A Fashion Intern finds her haven!

Lucia stepped into the boutique to find accessories for a bridal shoot as her last mission working as an intern. Little did she know what she was in for!

When you step into the boutique for the very first time, be prepared for a stimulation of color, pattern and shine! You could lose track of time discovering the magic of Fashion Crimes.

Check out Lucia's story!
Visit her blog here.

The party everybody is still talking about...

The event: Fashion Crimes retrospective party, held at the Drake Hotel.

(Kat, Pam and Melissa)
Designer Pam Chorley pictured here, with Kat (manager) and Melissa (office manager) of Fashion Crimes. We celebrated 27 years of fabulous frocks at the Drake Hotel, wrapping up another amazing Fashion Week in Toronto!

Photos taken from
www.torontostreetfashion.com
Click the link to see the full story of the party that everybody is still talking about..

Solo Mag profiles Pam Chorley!

Solo Mag is a lifestyles magazine for singles. In the Career & Entrepreneur section while viewing an article about starting over again with a new career as a single women I spotted Pam Chorley starring back at me. The article includes an interview with Pam and how she got her start and never looked back. Pam started creating accessories for Le Chateau many years ago and its all Crimes against Fashion from there...

Check out the article here @SoloMag

Check out some vintage pictures of Fashion Crimes and Pam!

Sharron Matthews: World Domination Tour

Can't wait for the week-end, all of us will be attending Sharron's highly anticipated event!

This Diva is back with a vengeance for whole new gig: WORLD DOMINATION TOUR

Pam Chorley, reunites with Glen Hanson

Fashion Crimes recently teamed up with the imaginative Glen Hanson once again, to create the limited edition prints for a retrospective party hosted by The Drake Hotel. Pam and Glenn go way back, back to the beginning in fact. He stylized some of the original artwork for the store, and so it was just the perfect idea to bring him on board to help celebrate 27 years of Fashion and Fabulousness. Glen was a presence himself, wearing leather pants, and an open blazer, sporting chains and edgy hardware on his wrists. The amazing artists creativity went beyond pen and paper.

It was the perfect way to end Toronto Fashion Week. The crew from Fashion Crimes and many guests sipped on cocktails named after dresses at the store, while they got to peak at some of Pam's designs from past to present.

The excitement was up in room 222, where you could have your hair and make-up styled by two of the lovely ladies from Parlour Salon, who of course wore two of our favorite designs. After hair and make-up, our very special guests could then peruse an accessory bar to gear up with the latest and greatest from our selection. Once fully made up, and sparkling in rhinestones, we sent them of to face the camera, where Peter Tucker snapped happy, and captured some unforgettable moments!

Pictures of the Drake Event will be available to view shortly - a link will be posted on our Facebook group, as well as on our online scrapbook!

Cheers, to 27 years! And more to come!

A Dragged out Affair

Olga Barsky is an awesome stylist from She Does The City who is running a fundraiser event for her kick-ass upcoming production, perfectly titled; A Dragged Out Affair.

We will all be there, and have even contributed a cute frock to be raffled off!

"Take that Cupid..."

LOVED working with Olga & the glamour-gods at She Does The City for this shoot, makes a somewhat un-inspiring "holiday" a whole lot more inspired!

FAME Premiere Afterparty

We had so much fun at the MGM Premiere of FAME After-Party at the Randolph Academy... here are a few of the highlights and images of Fashion Crimes gracing the Purple Carpet!

Actress Kerry Laifatt
Photographer: Paul Baik

Pam Chorley looking amazing!
(The glamorous life of a fashion designer - after a full day that started at 8am for meetings
with fabric suppliers & accessory reps,
creating cutting sheets, responding to client e-mails, a full STAFF MEETING and then to the FAME event at 10pm!)

The Style Box's Amanda Brugel and Actor Sarain Boylan looking SO fierce.

Photographer: Paul Baik


So You Think You Can Dance Finalist Tamina Paris-Pollack
Photographer: Paul Baik


The Fashion Crimes' crew (L-R: Logan, Crystal, Kat, Pam, & Kanchana) with the famously chic Anita Clarke, editor in cheif of I want- I got.

TIFF '09 Red Carpet Roster

Gorgeous garments and glitz were all over the red carpet for TIFF earlier this month, and we are so happy to see that many of the designs were from here at home in Toronto!

Some of the FC features include:

Actress Monika Schnarre attends ET Canada Presents "Glorious 39" Gala at 144 Cumberland Street on September 14, 2009.

Photographer - A. Moore

Actress Tara Spencer-Nairn and dancer Jean Marc Genereux attend the Holt Renfrew launch of Vignettes with Alexa Chung, Coco Rocha and The Stills held at the Burroughes Building on September 12, 2009.

Ainsley Kerr attends the "Steve Nash Shoot For The Stars" at Harry Rosen, as well as the "Antichrist" North American Premiere After Party held at W Studio
on September 10, 2009.

Photographer - George Pimentel

Liz West was reporting live from the red carpet all festival long for CP24. Her wardrobe choices for all of the events were exclusively Fashion Crimes.

