Ahh Fashion Week. There’s nothing more exciting than looking forward to a few days of new clothes and accessories. We’re drowned in cocktails and food, given goodie bags and crowded into tiny seats to poke our heads above the crowd to get a good look at those leggy models.
Ultra skinny models and sweatshops seem to be the staple of how ugly the fashion industry has become, but little do people know that the real ugliness of the business lies with money. I highly recommend to all our readers to pick up these books: The End of Fashion by Teri Agins, and Deluxe: How [...]
Hair? Check.
Makeup? Check.
Confidence? Check.
Twinkle toes? Check…at least I hope.
“How much?”
One family asked pointing to the red Versace dress.
“It’s $15,000,” Jay replied.
Held in September, Montreal’s top designers participated in the “The White Cashmere Collection,†an event that challenged designers to create an haute couture dress out of the nation’s leading toilet paper brand, Cashmere, two folds of course.
There’s something wrong with this picture. Our Montreal streets are filled with the most fashionable individuals I’ve ever seen. We have more than enough specialized boutiques and mainstream stores to fill our closets until retirement. But what is going on with our local designers?
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