Toronto Fashion Week is a showcase for Canadian design talent and this year the event compelled some fashion insiders to head north for the festivities.

America's Next Top Model judge and stylist, Nole Marin, was spotted front  row and center last Tuesday night at the invitation only Mackage runway show, and at several other events throughout the week.

Think Fashion did manage to catch up with him briefly after the Mackage show.  He didn't have much time for more than a quick hello, but he did say he was having a great time in Toronto - and so were we!

Marin was a judge on America's Next Top Model for the earlier cycles, and has since been replaced with Ms. J Alexander. As a part of the ANTM panel, the talented stylist stood out as being more sympathetic than some of the other, openly negative, judges.

For Canada's Next Top Model Cycle Two, new host, Jay Manuel, has chosen Marin to join the show as its Creative Director. Nole will essentially be taking on the role that Manuel himself performs on the original, American version of the show.

Other judges for Canada's Next Top Model include Jeanne Beker, acclaimed fashion journalist, Supermodel Yasmin Warsame, and celebrity photographer,Paul Alexander.

Photo credit: Julie Heffernan, freelance photographer