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Kleinfeld Bridal is opening in downtown Toronto in 2014

Kleinfeld Bridal is opening in downtown Toronto in 2014

Brides-to-be yearning to shop at Kleinfeld, the wedding emporium featured in TLC’s Say Yes To The Dress, will no longer have to...

Extreme Makeover: a new staircase adds space and light to a narrow semi in The Beach

Extreme Makeover: a new staircase adds space and light to a narrow semi in The Beach

When Kate Halpenny, a fundraiser, and Sean Smith, a banker, bought a dreary, oddly divided 1900s semi in the Beach, family members...

Slideshow: ogling the VIPs in the front row at Toronto Fashion Week

Slideshow: ogling the VIPs in the front row at Toronto Fashion Week

Toronto Fashion Week is ostensibly about the clothes, but at least half the fun is seeing socialites and celebs air-kissing and...

Toronto Fashion Week: our 12 favourite looks from the fall 2013 collections

Toronto Fashion Week: our 12 favourite looks from the fall 2013 collections

Over the course of Toronto Fashion Week (plus two days of pre-Fashion Week presentations from The Shows ), Toronto’s runway...

Street Style Trend Report: manipulated florals at Toronto Fashion Week

Street Style Trend Report: manipulated florals at Toronto Fashion Week

Cheery florals return in some form every spring, and judging from the runway fans at Toronto Fashion Week, this season’s...

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.

Runway Trend Report: moto jackets at Toronto Fashion Week

Runway Trend Report: moto jackets at Toronto Fashion Week

The moto jacket has been a staple for decades, partly because of its appealing toughness, and partly because it goes with...

Toronto Fashion Week: Sunny Fong presents animal appliqués and Nordic minimalism for Vawk fall 2013

Toronto Fashion Week: Sunny Fong presents animal appliqués and Nordic minimalism for Vawk fall 2013

Toronto Fashion Week runs from March 18-22, in a large—and stylishly appointed—tent at David Pecaut Square. We’re posting...

Street Style: outrageous outfits and classic looks at Toronto Fashion Week

Street Style: outrageous outfits and classic looks at Toronto Fashion Week

Many of the best-dressed runway fans at Toronto Fashion Week took big risks, whether that meant wearing a provacative...

Street Style Trend Report: bright pink and red at Toronto Fashion Week

Street Style Trend Report: bright pink and red at Toronto Fashion Week

At Holt Renfrew’ s Toronto Fashion Week kick-off bash on Monday night, we figured the abundance of bright pink outfits was a nod...

Toronto Fashion Week: socialites and Parisian cool at Joe Fresh fall 2013

Toronto Fashion Week: socialites and Parisian cool at Joe Fresh fall 2013

Toronto Fashion Week runs from March 18-22, in a large—and stylishly appointed—tent at David Pecaut Square. We’re posting...

Street Style Trend Report: extra-long coats at Toronto Fashion Week

Street Style Trend Report: extra-long coats at Toronto Fashion Week

The weather during Toronto Fashion Week is never warm—it falls in late October and mid-March, after all—but this latest...

Runway Trend Report: geometric prints at Toronto Fashion Week

Runway Trend Report: geometric prints at Toronto Fashion Week

Plaid and animal prints might have dominated the fall 2013 runways in New York, Milan and Paris, but so far, Toronto Fashion Week...

Toronto Fashion Week: an ode to ‘90s grunge at Chloé Comme Parris fall 2013

Toronto Fashion Week: an ode to ‘90s grunge at Chloé Comme Parris fall 2013

Toronto Fashion Week runs from March 18-22, in a large—and stylishly appointed—tent at David Pecaut Square. We’re posting...

Toronto Fashion Week: Pink Tartan shows retro luxury and fake blond hair for fall 2013

Toronto Fashion Week: Pink Tartan shows retro luxury and fake blond hair for fall 2013

Toronto Fashion Week runs from March 18-22 in a large—and stylishly appointed—tent at David Pecaut Square. We’re posting...

Three Target stores are now open in Toronto

Three Target stores are now open in Toronto

American superstore Target’ s Canadian invasion took a big leap forward today with the opening of 17 new Ontario...

Street Style Trend Report: big, bold necklaces at Toronto Fashion Week

Street Style Trend Report: big, bold necklaces at Toronto Fashion Week

The editors, bloggers and hangers-on attending the pre-Toronto Fashion Week runway shows at the Andrew Richards Design loft last...

Street Style Trend Report: black and white at Toronto Fashion Week

Street Style Trend Report: black and white at Toronto Fashion Week

What’s black and white and printed all over? A good chunk of the outfits at the pre-Toronto Fashion Week event The Shows. The...

Extreme Makeover: an iconic modernist house in midtown gets a 21st-century update

Extreme Makeover: an iconic modernist house in midtown gets a 21st-century update

In design circles in the 1970s, this midtown house was considered a momentous piece—the first notable reno by modernist...

Toronto Fashion Week: Steven Tai uses silicone, magnets and alien spaceships in his fall 2013 collection

Toronto Fashion Week: Steven Tai uses silicone, magnets and alien spaceships in his fall 2013 collection

Each season, The Shows invite a handful of high-profile Canadian designers (many of whom now show in New York, London and Paris)...

Preppy Toronto label Pink Tartan launches its online store

Preppy Toronto label Pink Tartan launches its online store

Pink Tartan, the upmarket womenswear brand by Kimberley Newport-Mimran, launched its e-commerce site today in Canada and the...

Toronto Fashion Week: gilded trench coats and statement necklaces at Jeremy Laing fall 2013

Toronto Fashion Week: gilded trench coats and statement necklaces at Jeremy Laing fall 2013

Each season, The Shows invite a handful of high-profile Canadian designers (many of whom now show in New York, London and Paris)...

Toronto Fashion Week: Tanya Taylor presents cool prints and biker jackets (plus leather dickies)

Toronto Fashion Week: Tanya Taylor presents cool prints and biker jackets (plus leather dickies)

Each season, The Shows invite a handful of high-profile Canadian designers (many of whom now show in New York, London and Paris)...

Toronto Fashion Week: Jean-Pierre Braganza’s inner sci-fi nerd emerges in his fall 2013 collection

Toronto Fashion Week: Jean-Pierre Braganza’s inner sci-fi nerd emerges in his fall 2013 collection

Each season, The Shows invite a handful of high-profile Canadian designers (many of whom now show in New York, London and Paris)...

Toronto Fashion Week: Comrags shows accessible dresses and luxe coats for fall 2013

Toronto Fashion Week: Comrags shows accessible dresses and luxe coats for fall 2013

Each season, The Shows invite a handful of high-profile Canadian designers (many of whom now show in New York, London and Paris)...

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