Co-founders of the Style Box, Amanda Brugel (at the Holt Renfrew launch) and Gail McInnes (at the "Steve Nash Shoot For The Stars" gala), both shot by photographer G.Pimentel


...and a little peek at what happens behind the scenes when dressing the stars, courtesy of The Style Box for FASHION MAGAZINE:

For your Road Trip: A Fasionista's Playlist

Curious to know what Jeanne Beker is listening to this summer?

CBC Radio 2 featured the Fashion Television host's selection earlier today on Drive.

Jeanne’s Selections:

Everybody Wants To Rule The World – Tears for Fears
Marrakesh Express – Crosby Stills and Nash
New Frontier – Donald Fagan
Summer Of '69 – Bryan Adams

The Long Way Home – Supertramp
I'm Leaving on a Jet Plane – Peter, Paul, and Mary
On The Road Again – Canned Heat
The Long And Winding Road – The Beatles
Good Day Sunshine – The Beatles
Just The Two Of Us – Grover Washington Jr.
Heart Of Gold – Neil Young
So Far Away – Carole King

Carolyn at TFI is ROCKIN!

This posting is SO overdue! Sincere apologies for the lateness...
A few months ago Pam and I had the opportunity to chat with FC friend, Carolyn Rohaly. Among many of the careers that this dynamic chica holds down all at once - Carolyn writes a Diary blog for TFI that is a vast informative "Fashion Business Advisor" in disguise.
For her double feature on FC, she interviewed Pam about the day-to-day life of being a Toronto Fashion designer. It's great, as Pam unfolds all kinds of tid-bits from a behind-the-scene perspective. My interview with Carolyn discusses some of the wonderful duties pertaining to being the General Manager of Fashion Crimes, with some special attention paid to the angle of buying. If you are interested in pursuing a career within the fashion industry, I would highly reccomend these reads among many many more that you will find in her archives.

In addition to living, eating & breathing fashion in all of it's forms, Carolyn is the assistant to film director David Cronenberg. Back in late March he was awarded with France's highest honour, the Legion d'honneur. Both Carolyn and his daughter Caitlin Cronenberg (who, by the way is an enchantress of photography) proudly supported Mr. Cronenberg at the event.

See them both looking gorgeous in their favourite dresses from Fashion Crimes:

Photo Credit: Peter Bregg of HELLO! Canada

Final Fashion Experiment

Recently the crazy talented and innovative Danielle Meder approached us with an idea that she wanted to test with us. The idea is a collaborative relationship between her ever-evolving [kick-ass] fashion blog and the Fashion Crimes blog that you are currently feasting your eyes upon.

Here are a few reasons why we jumped at the opportunity:

1.) Danielle has been a joy to work with in the past when she created the illustrations for the "Holiday Shopping Soiree" event and the festive sale promo postcard of 2008.

2.) Final Fashion has a wonderful following of authentic Toronto fashion professionals, (It's true... she has the stats to prove it). FC and this group share many commonalities pertaining to the sincere interest in promoting local fashionista's.

3.) Throughout her 26 years in buisness in the heart of the Toronto fashion district Pam has had a keen interest in supporting & joining forces with local passionate businesses owners like Danielle.

4.) THIS:The sponsorship badge that links to our website perfectly exudes the spring-time air that you will feel in the boutique.

Cheers to looking forward to the many exciting growth FC & FF will make together!

Fashion Shoot at Cheval

Come and join us this Thursday night at Cheval for a front row seat to see Pam's current collection featured in the BRAND'D series!
Please RSVP so we can add you to the FC guestlist: info@fashioncrimes.ca

Destination PROM Shopping

As you will discover in his recent prom feature, Derrick Chetty - Toronto Star Fashion & Living editor -was blown away last Saturday afternoon by the magnitude of teenage girls swarming the boutique. He was also amazed at the diverse collection and the perseverance of the FC staff.
Derrick scoured Toronto for prom dress destinations for his article, so we are amazed at HIS perseverence!

Women x Women

The highly anticipated Women x Women launches tomorrow! WxW exhibits a compilation of fashion images captured by the leading ladies in Canadian photography. The gallery also promotes Canadian fashion designers, local stylists and is set to be one of the most refreshing alternative events you will find at LGFW this year.

Here is one of the shots that will be featured by the outstanding Anna Ross. Fashion Crimes collaborated with Anna, providing Fashion design, styling and location.

Public Exhibition Friday, March 20, 2009 12noon-6:00pm
and Saturday, March 21, 2009 12noon-5:00pm.

The Fashion House - 560 King Street West - Toronto

The Heart Truth @ LGFW

The Heart Truth Show at LGFW '09 thankfully did not include any tumbles or slips this year. It did, however, feature the best of local fashion designers, a packed house, and lots of smiles & laughter. Amy Sky sung herself down the runway, Tara Spencer-Nairn mooned the crown with frilly knickers, Marilyn Dennis was disco dancing, and
Cassie Campbell was all glammed up in Fashion Crimes.

See Cassie and Pam on the cover of the Metro today!