{"id":85453,"date":"2017-09-11T12:08:19","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T16:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/fashion-and-style\/?p=85453"},"modified":"2017-09-14T09:19:24","modified_gmt":"2017-09-14T13:19:24","slug":"bustle-designer-shawn-hewson-talks-backstage-at-toronto-fashion-week-spring-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/fashion-and-style\/2017\/09\/bustle-designer-shawn-hewson-talks-backstage-at-toronto-fashion-week-spring-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Bustle Designer Shawn Hewson Talks Backstage At Toronto Fashion Week Spring 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As a Toronto-based sportswear label, Bustle Clothing was established in 2002 by lawyers and husband and wife team Shawn Hewson and Ruth Promislow. Fast forward 15 years later, and Bustle is known for their athleisure and funky yet sporty pieces for men and women. With a focus on boldly patterned blazers, an androgynous design aesthetic and loose silhouettes, the Bustle theme seems to capture a borrowed from the boys look. Recently, Real Style had a chance to speak to creative director Hewson backstage, following Bustle\u2019s Spring 2018 show at Toronto Fashion Week. From the concept of laidback, unisex style to his top Canadian designer icons, Hewson spilled on creativity, fashion and more.<\/p>\n

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Real Style: What can you tell us about Bustle\u2019s latest collection? <\/strong><\/p>\n

Shawn:<\/strong> We have men, women and kids all wearing the same fabrics and silhouettes. The kids\u2019 line is totally unisex. It\u2019s just about having fun. We\u2019ve never taken it too seriously. Part of it is inspired by fun things that we have done, or want to do. In some ways, that\u2019s aspirational. If you\u2019re going to an amazing cocktail party somewhere in some beautiful location, this is what you\u2019re wearing. It\u2019s a bit of fantasy, but it\u2019s not crazy. You can walk down the street in most of those outfits.<\/p>\n

Real Style: What inspired you to become a designer, after a career in law? <\/strong><\/p>\n

Shawn: <\/strong>It was just creativity, and not only putting the clothes together, but also putting the looks together, and imagining the concept for the collection, show and music.<\/p>\n

Real Style: Do you have any favourite pieces from this collection?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shawn: <\/strong>I don\u2019t know, but I have to say the [floral printed] suit that [supermodel] Stacey [McKenzie] was wearing, I\u2019m going to have to fight her for it!<\/p>\n

Real Style: Tell us about your fashion role models. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Shawn: <\/strong>I really like what Joe Mimran and Kim Newport-Mimran have done in Canada. They\u2019ve done such a great job at putting fashion at the front, and making it an important thing in Canada, a business that people can appreciate and participate in. I\u2019m happy to have followed in their footsteps. Jeanne Beker and Robin Kay, and all of the people in this country who have been trailblazers, they made it happen here. We wouldn\u2019t be here if it wasn\u2019t for them.<\/p>\n

Photos: George Pimentel for Toronto Fashion Week<\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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