Vancouver Fashion Week

I was going to reply to your email (I am traveling at the moment) but you’ve obviously seen the post, so there’s no need. I think we can agree to disagree, I don’t think the collection I saw was up to standard for a runway, but that is my (strong) opinion, and I know that not everyone agrees with me. I am no Suzy Menkes or Cathy Horyn, but I have a pretty respectable background, and I have enough knowledge to critique fashion collections.
With regards to Paul Hardy and other Canadian designers, I do have a lot of positive things to say, as well as negative. I loved Paul Hardy‘s work (which I mentioned in the blog post about you…) , and am a big fan of Jason Matlo‘s collections. I also wrote some very favourable reviews about Montreal Fashion Week, as well as some negative ones. And I recently mentioned that I am going to be covering more Canadian designers in my blog, as there are a few, Obakki and Nixxi, that I want to write about in more detail, because they are great. I do think that Canadian fashion has a bad reputation, however, there are some excellent designers here that are doing some great work, not to mention Canadians abroad doing fantastic collections (Mark Fast and Erdem to name a few.)
I am glad to hear that you are surviving, it is tough to make money as a small brand in the fashion industry, so best of luck to you.

I don’t claim to have street credibilty, but being a graduate of the prestigious Central Saint Martins MA in Fashion Design, as well as a designer at Sonia Rykiel and Burberry, and working as a trend forecaster for many of the top agencies in the world gives me the skills to critique fashion collections.

Frankly, your comment barely deserves a response, however I’ll just say that the coat you’ve insulted (which was “unfitted” or “oversized”, that’s a trend by the way) was a best seller and sold out in one week at Dover Street Market. But I highly doubt you have any idea what Dover Street Market is.