The best holiday gifts for style icons
Including a supersized scrunchie, a TPL tote, and a T-shirt collab between Toronto FC and Sesame Street
East York Patch
Rep the city’s scrappiest ’hood with this retro crest patch from Old’s Cool—perfect for denim, backpacks and showing off your east-end pride. $5
“I Will Destroy Everything You Love” Keychain
Stay Home Club, the preferred brand of misanthropes and nihilists everywhere, captures the chaos demon energy that every cat owner has come to embrace. $12
Kooky Crochet
Toronto artist Aynsley Grealis of Knotted Neon makes fungi balaclavas and pizza rat purses, and now you—yes, you!—can stitch your own whackadoodle masterpiece. $14
Good Beads
Made by displaced artisans in South Sudan, the Simplest Act bracelet is a collaboration between Lojel and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees is a subtle statement of solidarity. $18
Supersized Scrunchie
Belleville-based brand XXL and Co. makes scrunchies as big as your face in a panoply of satiny, velvety colours and prints. They’re also very much TikTok approved. From $21
Trash Panda Tee
What your semi-feral nibling doesn’t know they need: a lime-green racoon T-shirt from Secret Planet, the Danforth’s vibey hidden gem. $25
Pet Bandana
Empower your pup with a fashion statement that will help him channel Krypto—possibly the most divisive movie character of the year. $27
Toronto FC Tee
Bring Elmo, Bert and Ernie to BMO Field with Peace Collective’s Sesame Street line. Pre-shrunk for pint-size future MVPs. $29
Statement Tote
This is 2025’s must-have merch for card-carrying bookworms. Plus, a portion of the proceeds helps support Toronto Public Library programs. $30
Tortelli Tuque
A noodle for your noodle? From Little Italy’s pasta pros, this Canadian-made carby cap-ellini will have you looking as fresh as Baldassarre’s daily dough. $30
Trans Rights T-shirt
Nevertheless, she, he and they persist. Proceeds from this tee, from local horror haven Little Ghosts Books, support the 519 and their trans-led drop-in programs. $35
Lip Crayon
The creamy comfort of a lipstick meets the precision of a lip liner. Ilia’s new Lip Sketch crayons come in punchy soft-matte shades for a pop of colour that hydrates, plumps and smoothes. $36
Class Action
Gear up for what’s sure to be a…lively 2026 with this “Compost the Rich” tee, printed on Scarborough-made shirts by local outfit Sugarbomb for Good Judy, Toronto’s go-to for eco-friendly tattoo supplies. $42
Beaded Ring
Local brand Santa Isla partners with Colombia’s Embera Chami artisans on this handmade ring, with a portion of every sale going back to the makers. $43
Sock It Forward
For every pair of socks purchased—like this too-cute fruits-and-veggies set—Bombas donates a pair to someone experiencing homelessness. $47
Matzah Ballin’ Jersey
Let the Hanukkah light in with this jersey, as sported by everyone’s favourite six-foot-five prospective brother-in-law on Nobody Wants This. $57
Tie With a Twist
From Canadian brand Dora Nola, this free-spirited silk twill tie will add a touch of flair to your hair, neck, wrist or bag. $60
Cheeky Sticks
Toronto’s 19/99 creamy blush and highlight duo is minimalist makeup at its most practical: blendable, versatile and easy on the pores and fine lines. $72
Aiviq Sweatshirt
Nunavut artist Nooks Lindell designed this chill walrus sweatshirt featuring a traditional motif on the tusk. Turns out the walrus wasn’t Paul after all. $80
Very Merry Sweatshirt
Deck the halls in oversized comfort with Province of Canada’s locally made fleece featuring a super-soft chenille appliqué. Also available in kids’ sizes. $132
Smooth Operator
Local fragrance brand Sidia brings a sentimental touch to hand care with this ménage à trois of lightweight, fast-absorbing formulas with tops notes like bergamot, juniper and ginger root. $138
Two-Tone Necklace
Why choose between gold and silver when you can have both? Par Ici fuses the two in one swivelling piece for indecision chic. $149
Tee Time
The Quince tee, by Toronto label Body of Work, is the platonic ideal of a white T-shirt—soft, structured and made entirely in Canada, with a thick rib collar and raglan sleeves. $158
Knit Pick
Toronto label Kotn does more than make perfect basics—like this stretchy, cloud-soft lana wool concoction with contrasting trims. It also builds schools in the Egyptian communities where its cotton is grown. $168
Luxe PJs
Local brand Kip makes stretchy, soft, sag-free pyjamas—and they’re monogrammable, so even your REM cycle can have a signature look. $240
Snow-Day Sneaker
With the Callsign Horizon low-tops, Sorel reimagines its classic Caribou boot as a sporty sneaker, waterproof Gore-Tex construction included. $230
Super Shades
ASAP Rocky’s Ray-Ban collab reimagines the classic Wayfarer with beefed-up arms, puffed-out swagger and eye-catching energy. $242
Spooner Jersey
The Sceptres have her for at least two more years, so show your PWHL pride with a Natalie Spooner jersey—after all, she is the league MVP, a leading scorer and the International Ice Hockey Federation’s 2024 top female player of the year. $275
Work Tote
Founded by Toronto transplant Sasha Jardine, a self-described “winter-intolerant science nerd,” SteMargScot offers wool accessories in the most SAD-defying colours. $298
Shirt Thing
Every piece from local label T. Line—including this breezy, sculptural organza shirt from their holiday capsule collection—is handcrafted here in Toronto. $375
Wild Style
The watercolour deer-print crewneck from Wild Animals brings Bambi energy to streetwear. It also comes in a sweet-as-can-be bunny version. $348
It Bag
Toronto brand Le Febour’s buttery soft Everything Bag lives up to its name, with a triangular pouch that can fit a bottle of champagne or a tube of toothpaste, depending on the kind of evening you have planned. $415
Massey Hall Ring
Local jeweller and wood carver Ring and Grove transforms Massey Hall’s iconic maple floorboards into wearable souvenirs—Joni and Gord’s stomping grounds, wrapped around your finger. $499
Glass Act
Toronto artist Priscilla Kar Yee Lo links delicate borosilicate glass into a luminous, modern chain that’s as chunky as it is cheerful. $500
Quilted Jacket
From her laneway studio, Rebecca Caulford—the artist behind Honeybea—reworks found fabrics and heirloom textiles into Vogue-approved wearables. $595
Double-Denim Diss?
Was Kendrick’s all-denim Grammys ’fit—featuring a Maison Margiela jacket—a homage to the Canadian tuxedo or a Drake dig? Could be both. $1,100
Award-Worthy Gown
Get your Hunting Wives on in this pretty-in-black-and-pink gown from Toronto luxury label Greta Constantine, worn by long-time fan Malin Akerman to this year’s Emmys. $1,995
Caitlin Walsh Miller is a Montreal-based writer and editor whose work runs the gamut from small-town politics to big Canadian ideas, with the odd tumble down an internet rabbit hole along the way. Her work appears regularly in Maclean’s, Toronto Life, the Logic and elsewhere.
