Comrags Fall 2009 at Toronto Fashion Week

I've been watching the Toronto Fashion Week coverage this week on Fashion Television through CTV and loved the Fall 2009 Comrags (a Canadian line). I just love the black and it's always interesting to watch how fashion influences other realms in the design world, and I can totally see black and grey (chesterfields - I'll use the Canadian term) with jewel toned (teal and emerald) cushions for fall. All very festive and cozy! And I just can't get enough of those black/brown ankle socks and shoes. (Images of the Comrags line via Blog TO).




Speaking of Comrags, I am in love with one of their dresses (below) from their summer line I just saw yesterday at Eugene Choo's here in Vancouver. It looked like it was made of taffeta. Love!

Handmade Runway @Chanel Couture 2009

Don't get me wrong. I love my life. But just once (well ok, maybe more than once), I would love to be in the front row of a Chanel runway show like this. And is this runway from the Chanel Couture 2009 show not amazing? Love all these white flowers everywhere, it's like a giant pop-up book! Beautiful.

According to Chanel's news page, the decor was made up of monochromatic arrangements of paper roses, daisies, leaves and petals that wound their way up and around the room's 32 columns and draped over the railings of the entryway staircase. There were 7000 handmade paper flowers made which took 4,800 hours to work and assemble. 4000 m2 of paper was used to create these. Stunning!






(Top image via pigeontoed.blogspot.com, other images from chanel.com).