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François Beauregard: all in simplicity
For 25 years, the style of designer François Beauregard has been minimalist. Jackets, shirts, dresses and pants for women are always well cut, quality materials, and everything is made in Montreal.
“Simplicity is so chic and you can’t go wrong,” he says during our visit to his shop. Located on Laurier Avenue, it is frequented by loyal customers who invest in quality pieces and who have followed him since his beginnings. Because François Beauregard made a name for himself in 1997 with his Space FB store. at Cours Mont-Royal then on boulevard Saint-Laurent where people snapped up their hoodies, t-shirts, tracksuits and other basics.
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The designer François Beauregard, in his shop on avenue Laurier
His hoodies bore his signature, a small embroidery with his fb initials. “It was madness! It worked very well, it must be said that it was before the arrival of Zara and H&M, he recalls. In the shop at the time, there were my creations and a few brands like Teenflo, French Connection, Helmut Lang Jeans, All Saints, but people preferred my creations! I had a lot of young people in my clients, and they loved my hoodies, t-shirts, joggers or low rise pants. »
Since then, François Beauregard has kept the same philosophy, he creates collections of simple clothes that fit well and are well made.
My clientele has evolved, they are women, professionals, who like beautiful things and who are ready to pay a little more for a local creation, because everything is made here. It’s designed, cut, made in Montreal, it’s very important to me.
Francois Beauregard
François Beauregard’s style is refined and at the start of the season, he is offering one of his classics in his new spring collection: the shirt-dress. It comes in blue, black, pink, green and light denim. There are also elastic waist pants, jackets, t-shirts, cotton sweaters and Oxford-style shirts.
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The shirt dress is a must-have piece this summer ($340).
“It’s easy, chic, comfortable and it can be worn every day. I like natural fibers. I will also receive linen clothes for the summer, an oversized jacket, pants and a dress in particular. There are a few pastel colors this summer because it feels good to put a little pink, but usually it’s navy blue, gray, white, black,” says the designer.
“The best compliment you can give me is when a woman tries on one of my clothes and she says: ‘Wow, the fit of the shirt is impeccable, it fits really well’, and they come back because they’ve had compliments,” he says.
The François Beauregard boutique is located at 204, avenue Laurier Ouest. The collections are also for sale online.
Collaboration: color on the feet
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La collection feet in the gamecreated by Robin des bass and Marc-Olivier Lamothe ($20.99 a pair)
Notice to those who like to have punch on their feet, Robin des bas announces the launch of the most colorful socks in its history. Accustomed to collaborating with local artists, the Quebec company offers us a collaboration with Marc-Olivier Lamothe. After having received carte blanche, the artist from Sherbrooke transposed his universe on the three models that make up this mini collection called feet in the game. Robin des bas donates, for each pair sold, a pair to homeless people through a partnership with Accueil Bonneau.
New collection : ECHOES11e Season of Guillaum Chaigne
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Cape in linen and viscose, $250
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Crop top ($90), 100% cotton allegretto denim hat ($150) and vinyl travel bag ($250)
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Adjustable skirt and jacket made of synthetic felt and cotton lining, $450
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Organic cotton Drip short-sleeved sweater, $90
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Organic cotton tank top, $90
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ECHOES coat, made of 100% cotton denim, unlined, $480
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Ambassador for the Fondation Jeunes en tête, Quebec designer Guillaum Chaigne is launching ECHOES, a new spring-summer collection through which he wishes to “open a dialogue on the different specters of bipolarity and the demons that inhabit us”. He unveiled the content Thursday in a video that features 15 of his friends dressed in his creations, pieces constructed in an essentially dark palette, characteristic of the style of this self-taught designer. Entirely handmade by Guillaum Chaigne, in his workshop, they are made of California linen and cotton entirely woven and dyed in Montreal.
Workshop sale: the expansion of Bilak
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A creation of the jeweler Wassselena Bilak
Wassselena Bilak has been quite creative and productive lately. A new piece does not wait for the other on his Instagram account. Between the new necklaces, the numerous pendants on ribbons, the underwater-themed earrings and other bewitching ornaments, the choice is vast. Several of these jewels, including those of the new collection Underwater Vision, are on sale on the site, but to allow fitting and encourage encounters, the jeweler opens her workshop once a week, on Thursdays, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. You have to send a private message on the Instagram account to find out the address of the studio, located in Mile End.
