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Lush Amazon-inspired décor transformed the South Building of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre for the annual Brazilian Carnival Ball.
This year’s event included a VIP reception, three course dinner,and dessert buffet, but as always the carnival parade was the crown jewel of the evening. The spectacle featured 60 masqueraders in glittery, feathered costumes flown in from Brazil. They shimmyed and danced through the dining room to the delight of patrons.
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With wedding season upon us, there was no better time for Bonnie Gordon to hold her annual Cake Show at the Artscape Wychwood Barns.
The annual event exhibited creations from students and alumni of the Bonnie Gordon Cake School in Toronto. Proceeds from the event were donated to the Stop Community Food Centre.
Day one of the two-day event, was closed to the public, and featured seminars for bakers to hone their business skills. Day two was open to the sweet toothed public, and allowed bakers to show off their cake-making and decorating skills in events like the Cupcake Challenge.
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As conventional advertising loses its impact, BlushPretty’s Beauty Board offers an interesting alternative for beauty companies looking to reach their early adopters.
For those unacquainted, The Beauty Board is a party where classic and niche beauty brands make their goods available for guests to experience. Representatives are on hand to talk about their brand and provide samples, and sheets are provided so that companies may receive feedback. In between product stations, guests indulge in gratis cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, and at the end of the party, are given loot bags containing a plethora of product- all for a nominal ticket price.
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Last Thursday, 300 opera enthusiasts and oenophiles came out to support the Canadian Opera Company’s 2010 Fine Wine Auction at Crush Wine Bar.
Hopes were high this year after $250,000 worth of premier vintages were donated for the cause—a record amount for the COC wine auction.
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Last weekend, Windfall’s Buy Design annual fundraiser resembled a time warp into a 1930s small town carnival. Themed, “Spring Social”, guests were treated to a bake sale, hat auction, candy stand and balloon popping game alongside the typical live and silent auction.
A perfect compliment to the carefully planned décor and details were the guests who raided relative’s closets, scoured vintage shops and researched accessories for the perfect outfit. Most of the crowd came dressed in theme.
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While the words, ’sample sale’ usually conjure up images of long lines and women fighting over clothing, clothing stylist Luis Zulayhka took another tack with his inaugural Style On Top event.
Last Sunday, ladies were invited downtown to the The Cryptic Canvas gallery to participate in a more experiential type of sample sale. Cupcakes, cocktails and a runway fashion show were among the incentives for guests.
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Fedoras, feathers and a speakeasy in the middle of downtown Toronto.
Prohibition has returned. But, thankfully, for one night only.
The shadows of this notorious era crept back into view as the theme of the Art Gallery of Ontario’s 6th annual Massive Party Thursday night.
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It was a fashion double-header, (and so much more), at the Liberty Grande when supermodel Aygness Deyn appeared to DJ a set after the anticipated Betsey Johnson fashion show.
With Project Runway Canada’s Sunny Fong schmoozing at a booth and Victoria Secret lingerie model Andi Muise on the dance floor kicking up her heels, there was plenty to turn the heads of fashion victims such as Jamie Wilford.
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The best of Queen West was on display at Synthesis, the inaguaral fundraiser for the Queen West Art Crawl at the Gladstone Hotel.
Several rooms on the second floor of the Gladstone Hotel hosted performances featuring a Queen West theme.
After perusing the silent auction and in between bevies guests wandered between rooms to take in presentations.
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Toronto’s Direct Energy Centre was transformed into a horticultural oasis this weekend for Canada Blooms, Toronto’s flower and garden festival.
Now into its 14th year, the show offers something for everyone, whether they are into high-end landscaping or casual dalliance with growing things.
As usual the festival offers seminars, lectures and demos, including a presentation by gardening goddess Martha Stewart. Its marketplace features a wealth of vendors and flora-related artwork.
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While Toronto Fashion Week is scheduled to start March 28, the T-dot fashion pack got a taste of what’s to come at Philip Spark’s fall 2010 show on Thursday night.
In keeping with the night’s Moby Dick theme, models circled nautical paraphenalia placed around the runway and then froze as living set pieces.
While Spark’s shows are always highly anticipated, this edition showcased simple classic men’s pieces in safe colors like black, grey, eggplant, navy and green.
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Last Friday the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts was transformed into a pop-up club, the way sellers transform random spaces into pop-up shops, as the Canadian Opera Company threw their sixth annual Operanation bash, titled Habanera.
This year’s theme was George Bizet’s Carmen, the well-known and instantly hummable opera about a seductive gypsy who lures her lover into deserting the army, only to reject him.
The event’s name is based on “Habanera”, the instantly-familiar aria from Carmen which looks at the passion and uncertainty of love.
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While many expect the 2010 Canadian International Autoshow to show them the future of vehicles, the Shelby Showcase looks back to bygone days in automotive history. The showcase features vehicles from legendary racer Carroll Shelby’s days as a driver, but also celebrates his career as an car designer.
The Shelby Showcase at the 2010 Canadian International Autoshow pays tribute to the Shelby from his days as a driver right up to the present.
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A randy crowd came ready to get it on at the Gladstone Hotel when burlesque group Skin Tight Outta Sight teamed up with Boylesque TO for a double-bill affectionately titled Be Mein Valentine.
The show departed from the predictable and opted instead for a Weimar Republic theme.
“Berlin’s Weimar Republic era was an artistically fertile and forward-thinking period of German history,” said Boylesque TO founder Ben Paley. “We didn’t want to do the lovey dovey thing. It’s been overdone.”
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A dose of glamour swept through Toronto’s Liberty Grand venue this weekend as Bollywood-esque magazine Anokhi paid tribute to the best and brightest in the South Asian arts and entertainment community.
Now in its seventh year, the Sexy and Successful awards gala featured an A-list of South Asian talent, including award-winners Faran Tahir, of Ironman fame and former Miss India U.S.A. Pooja Kumar, who is also a producer, model and TV hostess.
