High Five Worthy: September 2011

9.15.2011

Montreal Fashion Week Friday: Favourite Street Style Looks!

Danik Yopp Blogger: Montreal Street Fashion.

Accentuates DIY studding on the shoulder, collar, boots and even down his fly front. Nice block colouring.

!Nu.I Press Cocktail brought out the best outfits of the week!

This outfit is amazing, the detailing, the play on volumes, and the jewelry!

Niapsou Di of Montreal Urban Code Blog.

A Fashion Week model in civilian:

combats, black extended slinger, worn skinnies, oversized headphones and tote pack with Navajo detailing by Obey.

Designer of La Duchesse wearing her own.

Urban Menswear: Matching camel brogue boots, belt and pocket detail. Pocket-chief print matches the shirt print.

Part of the team from L'Aristocrate (menswear blog,) give us their Summer prep looks:

Chino shorts - cravats - bowlers - loafers and facial hair

Les Chats Perches Designers: European worn vintage look.

Well put together

Miss SLY in a bright peach batwing dress, and signature her red locks.

Stèv Yaël Julien Romani-Soccoro of blog Monsieur/Madomoiselle

Is wearing a very unique outfit by BCALLA LOOKS PROJECT. A Brooklyn designer who uploads 1 look per month to a tumblr blog where people are invited to place made to fit orders.

Last but not least a sneaky picture of an awesome menswear up-do!

Shaved sides and high bun.

by Kelly Cochrane of High Five Worthy blog.

From Montreal Fashion Week Blog for Sensation Mode, by me.

Samuel Mercure S/S12 in the back streets of St. Henri.

Unique and interactive, Samuel Mercure S/S Collection presentation took place Wednesday September 14th 2011 at L’Atelier Jean Brillant, an abandoned garage in the St. Henri area of Montreal. An up and coming artistic area, which I could see being compared to the 'Brick Lane' of London in coming years. On entrance guests were ushered into a dark room, being told only 'Three rooms, three time brackets.'

I felt like it was Halloween and I was about to walk through a haunted house.

Room 1: After guests eyes' adjusted to the darkness they could appreciate to monochrome projections on either side of the room, where clothed male forms shifted bleakly to the background noise of an industrial echoing sounds. The pinging of a pipe, a breeze, a damp builiding or a distant motor.

Room 2: Flat images of the collection pieces were tacked along the wall including an accommodating paper with garment description, style numbers and fabric numbers.

Viewers are left to visualise the piece: by taking the fabric number and continuing to a section of 6 black fabric samples of different construction, weight, drape, content etc... Where they can touch and feel the raw pieces.

Further into the room two select pieces were displayed on black hangers, hanging from black string, singularly strung from the ceiling. On the floor black wooden rectangles that the shape shifting figures from the first room had been standing on in the videos.

All of the Samuel Mercure hosts were head to toe in Samuel, and that's where I really think the label came to life, from greeter, to usher, to host, to barman, to doorman and to Samuel himself. I felt like I was immersed in a mini Samuel Mercure cult society. It's phenomenal how the collection is based entirely on a play of shades, tones, weights and cuts of black fabric. A minimalistic, futuristic menswear collection of cuts, zippers, raw feel, kilt aspects, para-detailing, urban uniform.

One of the Samuel hosts.

Final room: There was a large empty garage space with an array of avant-garge fusions, brochettes de poulet with courgettes. Cream of cabbage shots with a green gel on the surface and stuffed appricots. Along with the choice of water, perrier or sparkling pamplemousse.

Then you were out on the street and done the tour of the 'haunted house.' Wunderbar! A successful collection launch definately worth talking about.

by Kelly Cochrane of High Five Worthy blog.

From Montreal Fashion Week Blog for Sensation Mode, by me.

9.13.2011

TOMS made an appearance at Montreal Fashion Week.

A couple of posts back, I questioned weather Toms were becoming a Fad. Well I managed to find a pair of peep to Tom wedges at Montreal Fashion Week.

9.09.2011

Montreal Fashion Week Micro -Trends & Street Style

by Kelly Cochrane

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9.05.2011

Montreal Pre-Fashion Week Excitment:

The Christan L"Enfant Roi & by THOMAS collaborative Spring/Summer 2012 Fashion show went down last Wednesday @ the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Church on Rachel in Montreal.

I fell in love with the designer's last collection and was completely blown away by what he has created this time around! The little boy, dreamer, adventurer look makes me think 'Indian in the Cupboard' vs. Little House on the Prairie' I absolutely love the collection. I want a pine cone necklace, a raw knit slippers & shawl to pair with a cotton print onesy!

Models stood like statuesque gargoyles on the church steps as eery classic music drifted out from within. Great presentation, it caused quite the buzz for walker-bys.

The best part about the show was the guests' attire, there were some awesome outfits out that night,

it was refreshing to see how outrageous people got, it wasn't what I was expecting to see in Montreal and am happy to see how fashion forward this Canadian cities are.

BRING ON FASHION WEEK!

9.04.2011

Toms: Are they becoming a Fad?

I took these snaps last summer on a Euro-trip of some co-travellers' footwear. I had never heard of the Granola Brand TOMS before. Today: Who doesn't have a pair? Hipster, Veagans, Travellers, Urbanites, students.....