By Dale Peers While Panetone’s colour of 2020 is Classic Blue (let’s leave that for another day) I thought another popular fashion colour, Red, might be a suitable topic to explore. One of the colours associated with two celebrations – Christmas (red + green) and Valentine’s Day (red, as well as all tints, shades and…
Tag: Fashion
Wrapping up Summer
By Dale Peers While today is unseasonally warm we know that cooler weather is inevitable. The summer is just about over, colours are changing (and not just in the forest) and wrapping up for cooler weather is upon us. The new fall trends in outerwear are harkening back to “70’s heritage styles” and adding pastel,…
Marilyn Brooks: Behind the Seams
By Dale Peers Our annual Fashion Resource Centre exhibition (May 6th to 17th) celebrates the career of Canadian fashion icon Marilyn Brooks. Marilyn Brooks, always an innovator, opened her lifestyle boutique the Unicorn in 1967. The funky neighborhoods of The Village and then Yorkville were the “Happening places” in Toronto in the Sixties. Her choice…
Fashion Necessities of a Bygone Era
by Dale Peers, While poking about in our massive vault of fashion reveals extraordinary design, colour and textures some of the items students find most fascinating are items that are no longer relevant to a contemporary fashionista. Imagine what folks 100 years from now might think of our fashionable necessities! Here are just a few…
Vivid and Vivacious
by Dale Peers These two adjectives can apply equally well to the exhibition of Vivienne Poy’s work as they can to Vivienne herself. Many family and friends joined in the celebration of the opening of our exhibit, Vivienne Poy: A Legacy of Fashion, Politics & Philanthropy. Vivienne recounted her time in the Fashion Arts Program…
21st Century Atelier at the Royal Ontario Museum.
By Dale Peers On Thursday February 8th, 2018 alumni from the Fashion Arts program of Seneca College’s School of Fashion presented their work at “21st Century Atelier: Redefining Fashion in a New Age of Design.” As part of the ROM’s program series, guests were able see the designers’ work from conception to completion. Live mannequins…
Decoding Dior
by Dale Peers In February the Royal Ontario Museum was invaded by Seneca College’s School of Fashion. Thanks to the support of Seneca College’s Alumni, Annual Giving and Advancement department the Fashion Business/Fashion Business Management and the Fashion Arts students were able to visit the Dior exhibit curated by Dr. Alexandra Palmer where they came…
Vintage in the Age of Instagram
By Emma MacArthur In an age where everything we eat, wear and do is documented in self-curated archives online for the world to see, it´s become easier than ever to express one’s self and how one wants to be perceived by the world. From Snapchat to Facebook to Instagram, the world is enthralled by the…
A Dior Masterpiece “Rubris”
By Jennifer Dares Research Report: Dior, “Rubis” SFRC Accession Number 1-957-15-00946 https://digitalrepository.senecacollege.ca/s/digitalfashionresourcecentre/item/6366 This women’s ensemble, named “Rubis” consists of two garments, a sheath dress and a co-ordinate coat, from the Spring / Summer 1957 collection. The theme was “Freedom”, and was translated through the idea of freedom of movement. Christian Dior passed on October 23,…
Paper Dolls
By Dale Peers If you ever played with paper dolls as a child imagine the thrill of dressing a living model in your own paper creation. That was the opportunity provided by the folks at the White Cashmere Collection 2017 National Student Competition. This was the 14th annual fashion fund and awareness-raising campaign for breast…