TFIXX07

May 13, 2007
The Toronto Sun

The Toronto Fashion Incubator hosted their glamorous VIP fund-raising dinner and fashion show, Ultimate Platinum TFIXX07, at The Carlu. Twenty of Canada’s top fashion designers, all TFI members or alumni, created one-of-a-kind “red carpet” creations especially for the event.

A highlight of the evening was the announcement that Sarah Nicol and Kelly Dowdall, their label “quelques filles” were the winners of the 2007 ELLE Canada’s New Labels Fashion Award that comes with a $25,000 prize. Congrats!

Since 1987, The Toronto Fashion Incubator, a non-profit centre, ahs helped nurture, support and promote new Canadian designers break into the competitive world of fashion. Some TFI members and alumni are: Brian Bailey, Comrags, Pina Ferlisi, Foxy Originals, Colette Harmon, Juma, Todd Lynn and Mercy, to name just a few successes. For more info: fashionincubator.com.

Captions clockwise from top left:
1) Designer Joeffer Caoc, with Bonnie Shore, left, v-p of sales and marketing and Lynn Poslyns, CEO, all with Joeffer Caoc Inc.
2) Gala co-chairman Mary Symons, chairman of the Toronto Fashion Incubator, wearing a lovely Wayne Clark design.
3) Gala emcee Dina Pugliese, co-host of City TV’s BT and Star! Daily, with designer Arthur Mendonca
4) Actress Tara Spencer-Nairn of Corner Gas TV series fame, and her fiance Josh Glover, both wearing Farley Chatto designs.
5) Designer David Dixon, left, with his brother Glenn Dixon, designer for Take This House & Sell It TV series on W Network.
6) Gala co-chairman Susan Langdon, left, executive director of the Toronto Fashion Incubator, and Rita Silvan, editor-in-chief of ELLE Canada magazine.
7) Radio and TV personality Mary Jo Eustace, left, co-host of Proud FM’s 6-10 show, and her mother Maureen Eustace, an artist.