In this month’s Toronto Life Magazine (May 2009), photographer Mark Zibert captures 20 of Toronto’s hottest names in the arts (theatre, performance, music…) completely enrobed in Canadian labels – in an awesome shoot at the AGO.

Styled by Judy Inc.’s Amy Lu and Alon Freeman, the fashion spread includes actress Seana McKenna in Andy The Anh, ballerina Bridgett Zehr in League of Lovers and Thieves and pianist Eve Egoyan in Nada. Full details and shopping info are listed.

Get the mag to see much better photos!
www.torontolife.com

In this month’s LouLou Magazine: SHOES!
12-pages of footwear highlighting 80+ pairs including the top 8 trends of the season including wedges, cut-out booties and architectural heels.

LOULOU also tracks the key TRENDS this spring 2009, including:
• cropped jackets • black and white • harem pants • sarouals

BONUS: a 28-page pull-out shopping guide for 14+ sizes featuring key trends and must-haves for spring.

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Launched in 2004, LOULOU is a Canadian (English and French versions) shopping magazine (kind of like LUCKY in the States), published by Rogers Publishing. It is page after page of things to buy and the best part is that it comes with complete purchasing info!

(photo from NOW)
Make sure to pick up your copy of this week’s NOW Magazine (or read online here >>) to see Irene and The Deadly Nightshades, ex-fashion student, eco-design team and glorified bike gang posing it up for the camera! They have an awesome new website complete with bios and blogs.

Also, news is DNS will be debuting a new Fall09 Collection at next month’s Alternative Arts and Fashion Week -FAT-. You go girls!

Surprised I haven’t come across this before – Naked Eye is “Canada’s new nationwide publication covering today’s pop culture. Through articles, interviews, and capsules, Naked Eye provides its readers the latest information on music, film, fashion, television, food, technology, celebrities, and sexual issues.” It is features, event pix, blog and tv!

Well, I finally got around to reading the list of the 14 Canadian fashion designers who’ll appear on the upcoming Project Runway Canada 2 – and by perusing the designer BIOs, this is sure to be an edgy competition!

Of the 14, almost all are formally trained and have many years of experience under their belts working on their own labels such as local boys Jason Meyers, and Sunny Fong (the only self-taught) or working for top brands such as Jeff MacKinnon, Danio Fragella, Jaclyn Murray and Genevieve Graham (who worked as creative director for Obaaki).

Some of the other contenders have their own smaller fashion brands: Christie Clayton “Carny Love”, Camille Prins “Dutch Blonde”, Kim Cathers “kdon”, and Margarita Voultsos “Proper Apparel”.

Other contenders include Ryerson grads Jessica Biffi and Adejoke Taiwo and Fanshawe top grad Brandon Dwyer.

At the end of 12 weeks, one winning designer gets a cover and feature spread in ELLE Canada, a professional portfolio photo shoot courtesy of L’Oréal Paris, a ‘Runway to Retail’ business mentorship with Winners, and $100, 000 to start their own fashion line!

PREMIERES ON GLOBAL: TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2009 – 10PM ET/PT
ON Mondays at 10pm ET/9pm PT beginning February 2

We love hearing about new Canadian rags! In an enjoyable and convenient magazine format, The Dinner Jacket is a three issue in, monthly online glossy – hailing from Ottawa – that features local fashion photography and arts & culture articles.

It’s super easy to zoom in, save your favorite pics and navigate through the entire issue.

www.thedinnerjacket.com

I came across a blog post from ‘Canadian Magazines‘ blog where the blogger quotes a Forbes Magazine article that states Cindi Leive, the editor of Glamour magazine, is America’s most influential fashion editor (not Anna Wintour).

** What’s most interesting is the slew of comments on who could be Canada’s most influential fashion editor - between Fashion’s Ceri Marsh and Flare’s Lisa Tant. **

Cindi Leive was named because apparently Glamour reached its highest circulation ever (taking online circulation numbers into account). I’m certainly no expert on the subject, but I hardly think that is what secures the title of ‘Most Influential Fashion Editor’. The people at Forbes are definitely not reading Vogue or InStyle daily.

In Canada, however, where numerous new magazines have popped up (and folded) in just the past five years, most people aren’t familiar with the leading ladies behind our top fashion mags (or couldn’t care less). Through further Googling, I came across these interesting articles featuring Canada’s apparent Top Two:

Ryerson Review of Journalism (2006)
Fashion magazine editor-in-chief Ceri Marsh shows that good manners still go a long way

Fashion editors may look like Barbie, says Flare’s Lisa Tant. But we’re GI Joe underneath. Meet one of the toughest…

Auntie Fashion:
The Lisa Tant Interview
Lisa Tant vs. Ceri Marsh

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For the record, Canada has more that two fashion mags (I’m talking print-only):
Elle Canada
Style
Lou Lou
Lush
Zink Canada

Lifestyle:
Canadian Living
Chatelaine

Rachel Schwab

Canadian supermodel Daria Werbowy on the cover of the September issue of FASHION magazine | On her first FASHION cover Winter 2001 | Summer 2001

Canadian supermodel Daria Werbowy joins Bryan Adams and Steve Nash as the new 2008 inductees to Canada’s Walk of Fame on September 6, 2008.

Werbowy’s modelling career began at the age of 14 and since has appeared on several covers of Canadian and international magazines; has done international ad campaigns for Prada, Gucci, Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent; and runway appearances for Hermès, Valentino, Missoni and Versace. Werbowy currently has a multi-year contract with Lancôme and recently launched her own unique line of makeup blends with the company.

Daria graced the cover and pages of FASHION seven times over the years – see the slideshow here >>

The Canadian Walk of Fame runs alongside King Street, east of John at Duncan.