Battle of the best-dressed divas

30 thoughts on “Battle of the best-dressed divas”

1. Mrs Rogers is graceful and elegant. A joy to see in her finest. Mrs Kimmel is a little to obvious reminds me of the old Guess Who song. If you know what I mean.

2. No, I don’t know what you mean Mr. Bespokeman. I think SK is the clear winner in this fashion faceoff. The dress is far cooler, plus, she’s young enough to wear it.

3. Gee, GG, I’m pretty sure they’re roughly the same age, with SK looking at least five years older than SR because of her well-known lifestyle issues (and constant envy burns something out of you too). SR has an actual figure and a genuinely gracious personality… no contest.

4. Haha Bruno- your commentary is turning this article into a Canadian version of that scandalous SocialiteRank.com (RIP). And I like it!!
   SR wears it better. And dammit, she’s a Rogers!

5. I doubt Rogers even knows who Kimmel is.
   She is in a different status and class.
   Hardly a rivalry! Rogers looks serene.

6. I’m sure Kimmel is laughing in 2009 photo was because
   Rogers wasn’t there. Rogers looks beautiful and elegant.

7. Wow this is fun!! Rogers could have worn a potato sack on that cover and she would have looked like a million bucks (no pun intended). SK tries TOO hard all the time, so boring. What’s next? ‘Battle of the Birkins’??? I can hardly wait!

8. While Rogers was curtseying to the Queen Monday night and is constantly giving her time and money to charity; Kimmel is organizing her closet.

   Rogers is a consumate lady shining with beauty and grace.

   No contest on any level!!!

9. This is an interesting conversation… I believe SR is the hands down winner, in fact not sure that SK even belongs in this category.
   What i’ve read about SR is that she is focused on charity and children, while SK is only focused on trying to make people forget that she was a stripper at the Brass Rail
   Two very different leagues!

10. I’m sorry, did I misread the headline? I thought it said Best Dressed not Best Charity person. No disrespect to SR’s admirable work, but as far as FASHION goes, it’s no contest. SK wears the dress with style. SR looks like she’s about to fall down a rabbit hole!

11. Stacey Kimel is trying to buy and flaunt her fame in this bad economy. She is a poor version of Paris Hilton. This is definately Mrs. Rogers’ neighbourhood.

12. I cannot possibly judge this contest without seeing a picture of Stacey Kimmel sitting in a giant chair.

13. There is no possible way that SR can beat SK in this competition. I have seen both these women in person and the amount of botox in SR’s face you would think that she is hooked up to an IV every night. If you call Texas housewife meets Ivana Trump competition?…well than I have a Charles James dress I would like to sell you.

    Also in a recent article about SR she mentioned that she doesn’t buy Haute Couture. While SK was spotted in the front row at the recent Christian Dior Haute Couture show. How did SK get there? To compete with SK you would have to be on her level and Suzanne is not.

    SR is a follower. SK is the leader.

    But please ladies let the battle begin.
    SR is a follower. SK is the leader.

14. People! Please can’t we just learn to get along?
    “Glamour Boy” now that’s funny! I got it GG.

15. BEST Dress(ed) or BIGGEST Dress?!?

16. Wowwww….. I am reading all of this utter none sense and I have finally been compeled to speak just a bit truth…

    Lets really speak about Stacey Kimel …( … please note this Kimel is spelled with one “m”

    I have been in this women’s company on a few occasions and I have noticed nothing but goodness and love for everyone.. The irony is I recently met her at the ButterFly Ball ” an event hosted strictly to raise awareness and financial wherewithal to support disadvantaged youth” which she co-chaired… and was diligent in make this event a REAL success.

    Style, taste and class … these three are amazingly subjective so do I discuss Stacey’s unparallel effort to forge a new directions with fashion in Canada in supporting Canadians and established designers alike. We have seen this starlet graces us with everyone from Oscar, Balmain, Giambattista Valli to our very own Mikhael Kale and many others…. Do we discuss Suzanne?… It would not fair as I am never quite sure about who, what and/or why she wearing such but its really OK… Effort is everything!!

