Photos by Kalynn Friesen.

A note from the editor:

When we teamed up with The Fringe Festival, Toronto’s largest theatre and performance festival, FAJO Magazine proposed to spot about 20 Best Dressed attendees at the opening ceremonies last week, round that down to top 4 and then select one person who will win a photoshoot and a profile story with us.

The festival draws more than 70,000 people over 12 days each year. So you could just imagine how busy and fabulous the opening ceremonies were. Guests at the event were very artistic individuals, so when we said we wanted everyone to “dress to impress,” they arrived clad in some very stylish numbers.

As a result, choosing a winner was not an easy job, but in the end, I picked someone who I think had a very classic, summer-y and creative outfit.

Take a look at our galleries below for full details.

We will publish our story and photoshoot with the contest’s winner – Rob Kempson – later this month!

FAJO’s Best Dressed contest – top 3 runners-up

Runner-up 1 – Veronica Russell.

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Runner-up 2 – Jeigh Madjus, singer/actor.

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Runner-up 3 – Andrea Roberts, actor/photographer.

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FAJO’s Best Dressed contest – winner

Rob Kempson, associate artistic producer at Theatre Passe Muraille.

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FAJO’s Best Dressed list

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Fringe Festival highlights

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