A Mugler moment: Montreal musée des beaux-arts stages a fashion opera of couture creations
Mugler is having a moment. Couturissime, the spectacular exhibition opening March 2 at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, is the climax of that moment.
Oscars favourites: yin, yang, pants and pink
Two opposing trends ruled the Oscars red carpet Sunday night: girlie – in tulle and feathers and pink, oh my – and women in pants.
Karl Lagerfeld: an appreciation
I wore my glittery tweed Chanel blazer today, not because I love it, but to pay tribute to the great Karl Lagerfeld, who made it cool to wear the quintessential ladylike jacket – reinvented. The [...]
Fashion Preview 10: Markantoine, Leinad, Lucas Stowe ……
Kudos to Emanuela Lolli for keeping Fashion Preview, a showcase for Montreal design, up and running for 10 seasons. It can’t be easy. It has moved from its early editions at the Phi Centre and [...]
Hello, beauty! A fine crop of lotions, potions, products
I have always been a fashion junkie – witness the tie-dye cotton jacket I had a fit for at age 6. Since then, my closets have always been overflowing. Now, it seems, I am going that [...]
Festival Mode & Design: catwalks, conferences and a chat with Le Château’s Herschel Segal
The Festival Mode & Design takes to the streets, theatres, conference rooms and museums of Montreal for its 18th edition August 20-25, with an eclectic program of fashion, music, dance, conferences and films. Among the [...]
Positively plus: Roxy Earle on her Le Château extended size collection
White linen? Check. Jumpsuits? Check. Snakeskin? Check. Fashion? Absolutely! Roxy Earle, with a personality as big as her curvy figure, is thrilled that she finally has access to the kind of fashion she craves. Especially the [...]
Balenciaga: McCord exhibition sheds light on the master of couture and his legacy
Balenciaga is a label that can generate strong opinions. On the one hand, you have the “master,’’ as his contemporaries called Cristóbal Balenciaga at the height of the haute couture years, the 50s and 60s. [...]
Grand Prix Week unfiltered
Here is an unfiltered picture diary of my Grand Prix week, seen through my iPhone, often with a glass of Champagne in hand. Race, what race? – as I ask every year. PRELUDE: OFF TO [...]
Closet confidential: contemplating a fashion diet and what I wore to the Grand Prix
(Headline with apologies and in homage to the late, great Anthony Bourdain) A funny thing happened to me at the Hermès carré counter: I swooned, and felt as if I were about to faint. Was [...]
Grand Prix: racing cars, racing boats, racing to the parties
It’s going to be one of those weeks. Grand Prix week is here, and my trusty old-school paper calendar has no more room. The festivities kicked off Monday, as Hugo Boss invited a few folks onboard [...]
C2 Montreal: a festival of ideas
Dear C2 Montreal, Thank you for inviting me to Montreal’s festival of ideas, if you will. To me, it’s up there and above all the other festivals the city has to offer – jazz, comedy, [...]