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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

Street Style: Toronto Fashion Week attendees blend in with neutral looks

Street Style: Toronto Fashion Week attendees blend in with neutral looks

Nineteen pared-down palettes

A look at Sid Neigum's super-hyped Fashion Week presentation

A look at Sid Neigum’s super-hyped Fashion Week presentation

A step-by-step look at how the buzzy show came together

The best looks from last night's state dinner at the White House

The best looks from last night’s state dinner at the White House

Including Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau, Michelle Obama and Blake Lively

How to make the most of Toronto Fashion Week

How to make the most of Toronto Fashion Week

Five ways to experience the week like a VIP

Sixteen pairs of overalls, jumpsuits and other one-piece wonders

Sixteen pairs of overalls, jumpsuits and other one-piece wonders

Farewell, tops and trousers

Sophie Grégoire Trudeau's 12 best looks

Sophie Grégoire Trudeau’s 12 best looks

A ranking of the style icon's most envy-inducing outfit choices

What's new in Toronto shopping this week

What’s new in Toronto shopping this week

Frank and Oak in Sherway Gardens, Kate Spade in Square One and more of the city's best new stores and coolest pop-ups

Store Guide: Saks Fifth Avenue, Toronto's swishest new shopping destination

Store Guide: Saks Fifth Avenue, Toronto’s swishest new shopping destination

See inside the Eaton Centre's new 25,000-square-foot department store

Street Style: Toronto Men's Fashion Week

Street Style: Toronto Men’s Fashion Week

Behold, their best Blue Steel stares

The 12 best finds from H&M's new home collection

The 12 best finds from H&M’s new home collection

The line is finally available at the brand's new Eaton Centre flagship

Street Style: Skaters groove to DJs at the Harbourfront Centre

Street Style: Skaters groove to DJs at the Harbourfront Centre

What people wore on the season's final DJ Skate Night

What's new in Toronto shopping this week

What’s new in Toronto shopping this week

Nordstrom Rack in Yorkville, Saks Fifth Avenue at the Eaton Centre, and more of the week's best new stores and coolest pop-ups

Where celebrities ate in Toronto last week

Where celebrities ate in Toronto last week

See which of the 6's restaurants got their stamps of approval

Street Style: NBA wives shop for designer gear at Hudson's Bay

Street Style: NBA wives shop for designer gear at Hudson’s Bay

See swanky looks from people like Real Housewives of Potomac star Charisse Jordan

What NBA All-Stars got up to in Toronto this weekend (besides basketball)

What NBA All-Stars got up to in Toronto this weekend (besides basketball)

How players and their celeb fans killed time in the 6ix

Inside Toronto's insanely hyped, weekend-long Jordan pop-up

Inside Toronto’s insanely hyped, weekend-long Jordan pop-up

See what everyone's waiting in line for

Fifteen accessories that'll instantly fancify your winter coat

Fifteen accessories that’ll instantly fancify your winter coat

Luxe-looking scarves, hats and gloves for combatting those February blahs

Want to dress like an NBA All-Star? Buy this camo-print coat

Want to dress like an NBA All-Star? Buy this camo-print coat

The players will be sporting Canada Goose parkas this weekend

The top 20 dogs of Instagram in Toronto, ranked

The top 20 dogs of Instagram in Toronto, ranked

Twenty of our favourite famous (and incredibly adorable) pooches

What's new in Toronto shopping this week

What’s new in Toronto shopping this week

Simons sets up in Square One, Gisele-approved jewels land in Yorkville and more of the week's best new stores and coolest pop-ups

Street Style: Yorkvillers defy the cold in toasty, luxurious layers

Street Style: Yorkvillers defy the cold in toasty, luxurious layers

The 'hood hits the style sweet spot

Fifteen pieces of home decor inspiration from this year's Interior Design Show

Fifteen pieces of home decor inspiration from this year’s Interior Design Show

Futuristic shower heads, sculptural kids' toys, and more cool finds

Instant IKEA assembly, quickie booze delivery and seven other ways to streamline your life

Instant IKEA assembly, quickie booze delivery and seven other ways to streamline your life

Exceptionally helpful Toronto apps and services

Street Style: Nine-to-fivers show off professional looks in the Path

Street Style: Nine-to-fivers show off professional looks in the Path

Fifteen fashionable takes on office attire

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