#WMCFashionWeek / Did You Miss It? / PAVONI

Because World MasterCard Fashion Week is awesome, and because Pavoni is already a little legendary.
Watch their entire showcase from Day 1 at Fashion Week below!

World MasterCard Fashion Week Day 1 / Pink Tartan #Spring2013

Welcome to World MasterCard Fashion Week! One week, twice a year, when Toronto glows as the epicentre of the Canadian Fashion Market. Featuring brilliant local designers (with a few international exceptions!), notable influencers from every corner of the industry; as well as the fierce and fabulous enthusiasts, writers, Editors, and models that come out for the amazing presentations, after parties, and showcases that make Toronto Fashion Week the second-largest of its kind in North America (behind only New York). Opening night began yesterday here in the city with Holt Renfrew, famed Canadian Fashion House Pink Tartan, and Montréal-born kings of regality, Pavoni.

Opening Fashion Week as the first local designer showcase, Pink Tartan boasted baby-doll inspired silhouettes and almost retro-chic cuts ranging from the young lady to the sophisticate. Sugary pastels and stunning metallics were a refreshing departure from Tartan's rich, textural, power-pigmented Fall Collection from just last season.

The real majesty of Pink Tartan's work, for me at least, is her use of fabric. The choices always seem so rich and brilliant, where the simplest cigarette pant or patterned blouse feels expensive, immaculately tailored, and luxurious for such a well-designed Prét-à-Porter line. An adorable and crisp way to start off Spring for the 2013 Season.

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Photos Courtesy George Pimentel

The Beauty of Pavoni

Pavoni embodies a design sense unlike any other designer, brand, or team. Their collection this year at Toronto Fashion Week was astoundingly beautiful. And not because of it's unique touches, it's departure from traditional tailoring, or it's adventurous vision; it was beautiful because it was, quite simply, beautiful. Evening gowns taken to demure level of dramaticism and luxury; incredibly detailed bodices handcrafted with lace and jeweled, and stunning falls of fabric from empire-waisted masterpieces of construction. It is little else than magnificent.

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