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Jean Grant

Jean Grant has been a freelance writer since 2015, covering a range of lifestyle topics like shopping, interiors, wellness and culture for publications like Maclean’s and Toronto Life. She also enjoys working with brands to develop custom content, and shares personal essays through her Substack newsletter, Nobody is Thinking About You.

Latest from Jean Grant

Ten pieces of fall suiting inspiration from Toronto Men's Fashion Week

Ten pieces of fall suiting inspiration from Toronto Men’s Fashion Week

Including swapping dress shoes for sneakers and sporting colourful neckties

Street Style: The CNE

Street Style: The CNE

Playful, carnival-appropriate looks from the fairground

Real Weddings 2016: Inside a laid-back, DIY everything Brickworks bash

Real Weddings 2016: Inside a laid-back, DIY everything Brickworks bash

A DIY extravaganza that was pulled off without a planner

Inside Warby Parker's first Canadian store on Queen West

Inside Warby Parker’s first Canadian store on Queen West

Spectacle shopping on Queen West just got a bit cooler

Inside PR firm Faulhaber's Liberty Village office, with free candy, a mini studio and free lipstick

Inside PR firm Faulhaber’s Liberty Village office, with free candy, a mini studio and free lipstick

Plus a seriously impressive Vogue collection

Street Style: Alexandra Park outdoor pool

Street Style: Alexandra Park outdoor pool

The best heatwave-appropriate attire

Inside Holt Renfrew's gigantic, swanky new Square One location

Inside Holt Renfrew’s gigantic, swanky new Square One location

More than 130,000 square feet of high-end shopping, plus luxe manicures and art for sale

Inside Telus's enormous, 21-floor office, with three whole storeys dedicated to fun and wellness

Inside Telus’s enormous, 21-floor office, with three whole storeys dedicated to fun and wellness

With all these amenities, Telus employees have few reasons to leave the building

Street Style: King West

Street Style: King West

Twenty cool looks from the neighbourhood's patio-hopping population

Inside Little White Sneakers, a designer consignment store for kids

Inside Little White Sneakers, a designer consignment store for kids

Where to find Baby Dior, Burberry and Stella McCartney—all up to 80 per cent off

Inside Shinola, the Detroit-based brand’s first Toronto location

Handmade bicycles, stylish leather goods and infinitely customizable watches

Inside Mellah, a Moroccan rug–lover's dream in Dufferin Grove

Inside Mellah, a Moroccan rug–lover’s dream in Dufferin Grove

Where to find vintage floor coverings sourced straight from Marrakesh

Fashion industry VIPs react to Toronto Fashion Week's cancellation

Fashion industry VIPs react to Toronto Fashion Week’s cancellation

Robin Kay, Hayley Elsaesser, Barbara Atkin and more respond to IMGs claim that there wasn't enough Toronto support

Inside MasterCard's Yorkville office, where not even the president has an office

Inside MasterCard’s Yorkville office, where not even the president has an office

Foosball and Pac-Man for all!

Street Style: The Toronto Island Jack Layton Ferry Terminal

Street Style: The Toronto Island Jack Layton Ferry Terminal

The ferry docks saw plenty of vacation-inspired looks this weekend

The best-dressed attendees at this year's Queen's Plate

The best-dressed attendees at this year’s Queen’s Plate

Headwear doesn't get much more elaborate than this

Inside the Drake General Store's giant new Queen West flagship, with a café, barbershop and New Balance boutique

Inside the Drake General Store’s giant new Queen West flagship, with a café, barbershop and New Balance boutique

It's a massive upgrade

Inside Campari's pretty, pastel-hued workspace in Liberty Village

Inside Campari’s pretty, pastel-hued workspace in Liberty Village

It's more art gallery than corporate HQ

The best rainbow-hued apparel for showing your pride this weekend

The best rainbow-hued apparel for showing your pride this weekend

What to wear to the city's annual parade

Street Style: The Gatsby Garden Party at the Spadina Museum

Street Style: The Gatsby Garden Party at the Spadina Museum

Twenty perfectly put-together looks that would make F. Scott Fitzgerald proud

The best summer skincare products, according to three Toronto experts

The best summer skincare products, according to three Toronto experts

We asked a facialist, dermatologist and makeup artist to tell us their favourite summer skincare finds

Inside Banger Films' renovated warehouse in the Junction Triangle

Inside Banger Films’ renovated warehouse in the Junction Triangle

The production company's space is filled with vintage decor and gifts from heavy metal bands

Inside Tuck Shop Trading Company's new, Muskoka-themed Rosedale shop

Inside Tuck Shop Trading Company’s new, Muskoka-themed Rosedale shop

It's a slice of cottage country in the city

Real Weddings 2016: The head of Oliver and Bonacini holds a swanky celebration

Real Weddings 2016: The head of Oliver and Bonacini holds a swanky celebration

A bowties-only bash with oysters, champagne and plenty of foie gras

Summer Camp Guide

Summer Camp Directory 2026

Summer Camp Directory 2026

Discover our top-rated summer camps for kids of all ages

Best New Restaurants

Toronto Life ’s Best Restaurants returns for its 10th-anniversary edition on June 8

Toronto Life’s Best Restaurants returns for its 10th-anniversary edition on June 8

General admission tickets are now on sale for Toronto’s biggest culinary night, featuring top chefs, restaurants and drinks

Big Stories

These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2026

These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2026

This year’s list includes a 150-square-foot omakase counter, a Parisian brasserie in the Annex, Korean comfort food, Filipino karaoke and a Summerhill seafood spot that’s reinventing the raw bar

Hoop Dreams: Inside the making of the Toronto Tempo, the city’s newly assembled WNBA team

