Street Style: WorldPride brings daytime revellers and hardworking volunteers to the Village
Street Style: WorldPride brings daytime revellers and hardworking volunteers to the Village
By Jean Grant | June 26, 2014
By Jean Grant | 06/26/2014
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For ten days every June, the Church-Wellesley Village, usually a pretty lively neighbourhood anyway, transforms into a rainbow-clad celebration of everything queer. This year, thanks to WorldPride, the style, decor and festivities are even bolder. During the post-work hustle this week, we encountered sweaty volunteers setting up for the weekend, international tourists exploring the area and hard-partying Pride-goers just waking up from a nap. Here are a few of our favourites.
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280305 <strong>Name: </strong>Justin<br /><strong><br />
Age:</strong> 29<br /><br />
“I don't like to smile because it makes my mouth look big! I work at the AGO so I just bought my ticket to Pride this weekend.” (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Street Style: WorldPride Street Style: World Pride brings daytime revellers and hard-working volunteers to The Village https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/the-village-toronto-street-style-01-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/the-village-toronto-street-style-01.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/the-village-toronto-street-style-01.jpg 667 1000 [] https://torontolife.com/style/street-style-worldpride-church-wellesley-village/slide/the-village-toronto-street-style-01/ the-village-toronto-street-style-01 0 0
(Image: Jenna Marie Wakani)
280306 <strong>Name:</strong> Leonard<br /><br />
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<strong>Age:</strong> 46<br /><br />
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“My style? Ha! Are you serious? My girlfriend picks out all my clothes for me. She's going to love this.” (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Street Style: WorldPride Street Style: World Pride brings daytime revellers and hard-working volunteers to The Village https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/the-village-toronto-street-style-02-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/the-village-toronto-street-style-02.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/the-village-toronto-street-style-02.jpg 667 1000 [] https://torontolife.com/style/street-style-worldpride-church-wellesley-village/slide/the-village-toronto-street-style-02/ the-village-toronto-street-style-02 0 0
(Image: Jenna Marie Wakani)
280308 <b>Name: </b>Levente<br /><br />
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Age: </b>22<br /><br />
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“I'm here from Halifax. Well, Hungary. Then Halifax. I'm volunteering for World Pride by collecting donations and helping set up.” (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Street Style: WorldPride Street Style: World Pride brings daytime revellers and hard-working volunteers to The Village https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/the-village-toronto-street-style-04-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/the-village-toronto-street-style-04.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/the-village-toronto-street-style-04.jpg 667 1000 [] https://torontolife.com/style/street-style-worldpride-church-wellesley-village/slide/the-village-toronto-street-style-04/ the-village-toronto-street-style-04 0 0
(Image: Jenna Marie Wakani)
280307 “My boots are from my grandfather. They're too big so I have to wear thick socks.”<br />
(Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Street Style: WorldPride Street Style: World Pride brings daytime revellers and hard-working volunteers to The Village https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/the-village-toronto-street-style-03-e1403797053376-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/the-village-toronto-street-style-03.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/the-village-toronto-street-style-03.jpg 1000 667 [] https://torontolife.com/style/street-style-worldpride-church-wellesley-village/slide/the-village-toronto-street-style-03/ the-village-toronto-street-style-03 0 0
(Image: Jenna Marie Wakani)
280310 <strong>Name: </strong>Alexa<br /><br />
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Age:</strong> 22<br /><br />
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“I live at the corner of Church and Wellesley—of course I'm going out for Pride! If I didn't, I wouldn't be able to sleep through the noise anyway.” (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Street Style: WorldPride Street Style: World Pride brings daytime revellers and hard-working volunteers to The Village https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/the-village-toronto-street-style-06-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/the-village-toronto-street-style-06.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/the-village-toronto-street-style-06.jpg 667 1000 [] https://torontolife.com/style/street-style-worldpride-church-wellesley-village/slide/the-village-toronto-street-style-06/ the-village-toronto-street-style-06 0 0
(Image: Jenna Marie Wakani)
280309 (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Street Style: WorldPride Street Style: World Pride brings daytime revellers and hard-working volunteers to The Village https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/the-village-toronto-street-style-05-e1403797069483-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/the-village-toronto-street-style-05.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/the-village-toronto-street-style-05.jpg 1000 667 [] https://torontolife.com/style/street-style-worldpride-church-wellesley-village/slide/the-village-toronto-street-style-05/ the-village-toronto-street-style-05 0 0
(Image: Jenna Marie Wakani)
