Black Friday Special

PK 25th Anniversary Party

PK 25...pictures say more than a thousand words...

 

Thank you to our wonderful customers and everyone who attended!

25 YEARS PETRA KARTHAUS FASHION ANNIVERSARY

PK - Once Upon a Time

The Blog:  WHAT EXACTLY DOES HERITAGE MEAN?

PK: Heritage is not nostalgia - a bittersweet longing for the past - authentic heritage is something you can see, feel, and sense in a product.

The Blog:  WHAT ABOUT "NOW"?

PK: The fashion product has to be relevant to "now", of course. But heritage is built upon many years, sometimes a generation, of tradition and values, built upon experience, passion, and know - how.

The Blog:  WHAT ABOUT DESIGN AND HERITAGE?

PK: Sure, in design start from something, don't invent, but go back through the brand history and try to build up an idea for the new collection.

The Blog:  25 YEARS OF FASHION BUYING IN EUROPE. ADVICE?

PK: Well, it's not about what looks "now" or what looks like "heritage". You have to look at what's commercial, what works for the customer. So, when I'm in Paris or wherever, I often think about the customer - including the customer still to meet. And that's why we put together these images from the past 25 years for the blog - I hope they like it!

The Blog:  AND THE HORSE?

PK: The merry - go - round horse has been in the store from day 1. Children walk by and so the horse is really for them. A 3 year old girl pulled her father in last December. She was so thrilled to get on that horse! He's a little precious so the father had to hold her in the saddle

Once Upon a Time.....Harry and Petra had a great idea, and thus began Petra Karthaus Toronto...

1989 - 2000....

...turned into 2001 - 2014...

....the present!

Boulevard de Paris - Capucines

After the film, we came out onto the Boulevard des Capucines. It was twilight. It was grey, a chill coming. Holding hands, we made our way down the Boulevard. Shopping in the 2nd Arrondisement was one of our rituals. Manfield, across from Theatre Olympia, is a shoe store. A pair of suedes, with too-high heels, caught my eye. Paul said they would go with my cashmere coat.

From MANFIELD we walked along Capucines, to window shop…“faire du lèche-vitrines" as we used to say, and then to Le Grand Cafe Capucines.

Paul ordered our early Saturday evening coupes du champagne. We talked of the film and laughed. In a way, every film with Paris at its heart is a love story. We chose onion soup, then lamb, a carré d'agneau. Paul chose the wine, a Château Lalande-Borie.

We walked back along Capucines, in the direction of the metro OPERA, warmed by the food and wine against the cold, blowing night. I had tied my midnight navy blue scarf, a Petrusse, to protect against the chill. Holding hands, we stood in front of Palais Garnier. Before descending into the Opera Metro, we looked in all directions, at the lights. Paul recited: "Then there was the bad weather. It would come in one day when the fall was over.”

“There is never any ending to Paris and the memory of each person who has lived in it differs from that of any other......But this is how Paris was in the early days.”

                                                   Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast

 To tie a Scarf for the Evening

Petrusse scarves are now in-store.

The Blue Hour

What are you trying to achieve when you dress?

According to the fashion calendar it's time to face the new season and order a winter coat. 

And yet...

We've put together some shop the look combinations from new arrivals to put on now. A way of going gently into the Fall/Winter season in easy trans-seasonal clothes.

Washes of Royal blue

Subtle shades of Mazarine blue

Indigo blue with navy accents