ET Canada T.I.F.F Party!

Fashion Crimes and Kaitlyn Regehr meet again!

The last time we saw Kaitlyn was when the sassy vixen and the design house joined forces to promote awareness for breast cancer with the Pink Ribbon Pin-Up's Calendar, in association with the Breast Cancer Foundation of Canada.

This time around we styled the petite bombshell for an event that we knew she would dazzle at!

Have a look at what Kaitlyn wore to the Entertainment Tonight TIFF party,

(photo credit Central Image Agency)

You can catch the premier of the NEW season of Re-Vamped on Slice, Monday, October 11 at 10pm.

LADY BUDDHA

Another shot from the fabulously talented Ian Pool

The Lady Buddha is wearing a heartini in the sunshine dupioni

check out Ian Pool and his wonderful work 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..

up-up and away!

Here is a sneak peak from Today's Bride Fall editorial featuring some exclusive Fashion Crimes accessories!

A Fashion Crimes bride is always different than the rest of the flock. She is modern, brave and impeccably stylish. We offer a diverse range of accessories and bridal dresses that will always have you curling your toes with excitement for the final dressing day!

When it's all said and done, and you're in your dressing room, no more rehearsals; you will be confident you chose us to help create the most spectacular look possible.

Visit the bridal section of our website by clicking HERE! And pre-browse some of the many dresses at the boutique at 322 1/2 Queen Street West, Toronto, On.

POSER.

A steamy, stylish affair is what the Toronto Star is calling Photographer Cailtin Cronenberg's book launch party. The launch took place on Wednesday, July 21, at the Berkley Church; the perfect setting for a mingling of those in the Toronto art scene, who of course arrived in style. Poser is the four year project of Cailtin, a Ryerson Grad, with an incredible talent. When asked about the project she said; "it was like getting married and giving birth at the same time".Caitlin wore the gold lace tied up dress and tons of FC accessories. Fashion Crimes designer, Pam Chorley, manager Kat McEwen and office manager Melissa Yetman all attended the soiree, rocking beautiful prints that matched their double-a wit and charm.

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!

Dream Wedding Dresses!

If you are a Bride who isn't into fluffy over-priced cookie-cutter weddings than this new annual publication of Toronto Life is for you. Their tips and directory coach you through the intense process of wedding planning, and diminish the daunting and somewhat overwhelming feeling!

Additionally, check out the Fashion Crimes feature! There are hundreds of classic and stylish wedding dresses to chose from within the FC collection. Our stylists like to refer to our dresses as gowns that YOU wear... as opposed to those with the frills and ruffles and petticoats that tend to swallow and wear you.

Our stylists and consultants have also noted that out of the hundreds of brides who have left the boutique walking on air over the past few years, no two brides leave with the same dress. The personalized fitting process allows to explore the design features that suit your figure most, and combine them with your dream fabric for the perfect made-to-measure wedding dress.

The stunning photograph of the FC Bride above is shot by
the talented Alex and Tiffany Albojer of Life Images.

BONE STRUCTURE

A study in Ostio-Couture
By Logan Salter

Recently I teamed up with phenomenal photographer, Ian Pool to make one of his recent creative ideas come to life! With the help of a skeleton, a lot of patience and two of my favorite dresses from Fashion Crimes, we ended up with the images you see before you.

Originally there was a model. She slipped into the dresses and posed for the camera.
Later, Ian picked several images that he thought worked well with the models body; these images would be used as a diagram to follow when recreating the pose with the skeleton.

Ian and I posed the bones just like in the image, using a coat hanger to prop up the arm, and tape to keep the hands in place.

Later on in post editing he would take the images and piece them together, removing the model completely, and inserting the skeleton into the shot.
How he did it so quickly, and efficiently is beyond me; the end result is an editorial concept that has me thinking that beauty really is only skin deep.

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

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