THE SCENE: Moon launches menswear at TIFF Bell Lightbox
THE SCENE: Moon launches menswear at TIFF Bell Lightbox
By Kevin Naulls | August 22, 2011
By Kevin Naulls | 08/22/2011
Moon’s one year anniversary party (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani)
Last Thursday, in the Malaparte room at the TIFF Bell Lightbox, Jordin and Saul Mimran’ s Moon celebrated its one-year anniversary with a party that included the launch of the brand’s basic menswear line. Leigh Lezark from DJ collective the Misshapes provided the music, only occasionally conversing with Toronto media and friends of the Mimran clan. Guests included designer Alfred Sung, The Bay’s Suzanne Timmins and Christopher Sherman, writer Sarah Nicole Prickett, Ports 1961 campaign creative director Tu Ly, In Fashion’ s Glen Baxter and socialite and event planner Ainsley Kerr. See who made a splash at last week’s swishy party in a gallery after the jump
85055 <em>Plaid</em> magazine creator Odessa Paloma Parker and freelance photographer Jaclyn Locke require alcohol at fashion parties. (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Moon party at the Malaparte room https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_6941-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_6941.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_6941.jpg 624 415 [] https://torontolife.com/city/moon-launches-menswear-at-tiff-bell-lightbox/slide/img_6941/ img_6941 0 0
85056 Ainsley Kerr: “Where did I put my wine? I swear I put it somewhere.”(Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Moon party at the Malaparte room https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_6948-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_6948.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_6948.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/moon-launches-menswear-at-tiff-bell-lightbox/slide/img_6948/ img_6948 0 0
85087 Photographer Jaclyn Locke, <em>Globe</em> columnist Tiyana Grulovic and writer Sarah Nicole Prickett dance and sing to what we believe to be “You Don’t Own Me” from <em>The First Wives Club</em>. (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Moon party at the Malaparte room https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7181-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7181.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7181.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/moon-launches-menswear-at-tiff-bell-lightbox/slide/img_7181/ img_7181 0 0
85058 <em>Fashion</em> magazine’s Nicole Stafford and Caitlin Agnew differ in opinion about how fun this party was. (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Moon party at the Malaparte room https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_6961-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_6961.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_6961.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/moon-launches-menswear-at-tiff-bell-lightbox/slide/img_6961/ img_6961 0 0
85059 Some people just really like to smell their wine. (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Moon party at the Malaparte room https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_6965-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_6965.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_6965.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/moon-launches-menswear-at-tiff-bell-lightbox/slide/img_6965/ img_6965 0 0
85060 “Dear, you’ve had enough.” (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Moon party at the Malaparte room https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_6967-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_6967.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_6967.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/moon-launches-menswear-at-tiff-bell-lightbox/slide/img_6967/ img_6967 0 0
85061 Time out (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Moon party at the Malaparte room https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_6974-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_6974.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_6974.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/moon-launches-menswear-at-tiff-bell-lightbox/slide/img_6974/ img_6974 0 0
85062 The Bay’s Suzanne Timmins and her underlings. The outcast of the group is a Veronica Sawyer to Timmins’s Heather Chandler. (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Moon party at the Malaparte room https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_6979-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_6979.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_6979.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/moon-launches-menswear-at-tiff-bell-lightbox/slide/img_6979/ img_6979 0 0
85063 <em>The Globe and Mail</em>’s party photographer Laura Serra uses the baby portrait photog method of using facial expressions to get smiles from her subjects. (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Moon party at the Malaparte room https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_6982-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_6982.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_6982.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/moon-launches-menswear-at-tiff-bell-lightbox/slide/img_6982/ img_6982 0 0
85064 They’re over it. (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Moon party at the Malaparte room https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_6984-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_6984.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_6984.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/moon-launches-menswear-at-tiff-bell-lightbox/slide/img_6984/ img_6984 0 0
85065 <em>The Globe and Mail</em>’s Tiyana Grulovic very subtly trying to remember someone’s name. (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Moon party at the Malaparte room https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_6990-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_6990.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_6990.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/moon-launches-menswear-at-tiff-bell-lightbox/slide/img_6990/ img_6990 0 0
85066 Double-fisting (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Moon party at the Malaparte room https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_6997-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_6997.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_6997.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/moon-launches-menswear-at-tiff-bell-lightbox/slide/img_6997/ img_6997 0 0
85067 Tu Ly taking a break from all the glamour. (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Moon party at the Malaparte room https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_6999-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_6999.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_6999.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/moon-launches-menswear-at-tiff-bell-lightbox/slide/img_6999/ img_6999 0 0
85068 You too can isolate yourself from everyone in the room by standing solo and not looking up from your phone. (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Moon party at the Malaparte room https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7008-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7008.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7008.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/moon-launches-menswear-at-tiff-bell-lightbox/slide/img_7008/ img_7008 0 0
85069 ’Cause this is thriller, thriller night. (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Moon party at the Malaparte room https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7010-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7010.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7010.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/moon-launches-menswear-at-tiff-bell-lightbox/slide/img_7010/ img_7010 0 0
