SPRING / SUMMER 2026
COLLECTIVE:
RE:STANCE
EVENT: THE (SHOW)ROOM
FASHION WEEK: TORONTO
Multi-format | Monday, May 25 | 5pm–10pm
5PM: The (SHOW)ROOM (open for the duration of the show)
6PM: Charles Lu. Get tickets→.
8:30PM: L’uomo Strano. Get Tickets→.
About the Event
A one-day fashion marketplace inside one of Toronto’s most iconic retail spaces.
THE (SHOW) ROOM is a one-day retail, exhibition, and cultural fashion marketplace inside the former Hudson’s Bay / Saks Fifth Avenue and The Room space.
For one day only, one of Toronto’s most recognizable fashion destinations will be reimagined through the lens of independent designers, artists, stylists, fashion organizations, collectors, and the broader creative community.
THE (SHOW) ROOM invites guests to shop, discover, connect, and experience the future of Toronto fashion inside a landmark space built for fashion history.
Available for the Charles Lu and L’Uomo Strano ticket holders (SHOW)ROOM from 5PM.
6 PM CHARLES LU
Multi-format | Monday, May 25 | 6 PM
OFFSITE: Hudson Bay & Saks Fifth at the Eaton Centre
6 PM: Performance | 7:30 PM: Runway
Website: charles-lu.com
Instagram: @charles_lu
About the Show
Announcement coming soon
About the Designer
Charles Lu is a Canadian designer whose work is defined by technical precision, couture-grade construction, and an international fashion perspective shaped by years of study and practice in London and Dubai.
Originally from Hamilton, Ontario, Lu trained at Istituto Marangoni before building a career in luxury fashion and creative direction.
He became widely known through Netflix’s Next in Fashion, and continues to develop a design language rooted in craftsmanship, structure, and modern refinement.
8 PM L’UOMO STRANO
Showcase | Monday, May 25 | 8:30PM
Website: luomostrano.com
Instagram: @luomostrano
About the Collection
Collection Annoucement coming soon.
About the Designer
L’Uomo Strano is founded by Toronto-based creative Mic Carter, whose work centers queer, Black, and gender-nonconforming self-expression. Through experimental design, Carter merges fashion with social justice, futurity, and community, creating affirming wardrobes for gender-nonconforming people and their allies. Their practice is especially focused on clothing as a source of visibility, strength, and responsive beauty for those pushed to the margins of cis-heteronormativity and femme-phobia.
Carter has also been recognized in Toronto’s fashion community for mentoring and championing emerging designers through collaborations with Toronto Metropolitan University and Fashion Art Toronto.