Knowing Louie J. Manzo, one half of design duo of Miller Monroe as a laid-back and extremely amicable persona only high-lighted through his irreverent and flamboyant sense of style; one can’t be shocked and quite frankly, petrified, to see him backstage before his runway show.
Before the highly anticipated men’s wear show of Manzo and Baby Steinberg I was backstage snapping shots and excited for what I had thought would have been a good luck wish to Louie. Next thing I know I’m dumb-founded by the tenacity and control that Louie demands from his models, show assistants and volunteers. Dressed down and barking orders, and I say this in the highest form of respect. When you’re talented you can’t help but want control and know what you want!
Elegance captured in printed textile skirts, crisp white shirts and detailing in accessories like the reinvented tie – in the form of feathered fixtures – and the amount of skin didn’t either giving the the collection a modern throw back! Notes of cool factors were extenuated with skateboards and the male fascinator took a zero to sixty drive to the conservative eyes of Toronto in a second when a model donned the headpiece! Gender bender? I don’t think so! The appreciation of style and design, more like!
PHOTOS: Steve Alkok. All Rights Reserved
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