Toronto’s World Mastercard Fashion Week Spring 2013

Photography by Stefania Yarhi

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We’ve surpassed the halfway point in Toronto’s World Mastercard Fashion Week Spring 2013 (that’s a mouthful) and the awesome street style photos shot by Stefania Yarhi just keep rolling in. Today’s edition of photos is furr-ocious (sorry, we had to) because everyone decided to go all out in fur. We saw hats, scarves, vests, and more, you name it, it was there in fur.
Humpday of Fashion Week featured some of the biggest shows from leather lovers, Mackage to the nation’s favourite, Joe Fresh—which brought out some of Toronto’s fashion it gals. Anita Clarke of I Want I Got, wore a flannel printed blazer and Jaclyn Genovese of Jacflash matched her flannel dress with a leather moto jacket (the moto jacket has become a favourite of Spring 2013 Fashion Week).

The printed pant is still reigning as the star of fall and we saw all patterns from ‘70s disco bell-bottoms to geometric printed trousers. The tie that keeps all the street style photos together is the show goers need to be holding something in their hand, whether it’s an iPhone attached to their ear or a clutch being clutched onto, everyone’s holding something. It’s one of those “I don’t know what to do with my hands” situations.
The end of World Mastercard Fashion Week is on the horizon, but we won’t stop with street style photos until Dragonette sings!

See the full backstage beauty gallery from Joe Fresh Spring 2013

Photography courtesy Maybelline New York

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The look:
Grace Lee, Maybelline New York’s lead makeup artist: “Joe Fresh is known for that really fresh colour. [Joe Mimran] told me that because there’s a lot of whites and metallics for spring he wanted to do a poppy colour. [The lipstick] is petty much that perfect, perfect coral.”
Jorge Joao, Redken lead stylist: “We created a low ponytail and released some of the slack to have it droop a little bit, to give it a vintage feel. And from there we added a little bit of texture on the side, to make it more ‘now’ and to give it something fresh and urban.”
Top tips:
- The Joe Fresh Spring 2013 look takes the matte lip to the next level. With direction to make it look “like the girls had been in their lipstick all day long,” Grace Lee brushed translucent powder around the lip line after applying Maybelline Color Sensational Vivids lipstick in “Vibrant Mandarin,” which helped to diffuse the colour and give it that worn-in look. “We wanted to make it look almost like chalk,” she explained.
- There was no blush used in this look, instead it was all about fresh, clean skin. To give some dimension and glow, Lee mixed clear Maybelline Baby Lips balm with Eye Studio Colour Tattoo in “Too Cool” and applied it at the inner corners of the eye, down the bridge of the nose and at the high points of the cheeks.
- Use a small brush or pencil when filling your brows—like Maybelline Define-a-Brow—for extra precision. Instead of a solid application over the entire brow, draw on individual hairs to keep it from looking too heavy-handed.
- Rather than spending time trying to craft to perfect messy ponytail, it’s easier to deconstruct a polished pony. Jorge Joao lightly tugged at pieces to loosen them, spraying Redken Fashion Work 12 Versatile Working Spray as he went to ensure proper placement.
Maybelline products used:
Define-A-Brow Eyebrow Pencil ($9, well.ca)
Great Lash Mascara in “Clear” ($8, well.ca)
Dream Fresh BB Cream ($11, well.ca)
Baby Lips SPF 20 Lip Moisturizing Balm in “Quenched” ($5, well.ca)
Great Lash Lots of Lashes Mascara in “Blackest Black” ($8, well.ca)
Eyestudio Color Tattoo 24HR Cream Gel Shadow in “Too Cool” ($9, well.ca)
Color Sensational Vivids Lipcolor in “Vibrant Mandarin” ($10, available January 2013)
Fit Me! Pressed Powder Foundation ($10, well.ca)
Redken products used:
Fashion Work 12 Versatile Working Spray ($19, spaboutique.ca)
Fabricate 03 Heat-Active Texturizer ($23, spaboutique.ca)
Shine Flash 02 Glistening Mist ($20, spaboutique.ca)

See the Mikhael Kale Spring 2013 collection

Photography by Marvan Kwan/S1 Group

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In ode to the art-inspired clothes that took to his art-inspired Spring 2013 collection earlier this week, Mikhael Kale’s latest show was granted special access to the usually un-bookable Corkin Gallery in Toronto’s East end Distillery District. The exclusive setting is also the current home to the Nigel Scott’s “Conversations with Blue” exhibit that inspired the collection. Not the first art-meet-cute for the two, Mikhael Kale and Nigel Scott collaborated on a special artistic project featured in our November issue.

Kale’s collection incorporated custom-made Japanese printed and dyed fabric mixed with textures such as lace, netting, fringe and beadwork. Garments were tailored and seemed to combine of both feminine and masculine elements. Skirts were structured, some with peplums and ruffles. Dresses had cut-outs, deep Vs what appeared to be hanging tie and bowtie details giving the collection a sense of ease and effortlessness. Several looks were topped with moto style jackets in contrasting prints. Models stood on risers styled with Nike sneakers and windswept hair furthering the coolness of the Mikhael Kale girl.