WMCFW Day 3: RUDYBOIS SS15

Rudy Bois is a Quebecois designer who reconnected with his love of fashion after doing a fashion marketing internship in Paris. He started his line RUDYBOIS for the Spring/Summer 2013 season and has not looked back as he began his meteoric rise in Candian Fashion.

This Spring/Summer 2015 collection was true to the RUDYBOIS aesthetic of strong silhouettes and symetrical design, despite the line's minimalism there are notes of romanticism in the use of fabrics. Using crisp white, rich red and strong black contrasted with silk and sheer textures allowed for the craftsmanship to really speak for itself.

I was fortunate enough to interview Rudy Bois after the show and talk to him about Candian fashion and how he felt about anglo Canadian design in contrast with franco-Canadian design. Bois expressed his feelings that here in Toronto we "take fashion more seriously," and we "have a wider range of fashions offered and accepted".

He was a charming and gracious young man talking about the strength of the RUDYBOIS woman and how he does not have a specific muse when designing the line but, that the RUDYBOIS woman is evolving. I found it refreshing to speak with a male designer who spoke of the woman he is designing for with respect and saw her as an equal. He is not creating an ideal but creating for a true woman. A woman who is deciding what she wants to be. His collection allows for the wearer to truly stand out and be complimented by the outfit she is wearing, as much strength and beauty there is in the clothes themselves they are there to support the woman not transform her.

It was a pleasure to have met Rudy Bois and I look forward to seeing him again at WMCFW showcasing his unique vision for women.

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