(Semi)Dress Mess 2008
Although I would’ve loved to have stayed a little longer at Indyish sponsored Dress Mess, the one hour late start (technical difficulties) forced me to leave early due to an impending deadline for Gloss (I just finished and it’s currently 3:20am).
Once again treading in unfamiliar territory in the indie scene, my friend and I shyly stepped inside the roomy loft in the Old Port to settle in the back to take in our surroundings. At the entrance was an elaborately decorated dress by Moly Kulte, an eco-fashion label. Dress Mess is part of a monthly event called “Monthly Mess” by Indyish, where artists of all background can use the space to play music, have fashion shows, to even “finger puppets and lap dancing.” This month’s “mess” involves their one year celebration. Of the things I was able to witness were readings from Worn Fashion Journal of their upcoming issue, a small fashion show by La Gaillarde, which houses around 30 eco-fashion brands, and gave some healthy advice on being more ethically minded consumers. Guests were allowed to post advice on post-it notes and some of them were read outloud, my favorite being “If you wear your Superman outfit every day, it stops being special.”
What’s always impressive are the street styles that pop up even in this chilly weather, a time where I can’t help but dress like a grandma to keep warm. Kudos to the skirt and dress wearing gals to the event.
It was an interesting night, but fashion events will be fashion events, nothing ever starts on time. I keep hoping they would, but they never do.
ahh, we could blame the fashion kids for making us (fashionably) late, but really the fault lies with the rented soundboard. the only reason we had any sound at all was because James Finnerty, our sound guy, and Jason from Soundcraft Canada, did some crazy last minute patching to pull it off. We started a bit later then promoted, but still early, 9ish, so not so bad, I’d say! thanks for coming!
risa
March 2, 2008 at 2:19 pm
oh – to be clear, the soundboard wasn’t from soundcraft, just the helpful guy and the nice mics!
back to fashion – what did you think of the worn readings?
risa
March 2, 2008 at 2:22 pm
Well that’s ok, it was nothing like one of the fashion shows I attended at Times Supper Club where the show started 2 hrs late because some DJ was a no-show. My friends who went with me had to leave before the show even started, so that was a bum.
It’s just that I have other plans sorted after some of these events, so that’s why I had to cut them short!
For the Worn readings, I think I misunderstood the concept in the beginning. I thought we were going to have a group discussion on fashion advice in general, getting everyone’s input, so I was surprised it was a reading. I liked the first one with the mother, but no offense to the 2nd reading with the bathing suit story, but it was a little monotone. I had a nice time though eventhough I didn’t really speak to anybody, lol.
Dahlia
March 2, 2008 at 2:53 pm
here’s some photo proof of the skirt and dress wearing gals, and i believe some of the good street style you were refering to?
http://pregnantgoldfish.wordpress.com/2008/03/02/brush-off-your-blazers/
too bad you weren’t able to stick around to see the whole show!
pregnantgoldfish
March 2, 2008 at 10:15 pm
Thanks for the pics! I loved that pleated skirt too, though with my chest I probably won’t do it any justice, lol.
I wanted to see Nightwood perform, I visited their MySpace and really liked their song “Blind Assassin,” would’ve been nice to see them live. Maybe another time!
Dahlia
March 3, 2008 at 12:54 am
A nice dress!
Mehriban
July 18, 2008 at 12:42 pm