85070 The long-lost Addams relative you didn’t think existed (well, he does, and here he is). (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Moon party at the Malaparte room https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7020-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7020.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7020.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/moon-launches-menswear-at-tiff-bell-lightbox/slide/img_7020/ img_7020 0 0
85071 (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Moon party at the Malaparte room https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7021-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7021.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7021.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/moon-launches-menswear-at-tiff-bell-lightbox/slide/img_7021/ img_7021 0 0
85072 Moon designer Jordin Mimran poses for one of 300 cameras. Designer Alfred Sung drinks a cocktail because he’s Alfred Sung and can do whatever he wants. (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Moon party at the Malaparte room https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7042-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7042.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7042.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/moon-launches-menswear-at-tiff-bell-lightbox/slide/img_7042/ img_7042 0 0
85073 Glen Baxter gives us a flirty pose, likely learned from Eden Wood. (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Moon party at the Malaparte room https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7044-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7044.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7044.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/moon-launches-menswear-at-tiff-bell-lightbox/slide/img_7044/ img_7044 0 0
85074 The Bay’s Christopher Sherman and artist Nick Fox are wallflowers waiting for a couple of ladies to ask them to dance. (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Moon party at the Malaparte room https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7062-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7062.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7062.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/moon-launches-menswear-at-tiff-bell-lightbox/slide/img_7062/ img_7062 0 0
85075 Writer Sarah Nicole Prickett has just won first place in a beauty contest. The loser gives her a hug as a sign of congratulations. (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Moon party at the Malaparte room https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7088-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7088.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7088.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/moon-launches-menswear-at-tiff-bell-lightbox/slide/img_7088/ img_7088 0 0
85077 (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Moon party at the Malaparte room https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7118-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7118.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7118.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/moon-launches-menswear-at-tiff-bell-lightbox/slide/img_7118/ img_7118 0 0
85078 (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Moon party at the Malaparte room https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7119-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7119.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7119.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/moon-launches-menswear-at-tiff-bell-lightbox/slide/img_7119/ img_7119 0 0
85080 Reality series regular Arta Ghanbari is not pleased about losing her front-row spot to Blair Waldorf.(Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Moon party at the Malaparte room https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7123-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7123.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7123.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/moon-launches-menswear-at-tiff-bell-lightbox/slide/img_7123/ img_7123 0 0
85083 Leigh Lezark didn’t actually have to look at anyone, as long as she was playing music. (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Moon party at the Malaparte room https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7153-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7153.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7153.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/moon-launches-menswear-at-tiff-bell-lightbox/slide/img_7153/ img_7153 0 0
85084 “Baby, come here often?” (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Moon party at the Malaparte room https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7154-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7154.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7154.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/moon-launches-menswear-at-tiff-bell-lightbox/slide/img_7154/ img_7154 0 0
85076 Elaine Benes’s Christmas card has nothing on writer Sarah Nicole Prickett. (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Moon party at the Malaparte room https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7092-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7092.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7092.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/moon-launches-menswear-at-tiff-bell-lightbox/slide/img_7092/ img_7092 0 0
85086 (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Moon party at the Malaparte room https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7162-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7162.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7162.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/moon-launches-menswear-at-tiff-bell-lightbox/slide/img_7162/ img_7162 0 0
85057 Ian Worang is a classy gentleman. He is seen here bowing before <em>Fashion</em> magazine’s online editor Randi Bergman (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Moon party at the Malaparte room https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_6955-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_6955.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_6955.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/moon-launches-menswear-at-tiff-bell-lightbox/slide/img_6955/ img_6955 0 0
85089 Whoever smelt it dealt it. (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Moon party at the Malaparte room https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7186-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7186.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7186.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/moon-launches-menswear-at-tiff-bell-lightbox/slide/img_7186/ img_7186 0 0
85090 (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Moon party at the Malaparte room https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7191-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7191.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7191.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/moon-launches-menswear-at-tiff-bell-lightbox/slide/img_7191/ img_7191 0 0
85091 Blogger Kimberly Lyn is the last woman standing. She doesn’t have to go home, but she can’t stay here. (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Moon party at the Malaparte room https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7197-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7197.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_7197.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/moon-launches-menswear-at-tiff-bell-lightbox/slide/img_7197/ img_7197 0 0