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ISSUE NO. 11 FALL 2018 BESPOKE no. 11 CONTENTS Letters from your CAFTCAD President Rental Run: Our go-to guide for rental 05 & BeSpoke’s Editor-in-Chief 14 houses in Toronto and beyond Ten years of CAFTCAD: Learn about Close Up: Discover what CAFTCAD 06 our fascinating history from some of 18 members have been up to in 2018 the many members involved Doors Open: CAFTCAD brings “From Heavenly Bodies: Fashion meets art at 12 Concept to Creation” exhibit to 20 The Met in our member review Toronto’s unique public festival 3 BESPOKE no. 10 LETTER FROM in helping realize the dream. fresh features, concepts and plans for the future. Special thanks to our THE EDITOR The well-wornBESPOKE Nigerian proverb, no. 10 “It new Creative Director Nicole Manek, takes a village” gains new life when CAFTCAD’s Operations and Communi- Spring arrives with our latest edition applied to the costume department. cations Manager, Lynsey Clark, and all ofLETTER BeSpoke - our tenth FROM in fact - which Appreciatingin helping realize the process the dream. of costume ourfresh contributors features, concepts for their invaluableand plans happens to coincide with the tenth design from mood-board to principal contributionfor the future. to this Special magazine thanks - forto our anniversaryTHE ofEDITOR CAFTCAD. andThe background well-worn Nigerian costumes, proverb, means “It you,new about Creative you, Director and in celebration Nicole Manek, of knowingtakes a thatvillage” so much gains ofnew it can life bewhen at- thisCAFTCAD’s incredible Operations community. and Communi- There’sSpring mucharrives to with celebrate our latest within edition our tributedapplied to to the the collective costume department.work of the cations Manager, Lynsey Clark, and all BESPOKE no. 11 BESPOKE no. 11 community.of BeSpoke Our - our industry tenth in has fact matured - which immediateAppreciating and the extended process family of costume that Enjoy!our contributors for their invaluable andhappens as a result to coincide we’ve seenwith athe sizable tenth makesdesign up from the mood-boardcostume designer’s to principal team. contribution to this magazine - for increaseanniversary in accolades, of CAFTCAD. both for the and background costumes, means you, about you, and in celebration of Rental Run our go-to guide of Happy Anniversary CAFTCAD! 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Copy Editor The Launch of the First CAFTCAD Awards – agrowth light on and the will different prove fascinating members of our designed book. Our editorial team has Kim Harkness reading for both long-standing and Thanks to this wonderful community LORETTA CHIN CAFTCAD community who also play an worked tirelessly to create an exciting LORETTA CHIN new members. We also pay homage for their continued support and for Photography Call for Submissions integral (yet less publicly visible role) new format for BeSpoke 10, with some Editor-in-Chief LETTERto our valued industry FROM partners with Timesallowing have us really to be changed their voice. in the film Because locally basedEditor artists - in-Chief are designing Anna Bertram By Joanna Syrokomla & Cynthia Amsden industry since CAFTCAD’s inception. more large-scale productions, local artisans Taralea Cutler THE PRESIDENT Toronto has been experiencing record have also been given more opportunities Bonnie Dickson Cresting on the excitement of awards season, the first annual CAFTCAD Awards levels of production for several years to build amazing costumes for these films Jo Jin will take place within the white granite walls of the majestic Aga Khan Museum, in It’s incredible to think that CAFTCAD and local costume designers are and television shows. 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