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Cottage Industry
Menswear brand Outclass cuts and sews its limited-run staples right here in Toronto. Its tan ripstop safari jacket channels cottagecore for city slickers. $360
Cool Flex
Canada Goose’s Ossington sneaker is city-sleek with rugged guts: it’s durable and grippy but lightweight enough for patio season. $425
Blue Crush
For power dressing that packs a vibrant punch, Smythe’s sharply tailored technicolour take on the Canadian tuxedo is just the ticket. $1,290
Leisure Suit
The parrotpatterned jumpsuit from local line Birds of North America has a structured silhouette that means business, even if the print is all pleasure. $346
Mini Maximalism
Sid Neigum’s Wave miniskirt is everything we love about the Toronto-based designer: architectural, unexpected and fully made in Canada. The skirt may be mini, but it makes a major statement. $395
Short King
The jort version of Kotn’s uber-popular anti-fit jeans are loose, low-key and made, as always, from sustainably sourced Egyptian cotton. $110
Team Canada
Province of Canada’s cozy fleece crew was made in the Great White North, just like Almonte-born James Naismith, the inventor of basketball. Don’t carry it—dribble it! $128
Cool Camp
Good for Sunday’s camp shirt is what you get when a button-down loosens up for summer. It’s breezy, beachy and made from Lenzing EcoVero, a woodpulp- derived fabric milled in Canada. $115
Made for Shade
Eyewear label Loona is a no-fuss, no-muss family affair—just two brothers crafting lightweight wooden sunglasses by hand in their Toronto workshop. Wearable sun-drenched serotonin. $149
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Sheer Genius
This flowy black chiffon shirt dress walks the line between structure and softness, so you can have it both ways. It’s perfect for layering, lounging or making an entrance. $399
Tennis Elbows Up
This ensemble from BOV Active is the tennis dress of your sweatwicking, thighbaring, Challengers-inspired dreams. It’s literally built for a doubles match. $185
Ear Candy
Anishinaabe artist and fashion designer Lesley Hampton handcrafts these eye-popping beaded, hide-backed earrings in Toronto, blending traditional techniques with high-fashion polish. $190-$220
Tropic Thunder
Bather’s herbaceous summer-thyme trunks are fashioned from quick-drying, 100 per cent recycled polyester. $115
Baywatch, but Sustainable
The bold Paulina one-piece from Saltwater Collective is made from recycled ocean plastics. With a square neckline and medium coverage, it’ll stay put during the most Hoff-tastic slowmotion beach entrance. $180
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.
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