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   Not that this city doesn’t have its superstars. For decades, savvy shoppers in Saks and other high-end boutiques from Fifth Avenue to Rodeo Drive have snapped up Zuki’s fab furs, Marissa Minicucci’s elegant knitwear and Marie Saint Pierre’s forward sportswear. More recently, in 2000 Philippe Dubuc became the first Canadian designer to ink a deal with Moët et Chandon, part of the LVMH group, past boosters of the likes of Vivienne Westwood, Marc Jacobs and John Galliano.
   MFWIII, Day One: after the opening press conference at noon, no fewer than seven fashion shows, with most attendees and journalists ending their day around 1 a.m. Venues ranged from a spacious, light-filled pier in the Old Port, to art galleries on trendy St Laurent Boulevard, to an atelier in Old Montréal, to the studios of Musique Plus, to the Musée d’Art Contemporain, to a converted railyard. ‘We wanted to give each designer a showcase that reflected and complemented their designs,’ said Hans Koechling of The Image Is. The prominent Montréal fashion show producer is part of the MFW team and helped devise the concept. ‘And one of the things we do best here is party!’

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For decades, savvy shoppers in Saks and other high-end boutiques from Fifth Avenue to Rodeo Drive have snapped up Zuki, Marissa Minicucci and Marie Saint Pierre