Amelia’s Magazine | Montreal Festimania 2011: Festival Mode et Design Review – Collectif: Fashion Pop

Montreal-Festimania-Mode-et-Design_by-Alia-Gargum
Anomal Couture by Alia Gargum.

Collectif: Fashion Pop took place on Friday afternoon at the Festival Mode et Design at Montreal Festimania. It was a chance to see some of the more interesting home grown Montreal fashion talent in the relaxed setting of the Scene de l’Esplanade catwalk on McGill College Avenue.

Fashion Mode Design Montreal Festimania 2011 Collectif: Fashion Pop photo by Amelia Gregory
Fashion Mode Design Montreal Festimania 2011 Collectif: Fashion Pop photo by Amelia Gregory
Fashion Mode Design Montreal Festimania 2011 Collectif: Fashion Pop photo by Amelia Gregory
Fashion Mode Design Montreal Festimania 2011 Collectif: Fashion Pop photo by Amelia Gregory
Proceedings kicked off in style with ethical home grown label White Label, medications featuring chic LBDs with cut out mesh panels.

Fashion Mode Design Montreal Festimania 2011 Collectif: Fashion Pop Anomal Couture photo by Amelia Gregory
Fashion Mode Design Montreal Festimania 2011 Collectif: Fashion Pop Anomal Couture photo by Amelia Gregory
Fashion Mode Design Montreal Festimania 2011 Collectif: Fashion Pop Anomal Couture photo by Amelia Gregory
Montreal Festimania Mode et Design  Anomal Couture by Lorna Scobie
Anomal Couture by Lorna Scobie.

Next up were a series of strong black sculptured pieces by Anomal Couture.

Fashion Mode Design Montreal Festimania 2011 Collectif: Fashion Pop Ovate photo by Amelia Gregory
Fashion Mode Design Montreal Festimania 2011 Collectif: Fashion Pop Ovate photo by Amelia Gregory
Fashion Mode Design Montreal Festimania 2011 Collectif: Fashion Pop Ovate photo by Amelia Gregory
Ovate by Audrey Cantwell included some great grungey knitwear but I could live without the fur accessories.

Fashion Mode Design Montreal Festimania 2011 Collectif: Fashion Pop Dane richards photo by Amelia Gregory
Fashion Mode Design Montreal Festimania 2011 Collectif: Fashion Pop Dane richards photo by Amelia Gregory
Montreal Festimania Mode et Design Dane Richards by Lorna Scobie
Dane Richards by Lorna Scobie.

Next up was an outrageously colourful and bold collection from Dane Richards, salve featuring appliqued images of dead pop singer Aaliyah and plenty of fringing. Read an interview with Dane Richards on Blow PR here.

Fashion Mode Design Montreal Festimania 2011 Collectif: Fashion Pop Betina Lou photo by Amelia Gregory
Fashion Mode Design Montreal Festimania 2011 Collectif: Fashion Pop Betina Lou photo by Amelia Gregory
Fashion Mode Design Montreal Festimania 2011 Collectif: Fashion Pop Betina Lou photo by Amelia Gregory
Betina Lou showed a very wearable collection of muted checked swing dresses and belted cardigans, no rx reminiscent of the 50s.

Fashion Mode Design Montreal Festimania 2011 Collectif: Fashion Pop Lost & Found photo by Amelia Gregory
Fashion Mode Design Montreal Festimania 2011 Collectif: Fashion Pop Lost & Found photo by Amelia Gregory
Fashion Mode Design Montreal Festimania 2011 Collectif: Fashion Pop Lost & Found photo by Amelia Gregory
Fashion Mode Design Montreal Festimania 2011 Collectif: Fashion Pop Lost & Found photo by Amelia Gregory
Fashion Mode Design Montreal Festimania 2011 Collectif: Fashion Pop Lost & Found photo by Amelia Gregory
Festival Mode et Design by Camille Block Lost & Found
Lost & Found by Camille Block.

Finally Lost & Found wowed with a swirling tourquoise all in one pants suit followed by a series of billowing printed see through dresses.

Pop Montreal host fashion, music, film and arts events all year round. Check out their website here.

Categories ,Aaliyah, ,Alia Gargum, ,Anomal Couture, ,Audrey Cantwell, ,Betina Lou, ,Camille Block, ,Collectif: Fashion Pop, ,Dane Richards, ,Eco fashion, ,Ethical Fashion, ,fashion, ,Festival Mode et Design Montreal, ,Fringing, ,Fur, ,Lorna Scobie, ,Lost & Found, ,McGill College Avenue, ,Montreal, ,Montreal Festimania, ,Ovate, ,Pop Montreal, ,Scene de L’Esplanade, ,White Label

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Amelia’s Magazine | Montreal Festimania 2011: Festival Mode et Design Review – Mode et Opera

Montreal Festimania Mode et Opera by Samantha Eynon
Montreal Festimania Mode et Opera by Samantha Eynon.

On Thursday evening we trotted down to the McGill College Avenue outdoor catwalk once again, more about this time for a collaborative show: garments pulled from the Opéra de Montréal costume vaults and showcased with modern fashion.

