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Street Style Trend Report: 9 ways to wear black, white and red, from the crowd at Toronto Fashion Week

Street Style Trend Report: 9 ways to wear black, white and red, from the crowd at Toronto Fashion Week

The city's fashionable elite have long welcomed the stark contrast of a black-and-white ensemble. Last year, the trend showed up...

Toronto Fashion Week: Joe Fresh brings earthy knits and wildlife prints to the fall 2014 runway

Toronto Fashion Week: Joe Fresh brings earthy knits and wildlife prints to the fall 2014 runway

Loblaw’ s ever-popular clothing brand Joe Fresh, designed by Joe Mimran The crowds jockeyed for seats close to the action, but...

Toronto Fashion Week: buffalo plaid and fluffy fur collars at Pink Tartan Fall 2014

Toronto Fashion Week: buffalo plaid and fluffy fur collars at Pink Tartan Fall 2014

Pink Tartan, designed by Kimberley Newport-Mimran . As one half of Toronto’s reigning power-couple, Newport-Mimran’s shows...

Street Style Trend Report: Fashion Week attendees trade stilettos for comfy sneakers

Street Style Trend Report: Fashion Week attendees trade stilettos for comfy sneakers

The whole normcore thing may be the antithesis of high-fashion, but it seems to have infiltrated Toronto Fashion Week—from the...

Toronto Fashion Week: slouchy knits and tie-dye dresses at Laura Siegel Fall 2014

Toronto Fashion Week: slouchy knits and tie-dye dresses at Laura Siegel Fall 2014

Laura Siegel worked with Kenyan artists to create rich textiles, which she translated into edgy boho-chic designs suited to...

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.

Street Style Trend Report: the Fashion Week crowd flaunts winter coats in fresh spring colours

Street Style Trend Report: the Fashion Week crowd flaunts winter coats in fresh spring colours

With flouncy spring skirts and open-toed footwear still a month or so off, Fashion Week attendees resorted to the next best thing:...

Toronto Fashion Week: Line Knitwear brings bold pinks and fuzzy angora to the Fall 2014 runway

Toronto Fashion Week: Line Knitwear brings bold pinks and fuzzy angora to the Fall 2014 runway

Toronto Fashion Week runs from March 17-21, in a large—and stylishly appointed—tent at David Pecaut Square. We’re posting...

Toronto Fashion Week: Beaufille presents hypnotic prints and backwards baseball caps for Fall 2014

Toronto Fashion Week: Beaufille presents hypnotic prints and backwards baseball caps for Fall 2014

Toronto Fashion Week runs from March 17-21, in a large—and stylishly appointed—tent at David Pecaut Square. We’re posting...

Toronto Fashion Week: Instagram accounts to follow for behind-the-scenes access to the week's top shows

Toronto Fashion Week: Instagram accounts to follow for behind-the-scenes access to the week’s top shows

Toronto Fashion Week kicks off today with runway shows from local designer labels like Beaufille and Line Knitwear. For those who...

Street Style: chic bundled-up looks from the industry crew at The Shows

Street Style: chic bundled-up looks from the industry crew at The Shows

Effortless style is difficult to achieve any time of year, but never more so than in the midst of a blizzard. On the second day of...

Slideshow: admire Lady Mary’s eveningwear, and other Downton costumes on display at the Spadina Museum

Slideshow: admire Lady Mary’s eveningwear, and other Downton costumes on display at the Spadina Museum

The historic manor-turned-museum Spadina House is currently hosting an exhibition featuring over 20 iconic outfits worn on the...

Toronto Fashion Week: 18 incredible looks from four Canadian designers who have hit it big abroad

Toronto Fashion Week: 18 incredible looks from four Canadian designers who have hit it big abroad

Held each season just before Toronto Fashion Week proper, The Shows celebrates the work of Canadian talents who have graduated to...

Five secrets of Toronto's medical system that will make your life easier

Five secrets of Toronto’s medical system that will make your life easier

Landing a good family doctor can be like finding a soulmate—and the ensuing relationship even more intimate. openCare, a website...

Four surgeries you can get in the US (and how to book them)

Four surgeries you can get in the US (and how to book them)

When you need surgery, no wait time is short enough In 2012, 15,000 Ontarians travelled outside Canada for medical...

PHOTO: hundreds of sentimental Torontonians lining up to buy a little piece of Honest Ed’s

PHOTO: hundreds of sentimental Torontonians lining up to buy a little piece of Honest Ed’s

Anyone planning to swing by the Honest Ed’s sign sale on their lunch break might want to reconsider. According to sources on the...

The world’s oldest hockey stick is selling for over $10,000 on eBay

A guy in Nova Scotia is hocking a battered piece of wood on eBay that he claims is the world's oldest hockey stick. Apparently, it...

Great Spaces: see inside a Moore Park home that feels like a family-sized tree house

Great Spaces: see inside a Moore Park home that feels like a family-sized tree house

Mary Abbott grew up outside of Guelph in an old farmhouse so secluded that her parents didn’t bother with curtains. “The land...

PHOTO: See the identical-twin designers of DSquared2 as adorable children

PHOTO: See the identical-twin designers of DSquared2 as adorable children

Canadian design duo Dean and Dan Caten of Italian-based fashion label DSqaured2 are killing it. They're the recent recipients of...

Store Guide: Victoire, a cute new Ossington boutique where almost everything is made in Canada

Store Guide: Victoire, a cute new Ossington boutique where almost everything is made in Canada

Name: Victoire Sells: Canadian designers plus a few international brands Contact info: 129 Ossington...

Whistle Kids brings pint-sized streetwear to Lawrence Park

Whistle Kids brings pint-sized streetwear to Lawrence Park

Whistle Kids is where Lawrence Park mums, tired of shopping at the GAP, can go to outfit their offspring in trendy kid-sized...

Canadian fashion destination Homegrown Boutique is closing its doors

Canadian fashion destination Homegrown Boutique is closing its doors

Homegrown Boutique, one of the city's purveyors of up-and-coming Canadian fashion, is closing its Yorkville storefront on March...

PHOTO: The Leafs’ Joffrey Lupul, David Clarkson and Jonathan Bernier look dreamy for John Varvatos menswear

PHOTO: The Leafs’ Joffrey Lupul, David Clarkson and Jonathan Bernier look dreamy for John Varvatos menswear

Typically, we see professional hockey players during post-game interviews, with sweaty helmet hair and a chipped tooth or two. A...

Preview: 12 shots of Johnny Depp, Kate Moss and other celebs at Roxanne Lowit’s first Canadian exhibit

Preview: 12 shots of Johnny Depp, Kate Moss and other celebs at Roxanne Lowit’s first Canadian exhibit

Fashion photographer Roxanne Lowit, known for her sassy backstage snaps at designer runway shows, has finally brought a selection...

Woman gets trapped in the Bay for an hour; live-tweets the whole thing

Woman gets trapped in the Bay for an hour; live-tweets the whole thing

Last night, a Toronto writer named Emily Keeler was idly browsing sheet sets at Hudson's Bay’ s Yonge and Bloor location — by...

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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

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