My One-on-One with Sunny Fong

Photo credit: George Pimentel Photography

Ask any fashionable Canadian for a Top 3 of her favourite homegrown designers and she’ll inevitably answer "Sunny Fong." The Toronto-born designer’s edgy aesthetic, signature exquisite detail and pretty-yet-bad-ass designs have fired up red carpets, the small screen (Fong won Season 2 of Project Runway Canada) and Canadian streets since the launch of his label, VAWK, in 2004.

I caught up with VAWK designer, Sunny Fong for iVillage.ca and true to rumour he’s not only nice, but smart, funny and disarmingly down-to-earth (read: Sunny, can we please be friends?)...

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My One-On-One with Kimberley Newport-Mimran & A Pink Tartan Giveaway

Pink Tartan's new washable line for The Shopping Channel. Photo via The Shopping Channel.

With its ultra-luxe fabrics, ladylike silhouettes and to-die-for tailoring, Canadian label Pink Tartan has quickly become a sartorial staple for chic women everywhere, including no-last-names-necessary celebs like Gwyneth and Charlize.

Fresh off her turn at Toronto's World MasterCard Fashion Week, and a few days before the launch of her gorgeous new washable collection for The Shopping Channel, I caught up with president and head designer, Kimberley Newport-Mimran, for a quick chat about what makes Pink Tartan tick.

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Now for some exciting Friday news: KNP and the lovely folks at The Shopping Channel have offered RLR readers the chance to win a $100 GC to shop the new Pink Tartan Collection, and you'll need to act fast to win.

CONTEST RULES:

1) Leave a comment below telling me why you would love to put Pink Tartan in your closet.

2) Tweet the following for a bonus entry: "@realliferunway & @theShoppingChan are giving away a @PINK_TARTAN GC to shop the new collection & I want to #win! http://bit.ly/P9a6x3"

3) Contest closes tomorrow (Saturday, March 29th) at 5 p.m. We'll contact the winner via email.

4) Contest open to residents of Canada only.

5) Best of luck, lovelies!

Don't forget to mark your calendars. Pink Tartan launches this Sunday, March 30 on The Shopping Channel. Tune in live at 8 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 4 p.m., and 8 p.m. or shop the collection online at theshoppingchannel.com.

Trend Report: Spring Pieces We Want Now

Happy Monday! How gorgeous is it out there today? Nothing gets me in the mood for shopping quite like a sunny pre-spring day and I've been doing a lot of research for iVillage.ca to get properly primed for this new season of wants. From the new bomber jacket to the skirt length you need to try, check out the top trends we'll all be wearing this spring...

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Stylish March Break Must-Packs

With March Break right around the snowbank, I’ve rounded up some pretty packing essentials to make any trip, near or far, far more chic. 

IT'S MAAAARCCHHHHH! In serious packing mode for our big move so please excuse my somewhat sporadic posts over the next few weeks!

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Spring Forward: Warm Weather Wants

Enough already! Though we try our best to enjoy the present, sometimes it’s just as fun to dream of the warmer days ahead. The bright finds in my article for iVillage.ca this week will help you get a stylish jump on spring while you wait (so patiently) for the snow to melt...

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