TIFF’s 12 Best Dressed
TIFF’s 12 Best Dressed
In time for TIFF, we rolled out the red carpet and played dress-up with some of the most stylish people in the city’s film industry.
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- <span style="text-transform:uppercase;">Clement Virgo, Director</span><br />He has a weighty list of directing credits (<em>Lie With Me</em>, <em>The Wire</em>, <em>The L Word</em>), but Virgo’s first job was in fashion as a window dresser for Harry Rosen. “I used to be very style-conscious,” he says. “I even got caught up with the <em>Miami Vice</em> look in the ’80s. Now I like simple basics—American Apparel T-shirts and pullovers.” As Damon D’Oliveira’s producing partner, Virgo has three films on the go and directs episodes of CTV’s hit <em>The Listener</em>.<br />WEARING: John Varvatos jacket ($1,595 at Holt Renfrew); Morandi shoes ($298 at David’s); T-shirt and Carhartt jeans are his own.
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- <span style="text-transform:uppercase;">Michèle Maheux, TIFF executive director</span><br />Maheux, now working her 21st Toronto film fest, is arguably the busiest person in the city this month. Toronto labels Nada Designs and Zanesha Gowrali are favourites. <br />WEARING: Lida Baday jacket ($880 at Holt Renfrew); Christian Louboutin shoes ($835 at David’s); pants and jewellery are her own.
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- <span style="text-transform:uppercase;">Rocco Matteo, Production designer</span><br />Matteo, who is married to Comrags co-designer Joyce Gunhouse, is a self-professed sneaker junkie. (He still has the white high-top Pro-Keds he wore in high school.) His next project, MTV’s <em>Turn the Beat Around</em>, is a Toronto-shot film about L.A.’s underground disco scene. <br />WEARING: J. Lindeberg T-shirt ($88 at Due West); D2 jacket ($2,275 at Holt Renfrew); Nudie jeans and Nike shoes are his own.
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- <span style="text-transform:uppercase;">Nelofer Pazira, Filmmaker</span><br />She grew up in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Canada, and won a 2003 Gemini for her documentary <em>Return to Kandahar</em>. Her next doc, <em>Act of Dishonour</em>, is about honour killings in Afghanistan and comes out this fall. <br />WEARING: Christian Louboutin shoes ($675 at David’s); Zac Posen dress ($2,295 at Holt Renfrew); belt, earrings and bracelets ($95 each at Kumari’s); scarf is her own.
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- <span style="text-transform:uppercase;">Niv Fichman, Producer</span><br />He produced <em>Blindness</em>, <em>Passchendaele</em> and, most recently, the Paul Gross rom-com <em>Gunless</em>, which finished shooting this summer and is slated for release next spring. “It’s a western set in Canada,” Fichman says. “Hence the title.” He sticks with modern, minimalist labels, such as Issey Miyake and Costume National, and never wears ties.<br />WEARING: Shirt, shoes (Nike Zvezdochkas, a collaboration with Marc Newson) and Costume National bespoke suit are his own.
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- <span style="text-transform:uppercase;">Nadia Litz, Actor</span><br />She’s known as the beret-wearing cyclist who flipped off the world in 2006’s <em>Monkey Warfare</em>, but Litz is now moving behind the camera as a student in the director’s program at the Canadian Film Centre. She stocks up on the label APC and wears her clothes until they have holes in them, “for personality.”<br />WEARING: Sweetface blouse ($245 through distributor Wilshire Fashions); Betsey Johnson bracelet ($59 at Betsey Johnson); See by Chloé skirt ($350), Ferragamo pumps ($550) and rings (family heirlooms) are her own.
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- <span style="text-transform:uppercase;">Sudz Sutherland, Writer and director</span><br />David “Sudz” Sutherland is following up last year’s feature <em>Toronto Stories with Guns</em>, a two-part CBC miniseries on North American gun culture starring Elisha Cuthbert that’s set to air this month. Fashion-wise, he favours such sporty brands as Hoax Couture and likes to experiment with colour. “Men don’t do it enough,” he says.<br />WEARING: Morandi shoes ($295 at David’s); Supreme T-shirt ($55 at Nomad); John Varvatos hoodie ($350 at Holt Renfrew); blazer and jeans are his own.
