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.

via: Glamour and Glitter

Interview with Jak & Jil's Tommy Ton

Men's and Couture week are coming up very soon, this means Tommy Ton will be back in Paris with his camera and laptop and ready to report for style.com and his own blog Jak & Jil. It is a good opportunity to re-post an interview I did of him earlier last year before the front row appearance that sparked the social media frenzy this fall.

It it feels like so long ago when Tommy was shooting people at Toronto Fashion Week, but it isn't. Tommy's focus, hard work, and true love for fashion sets him apart; never mind that he takes a killer photo.

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Bruce Labruce and Fashion

Gareth Pugh as seen by Bruce LaBruce for Purple Magazine, F/W 09

I saw Bruce LaBruce yesterday on his layover in Paris before heading to Berlin, he had the perfect Ray- Bans on, and by perfect I mean the couple sitting beside us were sure they had spotted a celebrity, or maybe they have seen Otto the Zombie. We had a great catch up conversation and as usual I found out many new and interesting things from him: the Canadian artist Kent Monkman, telling me about the Tony Blair and Vuitton news, and most interesting of all was that he will come back to Paris next week to interview a very big fashion figure for an American "counterculture" magazine. The designer is a fan of Bruce's work and again will show why he is indisputably one of the most progressive people in the business.

Canadian Fashion & Lady Gaga

Mark Fast recently declined a Lady Gaga wardrobe request citing he does not want to be part of "Fast-Food Fashion", he is just doing Faster; but the godfathers of Canadian fashion Dean and Dan happily had her guest star in their new show Launch My Line.

All is well with Gaga and Canada, and if the pop start or Illuminati messenger ever wants anything printed Calla will be happy to lend her clothes.

Other Canadians - Jean Pierre Braganza

Psychadelactica SS10

Another Canadian designer which at the moment is out of my chart but very much on the London fashion map is Jean Pierre Braganza. More on him later.