Browns Shoes

Chapters Indigo

Sephora

eleven boutique

Location: 116 Cumberland Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5R 1A6

Phone: 416-966-3935

Date: Saturday, December 26, 2009, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Information: the perfect opportunity to indulge in White + Warren Cashmere, Lush coats by Lundström, Leather Handbags by Bodhi, and a chic New Year’s party-frock, by Joeffer Caoc or Brandon R. Dwyer.

70% off Lundström Coats: LaPARKAs, Party Coats, Trench Coats & Wool

70% off Winter Collections: Lundström, Joeffer Caoc & Brandon R Dwyer
*Lundström Holiday & Dupioni Silk collection 30% off

70% off Designer Leather Handbags: Ted Rossi, Diego Rocha, Bodhi, Kisim & Mal
*Clara Kasavina evening bags 40% off

70% off Designer Jewellery: Gerard Yosca, Ted Rossi, Valerie Downs, Andrew Hamilton Crawford, Patrice,
Originals by Andrea & Dori Czengeri
*Claudia Labao, Kendra Scott & Karen McKlintock 50% off
* Zaya, Irma & Avant Garde 25% off

70% off Designer Belts: Sandy Duftler & Streets Ahead
*Suzi Roher 50% off

40% off Scarves & Cashmere Accessories: Love Quotes, White + Warren

               

A few months ago I was introduced to the designs of Karim Rashid, while at the Scott Schuman event at Holt Renfrew, and after learning about Rashid I instantly became an admirer of his body of work and design aesthetic.

A brief biography: Karim Rashid is a well-known Canadian industrial designer who specializes in architecture and interior design. He has well over 3,000 designs in production, is featured in 20 permanent international gallery collections and has won over 300 awards, such as the coveted Red dot design and the Chicago Athenaeum Good Design award. Some of his client work includes the Oh Chair for Umbra, the interior of Morimoto restaurant in Philadelphia, the Dirt Devil KONE and shoes for Melissa Plastic Dream.

What I like most about Rashid is the variety of projects he participates in and his knack for creating beautiful multifunctional pieces accessible for purchase by all people and not just the financial elite. Many of the principles of art, architecture and fashion go hand-in-hand all requiring creativity, imagination, talent and the ability to transform ideas into objects for use. Rashid's efforts "to make design a public subject" is appealing across all areas in the world of design, and in 2001 Time named him the “most famous industrial designer in all the Americas.”

Rashid will be at Indigo – Bay & Bloor in two weeks to sign copies of his new book Karimspace: The Interior Design And Architecture Of Karim Rashid.

Date: Thursday, September 3, 2009

Location: Indigo - Bay & Bloor, 55 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON

Time: 7:30 p.m.

             

Wednesday was a busy day for me but one of the highlights was meeting Scott Schuman, The Sartorialist at Holt Renfrew.

Days leading up to the event Toronto’s fashion literati were tweeting and blogging about Schuman’s appearance; how big the crowd would be, the long line ups to meet him, and the type of outfits (and attitudes) to be seen. Nathalie Atkinson, the National Post’s resident style columnist wrote an amusing article about this called Sartorializing Toronto.

Surprisingly on the day of the event there was a mid-size crowd with approximately 50 to 70 people gathered in the menswear section of Holt’s. Most attendees were able to have a brief word and take a picture with Schuman – yours truly included. He’s a very personable gentleman, a great conversationalist, and managed to put his admirers at ease. You could tell he is passionate about his work and was genuinely interested in meeting his faithful readers and learning a little bit about their lives. In addition, he carried a copy of his upcoming book The Sartorialist which will be released on August 18, 2009. You can pre-order it through Chapters.Indigo.ca or Amazon.com.

I would love to hear your thoughts on the event especially if you saw Scott Schuman at The Drake after party – I heard it was quite a scene with all the people!

N.B: I had two meetings on Wednesday and therefore went with the business look; grey pants from H&M, shirt from Club Monaco, Longchamp tote, and shoes from Japan – simple and clean.

(Images from Kimberly’s camera)