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Fashion Art Toronto Re:Forms fashion week this Fall
New era of fashion unfolds across the city, November 10 to 16
Tickets now available to attend city’s leading fashion event
Fashion Art Toronto’s 1664 Fashion Week returns this November with bold style, progressive culture and high-drama energy to elevate Canada’s fashion scene.
Redefining the fashion week experience, from November 10th through 16th Fashion Art Toronto (FAT) introduces Offsite, a program that transforms hidden gems across the city into fashion playgrounds, that runs alongside fashion week’s main event.
The main fashion week hub at T3 Bayside (251 Queens Quay East) comes alive November 13th to 16th with back-to-back runway shows, large-scale art installations, local shopping experiences, photo moments, performances and live entertainment.
The newly launched Offsite program expands the experience beyond the waterfront, activating undiscovered spaces and spotlighting visionary designers through stand-alone, site-specific shows that redefine Toronto’s fashion landscape.
“This season is all about renewal – embedding fashion deeper into our cultural persona to cultivate a thriving industry that reaches beyond borders,” said Vanja Vasic, Founder & Executive Director, Fashion Art Toronto. “Toronto is a vibrant fashion capital with its own creative identity, layered with diverse cultures and voices. It deserves to be recognized and celebrated much more than it is.”
“Our fall 2025 theme Re:Form explores fashion as a tool for transformation. We are inviting designers, artists and guests to dismantle the old, question what has been, and reconstruct new identities, systems and aesthetics. We want to inspire a blueprint for the next era — one where sustainability, social change, innovation and community lead the way,” added Vasic.
Toronto’s largest and longest running multi-arts fashion week invites fashion enthusiasts, tastemakers, and industry insiders to be a part of the excitement and immerse themselves in the city’s vibrant fashion scene.
Tickets for Fashion Art Toronto’s 1664 Fashion Week – including day and weekend passes, VIP front row seats, single-show and student tickets, AND Offsite events – are now available online.
“From the beginning, our runway has been open to every story and every vision. If fashion isn’t for everybody, it isn’t fashion,” said Vasic.
OFFSITE SHOWS AND EVENTS
Monday, November 10 — Suburban Deviant’s Angels and Deviants kicks off Fashion Art Toronto 1664 Fashion Week by transforming the underground parking lot at Woodside Square in Scarborough into a surreal suburban paradise where sculptural fashion and living art collide. From 7 p.m. until midnight, guests will enter a dreamlike world of AstroTurf lawns, oversized toys, parade props and bold installations as the night explodes into Fashion Art Toronto’s wildest opening party yet, featuring DJs, performances, and unexpected moments of transformation.
Tuesday, November 11 — Fashion Art Toronto hosts a Style Lounge at five-star hotel partner Le Germain Hotel Toronto (30 Mercer St.), inviting style-makers to preview, try on, and rent garments from local designers. The event offers guests the opportunity to browse Toronto’s most distinctive brands and curate statement looks for fashion week.
Wednesday, November 13 — Fashion Art Toronto takes over the Queen West Anthropologie store, where House of Hendo presents an evocative runway experience exploring fashion, sustainability, and the cyclical nature of creation and decay. Sourcing from “The Piles” — donated, thrifted, and salvaged fabrics rescued from landfills — the collection reimagines what already exists. From 7 p.m. – 11 p.m., guests will enjoy an evening of music, drinks and mingling amid this immersive showcase of art and conscious design.
Saturday, November 15 — Fashion Art Toronto invites fashion fans to an epic daytime runway show by Sagradesa at a massive industrial warehouse (hidden downtown location.) The slow-fashion label, rooted in sustainability and storytelling debuts FW25: Villain Origin Story – a collection exploring ancestry, defiance and rebirth. Located just five minutes from T3 Bayside, running from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., the presentation sets the tone before the evening runway shows continue back at the main hub.
Sunday, November 16 — FASHION Magazine and Fashion Art Toronto team up for an exclusive designer reveal inside the industrial warehouse, as part of this season’s Offsite series. Starting at 2 p.m., FASHION – led by Creative Director George Antonopoulos and Publisher Deidre Marinelli – will unveil an iconic Canadian fashion house and stage a site-inspired showcase: raw, refined, and unmistakably Toronto.
