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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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Jimmy Choo opens in Yorkdale with a limited edition TTC clutch

Jimmy Choo opens in Yorkdale with a limited edition TTC clutch

London-based luxury footwear label Jimmy Choo, well-known creator of glamorous stilettos , has opened its first Canadian flagship...

Williams-Sonoma and Pottery Barn are saying goodbye to Bloor Street

Williams-Sonoma and Pottery Barn are saying goodbye to Bloor Street

Two mainstays at 100 Bloor West, Williams-Sonoma and Pottery Barn, will vacate their prime Mink Mile real estate early next...

The Find: 12 ways to wear bold, colourful African-inspired prints

The Find: 12 ways to wear bold, colourful African-inspired prints

Toronto's African Fashion Week returns this weekend with runway shows from over 13 African designers. Though styles differ from...

Street Style: toddlers, artists and off-duty models hang out on the Ossington strip

Street Style: toddlers, artists and off-duty models hang out on the Ossington strip

Summer nights on Ossington have become even busier now that Bang Bang, the ice cream parlour and bakery that sells the world's...

Indochino, maker of $500 custom suits, has a semi-permanent shop on King West

Indochino, maker of $500 custom suits, has a semi-permanent shop on King West

Online menswear shop Indochino , known for designing dapper custom suits that won't strain your wallet, launched a temporary...

Pop-Up Pick: Etsy's roving trailer arrives in Toronto with pretty crafts, indie bands and food trucks

Pop-Up Pick: Etsy’s roving trailer arrives in Toronto with pretty crafts, indie bands and food trucks

Etsy, purveyor of all things adorable and handcrafted, wraps up its ever-so-twee 10-day road trip this week. After showcasing the...

Store Guide: Vince Camuto, the fashionable footwear label's first Canadian flagship

Store Guide: Vince Camuto, the fashionable footwear label’s first Canadian flagship

Name: Vince Camuto Sells: Women's footwear and accessories Contact info: Yorkdale Mall, 3401 Dufferin...

Street Style: Torontonians of all types converge at Yonge-Dundas Square

Street Style: Torontonians of all types converge at Yonge-Dundas Square

Yonge-Dundas Square can be a polarizing intersection for many Torontonians: for some, it's a great place to take in a free...

The Find: local label Sully Wong designed a stylish new sneaker with charitable ambitions

The Find: local label Sully Wong designed a stylish new sneaker with charitable ambitions

Sully Wong, the Toronto-based footwear brand comprised of partners George Sully and Henry Wong, makes sleek sneakers for skater...

Pop-Up Pick: a temporary Queen West vintage boutique with over 5,000 items from the Quebec government's costume archive

Pop-Up Pick: a temporary Queen West vintage boutique with over 5,000 items from the Quebec government’s costume archive

Jack Lux Vintage is a Montreal-based boutique that's setting up shop in Toronto for the next three months. When it opened last...

Joe Fresh is launching a botanical skincare line

Joe Fresh is launching a botanical skincare line

Joe Fresh, Toronto's go-to destination for chic basics and wallet-friendly wardrobe finds, is venturing into the skincare...

The Find: an elegant arm chain made locally from upcycled materials

The Find: an elegant arm chain made locally from upcycled materials

I Love Goldie is a Toronto startup that hand-makes gorgeously unique chain jewellery. Instead of standard rings, necklaces or...

Yorkville newsstand Maison de la Presse closes its doors for good

One of the city's last authentic newsstands, Yorkville's Maison de la Presse, shut down on Tuesday. The shop was a go-to...

Pop-Up Pick: Parisian label Maison Kitsuné peddles chic polos and indie mixtapes in Holt Renfrew

Pop-Up Pick: Parisian label Maison Kitsuné peddles chic polos and indie mixtapes in Holt Renfrew

Toronto’s retail pop-up scene is gaining momentum, with new shopping opportunities emerging (and then disappearing) all the...

Home Outfitters is out, Hudson's Bay Home is in

Home Outfitters is out, Hudson’s Bay Home is in

According to Retail Insider , HBC has decided to turn all Home Outfitters locations into Hudson's Bay Home, merging the...

Preview: Roland Mouret, designer of the iconic Galaxy dress, launches an affordable line for Banana Republic

Preview: Roland Mouret, designer of the iconic Galaxy dress, launches an affordable line for Banana Republic

French designer Roland Mouret' s iconic Galaxy dress has been spotted on pretty much every female celebrity, including Victoria...

Jacob may stick around, after all

Jacob may stick around, after all

In May, we reported that Jacob was going out of business, but now it looks like the Canadian chain is getting a brief...

Street Style: owners bring their huskies, borzois and Labs to frolic at Cherry Beach

Street Style: owners bring their huskies, borzois and Labs to frolic at Cherry Beach

Cherry Beach has one of the best—and certainly most scenic—dog parks in the city. Unlike the small enclosures in many other...

Bad Boy is setting up shop in Honest Ed's this fall

Bad Boy is setting up shop in Honest Ed’s this fall

Bathurst and Bloor is about to become even more of a hub for local bargain hunters—at least for the next couple of years. The...

The Find: pretty statement jewellery designed by Toronto-born model Coco Rocha

The Find: pretty statement jewellery designed by Toronto-born model Coco Rocha

Beloved top model Coco Rocha, who happens to hail from Toronto, has designed a cosmic-themed jewellery line in collaboration with...

Say Yes To The Dress is coming to Canada (but it won't be filmed at Kleinfeld)

Say Yes To The Dress is coming to Canada (but it won’t be filmed at Kleinfeld)

With all the buzz surrounding Kleinfeld' s grand opening at the Bay earlier this year, it seemed like only a matter of time before...

Pop-Up Pick: Toronto menswear brand Sons of Odin is selling its summer gear on the cheap

Toronto menswear brand Sons of Odin is hosting a summer pop-up sale this weekend—perfect for guys who like to flaunt their...

PHOTO: Toronto FC's star players model the team's flashy new suits

PHOTO: Toronto FC’s star players model the team’s flashy new suits

Garrison Bespoke, the local suit maker responsible for Drake's recent Raptors-themed novelty jacket, has another sporty client:...

This new Queen West consignment shop sells barely-used Louis Vuitton, Hermés and Dior

This new Queen West consignment shop sells barely-used Louis Vuitton, Hermés and Dior

Garb, a new consignment shop on Queen West, is more discriminating than most. (Case in point: its website lists over 100 labels...

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