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Introducing: Porsche Design, a Bloor Street store full of extravagances

Introducing: Porsche Design, a Bloor Street store full of extravagances

The Porsche Design shop on Bloor Street feels like some sort of Las Vegas show room. Eye candy lines every corner, and none of...

Three Toronto creative types are opening a tuck shop next to Trinity Bellwoods

Three Toronto creative types are opening a tuck shop next to Trinity Bellwoods

Fashion designer Ashley Rowe, 69 Vintage owner Kealan Sullivan and designer at Diptych Dylan Davies are joining forces to open...

Fabric giant King Textiles is moving to make way for a condo development

Fabric giant King Textiles is moving to make way for a condo development

Grandmothers, design students, fashion designers, Etsy shop owners and interior decorators (to name a few) will be saddened to...

A pop-up shop with terrariums, homemade Sam James coffee ice cream bars and Canadian-designed clothing

A pop-up shop with terrariums, homemade Sam James coffee ice cream bars and Canadian-designed clothing

Pop-ups are typically small, boutique operations, but this week’s Mutts and Co. summer shop at 94 Ossington is a big to-do:...

Coco Rocha takes issue with a “random blogger” over a dancing .gif

Coco Rocha takes issue with a “random blogger” over a dancing .gif

In a delightfully snarky blog update from our favourite (or at least our most-discussed) Canadian supermodel, Coco Rocha takes to...

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.

Introducing: Anice, where almost anything in the world can be fashioned into a piece of jewellery

Introducing: Anice, where almost anything in the world can be fashioned into a piece of jewellery

Anice, Brittany Hopkins’ s new jewellery boutique on the periphery of Kensington Market, is a modest 310-square-foot space with...

Yorkdale Mall announces its expansion is almost complete, proves it is not the Yorkdale Mall of yesterday

Yorkdale Mall announces its expansion is almost complete, proves it is not the Yorkdale Mall of yesterday

Yorkdale made a big announcement today, sharing the news that its planned 145,000-square-foot expansion will be completed by...

Street Style: 27 looks at the city on bikes (and other self-propelled vehicles)

Street Style: 27 looks at the city on bikes (and other self-propelled vehicles)

There’s no question that Toronto is a city of cyclists (no matter what Rob Ford has to say about it). Still, thoroughfares...

Introducing: Miranda Purves, Flare magazine’s new editor-in-chief

Introducing: Miranda Purves, Flare magazine’s new editor-in-chief

It was a bit of a shock to see Flare’ s Lisa Tant move to the role of publisher of Hello! Canada —we assumed she’d get a...

Fashion's Night Out may finally be coming to Toronto

Fashion’s Night Out may finally be coming to Toronto

According to Toronto-based lawyer Ashlee Froese , Fashion's Night Out may be coming to Toronto. Froese's weekly reading of the...

Microsoft set to open its first Canadian store in Toronto

Microsoft set to open its first Canadian store in Toronto

The Toronto Star has just reported that Microsoft has applied for building permits to open its first retail store in Toronto’s...

Find out how and why Monika Schnarre looks the way she does

Find out how and why Monika Schnarre looks the way she does

Ever wonder why Monika Schnarre looks the way she does? Well, the supermodel revealed today via press release that she began...

The following shops are open until midnight tonight, should you want to shop and drink at the same time

The following shops are open until midnight tonight, should you want to shop and drink at the same time

Plaid magazine has teamed with the new app Found Riches to throw the late-night shopping event West End Riches, in which...

Children as accessories and wearing Canadian are top trends on MMVA red carpet

Children as accessories and wearing Canadian are top trends on MMVA red carpet

Sunday's MuchMusic Video Awards saw a host of celebrities decked out in Canadian designs; clothing by Toronto-based designers was...

Lisa Tant is out as editor-in-chief of Flare magazine

Lisa Tant is out as editor-in-chief of Flare magazine

After weeks of swirling rumours, multiple sources have confirmed that Lisa Tant has left her role as editor-in-chief of Flare...

The best- and worst-dressed of the 2012 MuchMusic Video Awards

The best- and worst-dressed of the 2012 MuchMusic Video Awards

The red carpet and ceremony at the MuchMusic Video Awards are full of beauties and eyesores, and we’ve decided to break it all...

LMFAO, the co-hosts of this year’s MMVAs, are so, so creepy

LMFAO, the co-hosts of this year’s MMVAs, are so, so creepy

The MMVAs traditionally skew very young, and the junior set usually go crazy with their style to impress headliners like Carly Rae...

Flare editor-in-chief Lisa Tant leaks embargoed details about Lady Gaga’s new fragrance

Flare editor-in-chief Lisa Tant leaks embargoed details about Lady Gaga’s new fragrance

The details of Lady Gaga’ s new perfume were supposed to be kept secret, but Flare’ s Lisa Tant had her Twitter fingers at the...

Perfecto Mag launches video about Queen Street West street style

Perfecto magazine’s Diego Armand , May Truong and Kristjan Hayden have taken street style from photos to video in issue five of...

Maison Martin Margiela is about to become more affordable

Maison Martin Margiela is about to become more affordable

H&M just announced its latest collaboration, and it’s a doozy: Maison Martin Margiela, designer of $765 T-shirts and $1,925...

Street Style: 27 looks at the ladies who lunch in Yorkville

Street Style: 27 looks at the ladies who lunch in Yorkville

In the 1960s, Yorkville was referred to as a “festering sore in the middle of the city” by MPP Syl Apps, due to its population...

Ann Taylor Loft is opening at Yorkdale this year (that’s right, more Ann Taylor)

Ann Taylor Loft is opening at Yorkdale this year (that’s right, more Ann Taylor)

Not too long ago, we found out that Ann Taylor is opening up two Toronto stores, and now it has been announced that Ann Taylor...

Jeanne Beker is one of the most iconic and influential women in the fashion industry

Jeanne Beker is one of the most iconic and influential women in the fashion industry

The Banff World Media Festival, taking place from June 10–13, has announced that Jeanne Beker will be receiving the 2012...

Find out where Jake Gyllenhaal—or his stylist—shops in Toronto

Find out where Jake Gyllenhaal—or his stylist—shops in Toronto

A lot of paparazzi photos have surfaced of Jake Gyllenhaal from the set of An Enemy, and two things are being buzzed about: his...

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