Hey look, it's us (with Peroni) on She does the City. 

"Apparently the best place to meet a good looking woman with impeccable taste this week was at the Joe Fresh show. Here are a half-dozen that had us turning our heads in Heritage Court."

LG Fashion Weak, Spring 2011

As tradition holds, my most fashionable friend and I ventured to the Heritage Centre, Exhibition Place to catch Toronto's trendiest @ LG Fashion Week, Spring 2011 Collections last night. This year's cliched theme: The Style of Power - A clever switch from last season's The Power of Style... are we already running out of creative fuel in our 12th year?

Unlike last year we arrived fashionably early and caught Rachel Mara's Spring line, "Stolen." The Winnipeg native delivered a collection of flouncy silk and stripes. Wearable and boring. However, I was kept on my toes with the tunes, impressed with the choices: Hot Topic Le Tigre, Gold Guns Girls Metric and Mass Romantic The New Pornographers.

My whole love for fashion sparked with the sheer theatricality of John Galliano and his bizarro themes oozing outlandish creativity. I adore the shock factor, the artistic boundaries forever extended beyond anything you could have ever imagined and nothing more beautiful and more impossible to perceive or deem realistic, and yet it's a real life dream come true - impossible turns itself inside out and into the form of a Christian Dior runway show. Mara's collection was lovely sure, but it's no reason to fall in love at a fashion show, not for me at least. 

The main event of the evening was Mr. Joe Fresh, however, we opted to get caricatures sketched and our makeup did at the L'Oreal hair and makeup station, instead. Oh and a photograph with Ken.

After the show we made our way over to Parts & Labour for DIScONNECT: A MEDIUM EXPERIMENT.


It went something like this:


PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT IS INVITE ONLY HOT ON THE HEELS OF CURRENT TREND, FASHION VIDEOS ARE NOW MORE FLUID THAN EVER. PHOTOGRAPHERS REALIZE THEIR ROLE AS 'DIRECTOR' BUT INSTEAD OF A SCRIPT FOR ACTORS, IT IS A WHOLISTIC SCRIPT FOR GREATER ELEMENTS TO COME TOGETHER AND INTERPRET DESIGNS AND LINES IN UNIQUE WAYS THAT MAKE YOU, THE VIEWER, WANT TO EXPERIENCE LIFE ON A HIGHER PLANE. THIS IS OUR 'DISCONNECT'--OUR INABILITY TO ACHIEVE SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF WHAT IT PRESENTED. CLOTHING, TEXTURE, DESIGN, LINES, LACK THEREOF--WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN? DOES IT MEAN ANYTHING AT ALL? FASHION, SO LONG CONSIDERED FRIVOLOUS, EXCESSIVE, MEANINGLESS...SO WE CHALLENGE OUR PHOTOGRAPHERS, THE EYES OF TORONTO FASHION, TO STEP OUTSIDE OF THEIR MEDIUM OF RECOGNITION AND INTO FILM AND CREATE MOVING IMAGES THAT CONVEY THE THEME OF 'DISCONNECT' WHILE INFUSING THE FASHION ELEMENTS THAT DRIVE THE INDUSTRY. AND WE INVITE YOU, THE VIEWER, TO STEP OUTSIDE OF THE FAMILIAR AND EXPERIENCE 5 SHORT FASHION FILMS, INTERPRETING THIS THEME BY: MIGUEL JACOBMAXIME BOCKENRENATA KAVEH MOO KING & CARLY BANGS WITH PERFORMACE BY TRUST @ PARTS & LABOUR || 1566 QUEEN STREET W || TORONTO ON || WED OCTOBER 20 2010 ||  S | TART: 10:00 PM SC | REENING: 10:30 PM TRUST | PER | FORMS: 11:00 PM EN | D: 12:00 AM  IN | FO P&L


Since I ranted on my lust for Mr. Galliano - here's a glimpse of the first runway show I fell in love with via this masterful genius.

Hallelujah Chicken Run Band

Afrofunk band from Zimbabwe that inspired the likes of my favourite band, Vampire Weekend. Worth a listen, most definitely.  




For the youtube playlist click me.

Carry a velvet warning

This is Ezra Koenig's favourite MGMT song, in case anyone cares as much as I do about EK.




I wonder what makes this one his favourite.

You need someone you can believe in

AMAZING.

You’re kissing your reflection and you can’t understand why all the other boys are going for the new, tall, elegant rich kids

Another band has been crossed off my concert bucket list: Belle & Sebastian.

(Photo by: Sarah Talunay)

The group played a beautiful show at Massey Hall Tuesday night, with local Toronto band, Zeus, as the opener.

Although I made a list of six songs I hoped they would play, sadly not even one of my favourites made the set list. I suppose that's always a risk when you see a band perform who are promoting their eighth(!) album. It was lovely to be a part of nonetheless.

They did play:

Read The Blessed Pages
Write About Love
Like Dylan In The Movies
I'm Not Living In The Real World
The Loneliness of a Middle Distance Runner
I Want The World To Stop
Lord Anthony
Sukie In The Graveyard
You Really Got Me (The Kinks cover)
Piazza, New York Catcher
I Didn't See It Coming
I'm A Cuckoo
(I Believe In) Travelin' Light
Dog On Wheels
The Boy With The Arab Strap
Legal Man
Simple Things
Sleep The Clock Around
------ Encore:
This Is Just A Modern Rock Song (not played all the way through...)
Judy and the Dream of Horses
Me and the Major

(Photo by: Sarah Talunay)

Really excited to put Zeus on my iPod, they have a few upcoming shows in Ontario this month. I recommend, if you're into that sort of thing - that sort of thing being: mellow classic/indie rock.


12/02/10 – Peterborough @ Red Dog Tavern ^

12/03/10 – Toronto @ The Horseshoe Tavern *

12/04/10 – London @ Call The Office ^

12/14/10 – Hamilton @ Casbah *
12/15/10 – Waterloo @ Starlight *

12/16/10 – Guelph @ E-Bar %

12/18/10 – Ottawa @ Zaphod’s ^
^ w/ Amos The Transparent
* w/ The Skeletones Four

% w/ Metz, PS I Love You


Here's a taste - Marching Through Your Head - Zeus.


Zeus - Marching Through Your Head (Arts & Crafts) from Kieran Roy on Vimeo.

It's a waste of time if I can't smile easily

I couldn't find a decent video for this song, but I had to post. I loved it about 7(?) years ago and I love it today.

We could slip away, wouldn't that be better

Me with nothing to say, and you in your autumn sweater