A behind the scenes peek at the Dolorous S/S13 Collection shoot featuring the stunning Talvi of Prince Innocence! Stay tuned for the collection release next week.

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Spring Musings

Its tough work running my one man army! In the past few months Dolorous has gown faster and in more ways than I ever could have imagined. With so many exciting things on the horizon I thought it was due time to catch up! After an extremely hectic holiday season, including a one of a kind sale exclusive with Lavish and Squalor and getting an exciting collaboration underway, it was time to start on the spring summer collection! Using a variety of soft pastels and some great new materials the collection shows a softer, more feminine side of Dolorous. Bright and girlie was the concept for the collection, as well as for the lookbook shoot! Below are a few of the fun and feminine props we had floating around the shoot. Expect the S/S13 Lookbook soon!!!

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S/S 12 Collection Launch Party

Photography by Andrew Johnson

Finally! Here are the pictures from the Dolorous S/S 12 Collection Launch party at Miracle Thieves in Toronto. The event was a huge success and most importantly, a total blast, but what else would you expect of an event full of crystals and bodychains, as well as an abundance of delicious treats provided by the very talent ladies of Emma's Country Kitchen!

This is just a small selection of the photos from the evening, check out the entire album here

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Things are happening!

I've been very busy lately with the upcoming launch of the S/S Collection and, as I often do, I've taken that craziness and added a little more! I'm excited to say that I have a number of very exciting plans underway, but for now they're all top secret :)

They're such exciting plans that I've actually been ignoring the blog out of fear of spilling the beans early because I'm just SO EXCITED!!!!! And, for anyone living in Toronto stay tuned for some Toronto-specific surprises, or add Dolorous on facebook here for more details. YYYYYAAAAAAYYYYYYYY!

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Getting some love from Lavish and Squalor

Photos courtesy of Lavish and Squalor Blog

I was recently written up on the Lavish and Squalor blog
Check out the article here if you like :)

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Back to basics

For several weeks now I've been busy designing and producing my S/S collection and its become obvious that this is destined to be my most feminine collection yet. Last night as I worked I sat surrounded by crystals and pretty pastels, fine chains and dangly earrings, and I suddenly felt compelled to mix it up with a little leather and brass.

With each collection I try to include at least one or two unisex pieces, and in spite of all the sparkles I didn't want this collection to be any different. As I've mentioned before, my favourite accessories this year are chokers and bolos, so this season I switched things up with ultra-girlie bolos with crystals and bows, and more masculine and minimalist chokers.

Both the choker and bracelet are made with a thin cord of faux-leather and three or four brass bolts which can actually be moved along the cord by screwing them side to side. The ability to move them around makes these both interactive organic pieces that you can personalize day by day, and the bolts are tight enough that they will stay stationary once placed.

As someone who tends typically tends towards extravagance I take a lot of pleasure from designing visually simple but structurally complex pieces. I really love this set, as you may have guess from my rambling :)

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Sheer Genius

Marios Schwab Spring 2012

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