Toronto Fashion Week shows Asian influences
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E-mail Xinhua, March 14, 2012
The 26th Toronto Fashion Week, the second largest Fashion Week in North America, kicked off in downtown Toronto on Monday with a splash of Asian goodness.
The event, which will run through the week till March 16, will showcase more than 60 designers and will give Toronto's fashion industry a taste of the upcoming fall styles and trends. Situated right by the CN Tower at the David Pecaut Square, the 30,000-square foot tent will seat more than 900 people per show.
The first collection that launched the week was from Korhani Home, a Canadian home decor brand. The show kicked off with four models sporting make-shift capes covered with the face of a beautiful Asian girl.
"I loved the whole Mongolian look, I thought it was great," said Stacey McKenzie, a Canadian model and model coach on the Canadian reality show Canada's Next Top Model.
"I loved the diversity on the runway, I thought it was absolutely amazing when the four Mongolian/Asian looking models came out, I thought it was super cool."
The collection, fashioned entirely of rugs, offered a bit of everything: From the theatrical to the whimsical. The designs not only channeled some very different themes, from punk rock chic to Victorian glamour, the show itself also offered up a bit of a surprise when models came strutting down the runway holding tiny live piglets.
"Honestly the piglets threw me off. That was weird, you know, it's different. It's Korhani's time to shine right, so they ran with it," said McKenzie.
Besides Korhani, Holt Renfrew's runway show highlighting the fall collections of some Canadian designers like Dennis Merotto, Jeremy Laing, Mackage and Smythe, also added a touch of theater as they opened with a male tap dancer dancing along the entire runway.
The evening ended with a punch of glamour featuring a series of elegant and luxurious gowns by Pavoni, a Montreal duo who have dressed international celebrities like Katy Perry, Lindsay Lohan and more.
"I think anyone wearing Pavoni definitely has to have the confidence, these dresses aren't for the faint of heart, you want to be looked at when you're in one of these dresses," said Gianni Falcone, co-founder of Pavoni.
Pavoni, which is now found at retailers from the United States to the Middle East, says Asia is their next stop.
"We might do a little Japan trip, I'm giving you a little scoop," said Mike Derdarian, co-founder of Pavoni. "We definitely feel there is a market in Asia that is very important."
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