Secret store open. Finally Torontonians don’t have to cross the border to find one nearest them. We are sure this store is going to do great by the looks of all of the excited shoppers outside.
Tags: Adriana Lima, Canada Style, Chanel Iman, Erin Heatherton, Shopping, Toronto, victoria's secret, Victoria's Secret store, Victoria's Secret store Canada, Victoria's Secret store Toronto, Victoria's Secret Toronto, Victoria's Secret Yorkdale, Yorkdale Mall
Posted in Canada Style, Events, News
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
Tomorrow morning Canada Style is going to get a little hotter with the first Canadian Victoria’s Secret store opening at the West Edmonton Mall.
We have no idea why it’s taken this long, but tomorrow Canadian fashion fans will finally be able to shop for their Victoria’s Secret products north of the border. There are already Victoria’s Secret PINK outlets in Canada, but this is the first actual store.
The West Edmonton Mall Victoria’s Secret store has been kept under tight wraps and will stay that way until the official opening tomorrow (August 12th) at 10:30 am. The location is over 17,000 square feet and will hold all of the Victoria’s Secret goodies from undergarments to fragrances.
One of the Victoria’s Secret Angels, Candice Swanepeol, will be at the store opening to promote their Incredible Bra. She will cut the ribbon for the store and sign autographs for two hours.
According to Canada Style news reports the mall is expecting huge lineups. So all of you Canada Style Mavens who are lucky enough to be heading out to the store opening leave early!
Real Style Network hopes to see even more Victoria’s Secret stores, maybe in our neighbourhood, opening soon. Lisa Tant of Flare hinted on Twitter that another location may be opening at Yorkdale Mall in Toronto on August 27th. We have our fingers crossed.
Tags: Canada Style, Canadian store, Candice Swanepeol, Shopping, victoria's secret, Victoria's Secret store, Victoria's Secret store Canada, Victoria's Secret store West Edmonton Mall, Victoria’s Secret Angels, West Edmonton Mall
Posted in Canada Style, News
Thursday, July 1st, 2010
To celebrate Canada Day, Real Style Network wanted to bring you some Canada Style with some of our favourite Canadian fashion designers and retailers. Big cities like Paris and New York may be the fashion capitals of the world, but Canada has its own set of top notch designers. Canadian designers like Mark Fast and Erdem are turning the fashion eye on this country to see what our Canada style is made of. For Canada Day, why not support some of our homegrown talent. Here are Real Style Network’s Canada Picks from Greta Constantine, DSquared2, Andy The-Anh, Pink Tartan, and more of our favourite Canada Style:
Canada Style Canadian Fashion Shopping Guide:
1. This dress from one of our favourite Canada Style fashion designers Greta Constantine would be perfect for any summer fashion event.
2. Accessory designer Jenny Bird is making a name for herself in fashion at a young age. These Shoulder Sweepers Earrings ($150.00) show you why.
3. Get a casual summer look like this floral tank and pants from Canadian fashion design team Comrags.
4. You can’t talk about Canadian fashion without mentioning DSquared2. As one of the biggest names in Canadian fashion Dean and Dan Caten are at the top of the fashion world. Get these quirky DSquared2 shoes ($435.00) to show off your Canada Style.
5. While looking for new Canadian fashion designers, we found this Matt & Nat Santogold – Stellar Vegan Handbag ($185.00). Matt & Nat is a great eco-friendly company creating amazing handbags and accessories out of reused materials such as water bottles and vegan friendly fabrics.
6. Canadian designer Rudsak is the experts when it comes to leather in Canada. This Classic Gathered Satchel ($260.00) is just one example of the leather handbags they expertly craft here at home.
7. Canadian jewelry designer Dean Davidson has been getting attention around the world from fashion magazines like WWD and Vogue. Pick up his Silver Aquamarine Bangle ($425.00) before everyone knows his name.
8. Pink Tartan is one of our favourite Canadian fashion designers here. This Trench Dress ($395.00) is trendy, chic and sophisticated.
9. Get a unique jacket from Canadian fashion designers Mackage. This leather Evita Jacket ($385.00) is stylish and ready to give your outfit an edgy finish.
10. When you shop at Aldo you are supporting Canadian retailers. With shoes like this Seacrest Heel ($90.00) it makes supporting Canadian fashion easy.
11. For sophisticated summer fashion, check out fashion designer Andy The-Anh’s summer collection to get a beautiful blouse with his beautiful tailoring.
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Posted in Canada Style, News
Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Canada style mavens will be excited to hear that we will finally be able to get Topshop clothing, makeup and shoes here in Canada.
