I recently discovered Minimidimaxi magazine, a webmag dedicated to Canadian fashion. I was impressed, for two reasons. The first was that I got to discover some great Canadian talent I had never heard of, and secondly, because they not only featured designers working in Canada, but Canadian designers abroad (like Erdem, and Mark Fast), which is definitely more interesting than just designers based in Canada.

The website design isn’t up to par with many other online magazines, but the content is definitely extremely useful for anyone wanting to know what is going on in the Canadian Fashion scene. One thing I find really strange from their list of designers is that there are so few. They don’t seem to post any crappy designers, and I know there are an abundance of those in Canada, but how come Canada, which has a population of 30 million, has only a handful of good designers compared to somewhere like Denmark, with a population of 5 million and tons of great designers?

One designer that caught my eye was Jeremy Laing. I had heard the name before, but I had no idea he was Canadian.  He shows during New York Fashion Week and for Spring Summer 2010 designed a collection of dresses and separates that featured geometric shaping, loose drapes, and fabric blocking in shades of black, greys and beiges.

Jeremy Laing Spring Summer 2010. Images from www.minimidimaxi.com

His website photos are also very impressive. His stockist list includes Holt Renfrew, so I will be checking out his collections when I am in again next. (Speaking of Holts, my review on their lingerie department comes out tomorrow.)