ON THE RUNWAY
More than 35 Canadian designers will share their creative talent on the catwalk at T3 Bayside this season with innovative designs, eco-conscious fashion, modern streetwear and extravagant evening wear.
Canadian model, creative director, stylist, HIV/AIDS activist and Queer fashion nomad Myles Sexton returns to present designer Valmora as part of their Breakout Talent Awards. The initiative was created by Sexton to elevate and support emerging Canadian brands and talent who are breaking barriers in the fashion industry, with a focus on diversity, inclusion and innovation.
Shining a spotlight on boundary-breaking designers, Fashion Art Toronto is hosting runway shows for its fall 2025 FASHN DISRPTR Award recipients, highlighting designers to watch AMATUS | GRAY, Evan Clayton, 3ndolith Inc. and Neoritualism.
Indigenous fashion tastemaker Amber-Dawn Bear Robe is bringing her signature style to FAT, curating a must-see show with collections from Indigenous Canadian designers M.O.B.I.L.I.Z.E, Ayimach Horizons and Jontay Kahm.
This season will also feature the Mentorship in Fashion Award presented by Starkers Corsetry/Dianna DiNoble which celebrates designers who teach and share their skills, knowledge, and techniques beyond traditional institutions — expanding access to fashion education. The awarded designer will be announced in late October.
Additional stand-out designers presenting collections this season include: MAYER, Offtn Studios, Denora, Adaobi Gogo, Desatita, Ms.Meri Mak, OUMA, Shelli Oh, Sixnineosix, STYNTSOV, Zoë Stone, Anmol Handa Atelier, Mathis Guertin, Sons of Man, KRATER and ONCOMMON. And to celebrate its recent graduates, TMU’s Fashion at The Creative School is taking to the runway with a group show highlighting the program’s up-and-coming talent.
OFF THE RUNWAY
In-between shows guests can play, dance, shop and snap pics in the 30,000 square feet fashion playground that overlooks the scenic cityscape. Filled with exciting activations, a ‘shop local’ boutique, art installations, premium bars, fellow fashion friends and DJs who keep the energy high, the scene off-the-runway is not to be missed!
Art installations will inspire attendees from every angle. ‘Under the Scope,’ a multi-media art installation from Toronto artists Andrew Esdaile & Isla Mitchell, will offer a magnified look into fashion. Inspired by the intricate patterns and colorful palettes of microbial growth, the installation explores the merging of synthetic biology with wearable design.
Mexican fashion stylist and creative director Dixy Rodriguez is bringing her creative movement Méximalismo to life with an exhibition that celebrates daily Latin American life as art. Contemporary artist Katya May Honey will showcase her collage work that remixes contemporary fashion imagery to investigate notions of identity, beauty, and evolving social norms. And Montreal performance artists The Two Gullivers are creating a massive interactive cubic balloon installation that will evolve throughout the week.
Guests looking to support local can scoop up made-in-Canada apparel, accessories, jewellery and beauty finds at the Fashion & Beauty Shop Local Boutique, including Picky Finders, Acoshia, Art & Alchemy Parfums, Form Era Studio, GONJI, Mohala Grey, Scheduled Meditation, Darlings of Denmark, and Uglley.
The official beer of fashion week in Toronto, Kronenbourg 1664 continues to be the ultimate arm candy, keeping guests feeling cool and refreshed at the 1664 Lounge, while they strike a pose for acclaimed photographer Nancy Kim at the 1664 Portrait Studio.
BonLook joins this season’s celebration of creativity, diversity, and self-expression with a signature Red Carpet experience, inviting fashion stars to try on trendy, bold frames and strike poses for captivating photo moments. The Montreal-based eyewear brand is also partnering with a designer to accessorize their runway collection with their chic spectacles.
Fashion Art Toronto’s 1664 Fashion Week FALL 2025
Thursday, November 13th to Sunday, November 16th
T3 Bayside, 251 Queens Quay East, Toronto
Schedule available online
Website: fashionarttoronto.ca
Instagram: @fashionarttoronto TikTok: @fashionarttoronto Facebook: @fashionarttoronto
Fashion Art Toronto’s 1664 Fashion Week wouldn’t be possible without its dedicated team including the beauty team led by Jez Taylor, the hair team led by Dylan Cruickshank as well as all of its partners, sponsors and hundreds of volunteers.
