[FAT] Call for Entries

Toronto Alternative Arts and Fashion Week - Call for Designers, Visual Artists, Artists, Musicians

April 21-24, 2010 marks the 5th Anniversary Edition of |FAT| Toronto Alternative Arts and Fashion Week.
We are now accepting entries in Fashion Design - Photography - Video - Performance - Music - Installation Art for the 2010 event.
Entry Deadline: Dec.22/09

To Apply and Participate Visit: www.getfat.ca

Contact: Vanja Vasic | 647.834.0061 | vanja@alternativefashionweek.com |

[FAT] Photos

Local model and celeb-transsexual icon Nina Arseneault made a cameo at the off-the-wall Cristabel show.


Gail McInnes and actress Amanda Brugel, the two ladies behind The Style Box (designer management) taking a break at [FAT].


The MakeUp For Ever crew was parked at [FAT] painting and faux-finishing models in multitudes of amazing creations!


Canadian actresses, all garbed in Starkers! corsets showed up at [FAT] in support of designer Dianna DiNoble.

[FAT] DAY 1: Tuesday Schedule

Toronto Alternative Arts & Fashion Week 2009
Distillery District, Fermenting Cellar, 55 Mill Street, East Building 6

DAY 1 – HOME – Tuesday, APRIL 21 / 09

Exploring the roots and history of the places we come from. The theme reflects on issues around diversity, interconnection, and convergence between art, clothing and various domestic influences.

6pm MUSIC DJ FEMME NORMALE

7pm FASHION SHOWCASE FASHION WHORE |DIEPO | KATRINA TUTTLE

7:45 MUSIC DJ FEMME NORMALE | THE THING IS

8:45 FASHION SHOWCASE NAHANÉE BY JILL GRANT | LOVE CLICHÉ by Belinda Visag | MATRYOSHKA BY PINK LADY | YANG YANG

9:15 MUSIC ELEMENTZ | DJ FEMME NORMAL | SAIDAH BABA TALIBAH

10:30 FASHION SHOWCASE CHRISTOPHER PAUNIL |LUBICA | JESSICA MARY CLAYTON | VESTURE

11:00 MUSIC DJ FEMME NORMALE

PHOTOGRAPHY/ VIDEO SCREENINGS / PERFORMANCE
TREVOR BRADY: At Home
SLAVICA PANIC: Device
BBB JOHANNES DEIMLING: Blanc #6
GÜL ILGAZ: Holding On
LAUREL MACDONALD: Dear Provenance
SYLVANA D’ANGELO: Tamara
SUZANNE CARTE-BLANCHENOT: The Musical, w/ Sky Fairchild-Waller and York Dance Ensemble
EMMA HART: Rushes (The Projection Gallery)
RENATA KUDLACEK: I Wonder If You Wonder (The Projection Gallery)
YOKO FUKUSHIMA: Making Circles (The Projection Gallery)

|FAT| TICKET INFO
Advance tickets: $20/Day Pass $55/Week Pass

The Rage: 2 Kensington Ave., Kensington Market
Magpie: 884 Queen Street West
Jazma Hair: 8 St. Joseph St (Young and Wellesley)
MOOG Audio: 442 Queen St West
Flaunt Boutique: 260 Carlaw Ave. Suite 101B, Leslieville
At the door: $25/Day

WWW.GETFAT.CA

[FAT] NOT TO BE MISSED Event!

|FAT| Toronto Alternative Arts & Fashion Week returns to the Distillery District, (55 Mill St. Bld. 6) April 21– 24, 2009 from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m.

FOUR days of fashion, music, performance and art, each night with a different theme:
Home, Planet, Gutter & Beyond.

april 21 |HOME| Designers and artists explore the place which is most familiar and known to us. The night looks at the meaning of home through culture and history, romance and beauty, power and subtlety, sexuality and domesticity.

april 22 |PLANET| In celebration of Earth Day, |FAT| responds to the challenges of surviving in an increasingly unpredictable planet. By showcasing work that suggests a balance between progress and nature, this night presents artists and designers concerned with sustainability, innovation, technology, evolution and adaptation.

april 23 |GUTTER| Unsettling. Shifting. Extreme. How do we survive in these volatile times? |FAT| explores art & fashion through the current social, political and economic aspects of a place on the edge.

april 24 |BEYOND| |FAT| takes a glance at where we are headed and how we can reinvent ourselves. Artists seek to experiment, play, and dream. They push barriers and challenge conventions. Imagination and the extremes of invention shape possibilities for the future.
Inclusive. Engaging. Diverse. |FAT| builds connections, opportunities and communities. This interactive festival acts as a platform for creators to experiment with fashion, not only as a commodity but also as an art form.

|FAT| FACTS
+ |FAT| will showcase 46 collections on the runway, over 40 visual and performing artists, and 14 music groups.
+ Advance Tickets: $20/Day Pass, $55/Week Pass @
The Rage: 2 Kensington Ave., Magpie: 884 Queen Street West, Jazma Hair:
8 St. Joseph St, MOOG Audio: 442 Queen St West, Flaunt Boutique: 260 Carlaw Ave. Suite 101B. $25/Day @ the door

+ For a complete schedule visit www.getfat.ca

Last Chance for [FAT]

DEADLINE: Dec 1, 2007 - Late Submission Deadline: Dec. 15, 2007

Looking for bold, innovative, fresh and exciting work from all creative individuals exploring fashion through design, performance, photography, video, installation, sculpture and music.

