Toronto Fashion Week Announces New Partnerships & Events For SS2019

Toronto Fashion Week®, in collaboration with RESET™, returns for a third season, Sept. 4-6. In addition to designer shows, Toronto Fashion Week will see returning programs such as Fashion Talks™ and new events to this season's schedule, including the launch of The Endings - a photography book by award-winning celebrity photographer Caitlin Cronenberg and production designer Jessica Ennis, and Best Dressed 2018 presented by Toronto Life and FASHION.

Each day kicks off with a live taping of the Fashion Talks™ podcast, produced in partnership with CAFA™. Host Donna Bishop (also the fashion columnist for CBC radioHere and Now), returns and will chat with some of the most recognizable faces in fashion, film, beauty and photography to share their stories in an intimate studio setting.

The opening night party of Toronto Fashion Week will serve as the launch of the highly-anticipated photography book: The Endings: Photographic Stories Of Love, Loss, Heartbreak, And Beginning Again by Caitlin Cronenberg and Jessica Ennis. The book features some of the most talented and relevant actresses of our time, including Julianne Moore, Imogen Poots, Mena Suvari, Alison Pill, Keira Knightley, Nina Dobrev, Tatiana Maslany, Malin Åkerman and more, in the throes of emotional transformation. The launch party will see various activations as imagined by Cronenberg and Ennis, encouraging guests to recreate some of the stories found within the book.

"Toronto Fashion Week has been such an important happening for the city and has been a part of my life for so many years. The way the event supports local talent and works hard to build up and back the fashion and arts scene in Toronto is admirable and we felt it was a perfect place to launch The Endings," states Cronenberg. "Jessica and I are both Toronto-born and this city plays a huge part in this project. We love that we can share this for the first time with our hometown and with an amazing community of artists."

Also returning to the Toronto Fashion Week programming is the RESET™ Designer Showroom, an engaging, consumer-facing retail experience located in the luxe shopping district of Yorkville. Both the public and guests of the event will have the opportunity to once again meet and shop directly from designers throughout the duration of Toronto Fashion Week.

New to this season's program and in partnership with the Canadian Alliance of Film and Television Costume Arts and Design (CAFTCAD) comes a rare opportunity to visit a display of original costumes and artifacts from notable film and television productions created by members of CAFTCAD. From Concept to Creation: An Exhibition of Canadian Costume Art and Design will reflect the creativity, imagination and meticulous research and technical skills of the country's costume community. Each item on display represents the costume designer's vision as well as every member of the costume team that contributed to the manifestation of that vision. The exhibit is taking place in Yorkville Village and will launch on Sept. 4.

Closing out the eventful program, Toronto Fashion Week is proud to announce a partnership with Toronto Life and FASHION to host the ever-popular Best Dressedevent. What started as a celebration of the singularly stylish people of Toronto - artists, chefs, designers, entrepreneurs, executives, fashion insiders and families - has turned into one of the biggest events of the year. Best Dressed will launch Stylebook 2018 along with the ninth-annual list of Toronto's Best Dressed. Hosted as the closing event for Toronto Fashion Week, Best Dressed will welcome an elite list of celebrities, media personalities, socialites, fashion insiders, film and music executives and more.

"In coming together with other fashion related initiatives and highlighting how deeply intrinsic fashion is in today's culture, we have curated programming that truly defines the vision of Toronto Fashion Week," says Gregory Menzies, Executive Vice President, and Project Lead - Yorkville Village, First Capital Realty Inc. and Toronto Fashion Week Executive Committee Member. "This season, attendees can expect a calendar of interesting and dynamic programs which will create a memorable event that celebrates Canadian talent across various disciplines, including art, food, photography and film."

Additional information about this season's event will continue to be announced. To stay up-to-date with the latest news updates and announcements, please visit TFW.to.

