Brian Bailey
{{Short description|Canadian fashion designer}}
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Brian Bailey (born February 15, 1958) is a Toronto, Ontario, Canada based fashion designer.{{cite book|author=Martin M. Pegler|title=Stores of the Year, Vol.14.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b3eH5LQT9GwC&pg=PA108|date=13 May 2003|publisher=HarperCollins|isbn=978-1-58471-032-5|page=108}} He designs for women and has bridal and evening collections in addition to day-wear, ready-to-wear,[https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/tia-duffy/canadian-designers-embracing-diversity_b_13618618.html "5 Canadian Designers Breaking The Mould And Embracing Diversity"]. Huffington Post, Tia Duffy, 12/15/2016 sportswear, and plus sizes.[https://windsorstar.com/life/fashion-beauty/five-minutes-with-project-runway-canada-host-brian-bailey "Five minutes with Project Runway Canada host Brian Bailey"]. Windsor Star, July 6, 2012
Career
Bailey started out in the fashion business in Toronto.[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/small-business/sb-managing/canadian-designers-bloom-and-grow-in-fashion-incubator/article4402788/ "Canadian designers bloom and grow in fashion incubator"]. MARLENE HABIB, The Globe and Mail, Jul. 12, 2012 In 1988 he took part in Toronto Fashion Week.[https://www.thestar.com/life/fashion_style/2010/10/14/toronto_fashion_week_25_years_of_trendsetters_and_troublemakers.html "Toronto fashion week: 25 years of trendsetters and troublemakers"]. Toronto Star, Astrid Lange and Peggy Mackenzie, Oct. 14, 2010
In April, 2007, he went on the Canadian Shopping Channel and sold $80,000 of designer clothing in one day.[https://www.thestar.com/news/2007/05/03/now_showing_canadian_design.html "Now showing: Canadian design"]. Toronto Star, Bernadette Morra, May 3, 2007
Also in 2007, Bailey acted as a mentor to young fashion designers in the reality television competition Project Runway Canada. He remained on the show for its second season.[https://torontoist.com/2009/01/project_runway_take_two_tonight/ "Project Runway, Take Two Tonight"]. Torontoist, January 27, 2009 By Sarah Nicole Prickett[https://www.pressreader.com/canada/calgary-herald/20071016/282973920668808 "Project Runway Canada's Brian Bailey describes our country's fashion ..."]. Calgary Herald, 2007/10/16. Natalie Atkinson
By 2009, Bailey's fashions were sold at Saks and Harrods.[http://www.financialpost.com/scripts/story.html?id=1211970 "When Iman came to Ottawa, there was no talk of coalitionWhen Iman came to Ottawa, there was no talk of coalition"]. Financial Post, Zosia Bielski, Jan. 23, 2009 His designs are currently available online at TSC.[https://www.tsc.ca/pages/productresults?dimensions=126638 TSC]
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