Heidi Ackerman

Heidi Ackerman and Lindsay Sinclair at FAT

2011-04-18T11:05:00.001-07:00

Heidi Ackerman & Lindsay Sinclair at Alternative Arts and Fashion Week
April 28, 2011

Photo: Brent Goldsmith

On April 28th, 2011 Heidi Ackerman will present a capsule collection in collaboration with industrial designer, Lindsay Sinclair at Alternative Arts and Fashion Week. This capsule collection focuses on “accessories” created from bent wood.

Inspiration for the collection is taken from the concept of “future memories”. A type of futuristic camouflage is created through which the viewer is able to imagine a different time and place.

As a special feature this year, |FAT| introduces “Fashion on Film” for which THIRTY9STEPS, Heidi Ackerman and Lindsay Sinclair will present a short fashion film as a precursor to the collection.

Heidi Ackerman’s work has been widely recognized and featured in ZINK, FASHION, Flare, British Supplementaire and Dress to Kill. Her work is sold at Thieves in Toronto, Ukamaku Online Boutique and rented from L’ Armoire Du Styliste in New York City.

FOR MORE INFORMATION & MEDIA REGISTRATION:
Theresa Micallef theresa@tenfourpublicity.com

Ticket and Event Information:

SHOW DATE: April 28th, 2011 at 8:40pm

ADVANCE TICKETS: $25/Day Pass, $70/Week Pass in advance at the following:

Slinky/MOOG Audio: 442 Queen St West, 416-603-2600

Nathalie-Roze & Co.1015 Queen Street East, 416-792-1699

Method Lab: 148 Augusta, 416-875-6781 (Wed-Sunday)

Shop Girls: 1342 Queen Street West, 416-534-7467

$30/Day @ the door

FOR A COMPLETE SCHEDULE VISIT: www.getfat.ca

"Ones to watch: Heidi Ackerman" on FASHION Blog

2011-04-07T07:25:00.000-07:00

A recent article on the FASHION blog: http://www.fashionmagazine.com/blogs/fashion/2011/04/06/38905/

Thanks to Randi Bergman!

Interview on the CONTRA Blog

2011-04-07T07:24:00.000-07:00

Here is a recent interview I did with Jen Tse for the CONTRA blog!

http://thinkcontra.com/blog/heidi-ackerman-interview/

New editorial in ZINK Magazine - U.S.

2011-03-01T06:59:00.000-08:00

Masks and Headpieces: Created in collaboration with Lindsay Sinclair
Styling: Salem Moussallam. Photography: Joseph Saraceno

Sweater Auciton in Support of WWF Canada

2011-02-02T06:35:00.000-08:00

One of my knit sweaters from my first collection will be auctioned at this event for WWF Canada. The sweater is hand knit with super soft organic merino wool and organic cotton yarns. If you get a chance check out this event!

WWF Event

Poster for Saidah Baba Talibah

2011-01-09T14:35:00.001-08:00

My bike tire jacket was featured on great Toronto musician, Saidah Baba Talibah's album release poster. Check out her out at http://saibabat.blogspot.com/

Fashion film by Thirty9 Steps

2010-11-21T18:31:00.000-08:00

"Held Captive in this Moment" fashion film by Thirty9 Steps

Ukamaku Boutique is Live!

2010-11-16T06:45:00.000-08:00

A new online boutique for Canadian fashion designers will be selling select pieces from my Spring/Summer 2011 collection.

On November 16th they will be holding a media and VIP launch preview.

Have a look at the avaliable pieces at http://www.ukamaku.com/heidiackerman/

Dress To Kill article on Fashion Art Toronto

2010-10-15T07:34:00.000-07:00

In October's issue of Dress To Kill there is a great article about Fashion Art Toronto - our alternate fashion week here in Toronto.

FLARE Magazine - October Issue

2010-10-11T07:53:00.000-07:00

In the October issue of Flare I was featured in the "Fashion News" section along with two of illustrations from my Orlando Lunaire project.

