Fashion From the Floor Up: WCFW Launch Party

coat - Zara, blouse - Winners, pants + rings - H & M, bag - Co-Lab,
 pendant - Aldo, shoes - Spring, cuff - Banana Republic

photos by the boyfriend

As you can see we are experiencing what I like to call "sprinter," which is spring disguised as winter. Even though it's the end of March, we still have snow on the ground and it's just. Not. Fair. I was freezing in this light orange coat! But anyways, instead of complaining more about the weather I'm going to talk about Fashion From the Floor Up, an evening of style and design put on by Western Canada Fashion Week and Absolute Hardwood Flooring to launch Fashion Week which starts on Thursday! The party was held Friday night at Phabrik Art & Design Center - the perfect venue for an event like this. The stylish crowd sipped cocktails, ate delicious hors d'oeuvres and watched a unique design competition while a DJ spun beats in the background.

Kassandra from Kastles and Vickie from Adventures In Fashion pose on the red carpet

FASHION magazine's Caroline Gault, Janis from Dress Me Dearly 

and Andrew from High Gloss White

Alyssa and Kurtis from The Ordinary Peoples, whom I met for the first time that night.

You HAVE to check out their blog! It's one of my favorites!

From left to right - first, second and third place designs by Ravi Gill who made his McQueen-esque dress out of paper,  Derek Jagodzinsky, who designed his elegant dress with garbage bags and Rebecka Pichoch who used shelf lining and redwood for her creation. They were all so unique!

WCFW's Rowena Manansala, Caroline Gault, Kendall Barber from City and Dale, 

Andrew and Kassandra

Sandy Joe from The Pretty Secrets and her friend Dave

I am so excited for another season of Western Canada Fashion Week and can't wait to see what this season has in store! To see the full calendar and which designers will be showing this season click here. Hope you had a great weekend!