" The figures are scary : more than 3 trillion paper tissues used annually. To combat the pollution and waste. Marion Poirier and Thomas Geissmann decided to produce eco-friendly handkerchiefs (and pocket square) under the brand name TSHU. The sunday serie for example, includes Nith, a limited edition hanky by fashion designer Leinad Beaudet. In a blend of cotton lawn, silk and lace, it is so exquisite that you want to cry just so you can use it. The owner' promise : "A tree will be planted for each purchased." "
PLAISIR de VIVRE - Vol 20 / No 1
" Dialogue is no longer a product created solely of the voice, but a concept that unifies the senses in order to communicate through varied subtleties; like the way one looks at another, or how they express themselves with one fleeting glance. Standing at more than six feet tall, with a demeanor synonymous to a quiet storm, Leinad Beaudet has succesfully mastered the art of silent expression through clothing that speaks to the psyche of a woman, without neglecting her physical demands. "
SPOILER MAGAZINE - No 5
Finally, in the penultimate show of Fashion Preview, held in stately Tudor Hall at Ogilvy’s last week, there was a show that fit the setting.
Ladies, and I use that word deliberately, perambulated and lounged around the hall’s grand piano, in sack coats pinned with brooches, day dresses, slingback heels, and hair up in buns at Leinad Beaudet’s fall-winter 2015 show.
Titled The Comfort of Indifference, and inspired by Denys Arcand’s 1981 similarly named film, Confort et l’indifference, the show was also inspired by the Yvettes – the so-called docile women who voted “No” in the sovereignty referendum of 1980 – and by the current ageism debate surrounding Annie Lennox and Madonna, Beaudet said. Those classy, languorous models, one with Joan Collins hair and a molten gold silk dress, are a reaction to the “bling bling” of women like Beyoncé and Rihanna, Beaudet said. “Women can be so beautiful,” he said. “There are other ways to intrigue than exposing the body.”
Ironic? Yes, replied Beaudet, who studied at Antwerp’s Royal Academy of Fine Arts and worked with furrier Zuki and designer Mélissa Nepton, among others, before launching his own line in 2013.
MONTREAL GAZETTE - March 24, 2015
Fashion crime :
Leinad Beaudet lost a garment bag somewhere between Montreal and Toronto. The Antwerp-trained designer, who apprenticed with Dries Van Noten, still impressed and we’d love to see him back for an UNTTLD-style round two.
FASHION MAGAZINE - October 21 2015
FAS
" Striving to create minimalist and practical designs for women, Daniel Beaudet's most recent collection, To th Lighthouse, was inspired by childhood memories stemming back to summers spent in a stark beach house among the banks of the St-Lawrence River. The Montreal-based designer used these memories as his driving force while creating his new line. "A weekend in a little village between Calais and Dunkerque with a lover - it's the sea but a melancholic one, like the North Sea or the one in Virginia Wolfe's Novel which have war as a central theme. It's a common, cliché theme but with a dark undertone." "
FLANELLE MAGAZINE - No 10
" Daniel Beaudet a fait sa place en quelques petites saisons avec sa griffe Leinad Beaudet. Pourquoi? Parce que ses modèles pour femme infiniment élégants se démarquent par leurs coupes impeccables qui dessinent de belles silhouettes sans chichis. Il se dégage de cette mode « minimaliste excentrique » – selon le créateur - un charme d’une autre époque qui est pourtant parfaitement dans le coup. "
HUFFINGTON POST - April 8, 2016
" Fashion Preview, Montreal’s semi-annual showcase of fashion and accessory design, is two weeks away, and Daniel Beaudet will once again be one of the ones to watch with his Leinad Beaudet collection, titled Outremont, ma chère.
Always poetic and evocative, Beaudet’s words match the mood of his fashion.
From the invitation to the upcoming show:
“….Through the thick veil of dust, the beauty of a doddering chandelier, pearls on a frayed velvet case, a pristine pleated flannel midi skirt, a lace trimmed bishop sleeved blouse and a floral print taffeta evening gown.’’
Beaudet explains that he was inspired by the shops of Outremont and Mile End, some with an inch of dust on the windows obscuring the elegant fashion and antiques inside. "
EVAFRIEDE.COM - March 12, 2017
ELLE QC - mai 2018
Nouvelle
Un designer montréalais brille en Inde
" Alors que le premier ministre Justin Trudeau est en Inde avec sa famille pour un voyage diplomatique, les yeux des fashionistas se tournent évidemment vers Sophie Grégoire. La première dame, qui a l’habitude de porter des designers canadiens, n’a pas failli à la tâche lors d’une visite au Taj Mahal dimanche. Vêtue d’une sublime robe en soie bleu ciel à imprimé floral de la marque montréalaise Leinad, elle cadrait parfaitement avec le décor. « Sa styliste Jessica Mulroney m’a contacté et je lui ai soumis deux modèles. Elle a choisi cette robe, mais jusqu’au dernier instant, impossible de savoir si elle allait vraiment la porter », raconte le designer Daniel Beaudet, évidemment très heureux de cette visibilité. "
LA PRESSE - 23 février, 2018