Orlando Lunaire Photos

2010-09-21T21:58:00.000-07:00

In a small, sweaty storage shed in the industrial area of Toronto - Opera Erratica teamed up with Heidi Ackerman to create an underground opera titled Orlando Lunaire. The directore Patrick Eakin Young and Ashiq Aziz (Classical Music Consort)combined two different operas to create a baroque/modern opera mix tape with incredible performers Scott Belluz and Carla Huhtahen.

Fantastics Magazine Editorial

2010-09-14T10:01:00.000-07:00

Editorial with model Rashel Wani for Fantastics Magazine

http://fantasticsmag.com/node/3383

Le Creative Sweatshop Paper Virus in Newfoundland!

2010-09-08T09:34:00.001-07:00

This summer I traveled to Newfoundland to visit my parents. In my suitcase I packed boxes of little blue and white pyramids to create an installation for Le Creative Sweatshop's Paper Virus project. These photos were taken in Grate's Cove, Newfoundland - a tiny fishing village on the Avalon Peninsula. When you are in Grate's Cove it feels like you are on the edge of the world - crashing waves, rugged landscapes and whipping winds. Enjoy!

Design Exchange Visit

2010-08-26T12:19:00.000-07:00

This week I visited the Design Exchange to speak to a Green Fashion summer camp for kids between the ages of 9 and 12.

They were a great group of kids who had insightful questions and a great enthusiasm for fashion and sustainability which was amazing to see!

Here is a link to the Design Exchange Blog and a link to their website - they have a great industrial design exhibit on right now!

Orlando Lunaire runs from August 22-28 in Toronto

2010-08-23T11:38:00.000-07:00

For the last couple of months I have been creating costumes for underground opera company, Opera Erratica. The production is called Orlando Lunaire and is a mixture of an Italian and German opera. Opera Erratica strives to bring opera to a new generation!

Orlando Lunaire
August 22-28
In a Storage Shed
128 Sterling Road
Toronto, Canada

For tickets please go to http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/118959

Please see these links for previews of the show!

ConcertoNet Review
Blog T.O Review
Toronto Star Review
Eye Weekly Review
NOW Toronto Review
Art and Culture Maven
Toronto Star Interview with Scott Belluz (one of the amazing opera singers!)
Globe and Mail Preview of Orlando Lunaire
NOW Toronto Interview with director Patrick Eakin Young

Plaid Magazine Interview

2010-08-17T07:40:00.000-07:00

Check out this interview with the fabulous Michael Kowalinski from Plaid Magazine!

http://www.plaidmag.com/heidiackerman1.html

Fault Magazine Interview

2010-08-04T16:04:00.000-07:00

Interview with Melodie Duperval for Fault Magazine

http://faultmagazine.wordpress.com/

Filler Magazine Editorial

2010-07-23T09:35:00.000-07:00

Check out a new editorial for Filler magazine.

http://fillermagazine.com/fashion/still/blue-ambition

Photography: Rayan
Styling: Nadia Pizzimenti

New stock now avaliable at Thieves!

2010-07-08T10:59:00.001-07:00

New stock is now avaliable to Thieves! Deep cowl dresses and tanks, drop-stitch tights and the triple tank are all avaliable.

Go check out the machine knit prints, new textures and vegetable tanned leather accents. All materials are sustainable - bamboo, soy, recycled cotton and vegetable tanned leather.

Fashion forward and sustainable pieces!

Thieves
1156 Queen Street West
Toronto, Ontario
M6J 1J5
Canada
www.thieves.ca
(416) 823-0700

ZINK Magazine - Summer 2010 Issue

2010-06-22T18:11:00.000-07:00

ZINK Magazine - Summer 2010 Issue

2010-06-22T17:51:00.000-07:00

Look Book Photos for construct(this)

2010-06-13T09:22:00.001-07:00

Photography: John Lee at DigitalFabrik.ca

Upcoming collaboration with Opera Erratica!

2010-06-02T10:21:00.000-07:00

THE CLASSICAL MUSIC CONSORT and OPERA ERRATICA to collaborate with
fashion designer HEIDI ACKERMAN in Underground /Opera’s ORLANDO/LUNAIRE
an UNDERGROUND VIDEO CABARET combining OPERA, ART and FASHION.

