An Audrey Hepburn-inspired look for Starkers! Corsetry runway show at |FAT| Arts and Fashion Week.

As if stepping right out of a scene from
Corpse Bride, the corseted models with feminine, cupcake flares on Starkers! Corsetry runway exuded darkly classic Tim Burton grandeur. “It’s Audrey Hepburn meets
The Munsters!” designer Dianna DiNoble tells me backstage after the parade of her underwordly bridal gowns at
FAT Arts & Fashion Week. The theme for day three of the city’s edgiest alternative fashion event is fittingly, Body Scapes. Early on in the evening Vanja Vasic, FAT executive director, warned us there would be
corsets and DiNoble’s collection of silk, chiffon and satin gowns boldly lived up to Vasic’s claim. “My inspiration this year was actually offbeat brides,” says DiNoble, the corsetiere behind the whimsical line of one-of-a-kind couture bridal gowns, made out of her Toronto-based studio since 1992. Her standout piece? The closing black chiffon gown with a giant headpiece, reminiscent of Audrey Hepburn’s
My Fair Lady doppelgänger. “My fingers are still bleeding from the beadwork!” she adds, laughing.
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