Canadian Fashion and Fashion Designers

Latest Fashion Styles in Canada

Canadian Fashion and Style makers

• Chatelaine
  Canadian fashion articles. Trends. Beauty tips
• Ellecanada
  Canadian fashion and beauty news and reviews.
• FLARE.com
  Gives celebrity profiles and trend setters in style.
• Life Tools for Women Articles on fashion trends and beauty tips for women.
• Minimidimaxi
  Shows fashion coverage from Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver runways.
• Toronto Street Fashion
  Toronto street fashion photos, fashion news and trends, fashion industry forum and Toronto event listings...

Weddings and Formal Wear

• Haute Couture
  The latest designer fashions, haute couture and signature wedding dress collections. A very nice site for the bride to be.
• Canadian Bride
  An informative site for all brides to be.
• Fairy Fashion Wedding Gowns
  Fairytale bridal designs, inspired by Medieval, Renaissance and Victorian periods, adapted for the comfort and freedom of the modern bride.
• Wedding Bells
  An informative site for wedding questions.
• Freeman Formal Wear
  Men's formal wear for weddings as well as graduating students. Many locations in Ontario and across Canada.
• Syd Silver Formal Wear
  Men's formal wear with locations accross Canada.
• Alfred Sung Bridals
  His bridal collection comprises select gowns, ranging in silhouette from classically elegant to sumptuously romantic.
• Today's Bride
  Bridal fashion styles, wedding preparation information and tips, honeymoon suggestions and much more.

Canadian Fashion Designers ::: Designers de mode Canadien

• Dean and Dan Caten
  Canadian twins have catapulted to fashion fame with their Italian-based DSquared2 label, created in the mid-1990s.
• Simon Chang
  Born in Canton China, moved to Vancouver where he studied graphic design, photography and fashion merchandising, at the Vancouver College of Art. He has built a veritable fashion empire.
• David Dixon
  Born and raised in Toronto. He has enjoyed tremendous media acclaim and been recognized as one of the leaders in the Canadian fashion scene. Inspiring clients, media and colleagues since he began designing, David is a Canadian fashion leader.
• Yumo Eto
  Yumi Eto is Vancouver-based and designs with the picture of uber-femininity and elegance in mind, and the result is ethereal and whimsical couture line.
• Paul Hardy
  This Calgary-based fashion designer made his meteoritic rise to fame when he showcased his first collection about two years ago. Hardy graduated from Ryerson University in 1997, and went on to study in London and New York. [See also: Fall 2004 New York Fashion Collection]
• Chris Hewson
  Self-taught, he debuted his collection in 2003, giving fashionistas insight into tropical flair with hints of St. Tropez and Rio De Janeiro. The rising star has been dubbed Canadian fashion Wunderkind and placed on "to watch" lists.
• Arthur Mendonça
  Born in Canada in 1976 and grew up on the island of São Miguel, Portugal. He completed his degree in fashion design at Ryerson University in 2002 and was promptly employed as an apprentice by NYBased Design in New York and subsequently by established Canadian designer, David Dixon.
• Nina Nguyet
  She was raised in a family of fashion designers in Vietnam. By the time she was twelve years old her designs were admired. Nguyet studied fashion design in Hong Kong. Having mastered the art, Nguyet continued her career in Canada.
• Jean-Claude Poitras
  Occupies a privileged place in Canadian fashion, not only for the quality of his ready-to-wear collections but for his constant involvement in the industry. He grew up in Montréal, and obtained a diploma in fashion design from the École des Métiers commerciaux in 1969 and a second diploma in graphic design from Studio Salette in 1971.
• Nadya Toto
  Creates clothes that emphasizes both comfort and refinement and ultra-feminity. Montréal-based.
• Marie Saint Pierre
  Born in Montréal, Saint Pierre studied fashion design at Collége Lasalle, graduating in 1986. She got her start in business with a limited collection of two coats which she "shopped around" to retailers. Her first official collection was in March of 1987.

Beauty

• Canadian Beauty
  Canada's # 1 portal to beauty on the Internet, with makeup tips, skin care advice and the latest hair styles.
• Lifewise Beauty
  An informative cosmetics site.
• Aveda
  All about Aveda's mission statement of 'Connecting beauty, environment and well-being'. Locations in Burlington and Oakville.