Well, they’re saying that we’ll start seeing trendy women wearing bowties this year – and it’s likely true, what with American Apparel and Forever 21 selling bowties geared to gals. I personally haven’t seen this at all in Toronto yet – but here’s some boys in bowties…soooo refreshing after seeing guys in Clubville still wearing oversized hanky scarves!

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Dr. Martens Iconic 8-Hole Boot Turns 50 this Year

by Daniel Wilson

From Curt and Courtney, to That Gaga woman, to Madonna, PJ Harvey, and pretty much everyone in between, every rock star we idolize has worn Doc Martens on stage at some point during the highs and lows of their careers. They cross boundaries from a Bruce La Bruce art porn about gay neo Nazis to a Yohji Yamamoto runway show and have managed for fifty years to say, ‘I’m cool, I’m edgy, I’m practical or I don’t care’.

Even setting aside their fabulous, (and fabulously hard to find in Toronto) designer collaborations with the likes of Jean Paul Gaultier and Mr. Yamamoto, the Doc Marten brand has offerings for spring and next fall sure to set the chicest or grungiest of hearts aflutter.

Be sure to keep an eye open as they push the iconic 8 hole boot shape into all sorts of new forms. I loved the white boot with flocked black polka dots and a heel (yes, a Doc Marten heel – see below), in glossy black patent leather embossed with a tiny floral print.

And if you happen to be one of the handful of people in the world watching The Oscars this weekend, check out Jack Nicholson’s feet to see the customized silver metallic Docs he will be strutting.

The Dr. Martens Spring/Summer 2010 Collection includes the 8-Eyelet boot in both metallics and in canvas-like TecTuff Express leather, both durable and water-resistant – a more summer-like feel.

In Toronto, find Dr. Martens at:

http://www.getoutsideshoes.com

http://www.neonclothing.ca

http://www.softmoc.com

http://www.docsleathers.com

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Plastik Wrap is pleased to announce, a spring edition of The Bazaar of the Bizarre – Circus Side show!

Sunday, April 25, 2009 at 6 Noble Street (Queen st. West of Dufferin) Toronto, Ontario, Canada

If you have not been a part of the last bazaar and do not know what to expect, you are in for a real treat!
It is a Marketplace filled with amazing vendors: Artists, designers, craft-folk, publishers and other independent makers of all things exotic, whimsical and macabre are assembled to attack all of your senses.

If you are a vendor and would like to be a part of this amazing event, please fill out our vendor form here:
http://www.thebazaarofthebizarre.org/register.php

(Please note, this is a juried child friendly event, so please fill out the application with the best of your abilities)

Alberta Fashion Week (AFW) is bringing the world of fashion to the prairies, March 20-27, 2010 at the Banke on historic Steven Avenue in downtown Calgary.

Now in its second season, Alberta Fashion Week (AFW) takes place for 8 days and will feature over 30 talented designers showcasing their fall/winter 2010 collections on the runway.

“Alberta’s fashion isn’t all spurs and hard hats”, says Director and co-founder David Robert Politi, “We’re showing a menagerie of talent – expect to see designers in many stages in their careers.”

NEW THIS YEAR
AFW partners with Fashion Has No Borders (FHNB) Fashion & Accessory Exposé, taking place on Saturday, March 20th at the BMO Centre at Stampede Park, hosted by Fashion Television’s iconic Jeannie Beker

AFW partners with Calgary’s top stylists, Kim Flanagan & Karen Judge, to present The Style Finders monthly shopping parties throughout the year.

CONFIRMED DESIGNERS http://www.albertafashionweek.ca/designers
Here are a few designers who will be showing their F/W collections this March:

House of Nonie
Lael Osness
Caitlin Power
Jessica Halabi
Madame Wolf
Defy Gravity Designs
Joyful Designs
Kyle Nylund
442 Mcadam

Photos of Joe Fresh Spring 2010 items from Joe.ca, available at most Loblaws Superstores in Toronto and elsewhere.

Our favorite Canadian brand of ‘cheap and chic clothes that you can buy while shopping for groceries’ hired agency Henderson BasNew to relaunch its site and now features a Joe Fresh Life Blog, daily polls and downloadable tools such as a free outfit assembly iPhone application and a fashion forecast widget.

Saturday, March 6, 2010
10 am – 5 pm

Conference Ballroom
@ the CNIB Centre
1929 Bayview Avenue, Toronto

$8.00 (kids 12 and under free)

New to Shopgirls Boutique – Canadian fashion designers Stacey Zhang, Veronique Milijkovitch, Faren.

Shopgirls strives to promote emerging Canadian designers and artists.
1342 Queen Street West, Toronto

Thursday, March 4: 7PM – 10PM (Opening Night Party)
Friday, March 5: 12AM – 9PM
Saturday, March 6: 11AM – 9PM
Sunday: 11AM – 6PM

Queen Elizabeth Building
180 Princes’ Blvd., Exhibition Place
Toronto, Ontario

$10-$12 http://www.theartistprojecttoronto.com