    Some call it Anorexia but I tend to think of it as ” Portion Control”. Stacey is a beautiful ” Au Natural” women who certainly has not taken the liberty to inject and inject and inject annnnnnddddddd INJECT herself with things/agents that will age her beyond her years.. Many have seen both of these girls with no Make Up on ..Okkkkkkk…. I actually appreciate Stacey’s ability to change it up- keep it new… Suzanne is always on the seen and you have to admit in her Sarah Palin meets Texas style… she does well and make for a uniqueness to Canada …. Ummmmmmm…

    Finally the ” LOVE ” and who they have chosen to share in their individual journeys. We have seen/met Mr. Shawn Kimel ” Again the spelling is with one ‘m” riding his bike up and down our roads making the day just a bit more pleasant with his killer smile, personality and matching abs. Now we are not strangers with the successful Mr. Ed Rogers… yet I have a question. Who do you think married for love, passion, and stamina… and who do you absolutely know without having to think twice married for a wallet supported by a media empire. Just take a moment to ask yourself… but please… “NO JUDGEMENTS”

    Finally, I realize the insult is attempting to compare the two ladies. There is no competition as they are in leagues of there own… NOW lets move on the something a bit more hearty … Like… who knows…

17. Stacey Kimel should “seriously” stop writing these comments under false pseudonyms. She should also take some of her husband’s wealth and take spelling lessons.

18. Ok!!!!! I know Stacey and she is an amazing person, her fashion choices do not belong in toronto thats why non of you get it………….. and just because she didn’t come from Millions doesn’t mean she was a stripper!!!!! get real people, and grow some class! I think all of you with the stupid comments are jealous so go ahead and hate. SR I have had the pleasure of meeting and she seems like a nice person but as far as fashion she has nothing on SK. OH and one more thing real charity does not need to be announced or published ! and trust you me SK does lots of that.

19. Kimel is a delusional self-promoting nothing. No one in this city would know who she is north of Bay/Bloor – you are comparing her to Rogers?? ‘Seriously’?? A woman who has status, class, profile in the country and a leader in the community with her husband?? What a joke. This is the most press Kimel has ever gotten…she must be thrilled…

20. I could care less about either one of them and don’t think either is stylish at all. I will say that the first time I saw a picture of SR, I thought she was in her 60’s. I was honestly shocked to learn that she was at least 20 years younger than I had thought. Her look is far too severe and matronly.

21. I have met both of these ladies on many occasions and based purely on fashion Stacey Kimel wins par none. There are only 200 people in the world that are a part of the couture community and to have one of those women in our city says a lot. Not only does she support European fashion but she is an avid supporter of Canadian designers and is a major vintage collector. As a fashion lover myself I feel that Stacey’s collection will one day go to a great cause or become part of a Canadian institution, the MET in New York is known for their fashion exhibits and when the time is right I’m sure Stacey will see fit with her collection. Suzanne Rogers is an avid supporter of things that are puffy, bags made from crocodiles (cause their the most expensive ones) and of course plastic hair pieces. Suzanne Rogers is your typical “Socialite” she fits the frame while Mrs. Kimel is a style icon and in a league of her own.

22. Suzanne Rogers should have donated her plastic, botox infused face to the Beckerman sisters to wear to their shoot. That would have made their spot on list legit.

23. Dear ‘RB’, just to put a bullet in your pathetic comments – I have also spoken to both women extensively on fashion and they both have very different approaches; one woman is silent, modest and a class act, the other tells tall tales and thinks everyone is going to believe her.

    Rogers is invited yearly to all the Haute couture shows, she is also invited privately to view all the collections by major couture houses; a privilege she doesn’t need to advertise. While it is Kimel who obviously feels the desperate need to advertise her one time attendance to these shows (that hardly makes her a member of the couture community).

    Suzanne Rogers status and real connections in the international fashion scene are so far above Kimels that your debate is pathetic, – you can’t be serious in believing that Kimel would have any more access then someone like Rogers. New money like Stacey Kimel is obvious in how she tries to flaunt any perceived wealth and mistakes that it’s “style”.. As for her clothing exhibited anywhere; what a joke…are you talking about all those horrible outfits she designed herself?

    Kimels desperate competitiveness with Rogers is so obvious in all these comments. There isn’t a competitive bone in Suzanne – there truly is nothing she has to compete with. Rogers day to day focus is her family and her children; that is what you will hear her talking about in any conversation, not the latest designer she had her photo with. Kimel’s obsession to be labeled as some sort of fashion queen is so delusional that she has made a career out of it.

