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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...

The woman who brought down Adam Giambrone wants to be a model

The woman who brought down Adam Giambrone wants to be a model

It was down to us and Canadian Grocer in terms of media outlets that hadn’t mentioned the Adam Giambrone sex scandal. But after...

Donato Salon and Spa is the newest resident at the Shops at Don Mills

Despite the huffing and puffing indie book shop McNally Robinson made when it closed its Shops at Don Mills location (it blamed...

HBC's Olympic mittens are the it item at the Games

HBC’s Olympic mittens are the it item at the Games

While the ubiquitous red mittens haven’t reached the status of the blue Roots berets everyone wore during the ’98 games...

Toronto Star takes on skimpy underwear

We interrupt Valentine's Day gift hunters with this important announcement: the thong is over. Or at least that's what the Star is...

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.

New ad doubles as fashion mag dumping ground

New ad doubles as fashion mag dumping ground

The war on thin models is playing out on the streets of Toronto. A new streetcar shelter ad from NEDIC, the National Eating...

Canadian figure skater Patrick Chan makes modelling debut

Canadian figure skater Patrick Chan makes modelling debut

Last year, figure skating became the stuff of reality television dreams, and now figure skaters have become the stuff of fashion...

905 faces off against the 416 in fashion battle

905 faces off against the 416 in fashion battle

They walk among us to learn our language and customs. They could even be in the next cubicle. They’re everywhere, and nothing...

Olympic merchandise naming rights resulting in unsportsmanlike behaviour

Olympic merchandise naming rights resulting in unsportsmanlike behaviour

The Winter Games are fast approaching, and VANOC, which oversees Olympic naming rights, isn’t happy with the slew of...

Luxury goods consumers are selfish, DSquared2 designing opening ceremony costumes, Bloomingdale's in Dubai

Luxury goods consumers are selfish, DSquared2 designing opening ceremony costumes, Bloomingdale’s in Dubai

• Beautiful things happen when fashion and athletics collide, and we’re not talking about Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen’ s...

Stockwell Day loves his murse

Parliament is prorogued until March 3, so in the meantime, we’re concentrating on other, more important aspects of politicians:...

69 Vintage Collective brings together second-hand fashion and a sewing studio

69 Vintage Collective brings together second-hand fashion and a sewing studio

Toronto’s vintage queen, Kealan Sullivan, has expanded on the success of Queen Street’s 69 Vintage and the recently shuttered...

Coco Rocha debuts her Rococo clothing line at Grammys

Coco Rocha debuts her Rococo clothing line at Grammys

Toronto-born model Coco Rocha debuted the first piece in her new clothing line, Rococo , at last night’s Grammys, where she did...

Tavi Gevinson is (sort of) replacing Jeanne Beker at Fashion Television

Tavi Gevinson is (sort of) replacing Jeanne Beker at Fashion Television

Despite a passionate debate in the media about the credibility of 13-year-old Style Rookie fashion blogger Tavi Gevinson —who...

Young Toronto designers create vest for Olympics

Young Toronto designers create vest for Olympics

Five up-and-coming local designers from the Toronto Fashion Incubator , a non-profit organization that promotes growth in the...

Thirteen-year-old makes Flare editor cry, H&M organic line is not organic, Jimmy Choo emulates Tommy Ton

• Are Tommy Ton and Jimmy Choo starring in the sequel to Single White Female? Ton thinks so. Earlier this morning, Toronto’s...

Did Apple iSteal the design for iPad's iBooks?

Did Apple iSteal the design for iPad’s iBooks?

One of the biggest reveals at yesterday's insanely over-hyped Apple iPad launch was iBooks, which allows users to select titles...

Great Spaces: an antique lover gives his Annex semi the royal treatment

Great Spaces: an antique lover gives his Annex semi the royal treatment

In this edition of Great Spaces, we tour Andrew Taylor’s stately Victorian home on Tranby Avenue. The experience is like a crash...

McNally Robinson back from bankruptcy protection, still hates Shops at Don Mills

Winnipeg-based independent bookseller McNally Robinson emerged from bankruptcy protection on Monday with plans to restructure the...

The next big thing from Europe: mantyhose

The next big thing from Europe: mantyhose

Some fads never make it from Europe to North America, but trend watchers are betting that men's tights will overcome the...

Are DSquared and Jean Paul Gaultier copying Toronto's Ezra Constantine?

Are DSquared and Jean Paul Gaultier copying Toronto’s Ezra Constantine?

One of the most buzzed about fads at the European menswear shows is bloody models walking the runway. In Milan, DSquared eschewed...

Target is coming to Canada

First was the news that Topshop is considering opening in The Bay, and now Target is contemplating a move north of the...

Radiant Dark opens Toronto design week with Bacon Savers and felt discs

Radiant Dark opens Toronto design week with Bacon Savers and felt discs

Under the soaring ceilings of Commerce Court West last night, Radiant Dark kicked off Toronto's first International Design...

Golden Globe outfits trashed, Canada Goose parkas are like SUVs, Jersey Shore clothing line

Golden Globe outfits trashed, Canada Goose parkas are like SUVs, Jersey Shore clothing line

• Dani Reiss, CEO of Canada Goose, compares his now-ubiquitous down parkas to SUVs—just as the Land Rover was not intended to...

Shopping

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

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

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