RACHEL SIN
With her namesake label, designer Rachel Sin knows understated style is looking polished in a form fitting dress. She designs for the independent, want to do-it-all woman, whose wardrobe is an extension of her confidence, originality and personal style. The modern woman is now the Renaissance man and Sin’s design expertise spans both the body and city landscapes. With a masters degree in Architecture, a successful stint at a retail architecture firm, becoming creative director of fashion label was as natural as overseeing the construction of a building. Sin’s careful attention to detail and precise tailoring comes from the natural tendency in architecture to make all things bette…
CAITLIN POWER
Caitlin Power is a Toronto-based clothing line that redefines womenswear through classic tailoring, architectural details and sharp silhouettes. The early stages of the brand were started in Calgary, the hometown of the designer Caitlin Power. Filled with inspiration and passion after graduating from fashion design at Lethbridge College, the young designer relocated her studio to Toronto. The Caitlin Power line has been recognized for the bold, confident and sophisticated quality present in each piece. Commended by Elle Canada, Flare Magazine, Fashion Magazine, eTalk and CBC, the designs illustrate the care and attention-to-detail essential in producing indisputable fashion excellence.
PINK TARTAN
Kimberley Newport-Mimran is the president and head designer of Pink Tartan, the womenswear line she co-founded in Toronto in 2002. The New York Pink Tartan showroom opened in 2004, and the line is now carried at Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, Bloomingdale’s, Holt Renfrew and The Bay as well as specialty stores across North America, Dubai and Seoul. Newport-Mimran has also designed sleek uniforms for Holt Renfrew, Porter Airlines, 60 Thompson in New York City and Hollywood’s Roosevelt Hotel Tropicana bar. Newport-Mimran studied fashion merchandising and manufacturing management eventually moving into a career in the buying office at the Hudson Bay Company, North America’s oldest
MADAME MOJE
Madame Moje is a Canadian label producing luxe ready-to-wear women’s clothing for the modern and confident woman. The designs are most noticeably recognized for their distinctively feminine silhouettes. Madame Moje has an undeniably diverse foundation, as co-founders Malashnee Naidoo (creative director) and her husband and business partner Hamed Emtiaz established the Canadian brand upon relocating to Vancouver from Singapore in 2012. With backgrounds in finance and engineering, Naidoo and Emitaz launched the Madame Moje brand with a flagship store in Vancouver in 2013. They also recently opened a Toronto store location in Shops At Don Mills.
STEPHAN CARAS
Born in Greece, designer Stephan Caras was educated in Australia, where he attended the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. Caras’ career includes designing with fashion houses such as Guy Laroche and Hermés. Feminine sensuality defines Caras’ philosophy of design. Never influenced by trends, his inspiration for his Stephan Caras line is driven by the femininity that women exude. Caras’ status as a top designer has recently earned him a spot in CEO World Magazine and Runway Magazine’s “List of World’s Top 20 Fashion Designers,” as well as the “Top 25 Most Beloved and Inspiring Fashion Designers of the World”.