We want to see work that pushes the boundaries in the arts and fashion!! (see coverage here)

FASHION DESIGN: Women's Wear, Men's Wear, Wearable Art, Couture
VISUAL ART: Installation, Video, Performance Art, Sculpture, Photography

MUSIC: All Musical Forms Of Expression Welcome

Themes for 2008:
Conflict| Urban Experiment | Global Nomad | Transitory Space

TO DOWNLOAD AN APPLICATION VISIT : WWW.GETFAT.CA

[FAT] Alternative Fashion Week

Lastnight, Tuesday Oct. 17, 2006 was the first day of the second annual Toronto Alternative Fashion Week and torontostreetfashion.com was there in full force!

Read Kate's adventures >>
"Tuesday night our fabulous foursome pulled into the ultimate parking spot directly in front of The Gooderham and Wort’s Fermenting Cellar, this years home of Toronto Alternative Fashion Week. On a rainy Toronto night what could be a more perfect sign of good things to come!

We made an impressive entrance and were warmly greeted. Once sorted with the night’s itinerary, bios of all the designers and artists, we were off in all directions to suss out the scene. My first stop was the NOW Magazine Design Competition Finalists Collection. Elizabeth Pinter’s voluminous, bustled gown and totally wearable newsprint boots were charming and everyone agreed that Laurie Anne Towata’s twilled newsprint boa was impressive."

Read Liza's Review >>
"The Distillery District provided the perfect underground feel for the kick-off of the 2nd annual Toronto Alternative Fashion Week [FAT]. Fashionistas, photographers, artists, designers, and publicists along with the creative and curious packed into the Fermenting Cellar as the room buzzed with energy and excitement. In the true spirit of alternative fashion, the night was a celebration of diversity, identity and the possibilities encountered in cutting edge style.

The crowd was treated to the grooving sounds of DJ Medicine Man, Amanda Kaye, Guys with Bangs and Roshini Celina Joseph. Playful artwork surrounded the space that was also invaded with modern dance, video and performance art. Cake Girls Karina Bergmans and Jenny McMaster sweetened the evening with a far-out mix of fashion, food and performance complete with a birthday cake hat and “loafers” (bread-loaf shoes). In true Canadian spirit they delivered a reading from Margaret Atwood’s Edible Woman."

Toronto Alternative Fashion Week

By Irene Stickney


Everyone knows that fashion thinks six months ahead of time, designing winter clothes in the summer, and vice versa. So it's no surprise that Toronto Alternative Fashion Week (FAT) Director Vanja Vasic has started promoting for her October fashion extravaganza already. But when I promised Vanja I'd help her organize PR for the show, I had no idea what I was getting myself into....

We met at Vanja's beautifully decorated lakefront condo for drinks beforehand. The first wall of her apartment is painted with chalk paint, and on it is written the dictionary definition of ‘home’. There are paintings on all the walls, large couches, sculpture everywhere, beautiful carpets. Vanja’s room is painted lime green and black - not colours I would choose but they work wonderfully. Tiny lights like little stars are suspended from the ceiling. Photo’s from FAT last year are on the walls and her closet is overflowing with beaded, jewelled costumes.
She brings out the tutus, corsets for us to wear while we flyer. Her friend owns Deja Vu in Kensington, she generously lent them to us. She serves drinks, we smoke. Vanja is an excellent hostess! We talk about alternative fashion week, designers, art. FAT is the same week as L’oreal fashion week this year. Scandal! It is all we talk about.

I wear a cascading violet tutu, with layers and layers of tulle overflowing until I look a ballerina. A tiny corset, with a dangerous neckline and tiny purple flowers. I wear a top hat. We all wear tutu’s, Niamh, Megan, Chantelle and Vanja, too. Ian wears one around his neck, with a leather cutout corset. We take the streetcar like this, and get looks from everyone. What a spectacle! We sneak drinks from tallcans on the streetcar. At Andy Poolhall, we dance and hand out flyers.
We argue over what we should call ourselves - someone suggests 'the pussy parade' but someone else doesn't like it. Someone even offers to hire us.
I feel like I can't wait three more months for FAT. Damn this living three months ahead of everything!
Check out www.getfat.ca for more information, or to enter work in Toronto Alternative Fashion Week.