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Style Mates: inside the cheerful Annex apartment shared by Joe Mimran’s son and his fashion editor partner

Style Mates: inside the cheerful Annex apartment shared by Joe Mimran’s son and his fashion editor partner

It’s no surprise that the Annex condo shared by Jordan Porter, a fashion and beauty editor, and Alexander Mimran, a web...

A rotating pop-up shop opens on Ossington

A rotating pop-up shop opens on Ossington

Ossington’s cadre of hip boutiques keeps growing, most recently with the launch of Pop-Up 120, a wholesale-retail hybrid from...

Memoir: my first hat transformed me from awkward teenager into fashion Zelig. I still use them as a disguise

Memoir: my first hat transformed me from awkward teenager into fashion Zelig. I still use them as a disguise

On my 16th birthday, my mother gave me a wide-brimmed black wool hat from a store on Queen West. Like most teenagers, I felt...

Style Mates: a fashion photographer and a business analyst’s airy, quirky space in Davisville

Style Mates: a fashion photographer and a business analyst’s airy, quirky space in Davisville

Hami and Renata Kaveh met at university in Ottawa. She’s now 31 and a fashion photographer, he’s 35 and a business...

Street Style: comfy-cool weekend wear at the Toronto Flower Market

Street Style: comfy-cool weekend wear at the Toronto Flower Market

Toronto Flower Market, which returns to 99 Sudbury tomorrow, draws in brunch-bound twenty-somethings on Queen West, strolling moms...

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.

Bare Necessities: Toronto’s 10 top spots for summertime primping

Bare Necessities: Toronto’s 10 top spots for summertime primping

Hairy legs and sandpapery skin are fine in February, but once the warm weather hits, it’s time to get buff and buffed. Here, our...

Shop Talk: new stores and shopping websites from June 2013

Shop Talk: new stores and shopping websites from June 2013

The city’s newest stores include: a shop devoted entirely to socks, two online vintage boutiques and new locations from Kate...

Street Style: Toronto’s foodies show off an edgy, denim-centric take on dressing for summer

Street Style: Toronto’s foodies show off an edgy, denim-centric take on dressing for summer

Judging by the crowd at The Stop Night Market, the ingredients for a perfect foodie event outfit include: a denim shirt, a...

Slideshow: inside the opulent, fanciful Christian Louboutin exhibition at the Design Exchange

Slideshow: inside the opulent, fanciful Christian Louboutin exhibition at the Design Exchange

The London Design Museum’s acclaimed retrospective dedicated to iconic French shoe designer Christian Louboutin has arrived in...

Hudson’s Bay Company is looking at buying Saks Fifth Avenue

Hudson’s Bay Company is looking at buying Saks Fifth Avenue

In three months, HBC has promoted luxury guru Bonnie Brooks, opened Canada’s largest women’s shoe store, hinted it wants to...

Store Guide: Easy Tiger Goods, a new lifestyle shop and coffee joint on Dundas West

Store Guide: Easy Tiger Goods, a new lifestyle shop and coffee joint on Dundas West

Name: Easy Tiger Goods Sells: Home goods, stationery, grooming products, women’s apparel and accessories, and flowers, plus...

Memoir: Luminato artistic director Jorn Weisbrodt on why he loves a bit of bling

Memoir: Luminato artistic director Jorn Weisbrodt on why he loves a bit of bling

One day, not so long ago, I was looking in a mirror after getting dressed for the Met Gala, and I was blinded by my reflection. I...

Five pop-up shops land on the east end of Danforth Avenue for the summer

Five pop-up shops land on the east end of Danforth Avenue for the summer

Residents of the East Danforth—an area long euphemistically dubbed “in transition”—are banking on a series of pop-up shops...

Bonnie Brooks ends her five-year reign as HBC president

Bonnie Brooks ends her five-year reign as HBC president

Bonnie Brooks, the luxury retail whiz who led Hudson’s Bay’ s revamp from dowdy department store to high-flying retailer, is...

Quebec’s Simons department store has plans for two GTA locations

Quebec’s Simons department store has plans for two GTA locations

Upper-middle-end department store La Maison Simons is eyeing the spaces at Yorkdale Mall and Square One Shopping Centre that Sears...

J.Crew is rumoured to be opening a Bloor Street store

J.Crew is rumoured to be opening a Bloor Street store

Having established its presence in Canadian malls, J.Crew is apparently now ready for Bloor West (both Kate Spade and Mulberry...

Slideshow: the most memorable fashion moments from the 2013 MMVAs

Slideshow: the most memorable fashion moments from the 2013 MMVAs

MuchMusic’ s annual award-show-slash-star-studded-concert is usually a hotbed of crazy get-ups, but this year’s MMVAs was...

Lululemon is planning to open men’s-only stores

Lululemon is planning to open men’s-only stores

Lululemon has had a tumultuous year. The stretchy-pant mega-corp issued a massive recall of its signature pants (they were too...

Street Style: everything from designer to DIY duds on Bloor Street

Street Style: everything from designer to DIY duds on Bloor Street

Bloor Street’s high-low mix of luxury brands (Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Chanel) and mass-market giants ( Gap, H&M, Winners) means...

Hudson’s Bay opens the largest women’s shoe store in Canada at its Queen Street flagship

Hudson’s Bay opens the largest women’s shoe store in Canada at its Queen Street flagship

HBC president Bonnie Brooks has brought a couture boutique, a new logo and several buzzy partnerships to Hudson’s Bay since...

Slideshow: the wonderfully peculiar Viktor & Rolf Dolls at the ROM

Slideshow: the wonderfully peculiar Viktor & Rolf Dolls at the ROM

For years, lookalike Dutch designers Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren have chosen one or two iconic looks from each collection and...

Slideshow: the stories behind 10 of the city’s most distinctive hairstyles

Slideshow: the stories behind 10 of the city’s most distinctive hairstyles

Anyone from David Lee Roth to the elves from can inspire a killer haircut. Here, a model, a society matron, a jewellery designer...

Store Guide: Floorplay, a new Queen West store devoted entirely to socks

Store Guide: Floorplay, a new Queen West store devoted entirely to socks

Name: Floorplay Socks Sells: Socks for men, women and kids, plus pantyhose, leggings and underwear Contact info: 762 Queen...

Kate Spade New York opens a two-level store in Yorkville

Kate Spade New York opens a two-level store in Yorkville

The incursion of big American brands continues with the opening of a new Yorkville store from girly accessories purveyor Kate...

Shopping

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