Montréal Fashion Week – Défilé TRUSST

Posted by cnscheffer on February 11, 2011 · 3 Comments 

This week was 2011’s Montréal Fashion Week; the second one I’ve worked for (last year – Coccolily), but this time I actually got to go! Défilé TRUSST featured Samuel Mercure, by Thomas, and Christian L’Enfant Roi. How lucky was I to be a part of this, the designers were all incredibly talented!

After working so hard on the collection, one remarkable thing was how everything looked so much different on the runway then in the living room mirror, and even from the photoshoot. The craftmanship and the colors, and the design in particular. Thomas really understands what looks good on the runway and what is sellable, and she also really understands how to put the two together. A fine balance, indeed, but I think she’s got it.

Meg (style motif) has heard of Thomas (!!!), and has told me to learn all that I can from them. I had to giggle a little bit because by “them”, well that means Natasha Thomas and …. me! OK me and another intern and other friends of Natasha’s, but basically all of the garments were made in either her living room or mine. It’s just a label, and in Montréal you are your own label, and with a little bit of help from your friends, you can be showcased at Montréal Fashion Week. In this case, the story goes as follows:

Natasha won a POP Montréal fashion contest last year, and a girl named Melissa Matos noticed her talent (I imagine it was the perfect balance of wearable couture). Melissa Matos and Andrew Ly have their own business as an agency here in Montréal called TRUSST club, and they compose shows like the one for Montréal Fashion Week, galleries, they do styling and I’m sure numerous other things. Melissa and Andrew asked Natasha to show her stuff at their MFW show (Défilé TRUSST) that they had either been offered to do, or applied to do, I’m not really sure. She agreed. Then she posted on ad on craigslist for interns and that’s where I come in. Along with her friends, one of which is a seamstress for Cirque du Soleil, we all sew up the new collection that Natasha is more or less creating as we go, in one month. Crazy! She dips into knitwear that she had never tried before. Nailed it. She finds a stretchy gold fabric on sale at Fabricville and makes a maxi dress. Nailed it. She combined polyester and thick wool to make a structured dress. Nailed it. Did I mention we did all this in one month? Nailed it.

I managed to take s’more shots, take a look!

Practice run - Christian L'enfant Roi

 

I love my job.

After seeing Christian L’Enfant Roi’s collection, I am now a huge fan. I don’t follow much current fashion (especially not menswear) but his designs really blew my mind – it’s so refreshing to see so much detail (like, quantity!) and such a variety of materials in menswear! En fin!

Here is the whole show on livefeed, if you feel up for watching. An important thing I forgot to mention is the MUSIC. All three songs were covered and re-sung by Mekele. Again, when I heard it in the living room I was skeptical, but now hearing it with the spectacle I am a huge, huge fan.

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/12600730

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