22-28 August, 2010
At 128 Sterling Avenue

The worlds of opera and fashion are about to collide this summer with the second installment in the innovative Underground /Opera series by emerging classical music darlings The Classical Music Consort and avant garde performance company Opera Erratica. The series aims to make opera accessible to younger generations by combining classical music with a contemporary aesthetic. Always eager to push the envelope, their follow-up production to last summer’s critically acclaimed Dido and Aeneas will be a mash-up opera radically combining early and modern classical music, video projections, fashion and opera with an unlikely and raw environment.

This underground cabaret performance, entitled Orlando/Lunaire will feature costumes by rising Toronto designer Heidi Ackerman. Set to take place in an industrial shed in Toronto’s West End, this production promises to be a rare event that bridges the gap between
classical music, the avant-garde, opera and fashion. Infusing the delicate beauty of the baroque into the unsettling dissonance of the twentieth-century avant-garde, Orlando/Lunaire weaves together G.F. Handel’s opera Orlando with Arnold Schoenberg’s atonal melodrama Pierrot Lunaire. Drawing inspiration from Klaus Nomi, commedia dell’arte, butoh and drag, this new work envisions the melancholic clown Pierrot in an urban underground, haunted by the memory of his lover and his rival. In a world of ghostly projections, dim bulbs and shadows, the boundaries blur between light and dark, past and present, man and woman, lover and beloved. Sung in German and Italian, with projected translations that take on a life of their own, Orlando/Lunaire draws out an original narrative from the jarring intersection of two very different texts. It is a piece that is both hauntingly beautiful and disturbing.

This unusual project will take place in an unusual space: a storage shed in the Brocton Village Industrial Area, within easy walking distance from the Lansdowne subway station and the Dundas streetcar. A post-industrial speak-easy in the German cabaret tradition, this raw and gritty venue is a perfect backdrop for this piece and a unique environment in which to see opera.

This truly unique opera experience is sure to excite music lovers, fashionistas, art
stars and hipsters alike.

What: Opera Erratica and The Classical Music Consort’s
Orlando/Lunaire
Where: Storage Shed @ 128 Sterling Avenue
When: (all performances at 8pm) 22, 25, 26, 27, 28 August 2010
Admission: $35/$20 for under 30 and seniors
Tickets: www.brownpapertickets.com, 1-800-838-3006
Websites: www.opera-erratica.org, www.classicalmusicconsort.org

Press Contact:
Indrit Kasapi
(647) 668-3628
press@opera-erratica.org

Runway Photos from construct(this)

2010-05-13T17:13:00.000-07:00

Press for construct(this) at FAT

2010-04-26T14:43:00.000-07:00

My new collection construct(this) was shown at Fashion. Art. Toronto on April 23rd. Below are links to pictures, videos and press.

Thanks for your support and feedback!

Textstyles Blog
Toronto Star Article
Blog T.O.
NOW Magazine
A La Mode - Designer Profile
A La Mode - Runway Coverage
Toronto Star
Runway Video at Miss.Sly
Fashion. Art. Toronto Blog
Toronto Street Fashion
Canada Digital Fashion Photojournalism

She Does the City

2010-04-22T09:43:00.000-07:00

Quick interview for FAT on She Does the City.com

[moment] Riga, Latvia - April 10th, 2010

2010-03-13T07:38:00.000-08:00

I will be heading to Riga, Latvia at the beginning of April to showcase my collection at the Arts and Fashion festival [moment] April 7th-10th. The invitation to participate in this event is very exciting and I am thrilled to participate in an international fashion festival!

Runway Video from [moment]
ICU-in-Paris
Stuff n' Style

Latvia and [moment] were amazing! Photos are more press to come!

Beardy Weirdy - Snog, Marry, Avoid - BBC 3

2010-02-27T06:57:00.000-08:00

Check out this video! Look out for my cube necklace!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR8YcVe5Jgg

Spade Magazine Editorial

2010-02-22T10:19:00.001-08:00

Editorial in Spade Magazine Feb 2010. Photography by Francisco Garcia. Styled by Richard Autio

ZINK Magazine - Winter 2010

2010-01-11T09:48:00.000-08:00

One of my hand-knit pieces featured in an editorial in the December issue of ZINK.

