RUDSAK

For anyone who knows RUDSAK, they have the pleasure of knowing the luxury leather line thats got all the zippers and pockets a constructed jacket could ask for (plus the line is homegrown, as it is launched right out of Montreal!)

Check out their new location at Vaughan Mills Mall, entrance number six!

I got a chance to catch up with Katherine, a vital part of their design team, and ask her a few questions about the RUDSAK design...

Canadian Chic: RUDSAK

What started as a family business has grown into an infamous fashion house both within and beyond Canada. Launched in 1994, the small family name has grown into a luxury brand with eleven locations across North America, but is still loyal to the RUDSAK tradition: creativity, quality, international flare. Evik Astoorian, the man behind the Montreal label, has built Rudsak up to be synonymous with energy and ambition. His love for raw materials and neat lines mixed with clean zippers and pockets have become RUDSAK’s signature look. Fashion Weekly caught up with RUDSAK and learned the brand’s signature look is just as detailed as their clientele, “The result is a team-driven fashion company dedicated to customers who want to define themselves their way. For the self-assured, the confident and even the artists who won’t be told what to wear. For those who know who themselves and who know what they want.” Katherine Therien, a member of the design team at RUDSAK, lets us travel through the design history of the native fashion brand.

Inspiration for new collections often start with one object or image that sparks an entire story for the collection. When designing Therin says, “I pick a theme that would guide me and represent the trend of the season to form a harmonious story that will end up as the collection. I’m often influenced by traveling and draw on multicultural aspects from different countries”. The story told at LG Toronto Fashion Week was the tale of the breezy summer days of the ’60’s, what RUDSAK calls ‘the traveler days’. The spring collection transported us from Safari to Americana, while the design team worked with the Rocker look that has been the brands signature for several seasons. Keeping true to the brand name, the runway paraded clean lines and fitted shapes with attention to detail, that makes the RUDSAK brand timeless.

It’s the luxurious feel and international taste that has this Canadian brand soaring to heights. Though the brand’s success has trumped international borders, RUDSAK still celebrates their Canadian roots as they will be showing their Fall line at LG Fashion Week in March, and are the proud sponsors of Quebec’s Make a Wish Foundation. Attention to detail and celebrating their homegrown roots surely makes RUDSAK Canadian chic.