"He can't be serious about the Eurotrash thing," I said to Carolyn.

She had invited me to Gotstyle for the Ultra by Christopher Bates menswear launch party. Christopher is apparently really into the Eurotrash look; the logo is a trashcan with the Euro symbol on it. I was repulsed but intrigued. I had to see what this guy had to offer.

Christopher is from Vancouver. He started out in advertising then decided to pursue his dream of fashion design. His bio is impressive - he studied at Istituto Marangoni in Italy for fashion design and graduated with honours. The school boasts of graduates like Domenico Dolce of Dolce and Gabbana, Maurizio Pecoraro and Alessandra Facchinetti, ex-Valentino designers.

Boxing Day is always busy at my personal blog I want - I got. This year I decided to email as many stores as I could find about their boxing day sales. This list is a result of that work. I thought I would share this list with the blogTO community as some of you might not visit I want - I got on a regular basis.

Some sales continue past Boxing Day and others don't, they are noted. If the store has unusual hours they will be included, otherwise assume regular store hours.

Great ready for the list in no particular order. Happy Shopping

EDIT: There was a suggestion for a Google Map mashup and amazingly my friends at HyperGraphik Design created one for me.

Fashion Cares made its return to the convention center with the 22nd installment called "Fashion sCares". It was a costume ball and I was dying to see what people came up with.

I decided to play up the fashion angle; my costume was Grace Jones at the Q Awards this year. I had a lot of help with the mask from Danielle at Final Fashion. My makeup was done by Gail McInnes who did her research to get the look just right. I also have to thank I Miss You vintage. The woman who helped me find the perfect outfit was amazing. It's a shame that good service is rare in this city. The final product was pretty accurate I think.

We made our way down into the convention center and were greeted by the frenzy of the media wall and ice skating ghouls. The majority of the attendees didn't dress up in costume. They dressed black tie, but really didn't try to get into the spirit of the event. There were enough in costume to make it interesting though. I was a little surprised to see Mr. Fashion Cares aka Michael King not in costume.

As the runway room was clearing after the Evan & Dean show, I ran into Danielle Meder of Finalfashion. "How did you like it?" she asked. "I'm not a fan, to be completely honest," I replied. "I figured as much from your expression," she laughed. I guess my growing confusion as the collection progressed was evident from the look on my face.

Greta Constantine unofficially kicked off L'Oreal Fashion Week last week with their Spring 2009 runway show held at Circa. The show was a hot ticket and it brought out celebrities and designers like Chris Bosh, Natalie Brown, Wayne Clark and Fritz Helder and the Phantoms. The runway and stage were mirrored and the thought of models having to navigate that slippery, nerve racking runway crossed my mind.

Fashion Cares, the fundraiser for ACT, is back and the old guard has returned after last year's experiment. Philip Ing is returning to the Producer/Artistic Director's chair to bring us Fashion sCares - the Halloween edition. The show has realized its roots, and is moving back to being a show focused on fashion.