'We sat down with the Canadian fashion designer Christopher Bates for an exclusive interview after his runway show at Toronto Men\'s Fashion Week 2015. Having designed and produced his latest menswear collection in Milan, Christopher tells us about his journey to success. @CBatesMenswear @tom_fw @otsnmedia For more Entertainment Updates: Visit our website OTSN.ca Subscribe on YouTube Watch us on Huffington Post and AOL. Credits: Host: Darriel Roy Videography & Editing: Edward Gorodkine Production Assistants: Jenelle Wilson Florette King Transcript: You\'re watching On The Scene Network, I\'m Darriel Roy. We had a chance to speak with menswear designer Christopher Bates after his runway presentation at Toronto Men\'s Fashion Week. Let\'s take a look. Christopher Bates is a Canadian menswear designer who became popular in the fashion scene in 2009 when he was featured as one of the top 6 menswear designers in Canada by Sharp Magazine. Quickly rising to fame Christopher Bates moved to the fashion capital of the world - Milan. His collection has caught the attention and has been worn by celebrities like Howie D. of the Backstreet Boys and Marianas Trench. Darriel \"Tell us about your collection for the Toronto Men\'s Fashion Week.\" Christopher \"Well, this is the first collection where I actually designed and produced the entire collection in Italy. So I was proud to debut that - working with some world class mills and manufacturers there.\" Darriel \"Describe your fashion sense and your collection.\" Christopher \"Really, my angle is taking classic menswear pieces and just contemporising them through the fabric, the fit, the color palette and most importantly the details.\" Darriel \"Tell us a little about how you got into the fashion industry.\" Christopher \"It was always a dream. I started sketching when I was really young. Growing up in Vancouver, I wasn\'t really aware of fashion as a career but after I did a few trips to Europe in my late teens and early twenties I realized that there\'s this industry out there and people out there who would appreciate my ideas and I really wanted to be a part of it. So I sold my apartment, I moved to Milan and studies at Istituto Marangoni and then I moved back to Canada to start my line. Now I\'m back in Italy growing the business internationally.\" Darriel \"If you can name three traits that made you successful in the fashion industry, what would you say they are?\" Christopher \"Good taste, good ideas and a good sense of what is - and more importantly - what will be fashionable.\" Darriel \"There\'s a lot of young designers out there, what do you have to say to them to inspire them?\" Christopher \"Well, I\'d like to quote Walt Disney here, and he said: \'If you can dream it you can do it.\' And it\'s absolutely true. I think that once you follow your dreams and follow your passion - that\'s the point at which you become successful. So just go for it.\" Hotel and Accommodations provided by Delta Hotel Toronto. Hair and Nails provided by Sparks Salon. That\'s it for this episode of On The Scene Network. Thanks for watching.'
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