Competition hit the catwalk Thursday night at the Design Exchange when three young Canadians displayed their fall winter collections to a full house at Toronto Fashion Incubator‘s New Labels 2011 Fashion Show.
After five months of intense sessions with a panel of judges from both the media and fashion industry – including acclaimed designer David Dixon – the event came down to 12 items that models revealed in three successive shows.
Up for grabs was a feature in FLARE magazine, the chance to design an outfit for Sears, and a $10,000 cash prize from TFI, a non-profit organization dedication to supporting designers and fostering Canadian fashion.
Designer Golnaz Ashtiani poses with models in her other-worldy creations (Photo by George Pimentel)
The winning collection, by Toronto-based designer Golnaz Ashtiani, consisted largely of fitted and structured dresses with innovative folds and draping that gave the looks an almost other-worldly aura.
Let’s put it this way: if Captain Kirk dated a beautiful foreign diplomat, she’d be swathed in Ashtiani.
Ruffles, panels and leather detailing – trends that surfaced during Toronto Fashion Week – were also present, but in an uncommonly blanched colour scheme for fall – dresses, skirts and blouses were in pale camel, sienna, rose, ivory and barely-there nudes, with a few dark brown pieces dotted about the line. Read more…
