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When Canada's L'Oréal Fashion Week gets underway - FAT- The Alternative Fashion Week launches for the first time. Featuring Street Fashion Shows, Music, etc. Advertised as "Experience fashion in its raw state, before it gets chewed up by the mainstream. Innovative. Imaginative. Provocative. Real."

Press Release:

Toronto Alternative Fashion Week [FAT] takes place October 17 - 19, 2006

Fashion Shows. Art Exhibitions. Performances. Live Music. National and International Talent: 42 designers, 22 visual artists, and 11 music groups set the stage for this groundbreaking event to unfold. Experience fashion in its raw state, before it gets chewed up by the mainstream. Innovative. Imaginative. Provocative. Real. This is the new generation of talent.

Toronto - Slip your feet into some cake shoes, because [FAT] is in this season. The second annual Toronto Alternative Fashion Week [FAT] is in motion and is set to hit the Distillery District's Fermenting Cellar from October 17 to 19, 2006.
[FAT] is an interactive multimedia production, melding fashion with performance and visual art and music. The three-day event features works by local and international artists. The art will be showcased throughout the event. Joining their Canadian counterparts [FAT] has attracted an exciting group of international designers and artists from Japan, England, Turkey, Serbia and Denmark each bringing a new flavor to the Toronto art and fashion scene.
Each night of [FAT] is defined by a different theme - Fantasy, Seduction and Street. Equally stunning and innovative, every night awakens your senses and steers your imagination. Expect a slew of runway shows, live performances and installations featuring talented up-starts and established artisans redefining style and influence. The event is extended through flash street fashion shows across the city, a Music Mobile, and Creative Corners for local vendors to show, tell and sell.
In its second year, The Toronto Alternative Fashion Week: [FAT] is Toronto's first-ever alternative fashion event. With 'alternative' defining their style consciousness, bringing the public and the industry the mutually exclusive possibilities of fashion-forwards fused with music and art.

www.getfat.ca

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