A model walks down the runway at LG Fashion Week in 2010

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World of Master Card Fashion Week or WMCFW, formerly known as LG Fashion Week is an event held in Toronto, Canada in March (for fall/winter collections) and in October (for spring/summer collections). It is the biggest fashion week held in Canada and it is the second largest fashion week in North America after New York. It is a very important Fashion week in Canada and in the world because it shows Canadian culture and fashion. It also has a lot of media attention.

Large Labels[link]

Some large labels that showcase their spring/summer and fall/winter collections are Joe Fresh, Holt Renfrew, David Dixon, Rudsak and Pink Tartan.

Location[link]

World of Master Card Fashion Week used to take place at Heritage Court by the Exhibition place, they relocated to The Tents David Pecaut Square on October 2011.

Sponsors[link]

LG used to be a sponsor up until 2012

Master Card L'Oreal Paris are the main two sponsors for World of Master Card Fashion Week.

External links[link]

World of Master Card Fashion Week

Joe Fresh

Holt Renfrew

David Dixon

Rudsak

Pink Tartan

L'Oreal Paris

See Also[link]

/ Fashion Week

/ Runway (Fashion)

/ City of Toronto

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Vogue editors Anna Wintour and André Leon Talley during New York Fashion Week

Uptitude model on Asunción Fashion Week 2008

The model Bruna Tenório during São Paulo Fashion Week.

A fashion week is a fashion industry event, lasting approximately one week, which allows fashion designers, brands or "houses" to display their latest collections in runway shows and buyers and the media to take a look at the latest trends. Most importantly, these events let the industry know what's "in" and what's "out" for the season. The most prominent fashion weeks are held in the four fashion capitals of the world: New York City, London, Milan, and Paris.^[1] Some other important fashion weeks in the world are held in Australia, Bangalore, Jakarta, Berlin, Bangkok, Barcelona, Seoul, Tokyo, São Paulo, Los Angeles, Łódź, Hong Kong, Buenos Aires, Singapore, Toronto, Madrid.^{[citation needed]}

Characteristics[link]

In the major fashion capitals, fashion weeks are semiannual events. January through April designers showcase their autumn and winter collections and September through November the spring/summer collections are shown. Fashion weeks must be held several months in advance of the season to allow the press and buyers a chance to preview fashion designs for the following season. This is also to allow time for retailers to arrange to purchase or incorporate the designers into their retail marketing. Latest innovations in dress designs are showcased by renowned fashion designers during these fashion weeks, and all these latest collections are covered in magazines such as designerzcentral and Vogue.

Schedule[link]

New York City, London, Milan, and Paris each host a fashion week twice a year with New York beginning each season and the other cities following in the aforementioned order.

There are two major seasons per year - Autumn/Winter and Spring/Summer. For womenswear, the Autumn/Winter shows always start in New York in February and end in Paris in March. Spring/Summer shows start in New York in September and end in Paris in October. Menswear Autumn/Winter shows start in January in Milan for typically less than a week followed by another short week in Paris. Menswear Spring/Summer shows are done in June. Womenswear haute couture shows typically happen in Paris a week after the Menswear Paris shows. For the first time, womenswear haute couture will also be shown in Singapore, during its haute couture Women's Fashion Week in October 2011. This will be the first time womenswear haute couture shows are held outside of Paris.^[2][3]

Over the past few years,^[when?] more and more designers have shown inter-seasonal collections between the traditional Autumn/Winter and Spring/Summer seasons. These collections are usually more commercial than the main season collections and help shorten the customer's wait for new season clothes. The inter-seasonal collections are Resort/Cruise (before Spring/Summer) and Pre-Fall (before Autumn/Winter). There is no fixed schedule for these shows in any of the major fashion capitals but they typically happen three months after the main season shows. Some designers show their inter-seasonal collections outside their home city. For example, Karl Lagerfeld has shown his Resort and Pre-Fall collections for Chanel in cities such as Moscow, Los Angeles and Monte Carlo instead of Paris. Many designers also put on presentations as opposed to traditional shows during Resort and Pre-Fall either to cut down costs or because they feel the clothes can be better understood in this medium.

