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Nada channels Miss Havisham for spring

Nada channels Miss Havisham for spring

One of the most cleverly styled shows thus far was last night's Nada spectacle from designer Nada Shepherd . Hair was teased into...

Tom Ford will design for women again, faux-hawks for babies, designers ditch Toronto fashion week

Tom Ford will design for women again, faux-hawks for babies, designers ditch Toronto fashion week

Rejoice: Tom Ford returns to womenswear (Photo by Nicolas Genin)• Sure, swine flu is going around, but that’s no reason to be...

Everyone loves Kimberley Newport-Mimran's Pink Tartan collection

Everyone loves Kimberley Newport-Mimran’s Pink Tartan collection

It was obvious that ’80s opulence was a strong influence on Kimberley Newport-Mimran' s Pink Tartan collection. Showing...

Joe Fresh Style show causes quite the commotion

Joe Fresh Style show causes quite the commotion

It's almost unbelievable what a kerfuffle the Joe Fresh Style show causes at fashion week. It is one of the most well-attended...

Andy Thê-Anh's hard-to-see presentation

Andy Thê-Anh’s hard-to-see presentation

One of the week's big-name designers, Andy Thê-Anh, decided to skip the runway show in favour of a presentation in the tent's...

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.

Bustle puts on a hopping show with Rick Mercer, Shinan Govani and Stacy McKenzie

Bustle puts on a hopping show with Rick Mercer, Shinan Govani and Stacy McKenzie

Who says Canadians don't appreciate their own celebs? With cameos from Rick Mercer, gossip columnist Shinan Govani and model...

David Dixon's Barbie collection

David Dixon’s Barbie collection

Before David Dixon' s Barbie show, the famous "Think pink" scene from Funny Face was projected on the walls. The reference was fun...

David Dixon travels the world for his spring 2010 collection

David Dixon travels the world for his spring 2010 collection

David Dixon designs nice clothes for nice women. This season, that woman is a world traveller. In the collection notes, he...

Jason Meyers' show much better than Project Runway effort

Jason Meyers’ show much better than Project Runway effort

No question, Jason Meyers presented a much tighter collection than the one shown last season as his Project Runway debut, which...

Sunny Fong's Vawk collection opens fashion week at the AGO

Sunny Fong’s Vawk collection opens fashion week at the AGO

A smattering of the city's socialites, fashion editors and Project Runway contestants (is it just us, or has the PR crew taken...

Four things we learned about Robin Kay

It’s fashion week, and that means Robin Kay, president of the Fashion Design Council of Canada, is in the public eye again. Last...

It’s fashion week, darlings

It's the first day of fashion week; opening the festivities is Project Runway Canada champ Sunny Fong (read our profile of the...

GQ didn't alter January Jones's breasts, Karl Lagerfeld calls model critics "fat mummies," Torontonian named top fashion blogger

GQ didn’t alter January Jones’s breasts, Karl Lagerfeld calls model critics “fat mummies,” Torontonian named top fashion blogger

• The Telegraph has published a roundup of the 20 best fashion blogs. Included are some unsurprising picks ( The Sartorialist...

A trip to space (and Berlin) with Greta and Ezra Constantine

A trip to space (and Berlin) with Greta and Ezra Constantine

As if Greta Constantine weren't fabulous enough. Last night, the Nelly Furtado –approved design duo of Stephen Wong and Kirk...

Philip Sparks went fishing and landed a big one

Philip Sparks went fishing and landed a big one

Toronto Fashion Week doesn't officially start until Monday, but last night one of the city's fast-rising design talents, Philip...

Lindsay Lohan's Ungaro collection includes pasties, Carine Roitfeld freaks out at Galliano show, Irving Penn dies at 92

Lindsay Lohan’s Ungaro collection includes pasties, Carine Roitfeld freaks out at Galliano show, Irving Penn dies at 92

• John Galliano’ s fashion show started an hour late, forcing guests, who were already snippy about having to trek to the...

Just opened: Love the Design is the newest addition to gallery row

Just opened: Love the Design is the newest addition to gallery row

Up a long, narrow staircase, above the shoe store Chasse Gardée on Queen Street, sits a cozy new addition to the city’s gallery...

The Coal Miner’s Daughter unearths local style finds

The Coal Miner’s Daughter unearths local style finds

Chic clothing boutiques might seem like a no-brainer in the busy Annex, but style-savvy shoppers have long bemoaned the lack of...

Just opened: Shared takes us back to basics

Just opened: Shared takes us back to basics

On a discreet strip of Bathurst south of King, the newly opened top shop Shared is rethinking luxurious cotton basics. Moving away...

Summer of the bike: eight cyclists who ride in style

Summer of the bike: eight cyclists who ride in style

Remember those “I survived Toronto” T-shirts from summer 2003? The checklist on them read: SARS, West Nile, Mad Cow, SARS...

PHOTO GALLERY: 31 TIFF red carpet looks

PHOTO GALLERY: 31 TIFF red carpet looks

Jennifer Garner and Julianne Moore opted for green and strapless, Amanda Seyfried chose sequins and Louboutins, and Drew Barrymore...

Four things every man needs to survive TIFF

Four things every man needs to survive TIFF

Comfortable Dress Shoes After 10 days of partying, standing all night and walking everywhere, our dogs are barking, and we have an...

DSquared2’s Dean and Dan school Ryerson’s fashion students

While few of Toronto’s fashion students gathered at Ryerson University’s AMC lecture theatres on Friday are likely to achieve...

We hit up Coco Rocha at the Holt Renfrew fash bash

Holt Renfrew took their annual gala, always the festival’s most fashionable bash, to new heights last night—the very top of...

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