Topshop isn’t opening up a full store in Canada just yet, but is opening a shop within the existing Jonathan + Olivia boutique in Toronto. Starting on June 19th, you will be able to visit Jonathan + Olivia to find the latest in affordable fashion from Topshop including their designer collaborations line.
As one of the hippest fashion retailers in Britain, Topshop has 300 UK stores and 100 international locations. If you can’t make it to Toronto, Topshop does deliver to Canada. Real Style Network is going to the opening of the new Topshop store soon, and we will tell you all about it in our Canada Style updates.
Tags: Canada Style, FASHION, Jonathan + Olivia, Shopping, topshop, Toronto
Posted in Canada Style, Fashion News, News
Friday, May 28th, 2010
Last night in Toronto, Canada’s Style fashion stars shone bright at Strut For A Cure charity fashion show. Canadian supermodel Coco Rocha and fashion designer Todd Lynn were the stars in this charity fundraiser in support of Coast To Coast Against Cancer Foundation. Strut For A Cure event and fashion show brought together over a thousand fashion loving patrons who helped raise money for a variety of children’s cancers.
The fashion show was emceed by none other but the hardest working woman in Canadian fashion, the icon Jeanne Becker of Fashion Television. Jeanne kicked off the fashion show of Todd Lynn’s fall/winter 2010 collection. As the venue was super hot inside and the models must have been sweltering in these warm clothes you wouldn’t know it.
Coco Rocha opened the show in a Todd Lynn beautifully tailored, structured tan suit. The collection consisted of neutral shades of tan, grey, black and brown. The only colour we saw on the runway came from the Christian Louboutin inspired red soled booties and knee high sneakers.
Todd Lynn’s collection presented a very structured military inspired show for both men and women’s wear. Jackets w
ere reminiscent of army coats with leather detailing on the shoulder. Leather jackets with asymmetric openings. One leather jacket made of strips of leather was a stand out piece. Leather was added to many other looks in leather sleeves on a dress or a leather belt.
As we saw in the fall/winter 2010 collections shown during fashion weeks, fur had a big presence on the runway. Fur wraps and collars for both men and woman got applause from the crowd. The soft fur accompanying edgy leather pants and skirts gave the collection texture. The final look of a black leather and black fur coat had the crowd cheering.
After the fashion show Coco Rocha returned to welcome the girl who helped bring this whole fashion show together, 12 year old Erika. This little girl (who happens to be Coco Rocha’s cousin) enlisted the help of her supermodel cousin to raise money for the cause she believed in. Last year Strut For A Cure was held in Barrie, Ontario, but this year the show got bigger and better moving to this sold out show in Toronto.
As an overall success, the party was still going with a concert from Canadian band Dragonette when this Real Style Network reporter headed home. Overall this was Canada Style at it’s best showing not only our style, but our hearts as well. Here are some looks from Todd Lynn collection at the Strut For A Cure Fashion Show:
Tags: Canada Style, Canadian fashion designer, charity fashion show, coco rocha, Coco Rocha Strut For A Cure, fashion show, jeanne beker, Strut For A Cure, Todd Lynn
Posted in Canada Style, Events
Saturday, May 22nd, 2010
In our Canada Style series we love to feature all things Canadian. Canadian fashion, Canadian fashion designer profiles, Fashion Weeks and most of all the unique fashion and style across the country.Today our focus in on Montreal fashion finds.
Montreal ,Quebec is known for it’s great fashion. Often a unique flavour all it’s own, Montreal fashion scene marries quirky with boho, goth with European high fashion and in the end it all works. Our annual shopping excursion to Montreal did not dissapoint and we got our hands on some great fashion finds. The fashion finds included: open toe python booties, Gucci lookalike zipper shoes and a sequin t-shirt with a James Bond theme.
The above fashion finds are available at Masska on rue de la Montagne in Montreal. Shoes and booties range in price from $250.00 to $500.00 and shirts from $150.00 to over $600.00 for a leather dress. The manager told us that all the clothing comes directly from Italy and is the latest from the Italian Pret-A-Porter fashion collections. The store is located on one of our favorite shopping blocks in Montreal on Rue De La Montagne between Sherbrooke St. and St.Catherine road.
Sandwiched at the top with Holt Renfrew and at the bottom with Ogilvy ( one of the oldest fashion department stores in the country) the street is filled with one of a kind designer boutiques. Next to Masska is Chacok a great French label carrying colorful jersey dresses, tops and scarves and next to Chacok one of our favorite Canadian fashion designers Marie St.Pierre displays her unique and creative collections. After a day of shopping have a sangria in one of the many outdoor cafes on Crescent street and enjoy everything Montreal has to offer.
