Last Friday night, fellow editor Kandace and I had the amazing opportunity to attend the second fashion show hosted by Holt Renfrew in support of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra in the beauty of the Devonian Gardens. This was my second year attending an event of the sort, as you may remember from the posts Ailin and I wrote about the Lock into Paris event last year. Filled with food, fashion, and music, the show has impressed me for the second year in a row.
Although I arrived late because I was at the CPO concert of the Butterfly Lovers concerto earlier that night (honestly an amazing concert — tear-inducing!), I was just in time to experience the fashion show with wardrobe provided by Calgary’s luxury source, Holt Renfrew. As much as I loved last year’s fashion aspect of the show, I have to say that I was astonished with the amazing articles exhibited this year, which took inspiration from Dolce & Gabbana’s beautiful f/w 16 campaign.
Needless to say, the featured fashions included tons of florals, though not in the tacky and overdone sense. I felt that all the outfits and looks perfectly channeled the mysterious nature of the night’s theme. Below are some of my favourite looks of the night, modeled by the beautiful girls at Nobles Management.
But fashion is only one side of the event! After all, it is a benefit show that supports the CPO. Cue the music! Since there was a concert on the same night, there were significantly less orchestra musicians around to provide live music when compared to last year, but that doesn’t mean the show was any less impressive. In fact, this year’s epic live music performed by two violins and a track for the runway portion of the show was  powerful and provided a refreshing burst of energy to accompany the night. Once again, it was selected by the CPO’s assistant concertmaster, Donovan Seidle, whose musical genius has never failed to disappoint in any of the many endeavors he partakes in in the Calgary music scene. Plus, there were musicians strewn around the gardens dressed as fairies to bring entertainment all-over.
To see the food and atmospheric side of the multi-faceted event, see Kandace’s post here.
Special thanks to the CPO for providing Kandace and I tickets to this show for the second year in a row, it was a terrific opportunity and tremendous honour to be able to attend the event as media.
All opinions expressed are my own and all photos taken by me and Kandace