Styling: Beagy Zielinski
www. LArmoireDuStylist.com
Select F/W 09 pieces can be rented from L'Armoire Du Stylist in New York City.

WORN Journal

2010-01-11T09:45:00.001-08:00

"Astro Jacket" featured in Toronto magazine, WORN.

Thanks to Jelinek Cork for their sponsorship.

Styling: Rea McNamara

Emerging Designer Award at R4

2009-12-16T10:34:00.000-08:00

On November 21st Heidi Ackerman was awarded an Emerging Designer Award at the R4 Sustainable Fashion Show. The event was held at the Atlantis Pavilion and showcased 10 emerging designers and five professional designers.

The event was a great success! Thanks to Ali Suleiman who organized the event and to Kelly Drennan of Fashion Takes Action for her support.

www.r4fashion.com
www.fashiontakesaction.com

Contra Magazine - Super Nova Editorial

2009-11-03T18:46:00.000-08:00

To check out the entire editorial and Contra Magazine go to www.thinkcontra.com/magazine

Photographer: Mila Victoria
Stylist: Salem Moussallam
Assistant Stylist: Scott Foxwell
Makeup & Hair Artist: Claudine Baltazar (The Artist Group)
Model: Nicole (Spot 6 Management)

Photoshoot by Nadia Pizzimenti and Felix Wong

2009-11-02T19:27:00.001-08:00

Photography: Felix Wong
Styling: Nadia Pizzimenti
Hair and Makeup: Katie Scanlan
Model: Jaclyn (IMG)

http://www.nadiapizzimenti.blogspot.com/

Heidi Ackerman F/W 09 Collection at Thieves Boutique

2009-10-27T16:28:00.000-07:00

Select pieces from Heidi Ackerman's Fall/Winer 2009 collection are now on sale at Thieves Boutique on Queen Street West in Toronto. The select pieces include custom machine knit tights, bodysuits and dresses. Also look out for geometric and architectural dresses. All the pieces are made with sustainable materials and can't be missed!

Thieves Boutique
1156 Queen Street West
Toronto, ON
M6J 1J5

Tel: 647-435-4880

http://www.thievesboutique.com/

Dazed Digital Press

2009-10-27T16:26:00.000-07:00

An overview of young and upcoming Toronto/Canadian designers.

Dazed Digital

DESIGNER SPOTLIGHT WITH THE F-LIST

2009-10-19T15:47:00.000-07:00

On Tuesday, October 20th, 2009 I will be featured in a F-List Designer Spotlight for "The Official" - a Fashion Week event.

Please come and check out my designs and help celebrate Toronto Fashion Week.

The event will be held at Maro, 135 Liberty Street, Toronto and will go from 8pm - 11pm. Cover is $20 or free with a LG Fashion Week pass.

See you there!!

The F-List
The F-List Blog
Maro

NDEUR in ION Magazine!

2009-10-18T07:21:00.000-07:00

Check out this great article and photoshoot done for my friend and amazing artist Mathieu Missiaen. He created spectacular accessories from geometric paper forms for my Fall/Winter 2009 collection.

ION MAGAZINE

Art of Fashion Exhibition for Nuit Blanche

2009-09-14T19:22:00.001-07:00

I have been accepted as one of 10 competing designers for this year's Art of Fashion exhibit for Nuit Blanche in Toronto.

The exhibits and competition will be on going from 7pm to 3am on the night and morning of Saturday October 3rd, 2009. The exhibition will be held in the Fermenting Cellar of the Distillery District at 55 Mill Street.

Please come out and show your support and vote for the best exhibition.

Art of Fashion Website
Fashion In Canada Blog

Also check out the Nuit Blanche Website for a schedule of all the great events happening around Toronto!

PRESS FROM ART OF FASHION
Blog T.O.
Zucket.com
Art of Fashion
The F-List

Editorial in FASHION September 2009

2009-08-24T17:42:00.001-07:00

Three of my Fall/Winter 2009 designs are featured in an editorial in the September 2009 issue of FASHION magazine.

