Suzanne Rogers Brings the Fashion Industry to Toronto for a Victoria Beckham Spring 2020 Runway Show
A portion of the sales will be donated to charities.
The tangle of Bentleys, Teslas and Range Rovers in the streets around Loretta Rogers home brought a few blocks of Toronto’s tony Forest Hill neighbourhood to a standstill yesterday. The source of the mayhem was Victoria Beckham, in town to present her Spring 2020 collection as part of Suzanne Rogers Presents, the biannual fundraiser spearheaded by Loretta’s daughter-in-law. Suzanne, the city’s number one fashion cheerleader, and event co-chair Sylvia Mantella, who ranks a close second, welcomed guests inside a massive tent erected in Loretta’s backyard. Around 300 (mostly) women roamed amid several bars before heading to the dining area to take in the parade of ‘70s-style pantsuits and plunging caftan-y dresses (hello Halston!).
Photography by George Pimentel
Suzanne Rogers Presents Victoria Beckham Spring 2020
“You all have order forms at your table and I’m going to be lurking around so if anyone has any questions or wants styling advice, please feel free to come and ask me,” Beckham said, reminding all that, thanks to the support of Net-a-Porter, 20 per cent of the take would benefit Camp Oochigeas and The Penelope Neuroblastoma Foundation, named for a 4-year-old who died of the disease and whose parents were in the crowd.
And what a crowd it was, dressed to thrill as has (thankfully) become the norm in this city.
“Is this what women wear to lunch these days? Backless and sequins?” one society matron mused surveying the scene. In the age of Instagram, and Rogers/Mantella-level fashion enthusiasm, the answer is yes.
Photography by George Pimentel
Suzanne Rogers Presents
Bernadette Morra is the former editor-in-chief of FASHION magazine. She has been covering the Canadian and international fashion scenes for more than 30 years, first at The Toronto Star, then at FASHION. Over her long career Bernadette has interviewed many fashion world legends including Karl Lagerfeld, Marc Jacobs, Linda Evangelista, Cindy Crawford and Gianni Versace.
Fashion FWD:
The next best thing to being a fashion editor - BTS access to trends, products & news.