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Muskoka is a beautiful place to unwind and create
BRACEBRIDGE, February 7 - Muskoka Magazine is a magazine for Muskoka cottagers, residents and frequent visitors. The magazine covers the rich array of people, lifestyles, events, special places, local issues and activities one will find in this truly unique...
2009 Heart Beat Ball – A great event in support of a great cause
TORONTO, February 7 - On Friday February 6th, over 300 business, community, medical and political leaders attended the 2009 Heart Beat Ball in the Regency Ballroom of Toronto's Four Seasons Hotel, to support and celebrate the Women's Cardiovascular Health Initiative,...
Charles Dickens’ Timeless Classic: A Christmas Carol
ROSSEAU, December 7 - Marilyn Brooks and Carroll Sturgeon co-chaired for CBC, the Charles Dickens classic story A Christmas Carol. It was an amazing evening with approximately 175 people attending at the newly renovated Rosseau Community Memorial Hall. The event...
Spring/Summer 2008 preview of Canadian fashion
Marilyn Brooks has recently been sketching for Inside Fashion by Audrey Gostlin. Click on the images below to view all my sketches for the Spring/Summer 2008 issue of Inside Fashion featuring Canadian Designers.
The “Summer of Love” Event Part of LuminaTO 2007
The Summer of Love was a five hour music fest celebrating the Yorkville scene of the 60s and its relevance to the birth of Toronto as a major music centre. It took place in the afternoon in Yorkville Park alongside Cumberland St (opposite where Marilyn's old...
E L L E Canada May 2005
Marilyn Brooks in her retirement is still making news from all 4 decades she was in fashion! A forerunner in the 60s, not only for her unique fashion and big production fashion shows ... but also documenting through photography each season of her collections!...
E L L E F L A S H B A C K
PEEKABOOTORONTO, 1967If you haven't worked up the courage to slip into your Catwoman ensemble on October 31, don't fret. The purrfect way to prowl is in disguise. Just ask Toronto designer and Halloween enthusiast Marilyn Brooks, who often used masks - like this one...
FASHION CARES
Marilyn Brooks has been in almost every Fashion Cares show in the last 20 years. In 2002, Fashion Cares celebrated its 20th Anniversary and Marilyn was one of the featured designers. They chose the 2002 Gown (pictured left), for the show. Marilyn had her special TTC...
Marilyn Brooks a recipient of the Order of Ontario for 2000
For more than 37 years, Marilyn Brooks has been one of Canada's leading fashion designers. She is always looking for new ways to enhance the exposure of her designs and those of other Canadian designers. In 1988, February 4th was officially declared "Marilyn Brooks...
