Minimidimaxi Magazine

Having purveyed designer swimwear for 20 years now, Chantal Lévesque is able to take some risks with the venerable Shan

Jason Malto’s spring-summer 2006 debut collection uses razor-sharp shoulders to create a strong but feminine silhouette.

Forever devoted to blending leatherwear and ready-to-wear, designers Elisa Dahan and Eran Elfassy blur those boundaries even further with Mackage’s spring-summer 2006 oeuvre.

For dresses dripping with glitter and grace, Izzy Camilleri is the one to turn to. Spring-summer 2006 looks like it’s going to be one roaring ball.

On & On écolo chic may be one of the few labels in Canada who recycle clothes, not ideas.

Canadian sisters Caillianne, Samantha and Chloe Beckerman set our imaginations on fire with their spring-summer 2006 line.

The collection has a commercial bounce in its step, with some of the separates standing out as wardrobe must-haves.

Can you offer everything under the fashion spotlight and still deliver a marketable collection? Rosa Costanzo sets out to answer that question.

For spring-summer 2006, Pink Tartan shows us just how many sprightly silhouettes it can offer for what is clearly this label’s favourite calendar season.

For spring-summer 2006, Paul Hardy gives us women’s ready-to-wear that fuses the impossible.

Legendary Canadian designer Pat McDonagh sizzled majestically at Toronto Fashion Week, putting on one of her tightest collections yet for spring-summer 2006.

If Joeffer Caoc’s spring-summer 2006 collection can be said to celebrate anything, then it is the art of the dress.

It’s no secret that When David Dixon puts a collection together, one of its biggest drawing point is the thematic unity, and the spring-summer 2006 collection

When tried-and-true slickness is tampered with at a fashion show, fans can either run screaming to the exit or they can try to appreciate the experiments.

Kaadiki continues to blend the cheeky use of colour with playful designs and funky layering.

Elle Canada’s 2005 New Labels design competition grandstanded the diversity of new Canadian design talent waiting in the cutting-room wings.

For Fall 2005, Jayn Simpson put a tellingly personal spin on all of our favourite feminine clichés.

The silhouettes are ultimately feminine in Vawk’s vision of Autumn elegance.

Ula Zukowska’s iconoclastic designs are both wearable and breathtakingly unusual, and the Fall 2005 collection ranks among the designer’s best.

The more subdued outfits in the Fall 2005 collection borrow zest from the pleasurable clash of styles.

Andy Thê-Anh reigns in his spectral power for Fall 2005 to give his ready-to-wear fans a military take with a bit of rainbow-coloured mischief.

Pink Tartan’s lace-fringed skirts take centre stage for fall, whether tamely striped for business or cut in sinuous satin for after-hours relaxation.

Continuing his forward trajectory of delivering both cheeky and sophisticated outfits in warm colours, Mark Peros extends his multiplicity of looks for Fall 2005.

Paul Hardy creates a complicated and sensual fabric landscape for Fall 2005 with stunning results.

Pat McDonagh manages to touch all the bases with a concise collection that solidifies her reputation as the go-to gal for exquisite noblesse.

Morales is exactly what fashion is supposed to be-an ongoing experiment of line and colour, fabric and silhouette, with dashes of culture and dream.

Juma carries out some pretty successful experiments in silhouette as well as in colour for their Toronto Fashion Week debut

Every piece of Joeffer Caoc’s demure, black evening wear for Fall 2005 harbours at least a modicum of razzle-dazzle.

For Fall 2005 Shelli Oh extracts ever more jauntiness from fabrics she’s used and looks she’s done before, but never quite like this.

Denis Gagnon’s ready-to-wear maintains the unmistakable couture look for Fall 2005, while simplifying many of the designer’s ideas.