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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

Souvenir Studios is a new shop, studio and event space in Brockton Village

Souvenir Studios is a new shop, studio and event space in Brockton Village

A place to buy ceramics, take a floral workshop and host a party on College Street

Simeone Napoli brings fine Italian suiting to Scollard Street

Simeone Napoli brings fine Italian suiting to Scollard Street

Yorkvillers have a new place to go for made-to-measure menswear

Eighteen classic, cozy winter coats under $300

Eighteen classic, cozy winter coats under $300

Browse boyfriend coats, party toppers and down-filled parkas

How Toronto's flashiest tailor designs his over-the-top bespoke tuxedos

How Toronto’s flashiest tailor designs his over-the-top bespoke tuxedos

Inside the Corktown studio of J.S. Vann (a.k.a. "Sox")

Seven ridiculously talented Toronto designers (and where you can buy their stuff)

Seven ridiculously talented Toronto designers (and where you can buy their stuff)

A practical guide to Toronto's top fashion talents

Twenty-one perfectly autumnal outfits from Kensington Market's final Pedestrian Sunday

Twenty-one perfectly autumnal outfits from Kensington Market’s final Pedestrian Sunday

Quirky-cool fall looks

The 10 best street-style looks from Toronto Fashion Week

The 10 best street-style looks from Toronto Fashion Week

Monochromatic uniforms, laid-back ballgowns and eight more of our favourite outfits

Shoelace disasters, last-minute makeup and more behind-the-scenes mayhem at Toronto Fashion Week

Shoelace disasters, last-minute makeup and more behind-the-scenes mayhem at Toronto Fashion Week

A minute-by-minute recap of the countdown to Wednesday night's Mackage show

Sparkly boots, a see-through backpack and 23 more bold accessories spotted at Toronto Fashion Week

Sparkly boots, a see-through backpack and 23 more bold accessories spotted at Toronto Fashion Week

Close-ups of the shoes, bags and jewellery that stood out this season

Muppet fur, head-to-toe paisley and nine other street-style statements from Toronto Fashion Week

Muppet fur, head-to-toe paisley and nine other street-style statements from Toronto Fashion Week

The most outrageous outfits spotted at the tents

Fifteen of the most wearable street-style looks from Toronto Fashion Week

Fifteen of the most wearable street-style looks from Toronto Fashion Week

Everyday outfit inspiration spotted at David Pecaut Square

Who to follow on Instagram this Fashion Week

Who to follow on Instagram this Fashion Week

Eight industry insiders who will be providing behind-the-scenes snaps this week

A new Weyni Mengesha play, a Back to the Future screening and nine other things to do this week

A new Weyni Mengesha play, a Back to the Future screening and nine other things to do this week

What to do in Toronto during the week of October 19

Six ways to have fun at Toronto Fashion Week (even if you don't know much about fashion)

Six ways to have fun at Toronto Fashion Week (even if you don’t know much about fashion)

Go to a show, score free food, see Star Wars–inspired designs and three other things to do

Twelve perfect fall finds from Down Under

Twelve perfect fall finds from Down Under

Australian-made clothes, accessories and apothecary products are taking over Toronto stores

Trend report: Best of fall style

Trend report: Best of fall style

Toronto is overflowing with shiny new stores, fresh-faced designers and an endless supply of irresistible stuff. Here, eight excellent reasons to shop the city this season

Hayley Elsaesser's print-filled flagship opens in Bayview Village

Hayley Elsaesser’s print-filled flagship opens in Bayview Village

Uptown shoppers can now get a taste of the Aussie designer's bold style

You decide: who dressed the best at Drake's restaurant launch and David Foster's fundraising gala?

You decide: who dressed the best at Drake’s restaurant launch and David Foster’s fundraising gala?

Whose personal style won the week: Drake or Susur?

The bird poo facial, and six other bizarre ways to get beautiful in Toronto

The bird poo facial, and six other bizarre ways to get beautiful in Toronto

Seven of this city's most weirdly wonderful beauty treatments

Store Guide: COS brings understated Scandinavian style to Yorkville

Store Guide: COS brings understated Scandinavian style to Yorkville

The Swedish fashion institution has opened a three-floor flagship in the Bloor Street plot that used to house Tiffany’s

TIFF 2015's biggest photo trend: celebrities pointing at each other, for some reason

TIFF 2015’s biggest photo trend: celebrities pointing at each other, for some reason

What does it mean when a famous person points at another famous person (or a non-famous person) while posing for a photo? Let's ponder

You decide: Who dressed the best at these TIFF parties?

You decide: Who dressed the best at these TIFF parties?

Pass judgment on Benicio Del Toro, Brie Larson, Patrick Stewart and other TIFF 2015 celebs

Relive Motown’s golden years, buy a bunch of books and seven other things to do this week

Relive Motown’s golden years, buy a bunch of books and seven other things to do this week

What to do in Toronto during the week of September 21

What the stars ate during TIFF: 26 celeb-approved meals from Toronto restaurants

What the stars ate during TIFF: 26 celeb-approved meals from Toronto restaurants

Find out what Kristen Stewart ordered at Hooters, where Sarah Silverman had pizza and what George Clooney did with the second patty of his double-patty burger at Bosk

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