Toronto Fashion Week Day 1 - Chloe comme Parris, Pink Tartan and a few drinks

Now that it's all over, I can finally sit down and write about my Toronto Fashion Week F/W 2013 adventures! Even though I'm still working on runway recaps and so on I've decided to put some time aside for the blog. Yay blogging!

Here goes nothing...

Day 1 of Toronto's World MasterCard Fashion week opened up with yet another amazing collection by Chloe comme Parris. The Gordon sisters sent a 90s-grunge inspired line down their fall 2013 runway and yet again I wanted to own every single piece of it. Every little detail, down to the punk-rock braids in the models' hair, was perfect. If for some reason you have no idea what I'm talking about and you have yet to set your eyes on the beauty that is the Chloe comme Parris fall line, please do so now. KayThanksBye.

The Gordon Sister
Photos: Elayne Millar

After the CCP show, I took to my front row seat and enjoyed Kimberley Newport-Mimran's Pink Tartan collection. Interested in 1950's bombshell housewives? Good! Check out the article I wrote for the Post. Here are some photos I took backstage.

pale nails for Pink Tartan F/W 2013 

Big dark eyebrows. Don't got 'em? Sucks to be you.
(KARMA! the kids who made fun of mine in elementary school can SUCK IT NOW HA!)

When Day 1 came to an end, I headed over to the Holts Opening Night Party on the third floor of the Bloor and Bay Street flagship store. At first, I didn't want to go. I thought I'd be out of place. I was wrong! Hint: if you're ever invited to cocktail party hosted by a billion dollar department store like Holts just GO! Yes, the crowd was slightly older (the Toronto fashion industry's main people..UM HI!) but EVERYTHING WAS FREE.

Being social in a leopard high-low dress
photo: shedoesthecity

Older people have money. Young noobies like myself don't. So? Get in on the free food, drinks and networking opportunities! The Holts Opening Night Party was so fun and I made a ton of new friends while stuffing my face with pastries, oysters, mini grilled cheeses, and free cocktails!

Afterwards, I headed over to yet another fashion party at the Mercer to dance around to A$AP Rocky, the celebrity DJ of the night, and continued to get my drink on with some of the biggest names in fashion press. GREAT NIGHT. (don't be jealous).

Runawaylove x Lookbookcookbook 3.0 and 4.0

Yes yes, this has become a regular thing. Lookbookcookbook creator and pro photographer Jessica Milan and I have a bond now, and that bond is our love for the deliciously scrumptious treats the lovely Jess makes with her own two hands! For those who are just tuning in, LBCB is an amazing food/fashion blog that I was given the chance to model for. I posted the two other looks I did for Jess back in the day and if you're interested, feel free to check them out here and here. I modelled with key lime cupcakes and an even better peanut butter chocolate banana pop. SO GOOD.

Because I've been quite the blog-slacker these past few months I forgot to post my most recent LBCB shots. I modelled Jess' crispy chocolate rice square and chocolate covered raisin clusters. I had a great time... as you can tell from my super smiley face haha.

Photos: Jessica Milan for LBCB
Styling: Chloe Wise

Photo: Jessica Milan for LBCB
Styling: Chloe Wise

In more recent news, Jess has asked me to style the next Lookbookcookbook photo-shoot  So stay tuned for that! I'll be styling the entire thing on my own and I'll be doing some more modelling as well. Should be a great time! Well, I'm off to eat some baked goods now, cause all this talk of chocolatey goodness is really getting to me. Time to get my oven working and hit up lookbookcookbook.com. LAYTAHS! (sugarrushsugarrushsugarrush)

Runawaylove for lookbookcookbook

HAPPY SUNNY SUMMER DAYS READERS! Sorry I've been so M.I.A recently. To catch you all up on the going-on's of my life as of the last post, I recently moved back to the glorious MTL for the summer and have been working and tanning and working and tanning and drinking and working. As a result runawaylove has been somewhat neglected. HAVE NO FEAR! I'm back and I've got lots of fashiony stuff to share.

First off, before I left Toronto I had the pleasure of working with the beautiful and amazing Jessica Milan, photographer and creator of the ever-so-popular fashion-meets-vegan-baking blog Lookbook Cookbook. Basically what LBCB is is a vegan cookbook and fashion blog. Milan creates all sorts of vegan treats (cupcakes, pies, pastries, brownings, cakes, milkshakes, puddings, BASICALLY EVERYTHING AMAZING --- all of which are 100% vegan and delicious) and then FASHUNS the recipes up by photographing the desserts being scarfed down by models. LBCB has gotten super popular. Not only are the desserts amazing ( I think I've stressed that point enough...) but the models, styling and photography are also really something special. The blog has been getting a lot of attention recently from magazines like Dress To KILL, Nylon, Vice, Glamour France, etc. Even PETA gave it a shout on their website!

ANYWAY! As I mention earlier, I did a little modelling for Jessica and it was SO FUN! I did a few different desserts that have yet to be posted but in the meantime here's my favourite --- peanut butter banana pops!!!!

Here are some behind the scene pictures of all the yummy goodness! Got them from Jessica and Chloe Wise's instagram. Follow them at @jessicamilan_ and @naughtymess.