THE TORONTO CLOTHING SHOW SPRING 2010 This past weekend we had the privilege of doing what we like best; selling Pause apparel, staying up all night in a city foreign to us, hanging out with old friends, and making a ton of new ones. It doesn't get much better than that. Here's some of the people that continually make Toronto awesome for us:



Y'know what's weird? I was headed over to our Crywolf's booth to snap a couple pictures of Rose and Steph for the blog, and Steph was just throttling Rose like that. She stopped when she saw me, but thank God I showed up when I did. Who knows what would've happened to Rose if I hadn't.



These are our pals at Love Poetry. That's Chuck Norris Nathan on the Right, Vanessa in the middle, and Dawn on the left. Every clothing show, Dawn makes sure we're well looked after. She makes us food, AND does our laundry while we're still wearing it. She's also single handedly responsible for convincing me that vegan food actually isn't gross, nor is it stupid...Just kidding of course, but her homemade cookies really are delicious.



When you have a favourite artist or author or whatever, before you meet them or see a photo of them, you make up an imaginary version of them in your head of how you want them to be, right? Usually in reality they end up being nothing like the cool guy you built up in your head, and like more the kind of guy you have to apologize for in a strip club. Well in this case, Playdead is EXACTLY how I wanted them to be. How fucking good do they look? They've got their shit so together it makes my chest hurt. That's Stu and Bean in the photo, and they've been running the streetwear scene (as well as looking good) in Toronto consistently for over ten years. (That's 108 in streetwear years!) Long live the dead.



Here's what I know about this girl: 1. Her name is Regina 2. She owns an awesome shop filled with indie clothing and accesories on Younge st. Toronto called Propaganda 3. She makes us laugh so hard we pee our pants every show. 4. She thinks Mel is a slut 5. Awesome.



"HEYYOUGUYSIDRANKWAYTOOMUCHCOFFEEANDPUTONYOURSHIRTDOYOUWANNATAKEAPICTUREOFMEEEEE?!"



You may remember this girl from the entire blog we did last year about her being rad. Cat runs a really cool cut and sew apparel company called Kali. She also is our go to person for all things awesome in Toronto. No joke. She's a pro. She takes us to the best restaurants, sneaks alcohol into the clothing show to loosen Ken up, shows us the best street art in the city, and gives us contact info for everything we need in the fashion industry. Also, she has this uncanny sense of direction. She's always telling us to head west, or meet her on the south side of the street, as though we have any idea what that means. Either she's constantly lying, or she carries a compass in her purse.

See you all in September.

-Eric Pause  ¶ 6:06 PM