Ottawa Fashion Week opened at the city’s glitzy new Convention Centre Thursday night, with collections from Amber Watkins, Valeri Dumaine, Micalla and others.

Ottawa Fashion Week runs until Saturday.

• Friday night will feature designers Illyria Design, Karine Breeton, Kania !Nu.I, Alex Reyna, Ralph Leroy and Travis Taddeo.
• Saturday night will feature designs by Jana Hanzel and Emilia Torabi, DeMOYO, Rachel Sin, Symbiose by Hinda A., Samuel Dong, David McCaffery, and Edit by Jeanne Beker.
• Doors open at 5 p.m. For more information, visit ottawafashionweek.ca.

Designers

• Birds of North America is a line of vintage-classic clothing for women designed by Hayley Gibson. 
• Amber Watkins, whose swimsuits are pictured at right, hails from Ottawa and started in fashion three years ago.
• Valerie Dumaine, who has designs shown on the upper-right hand of this page, has been active in the Montreal fashion scene for more than 14 years.