Some fashion weeks can be genre-specific, such as a Miami Fashion Week (swimwear), Rio Summer (swimwear), Prêt-a-Porter (ready-to-wear) Fashion Week, Couture (one-of-a-kind designer original) Fashion Week and Bridal Fashion Week, while Portland (Oregon, USA) Fashion Week shows some eco-friendly designers.

History[link]

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In 1943, the first french Fashion Week was held, with one main purpose: to distract attention from French fashion during World War II, when workers in the fashion industry were unable to travel to Paris. This was an opportune moment - as for centuries designers in America were thought to be reliant on the French for inspiration. The fashion publicist Eleanor Lambert organized an event she called ‘Press Week’ to showcase American designers for fashion journalists, who had previously ignored their works. The Press Week was a success, and, as a result, magazines like Vogue (which were normally filled with French designs) began to feature more and more American innovations. Until 1994, shows were held in different locations, such as hotels, or lofts. Eventually, after a structural accident at a Michael Kors show, the event moved to Bryant Park, behind the New York Public Library, where it remained until 2010, when the shows relocated to Lincoln Center.

However, long before Lambert, there were fashion shows throughout America. In 1903, a New York City shop called Ehrich Brothers put on what is thought to have been the country’s first fashion show to lure middle-class females into the store.^[4] By 1910, many big department stores were holding shows of their own. It is likely that American retailers saw that they were called 'fashion parades' in Paris couture salons and decided to use the idea. These parades were an effective way to promote stores, and improved their status. By the 1920s, the fashion show had been used by retailers up and down the country. They were staged, and often held in the shop’s restaurant during lunch or teatime. These shows were usually more theatrical than those of today, heavily based upon a single theme, and accompanied with a narrative commentary. The shows were hugely popular, enticing crowds in their thousands – crowds so large, that stores in New York in the fifties had to obtain a license to have live models.

See also[link]

• Jakarta Fashion Week
• Asia Fashion Exchange
• Ready-to-wear
• Bangalore Fashion Week
• Buenos Aires Fashion Week
• LG Fashion Week
• Dallas Fashion Week
• Los Angeles Fashion Week
• Fashion design
• Haute couture

References[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Fashion weeks

External links[link]

• Fashion Weeks 2012
• Ex-USSR Fashion Weeks

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Elaine "Lainey" Lui (born 26 September 1973 ^[1] ) is a self-proclaimed gossip maven. She pens a website, laineygossip.com, and is a reporter for CTV's etalk.

Early life and education[link]

Lui was born and raised in Toronto. She attended Toronto French School as a child and completed her secondary education at Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute. Post-secondary, she attended the University of Western Ontario where she majored in French and History.

Career history[link]

Lui’s career began in not-for-profit fundraising. She was living in Vancouver and working for Covenant House when she returned to Toronto to be with her mother, who was ill. The roots of LaineyGossip.com are in an email that Lui sent to two friends to keep them up-to-date on celebrity gossip. That subscriber list quickly grew and she started her blog

etalk, CTV's Canadian entertainment newsmagazine, hired Lui in 2006 as a celebrity gossip source.^[2]

Since joining etalk in 2006, Lui has covered the Oscars, the Super Bowl, the JUNO Awards, Sundance Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and the MuchMusic Video Awards (MMVAs).

Personal life[link]

Lui currently resides in Vancouver, BC with her husband Jacek and her two beagles. Lui is also a consultant for Covenant House, which offers shelter and services for the homeless.

References[link]

External links[link]

• LaineyGossip
• etalk

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Sass Jordan
Background information
Born	(1962-12-23) December 23, 1962 (age 49)
Origin	Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Genres	Rock
Occupations	Singer, actress, Television Personality
Instruments	Vocals, Bass
Years active	1982–present
Labels	Aquarius Records, MapleMusic Recordings, Impact[1]
Website	SassJordan.com

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Sarah "Sass" Jordan (born December 23, 1962)^[2] is a British-born Canadian, Juno Award winning, rock singer/songwriter who grew up in Montreal.

