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Weddings Week 2011: an insider's look at how to buy the perfect wedding gift

Weddings Week 2011: an insider’s look at how to buy the perfect wedding gift

Unless you want three fondue sets and two toasters, you need to register. Jackie Chiesa, a 30-year veteran at William Ashley with...

Weddings Week 2011: Reverend Michael Marshall's behind the scenes look at holy matrimony

Weddings Week 2011: Reverend Michael Marshall’s behind the scenes look at holy matrimony

Reverend Michael Marshall, parish priest at St. Andrew-by-the-Lake on Ward’s Island, has been joining couples in holy matrimony...

Designers versus bloggers: this edition’s showdown pits Danielle Meder against Juma

Designers versus bloggers: this edition’s showdown pits Danielle Meder against Juma

Yesterday's introduction of our series Designers versus Bloggers led to an interesting criticism of what makes a “Toronto...

Weddings Week 2011: our top 8 picks for must-have floral centrepieces

Weddings Week 2011: our top 8 picks for must-have floral centrepieces

Stunning centrepieces—from soft and simple to bold and brave—that will take your table settings to the next level For more...

Philip Sparks’s Canadiana wows—again—as Rogue Fashion Week kicks off

Philip Sparks’s Canadiana wows—again—as Rogue Fashion Week kicks off

Philip Sparks kicked off Rogue Fashion Week last night at the Burroughes Building with a fall/winter collection of classic duffle...

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.

PHOTO GALLERY: see Philip Sparks’s fall/winter 2011 collection

PHOTO GALLERY: see Philip Sparks’s fall/winter 2011 collection

Philip Sparks kicked off Rogue Fashion Week’s first off-site show at Queen West’s Burroughes Building last night. Check out...

Weddings Week 2011: 14 top tier cakes that taste as good as they look

Weddings Week 2011: 14 top tier cakes that taste as good as they look

It’s the second most important statement of the day (and probably the only time you’ll drop four figures on dessert), so the...

Designers versus bloggers: this edition’s showdown pits Nolan Bryant against Kirk Pickersgill

Designers versus bloggers: this edition’s showdown pits Nolan Bryant against Kirk Pickersgill

The professional fashion scene in Toronto is made up of many members: designers, editors, PR flaks and, much to everyone else’s...

Weddings Week 2011: our top picks for tear-free bridesmaid dresses

Your bridesmaids have stood by you, calmed you down and put their lives on hold. Return the favour with fetching frocks they...

Weddings Week 2011: at our anonymous roundtable, four seasoned bridesmaids tell all

Weddings Week 2011: at our anonymous roundtable, four seasoned bridesmaids tell all

Newly betrothed ladies who want to avoid the bridezilla path can learn a thing or two from these four seasoned bridesmaids:...

Jeanne Beker’s clothing line announces expansion—in both waist sizes and availability

Jeanne Beker’s clothing line announces expansion—in both waist sizes and availability

The size choices in the most stylish clothing lines are, shall we say, a bit thin. Even when brands include wider waists, very few...

Ashley Rowe announces the venue of her (way) off-site show: the Internet

Ashley Rowe announces the venue of her (way) off-site show: the Internet

Ashley Rowe has decided to take her collection on-line this season, saying goodbye to a dungeon-like cramp fest and hello to the...

Joe Fresh’s anticipated New York opening excites tourists, not analysts

Joe Fresh’s anticipated New York opening excites tourists, not analysts

Joe Fresh is making the move to New York this fall, but some skeptics suggest that the Mimran dynasty may have to pull back to...

The six buzziest rogue fashion week shows

The six buzziest rogue fashion week shows

Going rogue seems to be a designer’s raison d’être when the ad-clad walls of LG Fashion Week seem a bit too...

Yorkdale’s Thomas Sabo flagship may not be so charming

Yorkdale’s Thomas Sabo flagship may not be so charming

Yorkdale continues its pursuit to become the luxury haven no one asked for. To recap: over the last year, the mall brought in big...

Fashion Week's calendar gets a makeover: designer and time slot changes announced

Fashion Week’s calendar gets a makeover: designer and time slot changes announced

Before you go and get your hair blown out, there have been some big additions and time slot changes to Toronto's LG Fashion Week...

Failure to launch: Topshop forgets Jonathan and Olivia

Failure to launch: Topshop forgets Jonathan and Olivia

After The Bay announced that they’d be welcoming “the first” Topshop in Canada yesterday, Jackie O’Brien was...

Introducing: John Allan’s men’s spa, yet another Hudson’s Bay Company acquisition

Introducing: John Allan’s men’s spa, yet another Hudson’s Bay Company acquisition

The place: Wednesday night’s opening of John Allan’s spa for men took place at The Bay’s flagship on Queen Street (just like...

Parlez-moi de l’antisémitisme: John Galliano’s perfume pulled from Canadian shelves

Parlez-moi de l’antisémitisme: John Galliano’s perfume pulled from Canadian shelves

Canadian model Jessica Stam is offering support to former Dior designer John Galliano , but Canadian department stores, not so...

Louis Vuitton and Burberry sue Canadian counterfeiters for fakes

Louis Vuitton and Burberry sue Canadian counterfeiters for fakes

Take a stroll down Spadina Avenue, peeking into Chinatown’s many nondescript knock-off handbag emporiums. But don’t look too...

Topshop’s coming to Queen Street: in something of a coup, The Bay nabs the fast-fashion retailer

Topshop’s coming to Queen Street: in something of a coup, The Bay nabs the fast-fashion retailer

We’ve been wondering for months when Topshop would establish its first Canadian flagship store . Well, last night, our questions...

Domison and BoConcept to join King East’s furniture store row

Domison and BoConcept to join King East’s furniture store row

Two new contemporary furniture stores are set to open in the next few weeks within a couple blocks of each other. Domison , a...

Canadian model Jessica Stam walks in Dior show in support of John Galliano, a “friend in a dark place”

Canadian model Jessica Stam walks in Dior show in support of John Galliano, a “friend in a dark place”

Natalie Portman may have withdrawn her support for John Galliano after a video surfaced depicting the soon-to-be former Dior...

Fashion Week returns to the Exhibition grounds for fall/winter 2011

Fashion Week returns to the Exhibition grounds for fall/winter 2011

Toronto’s LG Fashion Week launched its official fall/winter 2011 calendar this week, and for the second season running, it will...

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