Ndeur in Flare Sept 09

2009-08-24T17:32:00.000-07:00

Mathieu Missiaen's amazing geometric paper shoes are featured in the September 2009 issue of Flare magazine. Mathieu and Le Creativ Sweatshop designed these shoes to be photographed for my Fall/Winter 09 Collection. Check out their website to see their amazing projects and to help them spread their paper installations across the globe!

Check out their amazing work at www.lecreativsweatshop.com

The Future of Toronto Fashion

2009-08-15T07:48:00.001-07:00

Follow this link to an article and interview I did with Sarah Nicole Prickett for Torontoist blog.

Thanks Sarah!

The Future of Toronto Fashion

LOOK ALIKE

2009-07-30T10:00:00.000-07:00

The reality t.v. series Look Alike is shooting a new episode for their 6th season featuring my designs for the celebrity make-over. The episode will most likely air in February. More details to come!

www.lookaliketv.com

September 2009 FASHION Editorial

2009-07-30T09:59:00.000-07:00

Watch out for the September issue of FASHION magazine where three of my pieces from Fall/Winter 2009 will be featured in a fashion editorial!

Accessories with NDEUR

2009-07-01T15:51:00.000-07:00

The very talented Mathieu Missiaen is an accessory designer, graphic designer and general maker of amazing things who lives and works in France. He has developed a line of amazing geometric, paper accessories for my Fall/Winter 2009 line.

www.ndeur.com

Editorial in Dress to Kill Summer 2009

2009-06-25T14:55:00.000-07:00

One of my pieces from Fall/Winter 2009 (Black Dress with exaggerated shoulders) was featured in a great editorial in Montreal magazine Dress To Kill. Thanks to Alexis Honce for pulling the shoot together. It looks amazing!

Lookbook Photoshoot Fall/Winter 09

2009-06-25T14:47:00.000-07:00

Here is a sample of my look book photos from this season. More will follow along with a look book and buying information.

Thanks so much to the talented photographer Sai Sivanesan. Along with Mariah K (Next), MUA/Hair: Liz Yu, Assistant: Erlinda Hysa

Heidi Ackerman at L'Armoire du Styliste

2009-06-25T14:43:00.000-07:00

As of July 1st a selection of Heidi Ackerman designs will be available at the L'Armoire Du Styliste in New York City. The boutique specializes in renting garments to stylists for magazines, editorials and celebrity appearances.

L'Armoire Du Styliste

Fall/Winter 2009 Collection at FAT

2009-04-26T18:20:00.001-07:00

Well, the collection is finished and it went down the runway on Friday April 24th. The festival as usual was a great success and had a great energy to it. I am working on a look book at the moment and am looking for stores in Toronto and Montreal that will take some of my pieces. I will also be working on a few select stores overseas in the coming months!

Talks are in the works to have some of pieces in a showroom in New York as well!

Thanks to everyone who came out and supported Alternative Arts and Fashion Week. A big thank you to Vanja Vasic for supporting all of us!

Toronto Street Fashion
http://www.torontostreetfashion.com/2009/04/fat-day-4-beyond.html

All photos by John Lee at DigitalFabrik.ca

Women X Women Photography Exhibit

2009-03-23T21:22:00.001-07:00

As part of the events of LG Fashion Week an exhibit celebrating Canada’s most prominent and emerging female fashion photographers was shown at Fashion House on King Street West.

Each photographer unveiled a never before seen high fashion editorial story that addresses the theme of “Women by Women”. The exhibited works will capture beauty, vulnerability, and strength of the model through the photographer’s eyes with the artistic direction drawing on the photographer’s own memories, style, and dreams.

The fabulous photographer Sarah Thomson used several of my pieces for her photographs. The first photo was published in the Women x Women book that was sold at the event.

www.sarahtphoto.com

Thanks to Karen Lo for great styling as usual! www.Karen-L.com

LG Fashion Week in Toronto

2009-03-23T21:13:00.000-07:00

The Ryerson showcase at LG Fashion Week was a great success and so much fun. It is the most gratifying feeling seeing your creations go down the runway. Everyone's pieces looked amazing and I was thrilled to have the chance to show in the tents of LG Fashion Week.

