...like another few reasons why Montreal is just the swellest!

Awhile back, I was invited to participate in an event in Montreal that just happens to be fashion and design related. It's called Festival du Mode et Design. It's the kind of event where the city of Montreal closes a notable street downtown and notable buildings on it (for example, Place Ville Marie by I.M. Pei and Henry N. Cobb) host its ongoing events on two runways for four days.

Bijougraphie had the good fortune of being featured on the runway at Place Ville Marie. The idea that Bijougraphie was being featured on a runway on an I.M Pei and Henry N. Cobb designed building floored me (in a good way). Here's my amateur clip of it (feel free to see it on full screen!):

Bijougraphie at Festival Mode et Design Montreal 2011's La Boutique Fashion Show from bijougraphie on Vimeo.

I crossed paths with a budding event photographer, Tanya A. Hall, who was able to capture great stills of this very brief moment, which by the way, debuts one of my latest pieces, The Polynecklace (more to come of that in the next few weeks):
[portfolio_slideshow include="989, 990, 991, 992"]

Adding to this, Bijougraphie was invited to be a part of a group of Montreal designers featuring their latest collections at the festival's pop-up shop, La Boutique, something that's also sponsored by fashion mag Loulou, which happened to select the drop chain earrings as a special pick at the event, to my surprise!
[portfolio_slideshow include="1021, 1022"]

Giddyness continued as I watched the Jean Paul Gaultier show. I thought I could resist prendres des photos, but I caved in. So here you go. Here's the show in a nutshell: Gaultier. Dichotomies. Juxtapositions. Raw. Edge. Rock. Punk. Pirates. Sailors. Wenches. Sex. Patterns. "Real" people. Man corsets. Amy Winehouse tribute. Madonna Like a Virgin reference. All of which make up aspects of timeless bourgeoisie-ness perhaps? I wouldn't know, I'm just a plebe that was lucky to see this from row one-ish. Keep up the good work Montreal and bring in more of these things!
[portfolio_slideshow exclude="989, 990, 991, 992, 1013, 1022, 1021"]

Being in a sea of wow and even the idea of people working at Sensation Mode thinking that Bijougraphie could be a great part of this is flattering. They even feature it quite prominently on their website here, here and here! In return, I hope the Bijougraphie collection at La Boutique, presence on the runway and prizes for their two big contests fare well for the festival.

Yep, it's a big week for Bijougraphie.