Biography[link]

Juno Award-winning artist Sass Jordan has made a living singing, performing, writing and recording music internationally for the past thirty years. She is an internationally recognized singer/songwriter who has sold over one million CDs worldwide. She was a back up singer with Quebec pop/rock group The Box in the mid 80's.

Winner of Billboard's Best Female Rock Vocalist award, the bilingual Montrealer has toured and/or worked with many music heavyweights, including Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Cheap Trick, Van Halen, Carlos Santana and Joe Cocker.

In 1992, Jordan performed a duet with Joe Cocker for the soundtrack of the motion picture The Bodyguard, starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner, which sold more than 27 million copies worldwide. Her songs have been featured on numerous television shows, including Melrose Place, Party Of Five, Baywatch and Knightrider.

Also an accomplished actress, she starred in the lead role of Janis Joplin in the off-Broadway hit, "Love Janis." Jordan has guest starred on NBC's Sisters and was featured in the Toronto and Winnipeg productions of "The Vagina Monologues."

In 2003, she took on judging duties on Canadian Idol – the same year she shared the stage with The Rolling Stones, AC/DC and others as part of the history-making SARS relief concert in Toronto.

Discography[link]

Singles[link]

Albums[link]

• Tell Somebody (1988)
• Racine (1992)
• Rats (1994)
• Present (1998)
• Hot Gossip (2000)
• Sass ... The Best Of Sass Jordan (2003)
• Get What You Give (2006)
• From Dusk 'Til Dawn (2009)

Performances[link]

• Nikolo Kotzev's Nostradamus (2001) - Queen Catherine of France
• Aina (2003) - Oriana

References[link]

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Sitara Hewitt
Born	(1981-12-27) December 27, 1981 (age 30) Elora, Ontario
Other names	Tara Hewitt
Occupation	Actress
Spouse	Jessie Pavelka (2008-)
Website
http://www.sitarahewitt.com/

Sitara Hewitt (also known as Tara Hewitt) is a Canadian film and television actress.

Background[link]

Sitara Hewitt, who is the daughter of two professors from Wilfrid Laurier University, was raised primarily in Elora, Ontario. During her childhood she spent four years on and off between the ages of 4 and 13 in Pakistan's Himalayan mountains, specifically in the Hunza Valley of Gilgit-Baltistan where her parents did their academic field research on Northern Pakistan's glaciers, valleys and small villages. Hewitt is the youngest of four siblings. Her Pakistani mother and Welsh father are both academics whose research has led them all over the world. Hewitt is married to American actor/trainer Jessie Pavelka and divides her time between Toronto and Los Angeles. She is fluent in both Urdu and English and semi fluent in Balti. She was raised Christian as both of her parents are Anglican Christians.^[1]

Career[link]

Hewitt stars on CBC Television's Little Mosque on the Prairie as Dr. Rayyan Hamoudi. Little Mosque on the Prairie airs in 60 countries worldwide. She was also a co-host on the Comedy Network's Jeopardy style pop-culture game show You Bet Your Ass.

Previously, she made the transition from professional dancer to actor and performed in theatre productions like Crimes of the Heart and Second City's Tony and Tina's Wedding as Tina. Making her start as a dancer in Bollywood/Hollywood, she continued on with acting training and soon began to land lead roles in independent films like Fragile and Bolly Double. She also hosted TV shows for Sportsnet and TSN while studying acting in Toronto, and trained with World Wrestling Entertainment in the United States.

She has also been involved with numerous multicultural initiatives, such as appearing on stage as a special guest at Toronto's Dundas Square as part of the 'Pakistan Fest' May 2007, South Asian Heritage Month celebration.

References[link]

External links[link]

• The Hour Interview with George Stroumboulopoulos
• Sitara Hewitt at the Internet Movie Database
• andPOP Interview

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