Lasting only three days, the fashion week featuring Quebec designers' spring-summer 2008 collections was too short, but rich all the same.
Ethical shows
The week ended with a show in honour of ethical fashion. Under this theme, seven designers presented their spring-summer 2008 collections, created from organic, recycled or fair fabrics. The participating designers included the doyenne of eco-fashion, Mariouche Gagné, with her label Harricana. For the summer, she offered a series of dresses and tunics made with scarves. Despite the summery season, she did not forget her prime material of creation, recycled fur, which she transformed into jewellery, including strings of fur pearls!
Also included was Myco Anna, a Quebec label that is more and more present in the industry, and designer Ani from On & On, who has also began to establish herself in Montreal fashion. For the hot season, she worked with secondhand clothes to give them a second life.
Also part of the ethical show was the line from Jean Second, who decided to become conscientious in creating a line of eco jeans, S(eco)nd. In uniting the latest technologies with organic fabrics, these jeans aim to be the greenest on the market.
Since its creation in 2004, 88 Queen St. has dedicated itself to the protection of animals and the environment. Each season, the designer behind the brand, Marie Geneviève Pilon, unites her two loves, nature and fashion, to invent street wear fashions made from recycled clothes.
For four years, Geneviève Genest, the designer behind the brand Création Genest, has also specialized in the creation of clothes made from recycled materials. Gaining notice, this creator possesses an excellent reference, having already worked with designer Denis Gagnon. And let's not forget Véronique Milikovitch, the French designer who addresses her respect for the environment in her choice of natural materials. She works with cotton, wool and silk above all.
Photos courtesy of Jimmy Hamelin/ SensationMode
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