Bondage themes on Toronto Fashion Week runway

Xtra chats with Ezra Constantine designers Kirk Pickersgill and Stephen Wong

The designers of men’s fashion label Ezra Constantine combined everyday life and bondage themes in their runway show at this year’s Toronto Fashion Week.

While the bondage themes were not intentional, Stephen Wong says he saw the clothes as “really great fashion items.”

Co-designer Kirk Pickersgill says the show was also meant to convey themes of protection in a violent world.

For a video interview with Pickersgill and Wong, see the video below.


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