He pauses to soak in the backstage chaos: buzzing photographers, stylists steaming, makeup artists painting tattoos on waif-like male models. Outside the dressing area, Wong, by contrast, is stoic and focused. "As much as you plan things they never turn out that way," he says. "It's almost as if it has a life of its own... I'm pretty tough on our collection.
christian louboutin Sometimes I hate a piece but when I see it on a girl, it comes to life." 9:30 p.m.: K: Our models storm the runway in the finale and we follow close behind. To see everything together - the ostrich and silk gazar, makeup and tattoos, prints and leather - chills run up my spine! All I can say is that we're not coming in tomorrow!
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May 29, 2009 The Beginning. Four months before the Canadian design duo's hotly anticipated show, Kirk Pickersgill and designer Stephen Wong are starting to think about developing the collection. It's a rare moment of stillness in their crammed fifth-floor walk-up studio in downtown Toronto. "We don't usually start doing things until like a month before, two weeks before even," he admits. But this time the stakes are higher. "People are starting to notice, so you have to prove yourself," he says about the collection's meteoric rise. (The duo launched Greta Constantine in 2005.) "We're starting to go international.
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June 9 Kirk: On my way back from a family reunion in Jamaica. On the plane watching To Kill A Mockingbird - feeling inspired by opening credits.
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June 10 K: Holt Renfrew trunk show in Montreal was a success. Met Celine Dion's stylist, Annie Horth and talked about a possible future collaboration with Celine.