Just a quick update, but one of the fabulous designers we featured in our show, Sonia Leclair of Anomal Couture, was featured in The Gazette on February 3rd! She is showing her full A/W 2011 collection this coming Tuesday, February 8 at 5:30pm at Bonsecours Market as part of Montreal Fashion Week. Last minute tickets are available for $25, so if you have time, we highly recommend checking out this extremely talented designer!
Valérie Dumaine has been in the Montreal fashion scene for more than twelve years now, and we are so happy to have such an established designer take part in our show. She began her career in Montreal after she graduated from LaSalle College, traveled to Europe (Germany in particular) to work for another few years, and is now back and creating more waves than ever with her collections in Montreal. Unwilling to reveal any photos of the clothes appearing in tonight’s show, the only way to get a glimpse of these most recent works of fashion art will be to buy a ticket and come see them in person!
Spotlight on Valérie Dumaine in the Winter 2010-2011 edition of LOULOU
Hailing from Ghana by way of New York City, Of Rags is sustainable fashion at its coolest. A fair trade fashion cooperation for sustainable community development, Of Rags donates 40% of their profits directly to public health and education initiatives.
The company, which employs on demand 10 seamstresses at the Buduburam Liberian Refugee Camp, has plans to consistently employ the seamstresses at Fair Trade living wages.
A lovely line from their website is the following quote: “It’s not poverty reduction, rather wealth creation.” This message resonates strongly with us, which is why we are SO pleased to feature Of Rags in our show this year.
What’s not to love about Preloved? Famous for giving life and style to vintage, reclaimed fabrics, Preloved is a staple in the Canadian, and now international [with their new boutique in Sydney, Australia] fashion scene, and we are so excited to have the line in our show again.
From Preloved’s website:
“Preloved creates one of a kind clothing from reclaimed vintage fabrics. Our passion is design and our philosophy is sustainability. Attention to fit, comfort and style has been our driving force.”
Preloved fans are in good company. Devotees of Preloved include models, actors and musicians such as Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Angela Lindvall, Hillary Duff, Maria Menounos, Anne Hathaway, Christine Horne, Kate Hudson and Daria Werbowy.
If Preloved isn’t a line for feel-good fashion, we’re not sure what is. Combining sustainability with style, now that’s something we can get behind 
This designer knows how to make a practical mini dress. Wait what? Is there such a thing? Well Anastasia Lomonova has perfected the art of constructing mini dresses that are both fabulously sexy and wonderfully wearable, and that’s as good a definition for practical as I’ve ever heard 
F/W Collection 2010
F/W Collection 2010
Anastasia Lomonova began her self-titled line when she was 22, a few years after studying briefly at Ryerson University. Four years later, Lomonova is well-known in the Montreal fashion scene, and we CAN’T WAIT to see the pieces she will be showcasing in our show.
F/W Collection 2010
Sonia Leclaire is the woman behind the fabulous line Anomal Couture. Beginning in 2004, Leclaire has created a strong, fierce line of clothing for women who like classic, detailed design with an edge.
Leclaire’s F/W 2011 blends old school Victorian class, domineering black leather and a rockstar sensibility into a strong, sensual collection for the woman who isn’t afraid to show off her figure or say what’s on her mind.
Most recently, Anomal Couture was featured in the December issue of Z!NK, as seen below. This is a line that you definitely want to keep you eye on, and we are SO excited to be able to feature Anomal Couture in our 2011 show! Check out Anomal Couture’s website for more details and pictures.
Photo Pascale Therien. Stylisme Sarah Laroche. Boléro Anomal Couture