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- <span style="text-transform:uppercase;">Charlotte Mickie, Film distribution executive</span><br />Whether she’s wearing a multicoloured antique coat with gold heels or skinny jeans and a simple white T, Mickie—an executive VP of international film sales—tops it all off with her signature glasses, which she found on sale for $35 at Josephson Opticians. Her company, E1 Entertainment International, is distributing Reginald Harkema’s <em>Leslie, My Name Is Evil</em>. <br />WEARING: Hoss Intropia dress ($825 through distributor Simm Sigal); Gróa jacket ($375 through distributor Gangbar Winslade); Christian Louboutin boots ($1,315 at David’s); Dandi Maestre antler necklace ($400 at <a href="http://dandimaestre.com">dandimaestre.com</a>); jeans are her own.
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- <span style="text-transform:uppercase;">Carly Davenport, Art department apprentice </span><br />Style on the film set has come a long way, says Davenport, a 25-year-old aspiring set designer: “It isn’t just old guys in safari vests anymore.” She likes to wear bright colours and her friends’ band T-shirts. Her most recent project is <em>Scott Pilgrim Versus the World</em>.<br />WEARING: Dolce and Gabbana cardigan ($1,995 at Holt Renfrew); Betsey Johnson earrings ($59) and belt ($112 at Betsey Johnson); jeans, T-shirt, shoes (Blue Tile Lounge) and bracelets (by Canadian-Hawaiian artist Christie Shinn) are her own.
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- <span style="text-transform:uppercase;">Carson T. Foster, Rigging grip</span><br />The former <em>Naked News</em> anchor and Rivoli talent booker says his style plateaued in 1989 with a punk aesthetic (Lip Service pants and ratty T-shirts borrowed from his girlfriend). He worked as a rigging grip on such locally shot blockbusters as <em>The Incredible Hulk</em>, <em>Assault on Precinct 13</em> and the upcoming Jude Law and Forest Whitaker sci-fi flick <em>Repossession Mambo</em>.<br />WEARING: Religion shirt ($110 at Due West); Religion leather jacket ($375 at Due West); boots (Aldo) and plaid pants (Hells Belles) are his own.
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- <span style="text-transform:uppercase;">Damon D’Oliveira, Producer</span><br />D’Oliveira has two movies in the final stages of development: <em>The Collectors</em>, about paparazzi culture, and <em>Miss Clanfield and the Manitoba Kid</em>, a lesbian western. His production company recently acquired the film rights to Lawrence Hill’s <em>The Book of Negroes</em>.<br />WEARING: Dolce and Gabbana jacket ($2,750 at Holt Renfrew); Morandi shoes ($295 at David’s); jeans and shirt are his own.
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- <span style="text-transform:uppercase;">Kristin Booth</span><br />The Genie- and Gemini-winning actor (<em>Young People Fucking</em>, <em>ReGenesis</em>) thinks shoes make the outfit. “Without fabulous heels, even a Dolce and Gabbana dress can look ordinary,” she says. “But pair an H&M dress with Louboutin platforms and you look like a million bucks.” This year, three of her films were TIFF contenders, including <em>At Home by Myself With You</em> and <em>Defendor</em>, with Kat Dennings and Sandra Oh. <br />WEARING: Betsey Johnson bracelet ($112 at Betsey Johnson); Brose dress ($995) and limited edition YSL shoes ($800 at Holt Renfrew) are her own.
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Interviews by Karon Liu and Chloë Ellingson. Photographs by Lee Towndrow.
You must be kidding – BEST DRESSED????
Is this some kind of joke??? C’mon Toronto Life…. Pull up your socks a bit.
stylish?!!?!?!??????? more like uninspiring
Best dressed?? Umm… no.
Who was the stylist for this shoot? Some credits, please… we need someone to blame
I think it’s unanimous that these are VERY odd choices for Best Dressed, but I must say that while I find Charlotte Mickie’s style VERY admirable and impressive and I think she looks great, the antler necklace disturbs and scares me more than I care to admit.
WTF? $2,750 for a fucking jacket? There’s a global famine you could feed a fucking family of 5 for 10 months on that! or longer! :-/
Did TIFF buy the clothes for these clowns or why do we need to know the prices?!