The Women Fashion Show

I finally had a chance to watch the 1939 version of The Women yesterday. What a great film! And the cast is entirely women! For a lover of old Hollywood movies, I'm surprised I hadn't seen it before.

One of my favourite things about old movies is the fashion and this clip is just a perfect example of how Hollywood's costume departments influenced womenswear back in the day.

You can read about the designer Adrian here.

(What's really interesting is that this is the only colour segment in the movie.)

L'Oreal Fashion Week Fast Approaches

Fall show season has always been my favourite. Maybe it's all the layers, colours and textures, or maybe it's the knowledge that spring is just around the corner. Whatever the case, each L'Oreal Fashion Week always brings something new for people to see and to talk about.

The week long event is taking from Monday, March 17th to Saturday, March 20th with most shows being held on-site, under the tents at Nathan Phillips Square.

I'm looking forward to seeing supermodel, Coco Rocha in the Joe Fresh show, Project Runway Canada finalist Lucian Matis' Black Collection, and Philip Sparks' menswear show. (Let's hear it for the boys!) And of course the multitude of after parties at various venues across the city.

The one show bound to get a lot of "awww's" from the attendees is Diesel Kids, presented by BRATZ. A much more suitable partnership compared to Montreal designer, Marie Saint Pierre's venture a couple seasons ago where models came out with the dolls entangled in their hair.

For those in the industry, week passes are available for $50; while those outsiders who want a glimpse into the Canadian fashion future can purchase single show passes for $20 and day passes for $50.

Visit www.lorealfashionweek.ca to register and to see the entire schedule.

TFI New Labels Fashion Design Competition

For those designers who are watching Project Runway Canada and cringing at the "reality" aspects of the show - don't worry, the originating design competition, TFI New Labels® Fashion Design Competition is looking for emerging Canadian designers - without the Made-For-TV drama.

The TFI (Toronto Fashion Incubator) is a non-profit organization which is dedicated to supporting young and emerging designers. Over the past twenty years the TFI can boast to having contributed to the careers of many of Canada's top designers, including PRC judge, Brian Bailey, Joeffer Caoc, Farley Chatto, Comrags, David Dixon, Pina Ferlisi, Foxy Originals, Colette Harmon, Juma, Todd Lynn, Arthur Mendonça, Mercy and Siphay Southidara.

The winner receives a prize package valued at $25,000 from ELLE Canada magazine. Submission Deadline is December 10, 2007. Download the application here. Pass on the word to any of your talented design pals.

Last year's event celebrated the TFI's 20th anniversary with a gala event at the historical Carlu in Toronto. Check out the event here.