Hoop Dreams: Inside the making of the Toronto Tempo, the city’s newly assembled WNBA team

After years of false starts, months of nail-biting negotiations between the league and the players’ union, and an 11th-hour scramble to build a roster, Toronto finally has its own major-league women’s basketball team. Now it just has to live up to the hype

Live From New York: Inside the slay-or-be-slayed world of Studio 8H with SNL rookie Veronika Slowikowska

Live From New York: Inside the slay-or-be-slayed world of Studio 8H with SNL rookie Veronika Slowikowska

Slowikowska is the first Canadian to join the cast of Saturday Night Live in more than 25 years. She’s also this season’s breakout star. Now all she has to do is keep crushing it

Better Call Deepak: Meet drug lord Ryan Wedding’s self-styled cocaine lawyer

Better Call Deepak: Meet drug lord Ryan Wedding’s self-styled cocaine lawyer

The man who represented the infamous drug lord is unapologetically flashy—he has a Lamborghini and two Maseratis and wears $1,200 Louboutins. But did he become an accomplice to his client’s crimes? Deepak Paradkar says he was just doing his job. The FBI says he crossed a line

The Redemption Tour: The Blue Jays are back. Can they finish what they started?

The Redemption Tour: The Blue Jays are back. Can they finish what they started?

We’re not over it, but they are. Six months after that devastating defeat, the Jays take the field once more, bent more than ever on winning the World Series. Dispatches from the dugout

My Life as a True Crime Spectacle: My father’s crimes fractured our family. Then came the press

My Life as a True Crime Spectacle: My father’s crimes fractured our family. Then came the press

My dad was the infamous Rolex Killer. The news of his crimes nearly broke me. And ever since, my family has been hounded by reporters, podcasters and true crime fanatics—a whole new circle of hell

Robby on the Line: Out and about with Robby Hoffman, comedy’s equal opportunity assassin

Robby on the Line: Out and about with Robby Hoffman, comedy’s equal opportunity assassin

Larry David is the indisputable king of brutal honesty. But if anyone comes close, it’s Robby Hoffman, the suddenly everywhere comic from whom no group is safe

Notes on an Academic Scandal: Why did TMU demote a leading advocate of DEI?

Notes on an Academic Scandal: Why did TMU demote a leading advocate of DEI?

Pamela Sugiman, a former arts dean at Toronto Metropolitan University, was a key player in the school’s push for diversity, equity and inclusion. When the backlash against DEI arrived, she was demoted. The school says it was a coincidence. She disagrees

City of Renters: The dream of home ownership isn’t dead. Maybe it should be?

City of Renters: The dream of home ownership isn’t dead. Maybe it should be?

Scenes from the rent-for-life revolution

This generation was pummelled by Covid high school. Now the job market wants to replace them with AI

This generation was pummelled by Covid high school. Now the job market wants to replace them with AI

It’s hard out here for a 20-something

The High Price of Hope: Inside Toronto’s white-hot fertility market

The High Price of Hope: Inside Toronto’s white-hot fertility market

Desperate wannabe parents are betting their life savings on unproven treatments and false promises

Man vs. Machine: ChatGPT caused him to spiral into delusion. Now he’s suing OpenAI

Man vs. Machine: ChatGPT caused him to spiral into delusion. Now he’s suing OpenAI

Last spring, a chatbot convinced Allan Brooks that he had discovered a revolutionary mathematical theory. He says it nearly destroyed him

Smart City: 20 mind-blowing Toronto inventions that are changing the world

Smart City: 20 mind-blowing Toronto inventions that are changing the world

Homegrown innovations that will transform lives for the better

293 Days Without My Son: I gave up everything to rescue my kidnapped child from my abusive husband

293 Days Without My Son: I gave up everything to rescue my kidnapped child from my abusive husband

When Valentino was abducted, I knew three things: he’d been taken by his father, he was somewhere in India and I would not rest until I found him

The Violent Life of a Tow Truck Driver: How an unremarkable profession turned Toronto into a war zone

The Violent Life of a Tow Truck Driver: How an unremarkable profession turned Toronto into a war zone

The towing industry has been hijacked by criminals and kingpins who fleece customers, beat up dissenters and shoot their enemies. Inside the brutal turf war for the city’s wrecks

Street Fight: Inside the battle raging over Toronto multiplexes

Street Fight: Inside the battle raging over Toronto multiplexes

If this city stands any chance of solving the housing crisis, it will need buildings with multiple units in residential neighbourhoods—a move that has many residents saying, “Anywhere but here!”

Young and Retired: Meet the super-savers quitting work decades before the average Canadian

Young and Retired: Meet the super-savers quitting work decades before the average Canadian

In the age of doomspending, these ultra-driven Torontonians give up their weekends, work multiple jobs and never, ever eat out. The upside: they’ll retire long before the rest of us

Just Listed

For Sale: 171 Durant Ave

For Sale: 171 Durant Ave

This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot

For Sale: 50 First Avenue

For Sale: 50 First Avenue

A testament to time presiding over one of Uxbridge's most storied streetscapes, this magnificently preserved circa 1880 residence commands its prominent corner lot with the quiet confidence of a true architectural landmark

For Sale: 7 Bentley Drive

For Sale: 7 Bentley Drive

A commanding architectural statement in prestigious Stonegate–Queensway, this newly completed custom residence by Bali Homes Group presents a refined interpretation of contemporary luxury living

For Sale: 75 Queen Street

For Sale: 75 Queen Street

Guelph is having a moment

For Sale: 112 Mildenhall Rd

For Sale: 112 Mildenhall Rd

A rare opportunity to own a custom-built masterpiece in the heart of Lawrence Park beautifully designed by Gray Smith and Arca Design for the most discerning buyer