STUDIO / HOW IT WORKSMUTUALISED INFRASTRUCTURE FOR INDEPENDENT FASHIONOPEN +
Studio brings professional space, industrial equipment, knowledge and production capacity together around the work—so independent practices can develop, continue and deliver.
DEVELOPMentoring and creative directionSUSTAINDesigners in ResidenceREALISECustom Studio mandates
Studio brings workspace, industrial equipment, technical expertise and production coordination together for independent fashion practice in Montréal. Designers share the resources and costs of a professional studio while retaining their own authorship and creative direction.
The pathway follows the practice or project. LDF can help develop a designer’s direction, sustain an active practice through shared infrastructure, or assemble the right capacities around an external mandate.
Guidance to develop your collection and independent practice.
1 spot available · start ASAP
An equipped working base to develop and produce your own work.
Commission LDF to develop and deliver a piece, product or project.
Mentoring
01 / IS THIS FOR YOU?
Develop your practice.
A twelve-month programme led by Milan Tanedjikov for technically autonomous designers developing a collection and an independent practice.
ILL DAVO / Fashion Art Toronto · 2026
FORMATTwelve months · September to September · Sunday sessions
INTAKE & FEESBased on a conversation about your work. Fees and next intake confirmed before enrolment.
02 / WHAT YOU GET
Develop a collection and a practice.
Collection direction
Research, positioning and critical judgment to develop a personal creative proposition.
Developing the work
Support through collection development, with Sunday sessions, peers and invited specialists.
Sustaining a practice
Connect creative work to public presentation and the economic foundations of an independent practice.
03 / IN PRACTICE
The work meets a public.
The programme connects research, collection development and public presentation. ILL DAVO’s work, presented at Fashion Art Toronto in 2026, appears above.
Bring a portfolio and explain what you can execute independently and what you want to develop.
Discuss the fit
We talk about the stage of your practice, your availability and whether the programme is appropriate.
Confirm the terms
Intake timing, fees and commitments are confirmed before enrolment.
Programme and mentoring lead +
The program
The program runs for twelve months, September to September, in three consecutive development modules. Sunday sessions, targeted studio access, peers and invited specialists support the work. Each module leads to a public-facing outcome.
The intended result is a clearer creative position, a resolved body of work and the beginnings of a business capable of supporting continued practice. Current fees and intake information are available in the mentoring application path.
Led by Milan Tanedjikov
Milan is a fashion designer, educator and founder of LIGNES DE FUITE. He has taught fashion design at LaSalle College since 2010 and supported designers through the transition from education to autonomous professional practice.
His teaching and mentoring history includes early support for Hannah Rose Dalton and Steven Raj Bhaskaran of Matières Fécales. LIGNES DE FUITE received the 2026 CAFA Fashion Impact Award.
Set up your practice at LDF in Montréal. Develop patterns, make samples and produce your work in an equipped studio, alongside other independent fashion designers.
LDF / IN THE STUDIO · PHOTOGRAPHY · Belén Catalán
AVAILABILITY1 spot available · start ASAP
ACCESS & FEESSet out in an individual offer. Mentoring and production services are scoped separately.
02 / WHAT YOU GET
A place for your own practice.
Equipped workspace
Industrial sewing machines, pattern tables and shared tools to develop and produce your work.
A working base
Studio access and storage arranged around your practice and the agreed offer.
Other practices nearby
Work alongside independent designers, exchange knowledge and share technical experience.
03 / IN PRACTICEIN RESIDENCE
Practices in the studio.
OSČ / PHOTOGRAPHY @qauffeegraphy
DESIGNER IN RESIDENCE / Montréal
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Oliver Suri-Černacek
Oliver Suri-Černacek works across clothing, textiles and visual storytelling. His practice brings technical development and historical research into garments, images and exhibitions. His project Untold Cowboy explores Black and Indigenous cowboy histories in Canada alongside his own Slovak heritage.
Explain what you make and what you need in space, equipment, access and storage.
Visit the studio
See the facilities and discuss the available place and your working needs.
Receive an individual offer
Access, storage, fees and duration are set out before you commit.
Residency details +
Start with a conversation about your work and what you need from a studio. We can arrange a visit, show you the equipment and talk through the place available. If it feels like a fit, we put together a personal offer for you.
For brands, stylists, performers and organizations who need skilled design, technical development and production. Bring one piece, a product or a larger project. We define the scope and assemble the people needed to deliver it.
02 / WHAT YOU GET
Four ways to commission Studio.
03 / IN PRACTICEETHNOCARE / LDF STUDIO
01 / SERVICE
Product development & production
Resolve a garment or textile product, from an existing idea to a prototype, sample or small production run.
Pattern development, prototypes and samples
Fittings, corrections and technical experimentation
Product development support, prototyping and custom modifications for specialized textile products.
RACINE
Cutting, sewing and technical execution for small production runs. Design authorship stays with RACINE.
DE LA NUIT / LDF STUDIO
02 / SERVICE
Custom garments & special pieces
Commission a garment, costume or textile piece for a performance, shoot, campaign or artistic project.
Patternmaking and sewing for custom pieces
Textile printing, dyeing and customization
Development around a reference, sketch or existing piece
LDF’S CONTRIBUTION
DE LA NUIT
Costume production and technical coordination for a performance cast. Creative direction belongs to the commissioning team.
FASHION PREVIEW / LDF STUDIO
03 / SERVICE
Shows, images & public projects
Bring a collection, campaign or cultural project into public view with a coordinated creative and production team.
Creative direction, styling and image production
Casting, team sourcing and production coordination
Fashion shows, exhibitions and cultural activations
LDF’S CONTRIBUTION
FASHION PREVIEW
Styling, casting, team sourcing and production coordination for two LCI Education runway editions.
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Fashion-market strategy, designer collaboration, campaign content and public activation.
CSMO TEXTILE / LDF STUDIO
04 / SERVICE
Training & workshops
Build a practical learning activity for a school, organization or industry team, with the studio resources and specialists it needs.
Workshop and programme development
Equipped technical environment and specialist coordination
Participant coordination and on-site support
LDF’S CONTRIBUTION
CSMO TEXTILE
Training infrastructure, participant recruitment, programme coordination and on-site support for CSMO Textile activities.
FORMATOne technical step or a complete project
FEESQuoted for the agreed scope, complexity, quantities and timing. Work begins once the scope and fees are agreed.
04 / HOW IT WORKS
From first conversation to delivery.
Tell us what you need
Share the intended result, what already exists, your timing and an approximate budget.
Define the work
We assess feasibility, agree on deliverables and responsibilities, and prepare an estimate.
Develop and deliver
The relevant designers and specialists carry out the agreed work, coordinated through LDF.
More projects +MADE THROUGH STUDIO
From one technical intervention to a complete public activation. The work shows how LDF assembles different capacities around each mandate.
The incubator behind the work +
LDF brings independent designers and specialists together around commissioned work. Clients have one studio coordinating the mandate; designers retain authorship of their own work.
