Toronto ON, April 24-28 - |FAT| or Toronto Arts & Fashion Week is just around the corner! This is an event not to miss, many of Toronto’s best alternative fashion designers are showing their latest collections. It is a chance to see some of the best alternative fashion in a full production runway show. In addition to runway shows, there are performances, photography exhibits, and videos on display.
Some of the alternative fashion designers showing this year are Asphyxia, Victory & Vice, House of Etiquette, Cinched Tight Corsets, Starkers Corsetry, Pippa Latex, Artifice Clothing, and Dystropolis.
This year |FAT| comes to life at a new location, a former industrial warehouse located at 213 Sterling Road, Toronto’s new up‐and‐coming arts and design district. The 2012 theme is fashionSCAPES and it mirrors the concept of landscapes: unique, seasonal, and ever changing. Each night a different sub‐theme will be explored around the ideas of land, city, body and future.
Advance tickets are $30 for a day pass and $75 for a week pass. One day passes are available at the door for $35. Auxiliary Magazine will be attending |FAT| this year as we have the past few years. Look out for coverage of the event on our website and in the next issue!
The futuristic and campy movie, The Fifth Element, may be best known for the character Leeloo, played by actress Milla Jovovich. While most of us may not remember most of the plot or even the other actors in the movie, we do remember Leeloo’s white PVC banded outfit that I’m sure made millions drool. Well, Artifice Clothing has infused their knowledge of PVC costuming into the Cyber PVC Leeloo Costume, available in a variety of colors including white, black, pink, and yellow. Not only would this make a great costume for the Halloween season, it’s a great piece for cosplay events, photoshoots, or fetish events.
The October/November 2011 issue is the eighteenth issue of Auxiliary, a magazine dedicated to alternative fashion, music, and lifestyle. This issue features an interview with God Module, an interview with Ronan Harris of VNV Nation, a designer spotlight on Artifice Clothing, an artist spotlight on Lori Earley, and Manzin as our PinUp. The issue also contains a beauty editorial straight from the coffin, a euphoric fashion editorial of latex and studded leather, a spellbinding gown editorial featuring designs by Romantic Threads, a batcave inspired style editorial, a Día de los Muertos Style feature, and an article on fall season drinks by the Thirsty Dudes. It features photography by Zach Rose, Kim Akrigg, Laura Dark, Saryn Christina, and Ron Douglas, and fashion from Toxic Vision, Atelier Gothique, Rockin’ Bones, Sourpuss Clothing, Topsy Turvy Designs, Ego Assassin, House of Etiquette, Iron Fist, Hell Bunny, Red Ostrich, and much much more.
With a number of magazine covers already under her belt, the California based Amelia Nightmare recently arrived into the world of modeling from working as a hair stylist and makeup artist. Amelia uses her talents to contribute to the styling of the photographs she models for resulting in a multi-faceted, yet strikingly bold aesthetic with a polish that makes her style stand out.
photographer : Le Mew
makeup artist : Amelia Dinmore
model : Amelia Dinmore
fashion designer : Artifice Clothing
set design : Armando Esquivel
lighting tech : Armando Esquivel
special thanks to : Raquel Garcia
The April/May 2011 issue is the fifteenth issue of Auxiliary, a magazine dedicated to alternative fashion, music, and lifestyle. This issue features a interview with and exclusive photos of Tim Skold, a Seven Deadly Questions feature with Caustic, a designer spotlight on BabyLove’s Latex by Renee Masoomian, an editorial by Claire Geist writer of the blog Faboo, and Amelia Nightmare in Artifice Clothing as our PinUp. The issue also contains a fashion editorial full of flowing mesh and lace, a noir flapper inspired editorial, a dandy inspired Style feature, a deconstructed military and tribal Aesthetic feature, an article on the art of Achraf Amiri, and our new column Black Theorem by Adam Rosina. It features photography by Luke Copping, Saryn Christina, Le Mew, and Zach Rose and fashion by Warby Parker, United Nude, Anna Morph, Kambriel, Rose Mortem, Revamp Productions, Fluevog, Gloomth, Raven Eve, and much much more.
The December/January 2010/2011 Issue of Auxiliary Magazine features the beautiful Kelleth Cuthbert as our PinUp. We had the opportunity to travel up to Working Proof Studios in Toronto, Ontario to work with talented designer Emily Rishea of Artifice Clothing, Irina Lavrega who did an amazing job on hair, and Heather Orr of Dream Clean Makeup.
The uniquely moldable Kelleth Cuthbert of Next Models Toronto is a model whose work ethic and dedication to the industry is one that is not to be taken lightly. As an icon who seamlessly blurs the lines of commercial and alternative modeling, Kelleth’s commitment to professionalism has brought her much success in just a few short years.
An upcoming event you don’t want to miss is Toronto’s Alternative Art’s and Fashion Week also known as FAT. It is taking place this week from April 21st to 25th in Toronto, ON.
Here’s a little info about FAT…
The fifth year anniversary edition of FAT titled “Made with Love” approaches fashion from the intelligence of the heart, surveying a different emotion each night.
With Valentine’s Day behind us, as you finish the last piece chocolate, don’t fret that it’s all over! Extend the decadent holiday; buy yourself something shiny and cute! I absolutely love baby doll style dresses and the Cyber Baby-doll Dress by Artifice Clothing makes me want to order one in every color. This style will flatter any body type and the ruffled bust line will flatter any bust size. Whether you’re a cyber maiden and choose gunmetal silver PVC to appease your robot tendencies or you’re a cutesy lolita-esque doll in pink PVC, this dress is versatile for all looks. Enjoy!
