Last Friday, while juggling a cellphone, a pen, a Moleskine, and a tray of soppy nachos, I had the opportunity to speak with ambitious, local men's underwear entrepreneur Dylan Ribkoff.

Local clothing designer, Les Enfants Sauvages, wants Montreal to live a little wild. Not that we don't already, but we tend to express our inner savage through music, dance and the occasional all-night bicycle ride. In terms of covering our naked selves, the majority of us turn to brand names or international designers. The result: a local clothes design scene left starving for attention.

Demain soir à la SAT se déroulera la soirée CHROMATIC, le plus grand événement lancé par MASSIVart à ce jour.

Le programme du rendez-vous réunit deux dimensions. D'abord, en collaboration avec Art & Design Montreal et Sid Lee Collective, une portion visuelle qui rassemblera plus d'une cinquantaine de créateurs, allant de la peinture en direct à des défilés de mode en passant par la sérigraphie, le tout sous la supervision de Kristian Manchester, directeur créatif chez Sid Lee.

Ensuite, une portion performance qui vous permettra d'assister à des VJ battles et à des prestations, d'entre autres, Lunice et Meilleure Musique du Monde.

Tout ça pour aussi peu que 20$. Ça promet.

With Earth Day's 40th anniversary this past week, we're left to think about the Earth, the environment, what we're doing to be green, yadda yadda and so on - in all honesty, I'm in the camp that says every day should be Earth Day. Luckily, I'm not alone; local designer and former ICI Montréal Art Director Pier-Luk Bouthillier brings us PLB Design, a Montreal-based company that blends a passion for design with concern for environmental issues. Pier-Luk believes that good design is a fusion of aesthetics and functionality - and this is evident above all in his t-shirts.

Designer Dane Richards, last year's Fashion Pop award winner and avant style savant, is showing his Autumn/Winter 2010 line tomorrow evening in an independent presentation at the Eastern Bloc loft, following a cocktail reception. I think you should come see it, because Dane is quite simply a national treasure! The collection is inspired by the wildlife of his oceanside childhood - get ready for lots of tendrilly, crystally, aquatic magic. I spoke to the tall, handsome designer/photographer/rapid Oprah fan to learn a little bit about the collection he describes as an experiment in "cleaning the shores with luxury mops and woven filter." If you're tickled by this in the same weird place as I am, I expect to lock eyes with you across a certain crowded 5 a 7 tomorrow. And to never let go.

Last Friday, Preloved collaborated with La Chatte Bottée to bring Montreal vintage aficionados a shoe and recycled fashion party at Preloved's location (4832 St. Laurent), between 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.