Off Calendar kick off - Nicolas Andreas Taralis

Nicolas Andreas Taralis FW 10/11

Paris Fashion Week did not officially start until today but Nicolas Andreas Taralis show kicks off the season by being the first show from the capital of fashion to be on style.com. Great reviews and good music from the runway by my friend the amazing Olivier Bobin, aka FADE.

Most importantly it looks like the Helmut Lang void can now be filled by two Canadian designers; Rad Hourani in New York and Nicolas Andreas Taralis in Paris.

Paris Preview

I was working on a Paris preview but what are the odds...Calla and Nicolas Andreas Taralis in today's WWD Ones to Watch Paris preview!

Canadian School of Fashion Chart

Click Image to enlarge

The Canadians in Fashion Now

New York

Jeremy Laing

Rad Hourani

London

Erdem

Mark Fast

Todd Lynn

Paris

Calla Haynes

Nicolas Andreas Taralis

Here are the young designers of Canadian origin that are in the world of fashion. They do not belong to a school of design but are certainly building their brands internationally around the same time (excluding Lynn and Taralis whom have been around for a while). I would like to know if I am wrong -do not know a lot about Canadian fashion design in the 60s or 70s- but I think this is the first time designers from this country are having a moment in fashion internationally in such large numbers. Canada constantly has a moment with models, but with designers this would be it.