Breakfast at the new Tiffany’s Audrey Hepburn’s role in classic 1961 film brought a special brand to the people, so it seemed only natural its shop in Montreal would make a morning debut. Page C3 ARTS&LIFE SECTION C | THE GAZETTE | MONTREAL | Thursday, February 23, 2012 | EDITORS: ARTS, BASEM BOSHRA LIFE, EVANGELINE SADLER | 514 987 2560 [email protected] C2 Style File C4 Tip Sheet C5 Fitness C9 Television C9 Camilli C12 Comics
Show might be rated R – for it’s a riot Fitting Monsieur Bill Brownstein on Funny As Hell Falardeau, “They found an outlet on HBO Canada – where dressing censorship is not an issue.” Patrick ot that this will come N as much of a shock, but the best of the rowdy and raunchy from the Just for Doyon Laughs festival cannot be caught on CBC-TV. Some- thing about censorship. It had long been a concern for Just for Laughs program- custom tailor shop mers that they needed a TV showcase to turn on the young and the restless to their sartorialto outfits comedy cause. Last year, they found an outlet on HBO Can- ada – where censorship is not Oscar nominees an issue – to launch Funny As Hell, featuring a slew of the more edgy and potty- for the red carpet mouthed wits out there. Viewers were treated to such breaking talents as Chelsea Peretti, Jim Jef- Eva Friede feries, Deon Cole and Hanni- GAZETTE STYLE EDITOR bal Buress, who were filmed at the festival, but in a venue wo Montreal Oscar contenders will be walk- not open to the public. So if ing down the red carpet in Los Angeles Sun- their acts seemed fresh, it dave sidaway the gazette T day with a little bit of custom confidence. was no accident. Both Philippe Falardeau and Patrick Doyon The feedback and num- Philippe Falardeau showed up at Sartorialto on Papineau Ave. last bers must have been impres- (above) will be week for separate tuxedo fittings, and both looked sive because Funny As Hell sporting this suit like any young guy in the Plateau: hiking boots, par- is back for a second season, from Sartorialto kas, jeans and knapsacks were the costume du jour. beginning Friday at 9 p.m., at the Oscars on “The tux is something new to me. I’m dressed again on HBO Canada. Fol- Sunday. like a teenager. This man is going to dress me like lowing the same formula, a a man,’’ Falardeau said, pointing to Marc Patrick who’s who of stand-ups was Chevalier, owner of the shop. shot in a private setting at last “It’s an initiation. It’s like losing your virginity. summer’s fest. But the difference is there are spectators here. Back to host again is Jon “You have two tickets to get to the Oscars, the one Dore, a Canuck now based in that is printed and your suit,’’ said Falardeau, writ- California. The move to more er-director of Monsieur Lazhar, nominated for best tropical climes has obviously Patrick Doyon foreign film. not hurt him. His timing and checks out his Falardeau was in good humour, joking with the delivery are decidedly sharp- Oscars suit while media and camera crews that came out to cover er, and his material decidedly Sartorialto’s Marc the fitting.“This is public interest?” he said with a more macabre: “I treated my Patrick Chevalier laugh. “Please note, these are not the shoes I will be grandfather like royalty. I and Daphnee wearing,’’ he said of his running shoes. killed him in a car crash … Hanrahan look The three-piece tux, single-breasted with a shawl Too late?” on . collar and made of fabric from the French house Dormeuil, will give him a sense of belonging, Falar- Please see BROWNSTEIN, deau said. Page C8 PIERRE OBENDRAUF THE GAZETTE Please see FITTING, Page C2
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beauty spotbeauty Three fragrances for women, two for men launched in A Is for Aldo line
Forget models. To launch the new five- bottles. Each colour and scent reflects Aldo’s The red scent was developed by Olivia Jean, fragrance line A Is for Aldo, the company’s varied customer base. There are three colours for a perfumer from Robertet. “It’s for the state- creative team decided to use the product’s min- women on white cubes, and two colours for men ment girl, the life of party,” Jean describes. “She imalistic, Pop Art-style packaging as the star on black cubes. The fragrances were developed by wants everybody to notice her.” The come- of the online and social media campaign. The two of the world’s largest perfumeries, Givaudan hither aroma boasts top notes of peach and a cube-shaped bottle made of hefty Zamak metal and Robertet (Burberry Body, Chloé). heart of rose. has a simply marked “A” at the centre reminis- “Blue is for the most popular girl on cam- cent of a children’s block. The two A Is for Aldo men’s fragrances were pus”, explains Adriana Medina from Givaudan developed by Givaudan perfumers. The yellow Last week’s A Is for Aldo launch in an oversized Fragrances New York. “She is fun, seductive, scent opens with ginger and cardamom and has cube-shaped room at the Compagnie Marie attention-seeking.” The scent begins with a cedar wood and musk in the lower notes. The Chouinard felt like being inside a giant version citrus cocktail of bergamot and freesia, followed red scent has a citrusy introduction with black of the