Project Runway Canada Winner Evan Biddell
Garment Value: $1500. Starting bid $350.
Size 0-2. Material: Blue Ramie Denim.
A self-taught designer with a strong sense of independence and a reluctance to blend in with the crowd, Evan Biddell began designing clothing at a young age and had opened two stores in British Columbia by the time he was 21. He made his debut onto the Canadian fashion scene as the first winner of Project Runway Canada and quickly became one of the country's most promising young designers. Evan has since relocated to Toronto's West End where he continues to create clothing and grow his brand, now sold at select boutiques worldwide.
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Jason Meyers
Garment Value: $450. Starting bid $125.
All sizes up to 16. Material: White Bohemia Ramie.
Contestant of the current television series, Project Runway Canada, Jason Meyers is a force to reckon with. Already he has won over the hearts of many a fashionista. Jason began his professional career as a financial advisor, and took the jump from finance to fashion via the International Academy of Design. That leap of faith has paid off, in a big way.
Since graduating 5 years ago, Jason worked with a roster of private clients and then recently launched his eponymous high-end women's wear line. Jason loves to push the design boundaries with respect to colour, fit and the finer details. Jason's designs are sold in specialty boutiques in Toronto and Los Angeles.
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Thien Le
Garment Value: $3900. Starting bid $500.
Fits sizes 4-12. Material: Mud Silk.
Thien Le is an artist of many trades. A visual artist at heart, he now imparts his natural eye for line, style and colour into his vibrant creations.
As a youth, his artistic energy was expressed through sculpture, ceramic and painting. Later, fashion became the vehicle for his visual creativity and in 1996, he enrolled at the International Academy of Design. In addition to his studies, he worked in visual merchandising at various retailers and costuming at the Canadian Opera Company. In 1998, he graduated from the International Academy of Design and received the Best Evening Wear Designer award. Having refined his skills from his work experience, Thien launched his own label in 1999 and seven additional labels since.
Since then, Thien Le's designs have taken centre stage. He has dressed many a celebrity including Tara Spencer Nairn, Catherine O'hara, Shirley Douglas, and Colm Feore. Thien's stunning creations were presented at the launch of Chrysalid, Lancome's new line of makeup, and he collaborated with Elizabeth Arden's Red Door Salon in L.A and New York City.
He continues to be known for his intricately detailed designs and elegant formalwear.
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Theives
Garment Value: $350. Starting bid $100.
Fits sizes 2-6. Material: Slate Blue/Grey Bamboo Voile
Designer Sonja den Elzen uses sustainable fabrics for her line Thieves, such as hemp blends, tussah silks, organic wools, organic cottons, lyocell, bamboo, and soy. All pieces are conceived and assembled in Toronto. Thieves pieces use the subtle asymmetry of form, detail and colour that we find in all natural bodies to modify and play with clean lines and classic cuts resulting in an urban organic aesthetic.
In spring 2008, Sonja opened a boutique in Queen St West that seamlessly integrates a number of other artists and designers' work, offering customers a variety of beautiful garments, bags, accessories and art objects. All things are made with the future of the planet in mind.
Sonja conceptualizes her creations through unifying sustainable fabrics, organic textures, collaborative graphics, and sculpting these elements around the form of the human body. Her sustainable approach is in her DNA and has always been the main focus of her work. Sonja is of the set who believe that sustainable fashion is about the fashion first; sustainability is a given.
Sonja is most recently a front runner for the TFI New Labels award, which takes place later in the spring.
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Carrie Hayes
Garment Value: $1700. Starting bid: $300.
Size 4-6. Material: Cream Hemp Canvas
With her exquisite sense of colour, and eye for beautiful shapes Carrie Hayes has created a line of edgy, feminine pieces. Whether it be an expression in a line or hidden complexity in the details, CARRIE offers a subtle surprise in every collection. CARRIE is worn and loved by intelligent, easy going, sexy women.
Born and raised on the breathtaking Niagara Escarpment, Carrie Hayes has a lifelong passion for creating beautiful things. She graduated with honours from the International Academy of Design's Fashion Design program. Carrie is the winner of the first Lulu B. Fashion Award and is a past resident of the Toronto Fashion Incubator.
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Eugenia Leavitt
Garment Value: $375. Starting bid: $100.
Size 4. Material: Pink Indochine Ramie and belt in Cream Hemp Canvas.
Eugenia works from her atelier in Montreal, the city where she was born and raised. She studied Fine Arts at NSCAD University in Halifax, Nova Scotia and studied Fashion in Montreal. Her label, Eugenia Designs began in 2005. Eugenia derives great pleasure from the fashion design process and creating something from start to finish.
She burst onto the fashion scene in Toronto when she won the well deserved TFI New Labels Award in 2008. Eugenia Designs is quality clothing for women who desire hand-crafted pieces they will treasure season after season.
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AIME
Garment Value: $250. Starting bid: $75.
Fits sizes 2-6. Material: Grey Bamboo/Viscose Jersey and belt in Blue Indochine Ramie.
Monica Mei graduated from Ryerson University's School of Fashion in 2007, the year she won the coveted Ryerson University-wide Standard Broadcasting Corporation's $25,000 Business Plan Competition for her label, Aime.
With stints at Emporio Armani in New York, Ports International in China, and in Toronto at Hudson Bay Company, Monica is inspired by her travels, experiences, loves and dreams. Her work has been shown on Fashion Television, the Steven & Chris Show and Flare Magazine. Monica is also very conscious of the planet and embraces the concept of "slow fashion", focusing on quality and seasonless fashions.
The Aime name derives from the French word for love. The label in an extension of Monica's personality and corresponds with the philosophy to "Love yourself. Love others. Love luxury."
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Zoran Dobric
Garment Value: $700. Starting bid: $150.
Fits sizes 4-10. Material: Black Bamboo/Ginger Suiting.
Zoran Dobric is a Serbian born Toronto based fashion designer who established his label in 2005. His design background comes from Europe's leading fashion design school, Instituto Marangoni, in Milan.
Exclusive art-inspired prints, exquisite detailing, innovative shapes and fabrications make Zoran's work unique, versatile and timeless. It offers women the opportunity to voice their individualistic and creative expression.
Zoran's work has also been published in magazines and books in the USA, Germany, Spain, France and China in addition to being featured in Canada's own Elle, Fashion, and Flare magazines. Zoran's work will be presented at a solo exhibition in Kuwait in summer, 2009.
The world-renowned fashion journalist Jeanne Becker praised Zoran's work for its artistry and edginess.
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Nada Yousif
Garment Value: $550 Starting bid: $150.
Size: 2. Material: Outer - Bamboo/Ginger Suiting; Under - Linen/Bamboo Suiting
Nada began her design path at a young age, and after a brief stint in College for Fashion Design, she did extensive research and honed her technique. Nada's work appeared on television's Degrassi: The Next Generation. She recently showed her first full-seasoned collection at L'Oreal Fashion Week in October 2008.
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Each winning bidder will receive a Rowenta Commercial Garment Steamer. A favourite with Canada´s top designers, stylists and photographers, this commercially rated standing garment steamer effectively removes stubborn wrinkles from even the most difficult fabrics. It includes a thick upholstery brush, fabric brush, and lint brush attachments for precision results no matter what the task.
Summer Rayne Oakes will also give away a signed copy of her latest book Style Naturally to accompany each of the 9 dresses.