    Rogers strength lies in her silence, grace and class, not entering a room like a fashion disaster and looking for the photographer in the room. Suzanne is recognized as a woman who has incredibly taste and style (Her elegant style has often been written up – even by Vogue bloggers – has Kimel ever been written in Vogue?? Yeah, didn’t think so) and it is Rogers who is above Kimel par none. Oh, and for expensive Hermes croc bags; those are Kimels favourite – I have never seen Rogers with one, yet Kimel is always seen with them (cause they’re the most expensive ones); plastic hair pieces? You should take a closer look at Kimel’s crazy hair do’s… And of course Kimel makes sure that everyone sees her pull up in her convertible Bently..she is crass new money that will never buy her the status and profile she desperately craves. Kimel is no style icon or international fashion promoter but a customer at Holt’s who is given tickets to fashion shows based on the dollar amount she spends yearly. Suzanne Rogers class is an insult being compared to Kimels crass…

24. Shame on those who turned this forum into a hateful, hurtful catfight!!! Stacey hold your head up high girl and please keep sitting in the front row of the Paris/Milan/New York shows to find your frocks for the best dressed for 2011…cause I vote for you and can’t wait to see and hear what your doing next…plus winning is the best and only revenge xoxo

25. I cant believe what I am reading here??!!! Im sorry, but I have to say, anyone, and I mean ANYONE, who has a negative word or comment to make about Suzanne Rogers is obviously completely dilusional, jealous and quite frankly WRONG…and again obviously has never had the good fortune of meeting her. I have met this class act WOMAN on many occasions, and I have been amazed, each time more, by her beauty, (not fake at ALL!!) grace, CLASS, style and intelligence. When Suzanne Rogers walks into a room, she lights it up, she is a breath of fresh air. I feel very sorry for you people who have nothing better to do than put down someone who does so much for others… and fine, if this is about ‘fashion and style’ Suzanne Rogers wins in this category hands down, but just to add, she is so much more than what she wears, however, you could put these two women side by side in the EXACT same dress, and I gaurantee you, Suzanne would still win…she is a true beauty, inside and out!

26. Wow – Fashion Police you may have sold me.

27. Based purely on fashion ( I think that was the point of this) Stacey Kimel is my pick! Her clothes are beautiful and she always looks put together and chic. Suzanne is very fashionable as well but just not as much my style! Lovely ladies none the less!

28. STACEY KIMEL ALL THE WAY! FLAWLESS AND STUNNING! I HAVE YET TO SEE THIS WOMAN LOOK NOTHING BUT PERFECTION!!!!

29. I have known both women for years. Suzanne Rogers is well known for years now for buying or demanding articles. Feature writers, editors always receive bouquets in the THOUSANDS of dollars or game tickets. She is notorious for having her “friends” write anonymous emails to feature writers and editors demanding to know why Suzanne wasn’t featured that week. She’s even implied that the magazine or newspaper will lose the Rogers account if they don’t comply with her “wishes”. It’s been a running joke to see if a month in Toronto could go by without Suzanne soliciting, demanding or buying articles…so far, hasn’t happened yet.

    When Suzanne has made a donation to a charity function, she insists she must be featured in the news articles, promotinal materials and in the event itself. To date, no one else in Toronto has ever done that. Exactly how is that charitable?

    Suzanne is also the only one who has a PR firm, spin doctors, stylists who all work to rapaciously promote her. Again, very well known.

    On the other hand, Stacey Kimel doesn’t solicit, buy or hire articles. She doesn’t have a team of people there exclusively for self-aggrandizement. And she doesn’t get or buy people to write malicious and nasty things about others if she doesn’t get her way. She has never been the girl to smile to your face then rip you apart when you walk away. Now that is grace and beauty on the inside and out.

    Suzanne, you can’t buy, intimidate or threaten respectability, it has to be earned the old-fashioned way.

30. It is shocking that there were quite a few comments (very funny and memorable)that were written against Mrs. Kimel that have some how miraculously disappeared from this blog??? Why??…..I read this blog last week and didn’t make a comment at the time (fun reading)but there were about 32 comments or so, now it’s down to 27?? . Seems like the author is a friend of Kimels and is editing this and pulled all the negative comments about Kimel – I guess she didn’t get the response she wanted or didn’t have enough friends to write against Rogers ….I guess Kimel couldn’t take the heat…You just made Rogers shine even more….

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