LG Fashion Week Recap: Brandon R. Dwyer Focuses on Summer for 2010

After a ten hour bus ride departing from New York City on a NeOn bus that failed to deliver on its promise of electrical outlets and WiFi, I arrived in a rain-soaked Toronto. Really, you’d think that the rain would signal to me that the day wouldn’t so fabulous.

Heading over to my first show of the last day of fashion week, which was that of Project Runway Canada alumnus Brandon R. Dwyer, I can say that was already hectic. Thinking that I would be late, I hurried over in a taxi only to find that the spare time that I had allotted would go into insisting that I had not received my media pass and that I should be receiving one.

Seated in the wrong section (I’m later told to ignore the ticket given to me and that media is seated in the section facing the runway), I am being jibbed and jabbed at by obnoxious eager beavers. The show starts with music that leaves me puzzled. Aren’t fashion shows supposed to have energy? Well, this one seems to have been bogged down by the weather, as the music sounds more like a techno song on tranquilizers.

As for his collection, there are some great pieces along with some plain ones. With plenty of orange, teal, and white mixed into the pieces, Dwyer aims to project his clothes more for the summer season than the spring one. Most of the collection looks the same with A-line skirts, bubble hems, and bat-wing sleeves, with some variation of stripes that follow the contours of the body. Really, it’s not that interesting for the most part.

The show stopper, though, is a cream v-necked dress adorned with beautiful crystal work. Had that been the last piece of the show, I bet that a lot more of the audience would have been receptive. The last dress to hit the runway, though, people are appreciating, but I fail to see the allure. What I’m referring to is the black-and-white candy cane striped dress that looks more like something pulled out of the Fairweather prom dress catalog, as opposed to the Holt Renfrew racks.

Dwyer's first piece to hit the runway: an orange a-line shaped dress

Dwyer's Showstopping Dress on the Left, and the Questionable One on the Right

Images courtesy of blogTO

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