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Alexander McQueen's final collection was shown in Paris last spring, but what's being speculated as his Last Piece was not part of the preview.
The silk charmeuse gown adorned with silvered feathers was created for his dear friend and muse Annabelle Nielson, and is a departure from his wilder designs that hinted at his inner angst.  In fact, you might say this dress is, dare we say,...
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If you’ve been following @MarcJacobsInt on Twitter, then you know that Robert Duffy, Marc Jacobs’s business partner, likes to overshare.

He recently tweeted “Listen, we are in the very beginning stages of talking to a partner about plus sizes. Relax, it won’t be based on the collection line.”

Duffy’s informal announcement has a lot of people excited that Marc Jacobs could be the first...
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Evan Biddell finished with a flourish during the debut season of Project Runway Canada, taking top honours and instantly transferring his success to the Canadian design scene.  He shares his passion for design, his reaction to the comparisons with Alexander McQueen, and why Toronto needs a fashion intervention:

ChickAdvisor: Back when you were starting out, what motivated you to jump into the...
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Prom ’91 or a Betsey Johnson fashion show at Liberty Grand on Toronto Fashion Week’s closing night?

A mix of spandex floral numbers, and tulle’d prom-esque gowns paraded the elevated runway at midnight on Thursday night as a final hoorah to this week that was fashion.

Unlike the other shows at March F/W, this showcase was in line with the season shoppers are thinking in – Spring/Summer! The...
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Toronto Backstage Beauty F/W 2010
ChickAdvisor went backstage at Toronto's LG Fashion Week to get the beauty scoop on the hottest fall hair and makeup trends from L'Oreal experts, Eric Del Monaco and Eddie Maleterre.  The season's inspiration?  The big smoke.

"We took our inspiration from the city", explains Maleterre. "When you walk in the city you see gray from the concrete… then sometimes you see one tree...
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Toronto fashion week f/w 2010
click click click It’s hard not to notice click click click when the media pit click click click at LG Fashion Week click click click decides that an article of clothing click click click or a scantily clad model click click click is worthy of click click click a million click click click a million click click click pictures.  

Here’s what got the most ‘clicks’ for Fall/Winter 2010....
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It seemed like everyone just started pouring into the LG Fashion Week venue thirty minutes prior to the much anticipated Andy The-Anh Fall 2010 show, all eager to see what he comes up with this season. Judging from the full house and standing standing ovation, the crowd loved it.

I personally enjoyed the makeup and hair as much as the garments themselves. The dark blue- green smokey eyes, brick...
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Evan Biddell is an entertainer, a risk taker and completely unconventional. You may look at his collection and think, I'd never dress myself like a pre-historic turtle, but you know what? I think he's destined for greatness. Sort of like Canada's Alexander McQueen.


Thoughts?

All photos by Marayna Dickinson

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