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Lara Vincent wants women to embrace their girly side

Lara Vincent wants women to embrace their girly side

A friend of Lara Vincent’s once described her as “sweeter than a doughnut made out of apple pie.” The same can be said for...

Toronto's Best Dressed: Laya Bail and Hayley French

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Laya Bail and Hayley French

Pulling off the trends du jour can be a slippery slope (just ask this crazy lady), but long-time BFFs Laya Bail and Hayley French...

Michael Mercanti is making edgy jewellery for men

Michael Mercanti is making edgy jewellery for men

Jewellery designer Michael Mercanti parties until 3 a.m. most nights ( The Social and Amber are favourites), but he calls it...

Top of the shops: The best places to splurge in Yorkville

Top of the shops: The best places to splurge in Yorkville

Recession be damned. Yorkville continues to thrive on the city’s most chi-chi fashions and wallet-busting home decor. Here are...

Toronto's Best Dressed: Jessica de Ruiter

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Jessica de Ruiter

Picking the perfect wedding dress is arguably the most important fashion decision some women will ever make. Los Angeles–based...

Inside the Latest Issue

The July issue of Toronto Life features the monster cottages of Muskoka versus the resistance. Plus, our obsessive coverage of everything that matters now in the city.

Designers cut ribbon for Yorkville's newest boutique, Eleven

Designers cut ribbon for Yorkville’s newest boutique, Eleven

A group of almost identical 20-somethings dressed in miniskirts and heels gathered around the red carpet that was laid out on...

64th and Queen designers show us how to sex up our homes

64th and Queen designers show us how to sex up our homes

For a certain brand of interior design—the slick, sexy and chandelier-lit kind—Clayton Budd and Callum McLachlan are...

Inside Toronto's first Anthropologie store

Inside Toronto’s first Anthropologie store

The opening of Anthropologie ’s first Canadian outpost at the Shops at Don Mills was one of the most anticipated retail launches...

Toronto's Best Dressed: Deena Pantalone

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Deena Pantalone

This week’s pick donned the perfect party frock, which nails all the right balances: classic, but not boring; bright, but not...

Designer Nada Shepherd wants to take moms out of jogging pants and get them in tight jeans

Designer Nada Shepherd wants to take moms out of jogging pants and get them in tight jeans

At LG Fashion Week in March, insiders went mad for Nada , the eponymous womenswear line from Nada Shepherd. In a week where the...

The top shopping on King Street East

The top shopping on King Street East

Toronto’s coolest design strip—crowned by architects and graphic designers—is chockablock with the latest in mod and...

Toronto's Best Dressed: Roslyn Griffith Hall

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Roslyn Griffith Hall

In a sea of similarly dressed socialites at the launch party for the revamped Teatro Verde store in Yorkville, we came across...

How designer Erin McCutcheon is combining her love of moustaches and cookies

How designer Erin McCutcheon is combining her love of moustaches and cookies

“I might be in the wrong profession,” says Erin McCutcheon, an artist and designer who prefers to call herself a “maker.”...

Where to find some of the best shoes in town

Where to find some of the best shoes in town

Tracking down fabulous original footwear on Queen West hasn’t always been an easy task. Chain retailers have squeezed out many...

Toronto's Best Dressed: Jessi Cruickshank

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Jessi Cruickshank

No, although not to say that I wouldn’t. I was lucky enough to get a preview of the collection and pick a few items. I thought...

How Thout's Patrick Turner would spend $4,000

How Thout’s Patrick Turner would spend $4,000

Patrick Turner is the designing mind behind Thout , one of Toronto’s most clamoured-after makers of furniture, lighting and...

Where to dig for treasure in the Junction

Where to dig for treasure in the Junction

A visit to the Junction is a must for anyone renovating or redecorating their home. The casual ’hood offers some of the best...

Toronto's Best Dressed: Innovators' Ball, April 30, 10:07 p.m.

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Innovators’ Ball, April 30, 10:07 p.m.

Alexandra Weston and Suzanne Cohon, principals of ASC PR and professional socialites SC: Not planned. I was deciding between this...

GreenShag duo tell us what men should be wearing to interviews

GreenShag duo tell us what men should be wearing to interviews

GreenShag, the bespoke menswear clothier known for its hockey rink cufflinks, opened a storefront on Queen West last summer. Run...

Nine must-haves for a killer summer wardrobe

Nine must-haves for a killer summer wardrobe

The retail cred of Liberty Village got a huge boost with the opening of the womenswear shop Vocado in March. The petite boutique...

Toronto's Best Dressed: Brazilian Ball, April 25, 10:45 p.m.

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Brazilian Ball, April 25, 10:45 p.m.

Kimberley Newport-Mimran, Pink Tartan fashion designer The Brazilian Ball, Metro Toronto Convention Centre Yup, this is a Pink...

My Style: Maryam Keyhani

My Style: Maryam Keyhani

Leaving a plum fashion PR position to launch an accessories line during a recession is a risky move. But that's just what Maryam...

Where to shop in West Queen West

Where to shop in West Queen West

Travel far enough west and Queen Street is still the city’s best bet for artistically minded shoppers sniffing out rare...

The Look | Aluad Anei

The Look | Aluad Anei

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What actor Paul Gross loves about Stratford

What actor Paul Gross loves about Stratford

The silver-fox thespian takes us on a tour of his go-to spots in Festival City

From summer fashion finds to patio hopping, here’s what’s in store at Bloor-Yorkville this season

From summer fashion finds to patio hopping, here’s what’s in store at Bloor-Yorkville this season

Featuring retailers, ice cream and coffee on sun-kissed patios with the return of CaféTO and Summer Music in the Park

How an iGaming platform is giving back to the northern Ontario community

How an iGaming platform is giving back to the northern Ontario community

By bridging the gap between digital play and physical bingo halls, Betty is redefining the gaming industry to ensure that local communities always win.

Five ways to prepare for the ultimate watch party experience, at home or on the go

Five ways to prepare for the ultimate watch party experience, at home or on the go

Enjoy the soccer game anywhere with immersive tech that feels like a win

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Inside an art dealer’s 430-square-foot apartment crammed with paintings

Inside an art dealer’s 430-square-foot apartment crammed with paintings

Janos Toth began collecting works by Inuk artist Floyd Kuptana last year. He now has 42 on display

Inside painter Janna Watson's minimalist studio in a Grey County forest

Inside painter Janna Watson’s minimalist studio in a Grey County forest

A weathered steel exterior renders the building virtually invisible from the road

This couple turned a Dundas West Victorian into a dark and sultry Hollywood Regency palace

This couple turned a Dundas West Victorian into a dark and sultry Hollywood Regency palace

“I want it to feel like an Old Hollywood actress retired and then went thrifting”

Inside a technicolour rural farmhouse lovingly restored by director Eva Michon and musician Sebastien Grainger

Inside a technicolour rural farmhouse lovingly restored by director Eva Michon and musician Sebastien Grainger

Turns out the guy from Death From Above 1979 is really good at renovations