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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.

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How to wear (and not wear) the seven biggest fall trends from Toronto Fashion Week's runways

How to wear (and not wear) the seven biggest fall trends from Toronto Fashion Week’s runways

Now that Toronto Fashion Week is over, it's time to look back at the runway presentations and evaluate all the finery. From dozens...

Street Style: the 12 best off-the-runway looks at Toronto Fashion Week

Street Style: the 12 best off-the-runway looks at Toronto Fashion Week

While we spotted some ensembles outside the Toronto Fashion Week tents that were slightly over-the-top, other outfits wowed us...

Street Style: Fashion Week attendees tell us about their favourite style finds

Street Style: Fashion Week attendees tell us about their favourite style finds

Putting together the perfect Fashion Week outfit takes serious thought, especially if your closet doesn't happen to be brimming...

Street Style: Fashion Week showboaters share their strategies for standing out

Street Style: Fashion Week showboaters share their strategies for standing out

Toronto Fashion Week is a magnet for sartorial exhibitionists—look-at-me attendees who steal the show (outside the tents, at...

Street Style: veteran show-goers share their Fashion Week survival essentials

Street Style: veteran show-goers share their Fashion Week survival essentials

Toronto Fashion Week started off strong yesterday, with runway presentations from hot tickets Pink Tartan , Sid Neigum and Mikhael...

The Find: 14 items from the spring One of a Kind Show to get you geared up for (finally!) warmer weather

The Find: 14 items from the spring One of a Kind Show to get you geared up for (finally!) warmer weather

The One of a Kind Show kicks off its spring edition this week, bringing together hundreds of Canada's most talented makers for a...

Consonant Skincare comes to the PATH

Consonant Skincare comes to the PATH

Consonant Skincare , the all-natural skincare destination that's beloved by beauty editors and loyal uptown customers, has just...

Store Guide: Old Faithful Shop, the Vancouver general store's new Queen West outpost

Store Guide: Old Faithful Shop, the Vancouver general store’s new Queen West outpost

Name: Old Faithful Shop Sells: Household goods, apothecary products, books Contact info: 886 Queen St. W ., oldfaithfulshop.com...

Pop-Up Pick: Frank and Oak is hosting a massive warehouse sale

Pop-Up Pick: Frank and Oak is hosting a massive warehouse sale

Montreal-based online menswear retailer turned concept shop creator Frank and Oak is hosting a Toronto warehouse sale this...

The Find: a sultry suede dress for showing off your inner 1970s songstress

The Find: a sultry suede dress for showing off your inner 1970s songstress

Hudson's Bay has just launched a new clothing line with its American counterpart, Lord and Taylor. It's called Design Lab Lord and...

Philip Sparks is closing his Ossington shop on Saturday, and then heading west

Philip Sparks is closing his Ossington shop on Saturday, and then heading west

This Saturday, March 14 is your last chance to shop at local designer Philip Sparks ’s quaint off-Ossington outlet. The...

Street Style: Toronto's dapper doormen share tips on staying warm (and all the gossip they're allowed to dish)

Street Style: Toronto’s dapper doormen share tips on staying warm (and all the gossip they’re allowed to dish)

The city's fanciest hotels and shopping destinations—places like the Ritz-Carlton and Holt Renfrew—rely on sharp-looking...

A store devoted entirely to Mongolian-made cashmere arrives on the Mink Mile

A store devoted entirely to Mongolian-made cashmere arrives on the Mink Mile

Black Goat Cashmere , the maker of luxurious casualwear, has just opened up its first Toronto shop on Bloor Street West, between...

The Find: classy custom-made shoes for on-the-go guys

The Find: classy custom-made shoes for on-the-go guys

For stylish guys, custom-made shoes are always something of a status symbol. There's certainly no shortage of high-end options in...

Stollerys is still open (but not for long)

Stollerys is still open (but not for long)

When Stollerys ' new owner started demolishing the building in January , it might've seemed as though the store had sold its last...

London label Reiss, a Kate Middleton favourite, is landing in Toronto

London label Reiss, a Kate Middleton favourite, is landing in Toronto

This spring, UK retailer Reiss will open its first Canadian store on the top floor of the Eaton Centre. The brand, made...

The best and most bizarre runway looks from Toronto Men's Fashion Week

The best and most bizarre runway looks from Toronto Men’s Fashion Week

In fashion, there's a fine line between seriously stylish and just plain weird. Runway watchers at Toronto Men's Fashion Week, the...

Street Style: platforms, prints and other daring looks at Toronto Men's Fashion Week

Street Style: platforms, prints and other daring looks at Toronto Men’s Fashion Week

Toronto Men's Fashion Week—better known in some circles as TOM—took place last week, attracting some of the city's most...

Stylish Montreal label Judith and Charles is coming to the new “Yorkville Village”

Stylish Montreal label Judith and Charles is coming to the new “Yorkville Village”

In December, First Capital Realty announced a massive revamp of Hazelton Lanes shopping centre , with plans to transform the...

MEC's new North York location gets the final go-ahead

MEC’s new North York location gets the final go-ahead

It looks like uptown outdoor enthusiasts can finally look forward to a sprawling new Mountain Equipment Co-op location of their...

Pop-Up Pick: snag big deals (and free coffee) at Tiger of Sweden's one-day sale

Pop-Up Pick: snag big deals (and free coffee) at Tiger of Sweden’s one-day sale

Spring merch may be hitting stores, but Torontonians still have a few more months of layered looks to go. Winter-weary shoppers in...

The Find: a trendy, top-of-the-line play kitchen for miniature food fanatics

The Find: a trendy, top-of-the-line play kitchen for miniature food fanatics

Torontonians are obsessed with fancy kitchen appliances: Aga cookers and Miele dishwashers have become serious status symbols. It...

West Queen West gets a new vintage boutique from the owner of Odd Finds

West Queen West gets a new vintage boutique from the owner of Odd Finds

Siberia is the latest venture from Stacey Collrin , one half of the sister duo behind the Bloordale general store Odd Finds . The...

Street Style: Rosedale dogs brave the snow in stylish sweaters and way-cool coats

Street Style: Rosedale dogs brave the snow in stylish sweaters and way-cool coats

For Torontonians, winter typically means bundling up in style-sacrificing parkas and waterproof boots. But for the city's...

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