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The essentials: 22 bedroom must-haves

Yesterday we posted our favourite kitchen necessities , but we’ve actually outfitted an entire house, top to bottom, with...

Ask the expert: architect Drew Mandel on brilliant homes and renos

Architect Drew Mandel made his name with his own brave little home: a 13-foot-wide light box of glass, concrete and mahogany...

The essentials: 26 kitchen must-haves

The essentials: 26 kitchen must-haves

This week on The Goods, we'll be posting several pieces from Toronto Life 's first annual Home Guide. The issue is on newsstands...

Loblaw vs. Shoppers Drug Mart: the grocer is opening more pharmacies

Loblaw vs. Shoppers Drug Mart: the grocer is opening more pharmacies

Back in February, Shoppers Drug Mart announced that it would expand its food offerings. Now, in an attempt to shake Shoppers'...

Wedding bells ring at the National Ballet, again: Heather Ogden and Guillaume Côté wed

Wedding bells ring at the National Ballet, again: Heather Ogden and Guillaume Côté wed

There's nothing juicier than a storybook romance between cast members, and when that cast consists of ballet dancers in famed love...

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.

Sky-high heels are the official footwear of the recession

Sky-high heels are the official footwear of the recession

Recessions bring many things to the style world: banal Jeanne Beker exposés of high fashion's cautious ventures into luxury, and...

Courtney Love sets a scary new standard for hipster fashion

Courtney Love sets a scary new standard for hipster fashion

We're not sure if Courtney Love' s new fashion blog, What Courtney Wore Today , provides hipsters with something incredibly...

Opening: Red Canoe brings its Canadiana to Dundas West

Opening: Red Canoe brings its Canadiana to Dundas West

Over the past few years, HBC 's Olympic mittens and the Drake Hotel General Store have helped raise Canadiana from kitsch to...

Louis Vuitton wins World Cup of product placement

Louis Vuitton wins World Cup of product placement

Perhaps the real winner of yesterday’s final World Cup game wasn't Spain at all—it was Louis Vuitton. In one of the most...

Aldo expands into the United States with 600 stores

Aldo expands into the United States with 600 stores

Montreal shoe company Aldo, that Canadian mall staple, is expanding into the States by teaming up with JC Penney to offer a line...

Battle of the best-dressed divas

Battle of the best-dressed divas

Right before the long weekend, the Star released its Best Dressed list , an annual tally of the most enviably togged...

Queen Elizabeth II didn't buy new clothes for Toronto state dinner

Queen Elizabeth II didn’t buy new clothes for Toronto state dinner

We'd expect that the Queen of England wouldn't be caught dead wearing the same thing twice, but during her visit to Canada, Her...

Just Opened: Avenue Road's new Leslieville showroom

Just Opened: Avenue Road’s new Leslieville showroom

The place: For the Avenue Road team, 415 Eastern Avenue was a worthy fixer-upper. The store's previous showroom—a go-to spot for...

Celebrate Canada Day in style

Celebrate Canada Day in style

We are, which is why The Goods is taking the day off. We'll be back on Monday, July 5.

This Ain't the Rosedale Library closes after speculation

This Ain’t the Rosedale Library closes after speculation

It looks like the curtain has closed on This Ain’t the Rosedale Library —for now, at least. In a blog post explaining that a...

This Ain’t the Rosedale Library addresses closure rumours

Toronto's literary set assumed the worst on Saturday when a bailiff’s notice appeared in the window of This Ain’t the Rosedale...

Icky or inspired: rentable maternity wear

Icky or inspired: rentable maternity wear

When we got a press release from rentmaternitywear.com, a business by California "mompreneur" Marcelle Costello that leases...

Just Opened: Topshop makes its Toronto debut at Jonathan and Olivia

Just Opened: Topshop makes its Toronto debut at Jonathan and Olivia

The place: Fast-fashion chain Topshop enjoys a cult-like following in Britain and the U.S. thanks to its collaborations with...

How the Eaton Centre is spending its $120 million in make-over money

How the Eaton Centre is spending its $120 million in make-over money

Last week, when we heard that the Eaton Centre was about to undergo a $120-million reno (its first since the late '70s), we...

The Shoppers effect: more loyalty programs for Canadian retailers

The Shoppers effect: more loyalty programs for Canadian retailers

Wallets around Toronto are about to get a lot more full—not of cash, sadly (save for a few HST cheques), but of reward cards, as...

Haute Classics brings designer consignment to south Rosedale

Haute Classics brings designer consignment to south Rosedale

The place: This charmingly crowded, walk-in-closet-size shop is stuffed with authentic designer clothing that's sold on...

How the Eaton Centre should spend its $120 million in make-over money

How the Eaton Centre should spend its $120 million in make-over money

The Eaton Centre will undergo a $120-million facelift beginning in July, and all we know is that the lower level will have more...

Sydney's to relocate after Queen West fire

Sydney’s to relocate after Queen West fire

An apartment fire on Queen Street West at Manning at the end of May caused about $600,000 in damage, affecting four shops in the...

American Apparel just can't catch a break, heinous hiring policy exposed

American Apparel just can’t catch a break, heinous hiring policy exposed

Beleaguered clothing retailer American Apparel is in hot water yet again, this time after part of its hiring policy, which states...

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