CAMEL COUTURE

Camel toppers are everywhere for Fall 2010: think 3.1 Philip Lim, Chloé and Michael Kors. But thankfully you don’t have to spend too much to add this trend to your wardrobe. While we’ve been drooling over this Michael Kors canvas and fur coat, we’re thinking this camel cape courtesy of Edit by Jeanne Beker, a new line launched this fall at The Bay, will be the perfect addition to our outwear wardrobe without breaking the bank. For good sartorial measure, we also scouted these wedge boots from the Gap, this Danier cross-body bag, and an Old Navy blazer, as other ways to add this hue into your everyday look.

1. Edit by Jeanne Beker camel cape, $195, The Bay across Canada, thebay.com

2. Michael Kors fur and canvas parka, $4,995, michaelkors.com

3. Old Navy camel blazer, $39.50, oldnavy.com

4. Danier cross body bag, $99, danier.com

5. Gap khaki wedge boots, $69.50, gap.com

PRESS PLAY

Justin Timberlake, Canadian model Noot Sear and the city of Paris steal a night together for the latest Givenchy fragrance.

Back in the summer of 2008, smoldering and sexy ads for Givenchy’s men’s cologne Play featuring singer Justin Timberlake began to surface. To end the summer of 2010, comes Play for Her, with Timberlake back in the pitch-man role with Vancouver beauty, and Twilight star, Noot Sear as his equally alluring counterpart. With two fragrances in the series, Play Intense, with notes of orange blossom, orchid and sandalwood, feels sophisticated and certainly worthy of the Bonnie and Clyde through the streets of Paris-type story that takes places between Timberlake and Sear in the .

Givenchy Play Intense eau de parfum, 50ml, $85, across Canada on September 15th at The Bay, Shoppers Drug Mart and Sephora.

WARHOL & FRIENDS

BoobyBall 2010 gets fashionable with Halston, Jagger
and Minnelli

In order to bring the upcoming Booby Ball fundraiser the right sartorial feel, the team behind the October 16th event, happening this year at Toronto’s Kool Haus, recently leaned on some of the cities best photographers, as well as friends, to volunteer their time and recreate the vibe of Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager’s legendary New York City night club, Studio 54. “The energy on set was just right,” said lensman Jalani Morgan. “It didn’t feel like a set, it felt like a party and that is what created a nice sense of authenticity for me—it was great!”
read more

Toronto fashion watchers: The Stuart Weitzman store is officially open at the Eaton Centre.

Shoe designer Brian Atwood is entering the low-priced market after penning a deal with Jones
Apparel Group.

Marchesa design Georgina Chapman gave birth to a baby girl on Sunday night.

Kate Moss connections update: Ms Moss’ next collaboration with TopShop will be her last and insiders are saying the split is less than amicable.  And legendary fashion photographer Corrine Day, who took some of the most memorable early pics of a young KM, died this past weekend.

HEEL THERAPY

A QUICK FIX FOR CRACKED FEET

As we try to squeeze out the last few days of summer, we may not have the time to upkeep our feet while we’re running around in our soon-to-be-stored sandals. Slathering on Upper Canada Soap’s All About Feet Cracked Heal Treatment (120ml, $6) will help keep feet smooth while wearing flip flops at the beach or when slipping on a pair of strappy heels at night. The non-greasy formula is loaded with shea butter, beeswax and peppermint oil and absorbs quickly to disguise cracked heels and dry feet if time is too tight to fit in a full blown pedicure. An added bonus? As a “pink” product, Upper Canada Soap donates 25 cents of every purchase to the Susan G. Koman Foundation.

Available at specialty gift shops and select department stores across North America. uppercanadasoap.com

DESIGNER ON THE RISE: CAROL MARIE’S WORLDLY DESIRES

Sometimes, the best way to launch a successful fashion company is the more roundabout way. Jennifer Carol Kramer and Heather Marie White met while working as assistants at W magazine in 2006, and their friendship and mutual love of costume jewelry remained strong over the years and through various job changes.

The decision to start a jewelry line was spontaneous rather than calculated, explains White. “It was a very natural progression—from designing pieces for ourselves, to [making] custom pieces for magazines. At that point we decided to move forward with the idea of creating our first collection and officially filed the paperwork to form our company.”
read more

Indeed Laboratories Inc. launched Nanoblur this week at The Spoke Club in Toronto. The latest skin product to hit the market promises to shave 10 years off your face without a needle or knife. Improving skin imperfections with light prisms, this correction cream won’t break the bank at $19 and is available at Rexall and PharmaPlus stores across Canada.

Trade in your classic locket for an aromatic amulet necklace by Talon. These vials contain one of two fragrances, a dark musk or fresh scent, under the cork stopper.

Going grey with your hair was all the rage a few seasons ago, but now two-tone hair is the way to go. Ladies, get ready to call up your colourist!

STADIUM LOVE

The Society Screens The Rolling Stones: Salt of the Earth

It’s not every evening that we get to screen a rock doc under the stars on a warm-ish summer night with a glass of Jameson, cuddled under a leopard print blanket with two of our besties. This past week the lovely team at
The Society invited FRM to a screening of the behind-the-scenes film The Rolling Stones: Salt of the Earth, which documented almost two years of the legendary rock bands Bigger Bang tour. With unprecedented access to the foursome, Toronto filmmakers Anthony Green and Jacob Cohl, travelled with the band and witnessed firsthand the mass hysteria that followed them throughout the world. During Bigger Bang, the Stones performed on Copacabana beach in Rio De Janerio for reportedly more than 2 million people, rocked the Super Bowl Half Time Show, and, for the first time ever, played an historic show in Shanghai, China. Peppered with amazing concert footage including performances of classic songs like ‘Wild Horses’ and ‘Satisfaction,’ as well exclusive quotes from the men themselves, this doc belongs in every rock lovers collection of DVD’s.