Here is some coverage of the event.

Blog T.O.
Runway Video on Blog T.O.
Sneak Peak of the fittings

My Fashion Eyes
FLARE
Fashion in Motion
Prospere Magazine
Torontoist
NOW Magazine Blog
Metro News Calgary
Tweet Blog
Ryerson Release
Kim Cathers - a little love from Kim Cathers of Project Runway 2

NEW COLLECTION Fall/Winter 09

2009-03-12T14:40:00.001-07:00

Hers is a preview of my new collection for Fall/Winter 09. My full collection will be shown on April 24th, 2009 at 7:45pm at Toronto Alternative Arts and Fashion Week. The event will be in the Distillery District and will feature lots of music, art and of course fashion!

Go to www.getfat.ca for directions and ticket info.

The above photos were taken by the fabulous photographer Troy Moth www.troymoth.com

Fashion Television for Alternative Arts and Fashion Week

2009-03-09T07:06:00.000-07:00

On Saturday 5 great designers gathered together with Vanja Vasic, Troy Moth and Fashion Television to do a photoshoot and video interviews that will be posted on the Fashion Television website. It was a great atmosphere and the pictures are gorgeous!

Thanks to the great team!

Photography: Troy Moth www.troymoth.com
Make-up: Aniya Nandy www.judyinc.com
Hair: Carlos from Spellbound Hair
Model: Leah Christ - Ford Models
Vanja Vasic: www.getfat.ca

LG Fashion Week in Toronto

2009-03-05T05:46:00.000-08:00

For the first time Ryerson University is having a show in the main tent of LG Fashion Week in Toronto. I have been asked to show 5-6 outfits at this show with four other of my colleagues. I am very excitied to have this opportunity to reach new people and have another platform to show my work.

I am currently working on my new collection for Fall/Winter 2009 and will show a sneak peak of it at LG Fashion Week on March 20th 2009 at 5pm. My complete new collection will be shown on April 24th at Alternative Arts and Fashion Week in Toronto.

Please be there and show your support!

http://www.lgfashionweek.ca/main.html

Fashion Photography Blog

2009-02-02T17:30:00.000-08:00

Geometric skirt photo featured on Fashion Photography Blog.

http://fashionphotographyblog.com/category/sotw/

GARMENTS ON FAT WEBSITE

2009-01-27T15:54:00.000-08:00

Alternative Arts and Fashion Week has featured two photos of my Belgian experiments on their opening website.

My application for F.A.T 2009 was accepted and I will be showing a new collection for Fall/Winter 2009 at the end of April. This season I will experiment further with volume, knits and optical illusions.

www.getfat.ca

She Does the City

2009-01-12T19:15:00.000-08:00

Okay so I know this was written awhile ago but I hadn't found it until right now. The blog post is great and says things about Flight that are so perfect!

She Does the City writes about Heidi Ackerman at Alternative Fashion Week

Shan Sarwar Article on Canadian Fashion

2009-01-12T19:02:00.000-08:00

A recent interview with budding journalism student Shan Sawar on the Canadian fashion market. How do you young avante garde Canadian designers make it? How does the market here and in Europe compare?

Shan Sarwar Article

Editorial in Spade Magazine

2008-12-17T12:20:00.000-08:00

My designs are featured in the Winter Edition of Canadian design magazine, Spade. The skirt and shirt from my studies in Belgium were used for a two-page fashion editorial. The magazine can be found in Chapters and Indigo. The website is www.spademagazine.ca.

Photoshoot of Belgian Pieces

2008-11-11T16:23:00.000-08:00

Mastersclass with Sandra Backlund

2008-11-11T16:17:00.000-08:00

At the end of October I traveled to San Francisco for an international competition and workshop with the Arts of Fashion Foundation. The foundation seeks to inspire creativity and art within fashion by having European designers teach workshops to North American students.

This year I was honored to work with Sandra Backlund for a workshop she ran called "Knit by Heart". Working with a group of 5 designers we hand knit many pieces and collage them together to create a unique knit garment inspired by chess pieces.

