Front Row Access: World Mastercard Fashion Week Spring 2015

The cold Toronto weather leaves us in anticipation for Spring and its more pleasant weather. Here are some of our favourite looks from the World MasterCard Fashion Week Spring 2015 event at David Pecaut Square. The front row shots capture edgy looks from Brit Wacher, Caitlin Power and first-time presenter Hayley Elsaesser who experimented with bold hues and vibrant prints. 

Some of the event's other standouts included a relaxed and beach-ready range from elan+castor and a chic career woman presentation by Rachel Sin. The #WMCFW Spring 2015 event also featured eveningwear presentations by RUDYBOIS, Narces and Mikhael Kale who's work featured opulent and sculptural details. 

The week's most memorable event was Disney Living's #MinnieStyle presentation that featured pop-culture themed outfit interpretations by designers like VAIKEN and Sid Neigum.

Authored by Jana Pijak

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HD Homme Spring/Summer 2015

Perhaps nothing gets the World MasterCard Fashion Week crowd going like a well-dressed man. If so, then the HD Homme Spring/Summer 2015 runway presentation delivered dapper gents in spades.

Taking our vote for best menswear showing of the season, the luxurious, Toronto-based label showcased extravagantly flamboyant and edgy looks reminiscent of Versace. Bold prints and colours, structured tailoring, and luxe, satiny materials are all signature trademarks of the collection that had WMCFW guests, including THE BRUNETTES, excited for each and every piece as they were unveiled.

Authored by John Ibbitson

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Hayley Elsaesser Spring/Summer 2015

Presenting a heavenly and downright fun line of cosmically inspired pieces, the Hayley Elsaesser Spring/Summer 2015 collection had the typically expressionless faces of the World MasterCard Fashion Week audience all in smiles with its playful use of electric colours and interstellar prints.

Printed playsuits, sequined crop tops, and a Crayola-box pallet reinforced the notion of fashion as a tool of individuality and freedom of expression, while also reminding one not to take it too seriously, making the Hayley Elsaesser Spring/Summer 2015 collection both youthfully nostalgic and appropriately adult at the same time.

Authored by John Ibbitson

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Moody Monochromatic Menswear: The Thomas Bálint Fall/Winter 2014 Collection is Dark and Dapper

Pushing boundaries with his revisionist take on classic menswear, designer Michael Thomas Bálint presented a monochromatic palette of slouchy silhouettes and exaggerated proportions combined with traditional tailoring in his Thomas Bálint Fall/Winter 2014 World MasterCard Fashion Week show last Tuesday.

Simple, yet sophisticated, suited separates featuring structured—and deliberately unstructured—pieces presented a vision of masculine style that was edgy, while also appearing effortless.

Authored by John Ibbitson

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