Snap! | Taras Koltun & Robert Rae

Elmer Olsen mod­els Taras Koltun and Robert Rae cap­tured at Philip Sparks’ recent spring showing.

Fall 2010 Preview | Philip Sparks

Cana­dian designer Philip Sparks takes us on a fan­tas­ti­cal jour­ney of heir­loom tai­lor­ing and nos­tal­gia for the upcom­ing fall 2010 col­lec­tion inspired by Her­man Melville’s Moby Dick. With an appar­ent nau­ti­cal flair, Sparks’ man shapes up, whether embrac­ing a nod to the past with long johns or mov­ing for­ward with grace­ful suit­ing and outerwear.

Preview | Philip Sparks Fall 2010

Philip Sparks Spring 2010

One of Canada’s best, Philip Sparks is always one to enchant. For his lat­est out­ing, Sparks was inspired by cot­tage life and the get­away ads of the 1950s Cana­dian Pacific Rail­way. Act­ing on these inspi­ra­tions, the spring col­lec­tion offers a spir­ited rein­ter­pre­ta­tion of leisure and class. Turn­ing to suit­ing and rain­wear, Sparks roman­ti­cizes the sim­ple life of past gen­er­a­tions. Relaxed loose fit­ting shorts and trousers define the collection’s casual suit­ing, while coated poly­ester pro­vides out­er­wear with an updated water resis­tant look. While rel­a­tively baggy high waist khakis are a nice alter­na­tive to the slim sil­hou­ette, the collection’s stand­out is a delight­ful take on the fisherman’s out­fit. The afore­men­tioned ensem­ble is the per­fect exam­ple of Sparks’ charm in cre­at­ing pieces that are nos­tal­gic, but rel­e­vant and modern.

Philip Sparks Launches Webstore

Philip Sparks has just launched his web­store. At the moment, Sparks’ menswear col­lec­tion will be avail­able across Canada and the United States. Among Sparks’ col­lec­tion of coats, suit­ing, and acces­sories, he will be offer­ing online exclu­sive, lim­ited edi­tion pieces in the near future.

Philip Sparks Fall 2009

There is a con­sis­tent theme when it comes to dis­cus­sion of next season’s col­lec­tions. From the run­ways of Paris to New York, the terms “reces­sion” and “fash­ion” have been paired together as a reac­tionary rela­tion­ship. Fly­ing under the radar, a major­ity of next season’s col­lec­tions have played it safe with basic col­ors and mate­ri­als. From Canada comes Philip Sparks who has not let the “reces­sion” deter his cre­ative vision. Philip Sparks has a tra­di­tion rooted in heir­loom and bespoke tech­niques.  Inspired by Sergei Prokofiev’s “Peter and the Wolf”, Sparks has cre­ated a col­lec­tion born out of the wilder­ness. Uti­liz­ing fur, flan­nel lin­ing and quilt­ing, Sparks presents a rich col­lec­tion “given a Cana­dian twist in plaid suit­ing, intar­sia knit curl­ing sweaters and tra­di­tional blan­ket coats.”  For­get black as a fall trend and wel­come a gen­er­a­tion of new design­ers who refuse to tow the line of design safety.

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