Check out this video of the results of the four day workshop.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zDdK5-BZSw

Also view Sandra Backlund's work at www.sandrabacklund.com

Chunky Knits and Winter Florals

2008-11-03T11:47:00.002-08:00

Rooftop Photoshoot with fashion photographer Jacklyn Locke

2008-10-31T13:01:00.000-07:00

Featured in November FASHION Magazine!

2008-10-31T12:58:00.000-07:00

My eco-design efforts are featured in this month's Canadian FASHION magazine. The ad features my eco-knitwear story as an advertisement for Ryerson.

FashionBerry Magazine

2008-10-31T12:19:00.001-07:00

My designs are featured in the first Toronto issue of the online magazine FashionBerry. Check out the magazine and my designs at www.fashionberry.com

Flight Items Being Sold at Heart On Your Sleeve

2008-09-29T09:02:00.001-07:00

You can now find Flight bamboo jersey and organic cotton pieces being sold at Toronto's pioneer eco/ethical boutique "Heart on Your Sleeve" in Kensington Market!

www.heartonyoursleeve.ca

La Cambre Exhibit, Brussels Belgium

2008-07-03T13:53:00.000-07:00

I have just returned from a summer program at the Ecole Nationale Superieure Des Arts Visuels de la Cambre. The course is the first of it's kind - La Cambre has not opened it's doors to North American students in the past. The program focused on looking at materials, the body and fashion from a new perspective. Belgian designers and teachers alike are known for their experimentation, exploration and innovation which we have been exposed to during these last intensive four weeks. We began the program by creating a "new body" or dress form which built up volume and odd shapes in order to start thinking about the body in new ways. Through a series of different briefs we explored and experimented with volume, new shapes, hand knitting and many many hand stitches.

The program was finished with an exhibition of our work that was shown to the Belgian and Parisian press. The experience was incredibly enlightening and challenging and will definitely help to inspire my next collection.

www.lacambre.be

Holt Renfrew Exhibit

2008-07-03T13:44:00.000-07:00

Three outfits of Heidi Ackerman's debut collection are currently being showcased at the high-end department store - Holt Renfrew in Toronto. The showcase focuses on selected graduate students from Ryerson University.

The display will be in the store for the entire month of July at 50 Bloor Street West, Toronto Canada (416) 922-2333

www.holtrenfrew.com

Finalist for The Arts of Fashion Competition

2008-06-20T14:36:00.000-07:00

Heidi Ackerman has been selected by a panel of international judges as one of the finalist for The Arts of Fashion Foundation Competition which will hold a final judgment process and fashion show in San Fransisco in October 2008.

The Arts of Fashion Foundation

Photoshoot in Paris by Camille Verrier

2008-06-02T11:05:00.001-07:00

Photoshoot with Alice Clarkson and Stephanie Craig

2008-06-02T10:59:00.000-07:00

"Flight" is being sold at Boutique Le Trou in Toronto.

2008-05-07T14:15:00.000-07:00

http://www.boutiqueletrou.com/

Heidi Ackerman was awarded The Beefeater Innovative Spirit Award for her debut collection at F.A.T

2008-04-27T17:21:00.001-07:00

From left to right: Designer Heidi Ackerman, Organizer of Alternative Fashion Week - Vanja Vasic, Lindsay Sinclair.

Alternative Fashion Week

2008-04-27T16:51:00.001-07:00

Alternative Fashion Week Show - April 10th 2008

2008-03-30T21:07:00.001-07:00

Details: April 10th around 11:30 pm.

Distillery District 55 Mill Street Toronto

Tickets are $15 or $20 at the door.

Get tickets at The Rage in Kensington,

Magpie, Urban Textures and Lounge Clothing

There are lots of great shows and art some come

early!

Alternative Fashion Week Collection

2008-02-22T14:05:00.004-08:00

Mass Exodus Collection

2008-02-22T14:05:00.003-08:00

Professional photoshoot with Toronto fashion photographer Gabor Jurina and stylist Amber Worsfold.

Hand knit "Rooster Dress" using luxurious organic wool yarns and graphic bird drawings.