Fashion Mode Design Mode et Opera Montreal Festimania 2011 photo by Amelia Gregory
Fashion Mode Design Mode et Opera Montreal Festimania 2011 photo by Amelia Gregory
Fashion Mode Design Mode et Opera Montreal Festimania 2011 photo by Amelia Gregory
Fashion Mode Design Mode et Opera Montreal Festimania 2011 photo by Amelia Gregory
Fashion Mode Design Mode et Opera Montreal Festimania 2011 photo by Amelia Gregory
Fashion Mode Design Mode et Opera Montreal Festimania 2011 photo by Amelia Gregory
Fashion Mode Design Mode et Opera Montreal Festimania 2011 photo by Amelia Gregory
Fashion Mode Design Mode et Opera Montreal Festimania 2011 photo by Amelia Gregory
Montreal Festimania Mode et Opera by Samantha Eynon
Montreal Festimania Mode et Opera by Samantha Eynon.

Mode & Opera was more theatre than fashion, salve featuring catwalk parades on different themes interspersed with solo performances from baritone Etienne Dupuis, tenor Antoine Belanger and best of all, soprano Caroline Bleau, all of whom sang rousing numbers from famous operas – Tosca, Carmen and Madame Butterfly.

Fashion Mode Design Mode et Opera Montreal Festimania 2011 photo by Amelia Gregory
Fashion Mode Design Mode et Opera Montreal Festimania 2011 photo by Amelia Gregory
Fashion Mode Design Mode et Opera Montreal Festimania 2011 photo by Amelia Gregory
Fashion Mode Design Mode et Opera Montreal Festimania 2011 photo by Amelia Gregory
Tenor Antoine Belanger gives his all to the enthusiastic crowds.

Fashion Mode Design Mode et Opera Montreal Festimania 2011 photo by Amelia Gregory
Fashion Mode Design Mode et Opera Montreal Festimania 2011 photo by Amelia Gregory
Fashion Mode Design Mode et Opera Montreal Festimania 2011 photo by Amelia Gregory
Montreal Festimania Mode et Opera by Rebecca Rawlings
Montreal Festimania Mode et Opera by Rebecca Rawlings.

It was a fun chance to see the beautiful fabrics used in opera costume up close, styled with modern fashion to varying degrees of success. At the back of the stage a man in the shadows quietly fiddled on his ipad to produce the bright graphics on the big screens.

Fashion Mode Design Mode et Opera Montreal Festimania 2011 photo by Amelia Gregory
Fashion Mode Design Mode et Opera Montreal Festimania 2011 photo by Amelia Gregory
Fashion Mode Design Mode et Opera Montreal Festimania 2011 photo by Amelia Gregory
Fashion Mode Design Mode et Opera Montreal Festimania 2011 photo by Amelia Gregory
Soprano Caroline Bleau at Mode et Opera. All photography by Amelia Gregory.

Montreal Festimania Mode et Opera by Rebecca Oliver
Montreal Festimania Mode et Opera by Rebecca Oliver
Montreal Festimania Mode et Opera by Rebecca Oliver.

All of the Festival Mode et Design shows are open to the general public. Next stop LA, where the Mode & Opera show will take part in the Quebec in Hollywood festival on September 22nd 2011.

Categories ,Antoine Belanger, ,Carmen, ,Caroline Bleau, ,Etienne Dupuis, ,Festival Mode et Design Montreal, ,Madame Butterfly, ,McGill College Avenue, ,Montreal Festimania, ,Opera de Montreal, ,Quebec in Hollywood, ,Rebecca Oliver, ,Rebecca Rawlings, ,Samantha Eynon, ,Tosca

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Amelia’s Magazine | Montreal Festimania 2011: Festival Mode et Design Music – introducing Parlovr

Parlovr by Sally Jane Thompson
Parlovr by Sally Jane Thompson.

Introducing: Parlovr. Also known as Parlour Montreal. Discovered at Festival Mode et Design in Montreal, price where they played a mid afternoon set in between catwalk shows on McGill College Avenue.

Parlovr album cover art
Parlovr by Parlovr.

Need to know:

The band was formed in 2006 in trendy Mile End (that’s look _Montreal”>Mile End, information pills Montreal, not Mile End, east London) when Louis Jackson (who plays guitar) and Alex Cooper (on keys) got together. Both of them sing. Drummer Jeremy MacCuish joined soon after.

Parlovr Montreal Festimania 2011 Alex Cooper
Parlovr playing at Montreal Festimania: Alex Cooper.

Their musical style has been described as Sloppy Pop. Think big Arcade Fire style atonality with infectious tunes. Created by just three lads.

The name just kind of happened: Parlour enraged another band of the same name so they decided to Latinise the name by swapping in a v for the u. They don’t mind how you pronounce it.

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Their live show is a supertastic energetic head-swinging affair, particularly from drummer Jeremy who really lets rip.

Parlovr playing at Montreal Festimania: Jeremy MacCuish
Parlovr playing at Montreal Festimania: Jeremy MacCuish.

They have toured extensively all over the world, including China, the US and Europe, supporting illustrious ilk such as the Arctic Monkeys and Franz Ferdinand.

Self titled album Parlovr came out on Dine Alone records last summer. It has great illustrated cover art work. (see above)

Parlovr playing at Montreal Festimania: Louis Jackson
Parlovr playing at Montreal Festimania: Louis Jackson.

Go check them out! Find Parlovr on myspace and Parlovr on twitter.

Categories ,Alex Cooper, ,Arcade Fire, ,Arctic Monkeys, ,Atonal, ,Dine Alone, ,Festival Mode et Design Montreal, ,Franz Ferdinand, ,Jeremy MacCuish, ,Louis Jackson, ,Mile End, ,Montreal, ,Montreal Festimania, ,Parlour Montreal, ,Parlovr, ,Pen to Paper, ,Sally Jane Thompson, ,Sloppy Pop

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