JUNO Sole: Sarah's shoes at the Beta Shoe Musuem (Update)

As part of an event celebrating 40 years of the Juno's, Sarah Slean's shoes have been included at the Juno Sole exhibit  The one of kind shoes are on display for until the end of the month and is free with admission to the Beta Shoe Museum. Sarah attended the opening event in a stunning black dress designed by Lauren Bagliore (pictures) . Other guests in attendance were Fred Penner, July Black, and Hawksley Workman. Penner had attended one of Sarah's concerts in 2005, Black was special guest performer at last year's holiday show and Workman ties to Sarah include producing her album Night Bugs.

BlogTO mentions that the exhibit also includes videos and sounds from past Juno's.  Over the years Sarah has been nominated 3 times for Juno awards and has taken part in many events surrounding the show.

Another Juno event to keep an eye out are the Juno Decade shows scheduled at the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto. No indications that Sarah is playing them but on March 5th there is MapleMusic and Pheremone Records (Black Flowers) show.  As those concert dates come closer many of the participating artists names are mentioned and we will let you know if Sarah's name ever comes up.

Update 2010-12-24:
Fashion Television interviewed Sarah and showed a picture of the shoes she wore at the 2009 Junos.

Video: http://watch.fashiontelevision.com/#clip380891

Sarah's Recession-ista Tour designers and dresses

Sarah currently is currently touring the country on the Recession-ista Tour and is making national news for upcycled fashion. I have put together a list of some of the currently known designers mentioned in various souces and added other antidotes in italics.

The official website has created profiles and examples on the following 3 designers:

• Meet Meet Kat O’Shaughnessy of Magdelina Designs

Kat shared her excitement of working on Sarah's dress on twitter. She also interned for Annie Thompson who has designed her own dress for the tour.

• Meet Charmain Bertram of Integrity Designs

Fellow designer at the Fresh Collective, Kate Jackson, designed Sarah's skirt in her video for Lucky Me.

• Meet Alyssa Rushton of Norma W

Alyssa made two dresses for the tour, the first being worn in Pentanguishine.

May 27th e-talk ran a television segment where Sarah met and tried on the dresses from the following 2 designers:

• Sonny Fong, winner Project Runway Canada, designed a dress out judges robes.

• Annie Thompson created a dress out of bed sheets and a sweater.

Who is also an "amazing painter and sculptor" according to Sarah in this great article on the fashion of this tour by FFWD .


May 29th Entertertainment Tonight Canada ran a segment where Sarah tried on dresses and jewelry from the following designers:

• Joyce and Judy at Comrags made a dress out of used hockey jerseys. See it here.

• Ashley Winnginton-Ball has donated sustainable accessories for the Tour.

In an article from June 2nd's National Post they mentioned the following:

• Rose-Marie Umetsu

Sarah was photographed in an Umetsu designed dress for a recent project by Catlin Cronenberg.

• Janine Cockburn of label Momiji and another member of Fresh Connect used a sari and a "towelling jumper from the '70s"

• Susan Harris, white and cream dress, antique table linens and other soft, timeworn fabric

Sarah and Susan Harris came together at the 2007 Green Carpet Series.

It's expected that more information on these designers will be posted on Sarah's official site and all the dresses will be showcased before the auction. Please share your comments on your favourite dresses and the ones you saw if you were lucky enough to see her on tour.

Sarah has made available upcycled clothes at her merchandise table of silk screened scarves. Here is a peek of the selection available at the first stop of the tour:

New Canadian Tour

Check out Sarah's official site for a list of new tour dates announced earlier today. Some dates may still be in the works as hinted by the Agency Group's Colin Lewis on Facebook.

Sarah's email news letter has more details towards the concerts such as them being solo and a way to support the environment.

Sarah photographed by Caitlin Cronenberg

Caitlin Cronenberg has shot Sarah Slean as part of her upcoming project with designer Rosemarie Umetsu. The 30x40 black and white photograph is under the project Iconic Beauty II.

This information comes care of She Does the City that had a sneak peek. For the full article, visit here.

As we near the Juno's this weekend, it would be a surprise if Sarah was asked about her fashion.

Update 2009-05-05
According to this Globe and Mail article, The Iconic Beauty 2009 show runs until May 31 at Atelier Rosemarie Umetsu, 96 Avenue Rd., Toronto, 416-924-7575, info@rustudio.ca.