We recently attended an excellent event put on by Elle magazine and the Toronto Fashion Incubator. The day event was full of exciting fashion shows, beauty and hair workshops and some great shopping. Some of the highlights included, speaking with Dino Dilio, a make-up specialist, who did personal consultations for colour contacts by CIBA Vision FreshLook.

It was also a pleasure to speak with the girls at BALMSHELL about their fun line of lipglosses. Their glosses are made of high quality ingredients, with added moisturizing ingredients such as jojoba oil and lanolin oil.

We all love a little chocolate from time to time, so it was great to see that Cadbury had set up a very unique exhibit from their Chocolate Couture Collection. Clothing outfits crafted of actual chocolate were showcased, and designed from many of Canada’s top fashion designers!

Fashion shows were also running throughout the day, and some of Canada’s hottest designers took the stage, including: Simon Chang, Renata Morales, Tavan & Mitto, Marie St. Pierre, Shan and Andrew Majtenyi.

The top three finalists of the hit show, Project Runway, also showed off their collections on the runway.

In the evening the Toronto Fashion Incubator (TFI) hosted a fabulous “New Labels” Fashion Design competition, dinner gala and silent auction.

The four finalists of the design competition, Cheryl Gushue, Jody McMillan, Sonja den Elzen, and Faren Tami, showcased their collections at the evening TFI fashion show.

Jody McMillan's military inspired collection was one of our favourites! The looks were very reminiscent of the 1940’s combined with trends and styles of present day fashion.

Images by Paul Toogood

We also saw some an amazing swimwear collection designed by Cheryl Gushue.

Images by Krista Fox (l, ctr), Paul Toogood (r)

The Elle Fashion and Beauty Event, and the TFI fashion show were both events to remember!

by Amanda Schulze