Montreal Fashion Week

MONTREAL FASHION WEEK

SPEECH FROM THE THRONE

Montreal Fashion and the Throne Speech kicked off this week. We send our correspondents.

The highlights are the show from Envers, which was profound, spiritual and one of the most breathtaking shows in recent history, with references to central Asia, India, etc.

Marie St. Pierre was very starwars-esque. The general trend was black, grey, texture, subtle multi-cultural references and skinny long black pants. Historic European references were common for menswear.

The budget promised innovation. There is very little support of designers, except for tax credit for textiles. They are not promoted internationally nor even locally for trade shows. With our interview with Marie St. Pierre, she said she was in the business for over two decades and never had a spread in a Canadian magazine, and she is one of Canada's top designers. DSquared exhibited in Vancouver, and never made it in Canada until they left!

The budget promised innovation, to help the shipping industry and help small businesses export abroad, though no concrete measures to help the fashion industry that creates manufacturing jobs in Canada

-Maria Al-Masani