FASHION Diaries
The Fashionable Life
Michelle Bilodeau
The Fashionable Life
Dying to know what goes on at all those chic soirees in Toronto? In
The Fashionable Life, her weekly society blog, Michelle Bilodeau takes
you there, giving you the scoop on who's wearing who, and the skinny
on where some of our fave celebs hang while visiting Hollywood North.
November 2008 Archive
A night at the AGO
Posted on November 28, 2008 by mbilodeau
Today, we've got a guest blogger: FASHION’s editor-in-chief, Ceri Marsh
On Tuesday night, Toronto’s fashion and art crowd were like kids let loose in a toy store at the new AGO. We were greeted by white clad “angels” handing out small mirrors we’d need later to participate in Terence Koh’s performance piece. We were then whisked upstairs to the Baillie Court reception space. So beautiful! Guests entered a fairy tale forest, with origami cranes and candles fluttering in branches placed on every table.
Continue...Sparkle & shine
Posted on November 24, 2008 by mbilodeau
The holidays will be upon us faster than you can say Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen (less than five weeks to go, loves!), and what better way to kick off the party season with some champers and scrumptious nibbles at a cocktail party for the launch John de Jong’s (jdj-jewellery.com) latest jewellery collection. To marvel at some of the most exquisite diamonds and pearls we’ve ever laid eyes on, this fashionable girl just had to bring some stylish friends to the über-discreet JdJ showroom, which de Jong opened at Bay and Bloor in 1996. Continue...
Andy the great
Posted on November 18, 2008 by mbilodeau
One of the many perks of my job is chatting with super-talented designers and last week, I got the chance to talk to Montreal-based Andy Thê-Anh at the grand opening of his new boutique (83 Yorkville Ave., 416-921-2639, andytheanh.com) in Toronto’s tony Yorkville.
[See the Spring 2009 collection and view our video interview with Andy Thê-Anh]
Continue...Très Gehry
Posted on November 14, 2008 by mbilodeau
After a facelift that rang in at over $270 million dollars, the new Art Gallery of Ontario (317 Dundas St., 416-979-6660, ago.net) is finally open to the public. The Frank Gehry–fronted project, which began three years ago, drew a major media crowd yesterday, the day before the AGO would be open to the public for the first time in over a year. And it was well worth the wait.
Continue...Spooky beginnings
Posted on November 6, 2008 by mbilodeau
When the re-configured team behind the once-a-year Fashion Cares soiree decided to move the event from May to November, we were a little surprised. It all made sense however when the theme of the evening was revealed and Fashion sCares was born.
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