The opening night gala of Vancouver Fashion Week on March 19 was all about the second glance street style verging on performance art (or, as was the case with one Housewife, pure performance.)
Stare-worthy moments included one guests gothic sheer cutouts (covering only what the FCC requires of say, Janet Jackson), and some elaborate headpieces that literally caught the eye. And with the number of liquid dinners being observed, the mood was positively buoyant.
Pictured: 1 Pouneh Askarian designs 2 Yasmin Morshedian with Tito Deville 3,4 guests 5 Fresh Train Co designs 6 Dominique Hanke and Samantha Sito 7 guest 8 Hatice Ipek Tohumcu designs 9 Camilla Salgaard designs 10-13 guests (Peter Jensen photos).
Later in the week, at the Emerging showcase, Vancouver designers Evan Clayton and Dandilion Wind Opaine launched themselves with elaborate runway shows belying their young age (see Out After Dark).
