Spring Style: Back in Black
Spring Style: Back in Black
Many Toronto designers, architects and fashion industry types avoid the bright hues in shop windows come spring, adhering faithfully to a year-round uniform of head-to-toe black. This season, the best dressed among them are wearing clothing from innovative labels like Rick Owens and Sid Neigum, and hard-edged British retailer AllSaints. Fetching details like shiny hardware, see-through cut-outs and architectural pleats demand attention despite their sombre tone. Black? Yes. Basic? Not a bit.
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- Dwayne Kennedy, 28, fashion director for The Collections, and Joanna Spyrlidakis, 27, menswear manager at AllSaints.
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- Spring Style: Back in Black
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- Laser-cut polka dots give a 3.1 Phillip Lim dress peekaboo appeal. $799. <em>Jonathan and Olivia, 49 Ossington Ave., 416-849-5956.</em>
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- Spring Style: Back in Black
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- Zippered high-tops are an offbeat alternative to the usual canvas sneakers. $230. <em>AllSaints, Yorkdale, 647-775-8960.</em>
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- Spring Style: Back in Black
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- The creative professional’s must-have accessory: a buttery-soft leather iPad case. $145. <em>M0851, 38 Avenue Rd., 416-920-4001.</em>
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- Spring Style: Back in Black
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- Bobbi Brown’s eye pencil in Blackest Black creates smoky, smudged eyes. $28. <em>Holt Renfrew, 416-922-2333.</em>
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- Toronto brand Beaufille makes clothes and jewellery with a tough-girl vibe. $895. <em>Rac Boutique, 124 Cumberland St., 647-352-4433.</em>
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- Sandal meets ankle boot in this hybrid by Rachel Comey. $550. <em>Gravitypope, 1010 Queen St. W., 647-748-5155.</em>
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Many Toronto designers, architects and fashion industry types avoid the bright hues in shop windows come spring, adhering faithfully to a year-round uniform of head-to-toe black. This season, the best dressed among them are wearing clothing from innovative labels like Rick Owens and Sid Neigum, and hard-edged British retailer AllSaints. Fetching details like shiny hardware, see-through cut-outs and architectural pleats demand attention despite their sombre tone. Black? Yes. Basic? Not a bit.
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