Showing posts with label The Bay. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Bay. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

The latest




Jeremy Laing's Fall 10 collection

Jeremy Laing introduces knits and furs in his latest collection, to much acclaim. One of his most complete and best collections to date. Not only is the collection inspired by Canada, but his Canadian collaborations were abundant, including prints by Calla, and a "music arrangement" by Terence Koh.


Canadian glove designer Daniel Storto known for his amazing glove creations has collaborated with Prabal Gurung on some very graphic gloves for Gurung's first collection.


Kaelen Farcombe
A new Canadian designer in the radar, Kaelen Farncombe presents her first collection. WWDcalls it a "sophisticated debut collection"


Rad Hourani 's black on black.
"MORPHABLE TIMELESS UNISEX COLLECTION TO CREATE
CHROMATICALLY DISTILLED SILHOUETTES"



Tommy Ton in Vogue. Literally.

The Canadian Olympic Team
And finally the winter Olympics are well under way in Vancouver, and yes there were some glitches but the city has scored high points on enviromental innovation taking many steps to eco-sustainability. On the fashion front let's not forget that the HBC team from The Hudson's Bay Company was in charge of the Canadian Olympic team's uniforms.
It feels interesting hearing Canada all the time in Paris.


Friday, January 15, 2010

Canadian Winter Coats

Erdem

Jeremy Laing

Todd Lynn

Pink Tartan


Smythe

Lida Baday


Comrags

Harricana par Mariouche

Krane

Klaxon Howl

Fur traders dressed in the original Canadian Trapper look

No Canadian fashion story would be complete without talking about the Hudson's Bay Company, the oldest commercial company in North America and one of the oldest in the world, the Canadian department store had its roots in fur trading in the 17th century.
Last year The Bay under their HBC label was in charge of the this year's Canadian team uniforms for theWinter Olympics in Vancouver, as well as the luxurious redesign of The St Regis Room, considered one of the country's first designer destinations which carries exclusively collections like Balmain and Givenchy, as well as a great range of younger designer like Erdem and Calla. (I was of course obliged to include these names).

To celebrate the launch of their newest product range -the Hudson's Bay Company Collection- The Bay commissioned a series of Canadian designers to do one of a kind coats featuring the iconic HBC point blanket.
Todd Lynn, Jeremy Laing and Erdem were in the mix that included well established Canadian household names like Pink Tartan, Smythe, Lida Baday, Comrags, Harricana par Mariouche, Krane and Klaxon Howl.