In the perfect culmination of everything I have been working toward, I had organized an amazing creative collaboration: Grunge & Glamour at the Gladstone, held in Toronto at the Gladstone Hotel. The event started with hip hop DJ Marko, followed by TO rock band The One-Look Donnybrook and ended with my swimwear runway show (accompanied by The OLD). Visual artist Nick Sweetman covered the walls of the venue in his artwork. It was so satisfying to see it finally come together...often we make plans or think of great ideas and they don't always materialize. This is one of those ideas that not only came to be, but turned out even better than the original seed of thought. The venue was perfect for the feel we were going for and the Gladstone staff were unbelievably amazing to work with the entire time. We sold out the tickets and received so much positive feedback. In the process, I was able to work with old friends, make new ones, and close a chapter on a part of my fashion design. Also, the collection that I showed for the G & G event will be my last one that I made on my old sewing machine and likely will not be shown again. The morning before the show, I drove to Newmarket to pick up my fresh new collection, which will be debuted at Ottawa Fashion Week at the end of this month! So begins the next chapter...
Here's a shot of me with my models after the show. I was lucky again to work with an amazing team. The girls were so fun and had such great attitudes...the Green Room was a total party. Hair was styled by the talented Kyle Hannaford from Head Candy Salon in Toronto.
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| Photo credit: Santiago Ortega |
Cheers to a new season!
xo Amber
it was such a fantastic show. all of it worked together so well! psyched that i made it to this, and to see your next project!
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