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Talk To Me: Anastasia Lomonova
Detail of an illustration by Ayalah Hutchins/The Style Notebook.
Anastasia Lomonova has been called “Montreal’s rising star” seemingly forever. Now, after winning the Toronto Fashion Incubator’s (TFI) New Labels competition (and a thirty-five thousand dollar grant) in April, she’s sprinting toward fashion star status.
After four grueling months under the watchful eye of the Canadian fashion scene’s elite (including the womenswear buyer for Holt Renfrew and the editor-in-chief of ELLE Canada), Lomonova emerged with a collection so brilliantly simple that it won over both the judges and the crowd. From a self-professed “wannabe painter” to one of the most promising talents to come out of Montreal since Denis Gagnon, Lomonova is looking to move into more custom, one-of-a-kind work for spring 2011. She won’t move to Toronto (or anywhere else for that matter), but we won’t hold it against her.
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