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Shoppers Drug Mart slowly turning into the urban Walmart

Shoppers Drug Mart, the ubiquitous drugstore that sells everything from frozen vegetables to cosmetics (oh, medicine, too), is...

Andy Spade takes on Hudson's Bay Company branding

Andy Spade takes on Hudson’s Bay Company branding

Many Canadians are proud of the Hudson’s Bay Company, passing the striped wool blankets and coats on as heirlooms, but there’s...

London calling: Canuck designers take centre stage during London fashion week

London calling: Canuck designers take centre stage during London fashion week

Canadians are getting a lot of attention from Londoners during the city’s fall-winter 2010 fashion week. The designers have...

Mark Fast’s fall show features plus-sized models, gets thumbs-up from British PM’s wife

Mark Fast’s fall show features plus-sized models, gets thumbs-up from British PM’s wife

Winnipeg-bred and Toronto-schooled designer Mark Fast got top marks for his fall collection during London fashion week over the...

Jeanne Beker trades N.Y. fashion week for Vancouver 2010, blogs about it

Jeanne Beker trades N.Y. fashion week for Vancouver 2010, blogs about it

Jeanne Beker swapped her Fashion Television mic for an Olympic torch in Vancouver—a far cry from her regular rounds backstage...

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.

Greta Constantine duo heads to New York

Greta Constantine duo heads to New York

Stephen Wong and Kirk Pickersgill, the sassy Toronto design duo behind Greta Constantine, are blogging for the National Post about...

Olympic mittens reach the holy grail: The Oprah Winfrey show

And so we reached the peak of mitten frenzy on Friday afternoon, when Oprah waved her hands adorned in those red mittens that...

Americans win Olympic mittens by perpetuating Canadian stereotypes

Americans win Olympic mittens by perpetuating Canadian stereotypes

Today’s Olympic Mitten Update comes in the form of an on-line contest in which readers submit what they know about Canada in an...

Brits think Canada is 10th most attractive country

Brits think Canada is 10th most attractive country

Tenth? We’ll take it. Five thousand Brits were surveyed in an on-line poll to rank the most attractive people in the world, and...

Coco Rocha compares treatment of models to child labour

Although model Coco Rocha has always been vocal about the size issue in the modeling industry, the 21-year-old Toronto native...

Celebrities are out, Alexander McQueen label lives on, Tyra Banks tones down look

• Tabloids may need to cross fashion shows off their list of places to snap Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan throwing a hissy...

Frustrated with the TTC? Blame it on the uniforms

Frustrated with the TTC? Blame it on the uniforms

Torontonians would agree that there are a lot of problems facing the TTC today. There’s the scandal-ridden...

Joe Fresh founder Joe Mimran gets a promotion at Loblaw

Joe Fresh founder Joe Mimran gets a promotion at Loblaw

Club Monaco founder and Joe Fresh Style tycoon Joe Mimran has been appointed head of general merchandise at Loblaw, meaning he'll...

Teen blogger’s gig on Fashion Television a one-time thing

While teen blogging sensation and fashion week darling Tavi Gevinson may have irked journalists by sitting in the front row of the...

Toronto's supply of Olympic red mittens is almost sold out

Toronto’s supply of Olympic red mittens is almost sold out

Both the Yonge and Queen and Yonge and Bloor locations of The Bay are down to the dregs of Vancouver Olympics swag: a few baseball...

Model Coco Rocha lands NY Daily News cover…for being fat

Model Coco Rocha lands NY Daily News cover…for being fat

The cover of today's New York Daily News features an image of Canadian model Coco Rocha with the headline “Is she too fat to be...

Jeremy Laing’s fall 2010 show a hit in New York

Last Friday, as some patriotic Canadians got their kicks watching the opening ceremonies of the Vancouver Olympics, Toronto...

Here’s The Situation: Jersey Shore comes to Toronto to find models for an upcoming photo shoot

Here’s The Situation: Jersey Shore comes to Toronto to find models for an upcoming photo shoot

Get those poufs and liquid tanners ready, because The Situation is in Hogtown, and he’s looking for some high-class...

Lindsay Lohan as Jesus, Abercrombie store scares Japanese shoppers, Tavi talks back

Lindsay Lohan as Jesus, Abercrombie store scares Japanese shoppers, Tavi talks back

• Armani Exchange’ s Share the Love Valentine’s Day campaign, which features steamy photos of same-sex couples, has angered...

Sarah Jessica Parker is coming to Toronto

Sarah Jessica Parker is coming to Toronto

The Sex and the City star and newly minted president and chief creative officer of fashion label Halston is packing her bags for a...

Jeremy Laing visited the Vogue office today

Jeremy Laing visited the Vogue office today

Toronto designer Jeremy Laing made a trip to the Vogue offices today, giving the editors a preview of his fall 2010...

Just in time for Valentine’s Day: the Hoodie-Footie

As we reported earlier this week, barely there lingerie has been deemed passé. Maybe the trend toward covering up helps explain...

Designer Alexander McQueen found dead

The Daily Mail has reported that British fashion designer Alexander McQueen has committed suicide. From the article: The news...

Fashion types give Haiti the double kiss

Fashion types give Haiti the double kiss

Despite a semi-controversial new study that found luxury consumers to be more selfish than frugal shoppers, fashion’s elite have...

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