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Fashion Week

The Top Five Highlights From Toronto Fashion Week

There are many good things you can say about Toronto in the fall. It’s crisp, vibrant, alive and gorgeous. Vanity Fair’s Nick Tosches once went looking for the very essence of Autumn and ended up finding it just next to the city.

As for my own experience: the images above were all taken with my wee point-and-shoot, on my walk from my house to the tents at David Pecault square, where Toronto’s LG Fashion Week was centered.

And even though the looks coming down the runways were timed for spring, these colors provided the perfect backdrop for a week of style.

Read on to see some of the highlights from Toronto Fashion Week.

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  • JOHN ORTVED
  • Tuesday, Nov 1, 2011 / 3:15 PM
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Streetwalker

Street Style: Amanda Is Scared of 2012

Name: Amanda Nørgaard

Age: 19

Occupation: Model

Agency: DNA

What were you for Halloween? I was a dead Russian bride.

What’s your favorite Halloween candy? Reese’s Pieces.

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  • Ashley Jahncke
  • Tuesday, Nov 1, 2011 / 2:30 PM
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Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Kate Middleton May or May Not Be the Best Dressed in the UK, Kate Moss Has a New Perfume, and Gisele’s New Gig for Givenchy

Kate Middleton Is On One UK Best Dressed List But Got Dissed On Another: Kate Middleton made Harper’s Bazaar UK’s best dressed list (along with the usual suspects like Alexa Chung), but didn’t show up on the British Fashion Council’s short list for best British style. However, there’s a write-in campaign to get her on the list. Fingers. Crossed. {Telegraph}

Heidi Klum and Seal Go ‘Ape’ on Halloween: Heidi Klum and Seal dressed like enormous, scary monkeys yesterday. Heidi was even topless. {USWeekly}

Kate Moss is Doing a Perfume for ‘Younger Girls’: Most likely inspired by her daughter Lila Grace, Moss’ new scent Lilabelle is targeted at “girls who are just learning how to become women.” Um. {BeautyHigh}

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Fashion Careers

Erin Fetherston needs a Design Intern!

Not interested in the “front of house” internship from earlier? Erin Fetherston is also hiring a Design Intern! This is a great opportunity to work with some of the most talented designers in the industry.

Design intern duties include but are not limited to:
- Assist Design in the conception and execution of each current season’s collection
- Assist in the preparation of style sheets and technical packages
- Pick up and hand deliver samples and materials to local contractors
- Assist in daily communication between commercial showroom, P.R. team, and EF studio
- Work with Design to follow development of styles with outside contractors
- Sketch flats for design sheets and sales book on Photoshop and Illustrator
- Create print and embroidery artwork in Illustrator and Photoshop

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Fashion Careers

Erin Fetherston seeks a “front of house” intern!

Erin Fetherston, a prestigious contemporary women’s wear line needs a full-time, unpaid internship that would begin as soon as possible.

It would be more of a “front of house” internship with a mix of operations, PR, production and sales. A familiarity with photoshop is a plus. There will be a lot of running errands, maintaining press book, show prep and general office duties.

Candidates must have some sort of fashion experience, be willing to learn and work well under pressure. Someone that has worked fashion week before would be ideal.

REQUIREMENTS:
Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to learn quickly are musts.
-Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office programs (i.e. Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
-Proficient with Macs

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News

Watch: Sean Avery Gets Dressed Very Slowly, Talks About His Style for Mr. Porter

By Hayley Phelan Tuesday, Nov 1, 2011 / 1:00 PM


For their latest edition of ‘The Way I Dress,’ Mr. Porter turned the camera on New York Ranger and mega fashion fan Sean Avery.

The artfully lit, black-and-white video follows Sean through the whole getting-ready process–from underwear (yes) to fully-dressed. Sean really, really takes his time with it (seriously, dude takes about two hours just to tie his shoes) but we can’t say we’re complaining: Any extra time we have with a shirtless Avery is just fine by us. Read more »

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Unexpected Combinations: Sporty Meets Girly

By Fashionista Tuesday, Nov 1, 2011 / 12:15 PM

When you think sports apparel, you’re probably not imagining citrus tie-dye hues or a track jacket on top a flirty dress. Yet somehow, a bunch of spring runways turned out gym-worthy pieces that look refreshingly cool taken off the treadmill and paired up with more feminine pieces, like Isabel Marant did here. This an unexpected mashup we’re dying to try.

***This post was brought to you by Downy.



Beauty

Meet the Rabbi Who Teaches Her Students About the Torah Using Nail Art

Nail art has officially become a religion. Well, sort of. A 25-year-old rabbi in suburban New York, Yael Buechler, is using a really sneaky and clever way to teach her students about the Torah–she’s doing it via nail art. (Back when I was in Catholic grammar school, we learned teachings like the catechism by rote memorization and fear-mongering. Perhaps if someone showed me the ten commandments or the stations of the cross via a manicure, I might not be the fallen Catholic I am today.)

Rabbi Buechler, who was profiled in the New York Times recently, has been using nail art to help girls personalize and understand the teachings of the Torah.

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Accessories

Forever 21 is Selling Native American Girl and ‘Oriental Girl’ Necklaces

Last week, while in search of cheap jewelry for my Halloween costume, I stumbled across something pretty weird and confusing: a necklace that is basically a cartoon character version of a “traditional” Native American girl hanging from a chain. She has tanned skin, rosy cheeks, long, dark side braids, and a somewhat stereotypical-looking Native American dress. I looked over to see, in addition to the Native American girl, several similar necklaces that displayed traditionally-dressed Asian girls.

Apparently, Forever 21 thinks that people want to wear outdated, cultural stereotypes as necklaces, and that it’s okay to sell them. Unfortunately, it gets worse. Later, I perused their website and found that one of the necklaces is literally called “Oriental Girl Necklace.” Seriously. Because why not slap on an offensive and outdated descriptor to your offensive culturally-insensitive jewelry?

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News

Did You Miss Yesterday’s Vigil at Dash NYC to Mourn the End of Kim Kardashian’s Marriage? Because, Yeah, That Happened

By Hayley Phelan Tuesday, Nov 1, 2011 / 10:00 AM


Yesterday a group of about thirty or so people gathered to ‘mourn’ the end of Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries’ ‘marriage’. Sigh, the world we live in.

Apparently, someone posted this ad on Craigslist, announcing that a vigil for the end of the Humphries-Kardashian marriage would be held in front of the Kardashian‘s NYC Dash store in SoHo, at 4:15 yesterday. “It’s a sad day,” the ad read.

Surprisingly, according to Buzzfeed, several people showed up, even toting homemade signs, lit candles and flowers. Read more »

Models

Karlie Kloss is 18; Will She Wear Victoria’s Secret Angel Wings This Month?

Karlie Kloss has been making quite a few semi-naked appearances these past few months, from her spread in Allure to the runways of Paris. Was it all an early audition for the Victoria’s Secret show? It looks like she may be a shoo-in to be the latest girl to don a huge pair of angel wings.

Modelinia sat in on a casting last week for the annual fantasy lingerie extravaganza and got some inside scoop from casting director John Pfeiffer about his picks for this year’s show. While the castings are important, he already has some girls in mind for the job.

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