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Toronto Fashion Week: the best and worst looks from day one

Toronto Fashion Week: the best and worst looks from day one

Toronto Fashion Week started off strong yesterday: style heavyweights Pink Tartan and Sid Neigum each had individual shows, and...

Queen West accessories boutique Zane has expanded into Yorkville

Queen West accessories boutique Zane has expanded into Yorkville

Since its birth as a small pop-up shop in 2010, Zane has been peddling coveted accessories from cool new designers out of its...

Store Guide: Tanya Heath Paris, the chic footwear label that lets you switch heels

Store Guide: Tanya Heath Paris, the chic footwear label that lets you switch heels

Name: Tanya Heath Paris Sells: Women's footwear and interchangeable heels Contact info: 7-138 Cumberland...

Swedish brand J. Lindeberg is opening its first Canadian flagship at Queen and Spadina

Stockholm-based J. Lindeberg, an upscale lifestyle and sportswear label with flagships all over Europe and the States, is opening...

Great Spaces: a Haliburton cottage that turned a die-hard city slicker into an amateur woodsman

Great Spaces: a Haliburton cottage that turned a die-hard city slicker into an amateur woodsman

Stephen Grant is one of Toronto’s top divorce lawyers, the man one-percenters like David Thomson and Michael McCain go to when...

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: Latre Art and Style, a unique concept shop stocked with African artifacts and military apparel

Store Guide: Latre Art and Style, a unique concept shop stocked with African artifacts and military apparel

Name: Latre Art and Style Sells: Upcycled unisex apparel, artwork, African artifacts, vintage items Contact Info: 2988 Dundas...

Store Guide: Good Neighbour, a family-friendly boutique in Leslieville (complete with its own Drake General Store)

Store Guide: Good Neighbour, a family-friendly boutique in Leslieville (complete with its own Drake General Store)

Name: Good Neighbour Sells: Clothing, accessories and gifts for women, men, and kids Contact info: 935 Queen St. E...

It's definitely luxury condos (and possibly a Bloomingdale's) for the Stollerys building at One Bloor

It’s definitely luxury condos (and possibly a Bloomingdale’s) for the Stollerys building at One Bloor

Earlier this week, longstanding Toronto menswear boutique Stollerys—supplier of seersucker suits and Barbour jackets—dropped...

Store Guide: Holt Renfrew Men, the luxe retailer's new guys-only boutique

Store Guide: Holt Renfrew Men, the luxe retailer’s new guys-only boutique

Name: Holt Renfrew Men Sells: Menswear and accessories Contact Info: 100 Bloor St. W ., 416-960-2929, holtrenfrew.com Hours:...

Magic Dust: an annotated guide to the ultimate powdered exfoliator

Magic Dust: an annotated guide to the ultimate powdered exfoliator

Julie Clark is Toronto’s high priestess of organic beauty: her line, Province Apothecary, is carried by retail heavyweights...

Street Style: bikini-clad Torontonians hit the beach (at the end of September)

Street Style: bikini-clad Torontonians hit the beach (at the end of September)

For west-enders looking to escape the city bustle, Sunnyside Beach (south of High Park and off the Martin Goodman Trail), is a...

Creams of the Crop: our favourite all-natural lotions, potions and goops

Creams of the Crop: our favourite all-natural lotions, potions and goops

In Toronto, we want our meat house-cured and our coffee micro-roasted seconds before we drink it. It was only a matter of time...

Store Guide: Agent Provocateur, the London lingerie label's first Canadian flagship

Store Guide: Agent Provocateur, the London lingerie label’s first Canadian flagship

Name: Agent Provocateur Sells: Women's lingerie, swimwear and accessories Contact Info: 131 Bloor St. W...

No one wants to buy (or run) Sears Canada

No one wants to buy (or run) Sears Canada

This hasn't been a good week for Sears Canada . First, Eddie Lampert, the CEO of Sears Holding Corporation, tried to sell off his...

Store Guide: Tuck Shop Trading Company's rustic new outpost within Love the Design

Store Guide: Tuck Shop Trading Company’s rustic new outpost within Love the Design

Name: Tuck Shop Outpost Sells: Casual wear and accessories for men and women Contact info: 1226 Yonge...

Garrison Bespoke has a new grooms-only boutique in the King Edward Hotel

Garrison Bespoke has a new grooms-only boutique in the King Edward Hotel

Garrison Bespoke , local maker of one-of-a-kind tailored suits (and outfitter of the Toronto FC ), has created the first bespoke...

West-coast wellness brand Saje is opening four new Toronto locations

Vancouver-based natural-wellness label Saje is planning some serious Ontario expansion: four new stores in the GTA by the end of...

Swap a sweater with Sheila Heti—and read her new book, too

Swap a sweater with Sheila Heti—and read her new book, too

When a book happens to be co-edited by Sheila Heti, its claim to be “a book unlike any other” instantly becomes more...

HBC's CEO explains why Target botched its Canadian launch—and why Saks will do better

HBC’s CEO explains why Target botched its Canadian launch—and why Saks will do better

In hindsight, maybe Target should have hired Richard Baker to oversee its foray into the Canadian marketplace. In an interview for...

Toronto's Best Dressed 2014: our annual list of the city's most stylish people

Toronto’s Best Dressed 2014: our annual list of the city’s most stylish people

Twenty-three Torontonians, from shopkeepers to enterpeneurs to heiresses, who paint a portrait of a supremely stylish city Chloe...

Sunrise Records is closing its two Toronto locations

Sunrise Records is closing its two Toronto locations

Sunrise Records is closing both of its downtown Toronto locations (the company has two stores on Yonge street, one south of Bloor...

Vogue declares Queen West the second coolest neighbourhood in the world

Vogue declares Queen West the second coolest neighbourhood in the world

Queen West is the geographical starlet of the summer: first, the New York Times declared it an area like no other , and now Vogue...

The Cure Apothecary brings all-natural perfumes and organic scalp oils to Queen West

The Cure Apothecary brings all-natural perfumes and organic scalp oils to Queen West

The Cure Apothecary, a new natural beauty boutique at Queen and Palmerston, is stocked with everything an eco-conscious product...

Get a behind-the-scenes look at our 2014 best-dressed list

Toronto Life Stylebook , which features our annual best-dressed list, is for sale today on newsstands and online , and our...

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