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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Written by Amelia Gregory on Tuesday August 16th, 2011 1:44 pm

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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.

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

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

Tenor Antoine Belanger gives his all to the enthusiastic crowds.

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

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

Soprano Caroline Bleau at Mode et Opera. All photography by Amelia Gregory.

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.

Written by Amelia Gregory on Friday August 12th, 2011 4:05 pm

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Amelia’s Magazine | Montreal Festimania 2011: Festival Mode et Design Review – Oh La La Défilé Lingerie

Montreal Festimania Mode et Design by Dan Lester.

Lingerie shows. Never given to the most fashion forward of occasions, medical but nonetheless the annual Oh La La Défilé Lingerie has become something of a highlight for Festival Mode et Fashion. Standing in the packed media area to watch the show I levelled my expectations to meet the occasion: lots of beautiful underwear worn by outrageously leggy models with tiny pert bottoms, more about owing precisely nowt to the world of high fashion. Check. I was right and the boyfriend was very pleased.

Fashion Mode Design Lingerie Montreal Festimania 2011 photo by Amelia Gregory

But what I hadn’t bargained for was the presence of a very enthusiastic (small) French rapper. Not to mention some supremely well oiled male models in spotty socks who got the biggest cheers of the evening. What fun!

Festimania 2011 by Barb Royal.

Fashion Mode Design Lingerie Montreal Festimania 2011 photo by Amelia Gregory

Fashion Mode et Design Lingerie Show. All photography by Amelia Gregory.

As we left McGill College Avenue the sky released a few big plops of rain. A passing festival organiser sighed with relief – they’d made it, the first ever rain-free Festival Mode et Fashion. Here’s to many more.

Written by Amelia Gregory on Thursday August 18th, 2011 8:08 pm

Categories ,2011, ,Barb Royal, ,Dan Lester, ,Festival Mode et Fashion, ,lingerie, ,McGill College Avenue, ,Montreal Festimania, ,Oh La La Defile Lingerie, ,Rapper, ,review, ,underwear

Amelia’s Magazine | Montreal Festimania 2011: Festival Mode et Design – Ethik BGC

Montreal Festmania Mode et Design by Hanna Viktorsson
Ethik BGC at Festival Mode et Design by Hanna Viktorsson.

On Friday I was sad to miss the Cégep Marie-Victorin student show at Festival Mode et Design, for sale which was purely down to me being a bit slow and not realising until too late that there were in fact two stages on McGill College Avenue.

Fashion Mode Design Montreal Festimania 2011 -Ethik BGC photo by Amelia Gregory

Ethik BGC. All photography by Amelia Gregory.

As soon as I realised why there was no action on the main stage I hotfooted it up to the Scene de L’Esplanade stage, see set against a fountain with a glorious backdrop of glistening skyscrapers. I just managed to catch the end of the catwalk show from Ethik BGC, a space dedicated to ‘disseminating, promoting and providing training on ethical fashion and sustainable development projects by female entrepreneurs.’ The group compromises over 40 socially and ecologically committed designers and artisans.

Take a look through the boutique and gallery on the Ethik BGC website.

Written by Amelia Gregory on Monday August 15th, 2011 5:52 pm

Categories ,CEGEP Marie-Victorin, ,Eco fashion, ,Ethical Fashion, ,Ethik BGC, ,Festival Mode et Design, ,Hanna Viktorsson, ,McGill College Avenue, ,Montreal Festimania, ,Scene de L’Esplanade, ,sustainability

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