Webisode #1 - Kirk and Stephen

Hello everyone!
Hope you are all having an INCREDIBLE summer. Things at the studio are busy as ever as we are in Fall line production and prepare our Spring Collection which will be shown in a runway presentation soon. We will definitely keep you guys in the loop as it is all happening! Make sure to check our "Staff Summer Essentials" posts for tips to brave this sweltering season in killer style in the mean time!

We are SO thrilled to debut our very first video in Greta Constantine's very own webisode series! Our first video features Greta Constantine designers Stephen Wong (left) and Kirk Pickersgill (right) in conversation about their experience at the ALEXANDER McQUEEN: SAVAGE BEAUTY exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, and their admired and most revered fashion designers of all time!

We hope you enjoy this video! Please comment, and, stay tuned for more webisodes to hear from some of our most involved contributors!

Xx greta c.

Greta Through The Times

Greta Constantine has been worn by women (and men, but today the spotlight is on our lady friends) of all ages at different times in their lives. Whether these women wear Greta Constantine to a work-related cocktail party, a movie premier, or on their wedding day, they SERIOUSLY rock our draped pieces. The women that wear (and simultaneously rock) Greta Constantine runway looks are confident and totally stylish. A most beautiful navy colour (and one of greta c.'s favourites) is a recurring theme in this post, as are pretty ladies. Enjoy!

Canada's own FashionTelevision powerhouse Jeanne Beker sporting our Fall/Winter 2010 black and navy shiny sequinned one shoulder Grecian column. Whoa. Rock those gams, girl! Angelic faced, pretty-young-thing, Canadian actress, Allie MacDonald totally glam in Greta Constantine Fall/Winter 2010 at the Toronto International Film Film Festival. Black + navy = possibly the best colour combination? Ever?

Are you noticing a theme in this post? The theme is black and navy all over! (Unintentional... I swear). Seen here on actress/singer/Weight Watchers spokesmodel/American idol runner-up Jennifer Hudson on the cover of Fashion magazine's October 2010 issue. Looking glam, lady!
This colour combination of the above draped Greta Constantine dresses makes me long for a sun filled, turquoise sea vacation. Saint Barth's, anyone? Pictured are Alexandra Weston (left) and Suzanne Cohon (right) co-principals of ASC PR.

What is your favourite way to style your Greta Constantine pieces? What are your favourite colours you absolutely love wearing our clothes in?

All our love.

Xx greta c.

Glorious and Free

Canada Day may have been Friday, but that doesn't mean odes to our nation ought to be confined to that single day! Indeed, having the good fortune of being a Canadian fashion label designed, managed, and produced in Toronto, Canada, we at Greta Constantine thought it would be a perfect time to highlight some of our most favourite things about residing in this beautiful land.

Some backstage access - at the Greta Constantine Fall/Winter 2011/2012 show at the Audi dealership in downtown Toronto's East end. Seen is (FORD) supermodel in the making Madison in one of our cozy-chic Fall looks. Look familiar? She starred in our SKIN campaign from just a few weeks ago.

THE COVETEUR. Co-founders Erin Kleinberg and Stephanie Mark are Canadian, and super-talented photographer for the site Jake Rosenberg hails from Toronto, as well. We all know and love the fanciful-fashion-filled web wonder that captures the professionally curated wardrobe and home findings of some seriously stylish folk. Pictured: a Greta Constantine feathered frock aptly named the 'Liz' in the home of FLARE Fashion Director and demi-god, Liz Cabral.

We certainly cannot forget this fabulous natural sweetener. Melt-in-your-mouth flapjacks wouldn't be complete without it: maple syrup! Born and raised in O, Canada.

Happy Canada Day peeps. Be sure to enjoy all that our prime real estate has to offer, and get your fashion on, Canadiana style (which is so much more than flannel and denim-on-denim).

P.S. Want to know how Kirk and Stephen find inspiration for their designs? The celebrity they'd most want to dress? Or who they'd never? Tweet @gretconstantine with your question and #gctellall in prep for this week's webisode!

Xx greta c.

An Episode? MORE LIKE A WEBSIODE.

We are doing a webisode!

Now is your chance to get up close and personal with Greta Constantine designers Stephen Wong and Kirk Pickersgill, and see how the threads of this business are woven together! Tweet us at @gretconstantine using hashtag #gctellall (sidenote: there will be no gossip found in this video) from now until Wednesday, July 6 , 2011 with your questions for Stephen and Kirk and you just never know… your fashionable queries might get chosen to be featured in our first own video interview… meaning you will get the answer to your question from the designers themselves!

Xx greta c.

Lace, Wires, and a Trip to the 13th Floor

Kirk and Stephen joined Torontonian heavy hitters in the sectors of fashion, film, art, and media, at the annual Power Ball (the fundraiser has been around since 1999), in the fancy Harbour Front Centre, which raises dollars for the Power Plant, a public art gallery and organization that seeks to bring contemporary art to audiences near and far. This is a great way to help keep the art industry alive!

This sign served to mark the path for the evening's guests. No elevators necessary.

Either having experienced it first hand or simply by photographs, the laser-wire-lights acted to deceive the eyes in amazing ways. As did the vodka.

Kirk (right) and Stephen (left) in their signature attires (so what if the information in the brackets were deceptive -- It's all part of the theme!).

A rainbow bright wall illuminating silhouettes at the art party. It reminds me of the light peg toy I used to make whimsical shapes back when I was a kid.

Fashion flights of fancy. Pictured together are Anita Clark of website I Want I Got and PR maven April Wozny. Anita Clarke is clad in a Mark Fast body suit, looking stronger than superman, whereas April is looking both lovely and daring in a lacey body hugging ensemble … if only I could pull that ensemble off as well as April did!

*All images from Becca Lemire for shedoesthecity.com.

What could be better than fashionable friends joining together to benefit a good cause? Close to nothing in my book.

Stay tuned for the diary of a (Greta Constantine) intern.

Xx greta c.