bottle. A video by fashion film darling by a heart of magnolia and sexy base notes of pepper and some pimento and a background of Barnaby Roper played on an LED screen. amber and sandlewood. soft woods. A Is for Aldo fragrances cost $15 for Then there was an interactive mood board that “Yellow is for a girly girl. She is playful and ador- 10 mL, $25 for 30 mL, and $45 for 75 mL. See uses Instagram photos and Facebook to help ing,” Medina says. The scent is inspired by sum- Barnaby Roper’s film and play the Kiss-A-Gram Courtesy of Aldo customers determine their “fragrance personal- mer flowers in the Italian Riviera, and has strong personality game at www.AisforAldo.com. A Is for Aldo: minimalist Pop ity” denoted by different-coloured A’s on the citrus top notes of mandarin and grapefruit. - Suzanne Wexler Art-style packaging. style style ■ ■
on the runway Capital couture Ottawa, you say? Montrealer Helmer Joseph took his collection to fashion week in the country’s cap- ital last week, showing his blend of prêt-a-porter and creative couture. There were 18 shows over three days.“Ottawa invited me,’’ he said, adding he had no costs to cover. He said Montreal fashion shows always look the same in the setting at Bon- secours Market, and he was ready for a change. In October, he probably will show at Toronto’s runway week, he said. But his designs will get a wider viewing before that: Radio-Canada journalist Tanya Lapointe will wear a Helmer dress to the Oscars Sunday. - Eva Friede file
courtesy of Agnieszka Stalkoper courtesy of Agnieszka Stalkoper A look by Montreal designer Helmer Joseph for fall 2012 shown at Ottawa fashion week. Two brides, by Joseph Helmer.
Bye, bye, London. Milan runways get rolling
It’s a wrap for London Fashion Week, where glam Gucci. Final stop on the international labels including Burberry Prorsum, McQ circuit, Paris, kicks off next Tuesday. Alexander McQueen, Paul Smith and Erdem Check out our photo galleries of the showed their fall wares. Wednesday, the best looks for next fall and winter at runways unrolled in Milan with the ever- www.montrealgazette.com/style
Samir Hussein Getty Images Gareth Cattermole Getty Images GIUSEPPE CACACE AFP/Getty Images Erdem fuses lace with prints in his fall 2012 McQ Alexander McQueen by Sarah Burton Gucci showed sheer chiffon and jewel-toned velvets at its fall 2012 show in Milan, collection shown at London Fashion Week. played lace with plaid in London. where the catwalk action got under way Wednesday.
FITTING ‘We decided it was a privilege for us to dress them’
Continued from C1 “We decided it was a privil- tion for people who will be ege for us to dress them,’’ she getting fitted watching.” “If I go dressed in Amer- said. Philippe He would not say if he was ican Apparel,” Falardeau Earlier in the week, Doyon Falardeau’s considering a message from noted, “people will not let me went for his final fitting, for excellent the film, about an Algerian in.” a classic double-breasted tux posture doesn’t give immigrant-turned-teacher In fact, Sartorialto is also with silk lapels, to be worn him an advantage who bonds with a class of making a suit for Falardeau with black tie, not bow tie. Sunday when his children whose previous to wear to the Genies. The The fabric is from the Italian film is up for best teacher hanged herself in the suits, which would cost about house Fintes. foreign-language schoolroom. $2,500 each, are on the house, “It’s a must for an event like film at the Oscars, He recalled that Villeneuve as is Doyon’s tuxedo. this unless you’re already a but it did catch the told him that when he learn- “It’s a window for the busi- superstar,’’ said Doyon, nom- tailor’s eye here, ed he didn’t win the Oscar, he ness, but also for Quebec. I’ll inated for the short animated in Dave Sidaway’s was disappointed, but then be happy if we make it a trad- film Sunday. “With made to video, relieved at not having to get ition,’’ Chevalier said of out- measure you feel more confi- montrealgazette. on stage. fitting Oscar nominees. dent on the red carpet.” com/style Falardeau said he thought With seven tailors on staff, “He wanted something clas- he would enjoy giving a the shop does only custom sic. It could have been edgier speech if he wins. “If not, tailoring. “We’re young and – but he doesn’t want to stand it will have been one of the have a young vision,’’ he said. out too much,’’ Chevalier greatest journeys for me in The price range for a suit said. not take the Oscar. fore 800 million people. sure I say something mean- my professional life. is from $1,200 to $40,000, said Satorialto also created a Falardeau, still joking, per- He did say he would be ingful, which means I skip all “If not, I’m still a winner.” Daphnée Hanrahan, the tux for Denis Villeneuve last haps, said he was more nerv- nervous the day of the Os- the thank-yous,’’ he said. tailor who worked on the Os- year for his nomination for ous about trying the tux and cars, and that he is working “You need to elevate your [email protected] car outfits. the film Incendies, which did wearing it than speaking be- on a speech. “I want to make speech and try be a motiva- @evitastyle on twitter.com