Subscribe

Style

Introducing: Loft at Yorkdale, the first Canadian store from the former Ann Taylor spin-off

Introducing: Loft at Yorkdale, the first Canadian store from the former Ann Taylor spin-off

Loft originally started out as a more affordable extension of the career women’s brand Ann Taylor, but a revamp in 2009 saw the...

Introducing: Kate Spade New York’s first Canadian store at Yorkdale Mall

Introducing: Kate Spade New York’s first Canadian store at Yorkdale Mall

Kate Spade New York opened its first-ever Canadian location in the new wing at Yorkdale Mall last month, and it’s a candy box of...

GALLERY: 15 Toronto shops with festive Christmas windows

GALLERY: 15 Toronto shops with festive Christmas windows

Although December means shopping lists, crowded malls and frenzied buying sprees (our holiday gift guide can help), it’s worth...

Street Style: 18 looks at the holiday shoppers at Holt Renfrew

Street Style: 18 looks at the holiday shoppers at Holt Renfrew

The crush in Toronto’s malls and retail strips before Christmas means that many shoppers are tempted to wear the eminently...

Great Spaces: inside a couple’s modish Parkdale renovation

Great Spaces: inside a couple’s modish Parkdale renovation

In the summer of 2007, Anna Zalewski quit her job as a Bay Street lawyer, sold her house in Riverdale and moved to Barcelona. Her...

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.

Greta Constantine shuns colour in a sharply beautiful spring/summer 2013 collection

Greta Constantine shuns colour in a sharply beautiful spring/summer 2013 collection

For years, Kirk Pickersgill and Stephen Wong held their Greta Constantine runway shows during Rogue Fashion Week, the series of...

Introducing: Gravity Pope, a massive Toronto location from the popular Western Canadian shoe boutique

Introducing: Gravity Pope, a massive Toronto location from the popular Western Canadian shoe boutique

Gravity Pope, a trend-focused shoe store much beloved in Western Canada, opened its first Toronto location on Friday at Queen and...

Street Style: 18 looks at the buyers and sellers at the Junction Flea

Street Style: 18 looks at the buyers and sellers at the Junction Flea

The monthly Junction Flea market, which occupied a dusty lot at Dundas and Keele all summer, has decamped to the Great Hall on...

The best Black Friday deals in Toronto and where to find them

The best Black Friday deals in Toronto and where to find them

With American Thanksgiving nearly here, it's time to brace for rampant, riot-like shopping. Yes, November 23 is Black Friday, the...

GALLERY: Yorkdale reveals its flashy new expansion

GALLERY: Yorkdale reveals its flashy new expansion

Yorkdale Shopping Centre’s swanky 145,000-square-foot expansion opens today, marking the next phase in the North Toronto...

Bed, Bath and Beyond opens its largest store in Canada at Yonge and Gerrard

Bed, Bath and Beyond opens its largest store in Canada at Yonge and Gerrard

Less than a month after Marshalls opened at John and Richmond, another big American chain has launched its first downtown Toronto...

VIDEO: Watch this naked man show off Gotstyle’s new Skype shopping service

Toronto men’s retailer Gotstyle has launched a video shopping service for the very busy (or the very lazy). Here’s how it...

Street Style: 17 looks at the commuters at Union Station

Street Style: 17 looks at the commuters at Union Station

Despite the condo towers rapidly sprouting in the downtown core, Toronto is still a city of commuters (and patient commuters they...

Great Spaces: five tiny homes that prove tight spaces can be completely comfortable

Great Spaces: five tiny homes that prove tight spaces can be completely comfortable

Toronto homes are getting smaller by the second—250-square-foot units are coming soon to a condo near you. Here, a look at how a...

Introducing: Strellson, a Yorkville menswear and suiting store from the Swiss mega-retailer

Introducing: Strellson, a Yorkville menswear and suiting store from the Swiss mega-retailer

Swiss menswear manufacturer Strellson built its first North American store on the northwest corner of Avenue and Bloor, on the...

Introducing: Ann Taylor at the Eaton Centre, the first international store from the women’s office-wear brand

Women’s office-wear retailers are battling it out on the third floor of the Eaton Centre: international chains J.Crew and...

Our 12 favourite looks from Toronto Fashion Week spring/summer 2013

Our 12 favourite looks from Toronto Fashion Week spring/summer 2013

After several days of rogue runway shows and a full week of collections at Toronto Fashion Week proper, the city’s fashion...

THE SCENE: the hijinks (and outfits) of the front row VIPs at Toronto Fashion Week

THE SCENE: the hijinks (and outfits) of the front row VIPs at Toronto Fashion Week

Perusing the designs on the runway is Toronto Fashion Week’s raison d’être—but ogling the socialites and celebs in the...

Holt Renfrew enters the off-price fray with hr2

Holt Renfrew isn’t taking the American retail invasion lightly. The luxury retailer has announced plans to open an off-price...

Street Style Trend Report: the coolest, craziest shoes of Toronto Fashion Week

Street Style Trend Report: the coolest, craziest shoes of Toronto Fashion Week

Nabbing a front-row seat at a runway show nets you more than just a stellar view of the clothes. It also means having a chance to...

Toronto Fashion Week: office wear meets a Madonna cone bra at Vawkkin and Vawk spring/summer 2013

Toronto Fashion Week: office wear meets a Madonna cone bra at Vawkkin and Vawk spring/summer 2013

Toronto Fashion Week ran from October 22 to 26, in a large—and stylishly appointed—tent at David Pecaut Square. We’re...

Street Style Trend Report: rainbow hair at Toronto Fashion Week

Street Style Trend Report: rainbow hair at Toronto Fashion Week

On the first night of Toronto Fashion Week, Kimberley Newport-Mimran hired pink-haired model Charlotte Free to open the Pink...

Runway Trend Report: playing with proportion at Toronto Fashion Week

Runway Trend Report: playing with proportion at Toronto Fashion Week

There’s an old rule of thumb that says in order to accent the waist a voluminous skirt should be set off with a slim top. Think...

Toronto Fashion Week: Arthur Mendonça shows gorgeous saturated hues for spring/summer 2013

Toronto Fashion Week: Arthur Mendonça shows gorgeous saturated hues for spring/summer 2013

Toronto Fashion Week runs from October 22 to 26, in a large—and stylishly appointed—tent at David Pecaut Square. We’re...

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