On October 9th, it was back to the ever popular Andrew Richard Designs venue in downtown Toronto for the bi-annual "The Shows" produced by Brill Communications and founded by Paola Fullerton. Always fantastic designers, great crowds and a well organized and timely runway event! The Shows has always been a great preview to World Mastercard Fashion Week, displaying Canadian and international designers that we would not normally have the opportunity to see!
The first show of the evening was Bellevance by Nolan Bellevance and Ava Hama. The collection consisted of sophisticated silhouettes, great for office and evening. The complicated constructed of the pieces was evident as the designs walked the runway and even more so when we were able to take a look at the clothes in detail with Dr. Alexandra Palmer (Fashion Historian). Just like Project Runway! To give you an idea of the complexity of these designs, one of the dresses consisted of 142 different patterns!
About Nolan Bellevance and Ava Hama
Nolan Bellevance and Ava Hama met on their first day of orientation at Parsons the New School for Design and ended up taking the same core design classes together over the next three years. Ava was raised in Manhattan while Nolan grew up in Western Canada. Both interned at Gap thanks to the long standing internship competition with Parsons.
Their first collection in September 2012 was selected as the winner of the MADE for Peroni Young Designer Award. They debuted their Fall/Winter 2013 collection at Milk Studios in February 2013, and the collection was purchased by Open Ceremony. Their goal is "to make clothing that is approachable and aspirational, with a foundation in the ongoing dialogue of American Sportswear". (The Shows)
Photos by Michael Ho via Brill Comm
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