ABOUT TORONTO FASHION WEEK®
Toronto Fashion Week®, an event showcasing fashion, art, music and culture takes place in Toronto's revitalized and most prestigious luxury retail neighborhood, Yorkville Village. The bi-annual event hosts national and international designers, entertainers and the fashion community to create a touchpoint where fashion is embraced and celebrated. As the leading fashion event in Canada, Toronto Fashion Week creates a catalyst for media engagement, retail activity and global connectivity.

The founding partners are Yorkville Village, The Hazelton Hotel, Freed Developments andHill & Gertner - an ownership group comprised of several of the country's top companies in real estate, development and luxury hospitality.

Website: TFW.to
Instagram: @tfw
Twitter: @tofashionwk
Facebook: @tofashionwk
Hashtag: #tofw

ABOUT RESET™
In February 2017, THE COLLECTIONS™ launched RESET™ a platform offering designers an opportunity to present their collections direct to consumer and the industry. RESET™ currently takes place bi-annually in September and February (prior to New York Fashion Week) and is in partnership with the official Toronto Fashion Week located in Yorkville. RESET™ provides designers with a variety of presentation formats including:
traditional runway, static presentations, a designer showroom model and has cumulatively featured over 100 participating designers.

Website: reset.fashion
Instagram: @resetfsn
Hashtag: #resetfsn

ABOUT FASHION TALKS™
Fashion Talks™ is the podcast that observes the world through the lens of fashion. Founded in 2017, creator and host Donna Bishop interviews designers, stylists, academics, industry insiders and leaders outside of the fashion industry to reveal insights, observations, personal stories and historical moments on how fashion helps to shape the world we live in and how our world shapes fashion and the clothes we wear. Fashion Talks™ is available for download on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and to stream at fashiontalks.ca. While the majority of listeners are from Canada and the US, Fashion Talks boasts regular listeners from Japan, Germany, France, Italy and the UK. Proudly produced in partnership with CAFA, Fashion Talks™ strives to shine a spotlight on the cultural relevance of fashion while highlighting the rich expanse of the Canadian industry.

Website: fashiontalks.ca
Instagram: @fashiontalkspodcast
Facebook: /fashiontalkspodcast
Hastags: #fashiontalks

ABOUT TORONTO LIFE
Toronto Life is the destination for people who care about Toronto, the country's most vibrant city, and want to get the most out of it. We provide insight into the personalities and events that shape the landscape, and help readers make smart choices about everything from restaurants and shopping to real estate and culture. Through in-depth reporting, intelligent analysis and quality writing, Toronto Life offers an exciting, essential and entertaining guide to life in Toronto. Visit Toronto Life online at www.torontolife.com, and join the conversation on Twitter (@torontolife), Facebook (facebook.com/TorontoLife) and Instagram (@torontolife).

ABOUT FASHION MAGAZINE
FASHION is the #1 fashion and beauty brand in Canada with 1.4 million readers. It has the largest social media audience of any Canadian magazine with over 2,675,000 viewers including over 698,000 Twitter followers (@FashionCanada), over 100,000 Instagram followers (@FashionCanada), over 1,490,000 Facebook followers (Facebook.com/FASHIONCanada), and over 387,000 Pinterest followers (Pinterest.com/FASHIONMagazine). Visit www.fashionmagazine.com.

ABOUT CAFTCAD
The Canadian Alliance of Film and Television Costume Arts and Design (CAFTCAD) is the only not-for-profit organization in Canada that exists to enhance the costume arts and design community working in or affiliated with the film and television industry. The organization provides training, networking and exposure opportunities for CAFTCAD members as well as help to promote the talent of costume professionals who work in film and television. Now in its 10th year, the member-held organization consists of over 100 active members, with this number steadily increasing. As well as hosting and organizing a number of smaller events and training opportunities throughout the year, the organization hosts "CAFTCAD Celebrates Costumes", a large-scale event for 300 invited guests in Toronto. The annual event takes place in September to coincide with the Toronto International Film Festival and includes a number of costume displays from recent productions, regularly with displays for films that are premiering during TIFF.

Photo credit: Kearns Mancini