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Store Guide: Elte Market, the trendier, more affordable offshoot of high-end home store Elte

Store Guide: Elte Market, the trendier, more affordable offshoot of high-end home store Elte

Name: Elte Market Sells: Furniture and home accessories Contact info: 1381 Castlefield Ave. , 416-789-0800, elte.com Hours: M-Sa...

Street Style: WORNettes and readers celebrate the indie fashion journal's final issue

Street Style: WORNettes and readers celebrate the indie fashion journal’s final issue

After 10 years and 20 issues, independent fashion journal WORN, often referred to as the "style bible for fashion nerds," launched...

Store Guide: Frank and Oak, the online menswear retailer's first Toronto flagship

Store Guide: Frank and Oak, the online menswear retailer’s first Toronto flagship

Name: Frank and Oak Sells: Menswear Contact Info: 735 Queen St. W. , 647-930-8711 Hours: M-W, Sa 10-7, Th-Fr 10-8, Su 11-6 Toronto...

Parisian menswear shop Loding has a sleek new home in First Canadian Place

Parisian menswear shop Loding has a sleek new home in First Canadian Place

Parisian menswear brand Loding landed in Toronto last winter when it partnered with Yannick Bigourdan, owner of Queen West...

Zimmerman's Discount, a Kensington Market mainstay, is closing after more than 60 years

Zimmerman’s Discount, a Kensington Market mainstay, is closing after more than 60 years

Living in Kensington Market can be great for a number of reasons, among them easy access to health-food stores, fresh...

Inside the Latest Issue

The June issue of Toronto Life features the best new restaurants of 2026. Plus, our obsessive coverage of everything that matters now in the city.

Store Guide: Kit and Ace, a cozy new clothing store on Queen West from the former designer for Lululemon

Store Guide: Kit and Ace, a cozy new clothing store on Queen West from the former designer for Lululemon

Name: Kit and Ace Sells: Casualwear for men and women Contact Info: 779 Queen St. W., kitandace.com Hours: M-Sa 11-7, Su 11-6 Kit...

Great Spaces: four extremely cool laneway houses

Great Spaces: four extremely cool laneway houses

Some of Toronto's most spectacular homes are tucked out of view, nestled in narrow alleyways that run between city...

This Old Coach House: a century-old house in the Annex that's as quiet as a cottage

This Old Coach House: a century-old house in the Annex that’s as quiet as a cottage

The People: Klaus Nienkämper, 43, and Marisa Simunovic, 40, who together run the King East design store Klaus. The Place: A...

Steel Beauty: a wonderfully mod metal box near Dupont and Shaw

Steel Beauty: a wonderfully mod metal box near Dupont and Shaw

The People: Steve Bugler, the 52-year-old owner of Radiant City Millwork, and Valentina Nedelcu, a 52-year-old engineer. The...

Tall Order: a 2,000-square-foot tower in Corktown with almost no interior walls

Tall Order: a 2,000-square-foot tower in Corktown with almost no interior walls

The People: Julie Dyck, a 43-year-old jeweller, and Michael Humphries, a 44-year-old mobile app designer. The Place: A...

Street Style: Seaton Village kids go trick-or-treating in terrifyingly cute costumes

Street Style: Seaton Village kids go trick-or-treating in terrifyingly cute costumes

Seaton Village, with its high concentration of young families and narrow houses (almost all of which were decked out like...

Live-Work-Play: a laneway house in Carleton Village with an amazing courtyard centrepiece

Live-Work-Play: a laneway house in Carleton Village with an amazing courtyard centrepiece

The People: Peter Tan, 44, and Christine Ho Ping Kong, 47, the husband-and-wife team behind the custom woodworking and design shop...

Ted Baker's first downtown store opens Saturday in the Eaton Centre

Ted Baker’s first downtown store opens Saturday in the Eaton Centre

As of Saturday, November 1, Ted Baker London fans will no longer have to trek to Yorkdale to pick up the British clothier's line...

Dramatic eyelash extensions are now available on Queen West

Dramatic eyelash extensions are now available on Queen West

Toronto-based beauty bar Mync Lash Lounge has arrived downtown, bringing diva-approved eyelash extensions to Queen...

Annex boutique Risqué has opened a second, nicer location on Bloor Street

Annex boutique Risqué has opened a second, nicer location on Bloor Street

Risqué has been peddling cute, casual womenswear in the Annex for the past twenty-five years. (Nothing about the place is...

Toronto Fashion Week: some of the best—but mainly, the most ridiculous—outfits from day five

Toronto Fashion Week: some of the best—but mainly, the most ridiculous—outfits from day five

Between Stephan Caras’ s glittery gold pantsuits and HD Homme' s metallic blazers, the final day of Toronto Fashion Week was the...

Toronto Fashion Week: Grecian gowns, shiny sweaters and 13 more of the best and worst looks from day four

Toronto Fashion Week: Grecian gowns, shiny sweaters and 13 more of the best and worst looks from day four

The fourth day of Fashion Week was chock-full of pretty pieces that you'll probably actually want to wear come spring. Unlike day...

Street Style Trend Report: Fashion Week attendees channel off-duty models in distressed denim

Street Style Trend Report: Fashion Week attendees channel off-duty models in distressed denim

Whether it's a ‘90s nostalgia thing—or just a comfort thing, as Fashion Week draws to a close—show-goers have been ditching...

Toronto Fashion Week: the best and most absurd looks from day three (including pieces from Mackage and Klaxon Howl)

Toronto Fashion Week: the best and most absurd looks from day three (including pieces from Mackage and Klaxon Howl)

The third day of Toronto Fashion Week saw a mix of shows from established labels and up-and-comers. Luxe outerwear brand Mackage...

Street Style: Toronto Fashion Week style setters pose hard outside the tents

Street Style: Toronto Fashion Week style setters pose hard outside the tents

Attracting attention is serious sport for many Toronto Fashion Week attendees, and the competition can be fierce. So when the...

Street Style Trend Report: the Fashion Week crowd makes a statement with silly clutches

Street Style Trend Report: the Fashion Week crowd makes a statement with silly clutches

For toting around Fashion Week necessities this season (like lip balm and an iPhone charger), we've noticed many stylish women...

Toronto Fashion Week: the best and worst looks from day two (including bigshots Bustle and Target)

Toronto Fashion Week: the best and worst looks from day two (including bigshots Bustle and Target)

The second day of Toronto Fashion Week was crammed full of opposing looks: there were gothic, drapey suits from Thomas...

Street Style: how do you look cool at a party packed with models and celebrities?

Street Style: how do you look cool at a party packed with models and celebrities?

It may have rained on the first night of Toronto Fashion Week, but that didn't stop the fashionable people from converging on...

Street Style Trend Report: fall coats take a backseat to luxe vests at Toronto Fashion Week

Street Style Trend Report: fall coats take a backseat to luxe vests at Toronto Fashion Week

While swapping a fall coat for a sleeveless vest isn't the most effective way to brave chilly temperatures, it's a chic way to...

Shopping

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

What Dora-winning actor Hailey Gillis loves about the Beaches

What Dora-winning actor Hailey Gillis loves about the Beaches

The acclaimed thespian takes us on a tour of her favourite haunts

What multi-hyphenate artist Vivek Shraya loves about Leslieville

What multi-hyphenate artist Vivek Shraya loves about Leslieville

Including an iconic brunch spot, a bespoke burrito and the ultimate sunset-and-skyline vantage

Great Spaces

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