Tags: Canada Style, Canadian fashion, Montreal fashion, montreal fashion trends, Montreal shopping, open toe boots, sequin tops, zipper shoes
Posted in Canada Style, Fashion Find, News
Monday, May 17th, 2010
By Editor:
French Fashion Designer Roland Mouret burst on the fashion scene in 2005 with a must have dress, called Galaxy that soon became the must have for every celebrity and ushered in the era of the fitted dress. The tall, elegant fashion designer looked dashing wearing his very ‘mad men’ suit from his new menswear line. We chatted a bit about his fashions and inspirations at an event in his honour at The Room.
Roland Mouret told me that he believes every woman should have a classic fitted dress in her closet and then use accessories to customize her look. He said he prefers the colours of his collection to be muted or dark (we saw a lot of black) in order for the woman to be the star. Mouret also said he draws his design inspirations from women themselves who he sees as mirrors to the world.
Women as stars, mirrors to the world facing the universe in a fitted designer dress, what a great concept! A girl can really get used to this kind of pampering. Well then what about looking good in his fitted classic dresses? Not to worry, according to this Style.com article, the tres smart fashion designer is not only a charmer he is also very practical and has put in a little secret device to ensure that all women look great in his dresses.
Mouret also came up with a practical device smartly developed from the “built” underpinning that was the secret ingredient in his famous hourglass Galaxy dress. Now he’s selling the underlying power-mesh base as a body-control device in its own right: a skin-toned slip with a zipper in the side.
Love the whole ‘undercover’ secret agent underneath designer dress concept! And the dresses are lovely as well. Take a look here:
Tags: Canada Style, designer dresses, designer interview, editor feature, fashion designer, features, galaxy dress, roland mouret, the bay, The Room, womens designer fashion
Posted in Canada Style, Events, Fashion Designer
Monday, May 10th, 2010
In Canada style news, Canadian fashion designer Nicole Bridger has won Canada’s first eco-fashion award.
The eco-fashion awards were created this year to promote Canada style mavens who are using organic and sustainable products to create environmentally friendly fashions. We told you here about the short list of designers that included 14 environmentally friendly Canadian fashion designers including Preloved and Lav & Kush among others. Fashion designer Nicole Bridger took home the honour of being named the first winner of Fashion Takes Action’s Design Forward award.
As many fashion designers go greener, Nicole Bridger’s fashions have been eco-friendly since the beginning. Her Spring/Summer 2010 collection is fashion forward with it’s stricking silhouettes and soft draping, while still being made of organic fabric in environmentally friendly ways.
Congratulations to Nicole Bridger for leading the way in eco-Canada style. Take a look at her spring/summer collection here:
Tags: Canada Style, Canadian fashion, Canadian fashion designer, eco friendly fashion, eco-fashion, fashion award, fashion designer, nicole bridger
Posted in Canada Style, News
Friday, May 7th, 2010
On May 27th, Berkley Church in Toronto will play host to an incredible night of fashion and entertainment, Strut For A Cure. Canadian supermodel Coco Rocha, fashion designer Todd Lynn, fashion icon Jeanne Beker and band Dragonette are coming together to raise money for cancer thanks to the inspiration of one little girl.
Strut For A Cure began last year in Barrie, Ontario when Coco Rocha’s little 11-year-old cousin was inspired to raise money for children with cancer. She asked Coco for help to organize a fashion fundraiser. Coco Rocha called up her friends at Elite modeling agency and fulfilled her cousin’s wishes of raising money for a good cause. Just a year later, Strut For A Cure has gotten even bigger.
In a press release Coco Rocha said: “Around the world so many families and children are affected by cancer. The stories I’ve personally heard have moved me to do my best to raise both awareness and funds. Working closely with The Coast-To- Coast Against Cancer foundation, our special event – Strut For A Cure – will combine fashion and music in a spectacular way on May 27th. Not only that but it will bring together all like minded individuals who want to help support this worthy cause. This is something very dear to my heart and I’m so excited to see you there.”
The fashions of the night will come from well known Canadian fashion designer Todd Lynn. Todd Lynn is known for his rock and roll styling. He has dressed rock stars including Bono, Mick Jagger and Courtney Love. His fashions are dark, cool and well tailored.
Money raised at Strut For A Cure will benefit the Coast-to-Coast Against Cancer Foundation, an organization that provides support to childhood cancer charities.
Tickets are available for $95 on their website here.
Tags: Canada Style, cancer, charity, coco rocha, fashion show, jeanne beker, Strut For A Cure, Todd Lynn
Posted in Canada Style, News
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