Tweet Toronto, November 30, 2012 – Showing a full six weeks after Toronto’s World MasterCard Fashion Week, Kirk Pickersgill and Stephen Wong held their Greta Constantine Spring/Summer 2013 fashion show in Toronto’s Distillery District last night. Somewhat bizarre, you might think. After all, most of the buyers’ SS13 budgets have already been allocated. What you may not know is [...]
Tweet Toronto, November 1, 2012 – On Wednesday, October 24, between runway shows at World MasterCard Fashion Week in Toronto, 5 Gum and Canadian label Greta Constantine in collaboration with IMG Fashion, wowed with a surprise debut of a 5 Gum-inspired flash-fashion presentation, officially unveiling the exclusive 5 Black Collection. Ten models unexpectedly revealed the [...]
Tweet Toronto, October 19, 2012 – Greta Constantine have traditionally been the darlings of Toronto’s Rogue Fashion Week circuit. This season however, the boys (Kirk Pickersgill and Stephen Wong) have opted to move their Spring/Summer 2013 slot to a future date. The duo finalized the decision while in Paris presenting their Greta Constantine Spring/Summer 2013 collection [...]
Tweet Toronto, August 24, 2012 – It’s no secret that Greta Constantine is one of, if not our favourite Canadian womenswear designers. Clearly, we’re not alone on this. Their semi-annual Rogue Fashion Week shows are quite seriously, a thing of legend. A-listers, celebrities, fashionistas, and socialites clamour for seats to their shows and the coveted [...]
Tweet“Constrained rebellion. Dangerous undercurrents. Unusual prettiness. Sweetness tainted.” These are the words design duo Kirk Pickersgill and Stephen Wong used to describe Greta Constantine Fall/Winter 2012. ”We’re presenting our own vision of femininity,” explained Pickersgill. “It’s tougher, darker, and in some ways menacing. While the silhouettes are more severe in some respects, a prettiness runs through the [...]
Tweet When it was announced that LG Fashion Week SS12 would not be hosted at the palatial and historic CNE Heritage Court and that in its place a tent would be pitched next to Roy Thompson Hall, I worried. Add Greta Constantine’s move from the spacious and contemporary Downtown Audi to a small gritty downtown nightclub – again, I [...]