280311 <strong>Name: </strong>Koymo<br /><br />
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Age:</strong> 28<br /><br />
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“This is funny because I drank all day and just woke up!” (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Street Style: WorldPride Street Style: World Pride brings daytime revellers and hard-working volunteers to The Village https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/the-village-toronto-street-style-07-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/the-village-toronto-street-style-07.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/the-village-toronto-street-style-07.jpg 667 1000 [] https://torontolife.com/style/street-style-worldpride-church-wellesley-village/slide/the-village-toronto-street-style-07/ the-village-toronto-street-style-07 0 0
(Image: Jenna Marie Wakani)
280312 (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Street Style: WorldPride Street Style: World Pride brings daytime revellers and hard-working volunteers to The Village https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/the-village-toronto-street-style-08-e1403797084689-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/the-village-toronto-street-style-08.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/the-village-toronto-street-style-08.jpg 1000 667 [] https://torontolife.com/style/street-style-worldpride-church-wellesley-village/slide/the-village-toronto-street-style-08/ the-village-toronto-street-style-08 0 0
(Image: Jenna Marie Wakani)
280313 <strong>Names: </strong>Malik (left), Frank (right)<br /><br />
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<strong>Ages:</strong> 28, 33<br /><br />
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“We're volunteering with Pride to help set up the Green Space. It's great because volunteers don't have to wait in lines.” (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Street Style: WorldPrideolunteers to The Village Street Style: World Pride brings daytime revellers and hard-working volunteers to The Village https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/the-village-toronto-street-style-09-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/the-village-toronto-street-style-09.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/the-village-toronto-street-style-09.jpg 667 1000 [] https://torontolife.com/style/street-style-worldpride-church-wellesley-village/slide/the-village-toronto-street-style-09/ the-village-toronto-street-style-09 0 0
(Image: Jenna Marie Wakani)
280315 “My tattoo is a traditional Polynesian design.” (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Street Style: WorldPride Street Style: World Pride brings daytime revellers and hard-working volunteers to The Village https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/the-village-toronto-street-style-11-e1403797112630-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/the-village-toronto-street-style-11.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/the-village-toronto-street-style-11.jpg 1000 667 [] https://torontolife.com/style/street-style-worldpride-church-wellesley-village/slide/the-village-toronto-street-style-11/ the-village-toronto-street-style-11 0 0
(Image: Jenna Marie Wakani)
280316 <strong>Name: </strong>Monica<br /><br />
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<strong>Age:</strong> 28<br /><br />
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“Everyone always says how I have such a great smile, but I hate my teeth!” (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Street Style: WorldPridege Street Style: World Pride brings daytime revellers and hard-working volunteers to The Village https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/the-village-toronto-street-style-12-e1403871101646-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/the-village-toronto-street-style-12.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/the-village-toronto-street-style-12.jpg 667 1000 [] https://torontolife.com/style/street-style-worldpride-church-wellesley-village/slide/the-village-toronto-street-style-12/ the-village-toronto-street-style-12 0 0
(Image: Jenna Marie Wakani)
280318 "I bought these overalls but they were too plain for me. So, I dyed them and added some rips along the bottom." (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Street Style: WorldPride Street Style: World Pride brings daytime revellers and hard-working volunteers to The Village https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/the-village-toronto-street-style-14-e1403797126806-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/the-village-toronto-street-style-14.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/the-village-toronto-street-style-14.jpg 1000 667 [] https://torontolife.com/style/street-style-worldpride-church-wellesley-village/slide/the-village-toronto-street-style-14/ the-village-toronto-street-style-14 0 0
(Image: Jenna Marie Wakani)
280319 <strong>Name: </strong>Michelle<br /><br />
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<strong>Age: </strong>27<br /><br />
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“My skirt and top were both gifts from my mother. I think she got them somewhere in Mexico.” (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Street Style: WorldPride Street Style: World Pride brings daytime revellers and hard-working volunteers to The Village https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/the-village-toronto-street-style-15-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/the-village-toronto-street-style-15.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/the-village-toronto-street-style-15.jpg 667 1000 [] https://torontolife.com/style/street-style-worldpride-church-wellesley-village/slide/the-village-toronto-street-style-15/ the-village-toronto-street-style-15 0 0
(Image: Jenna Marie Wakani)
280320 “I love this necklace. I bought it one of my favourite markets in Barcelona.”<br />
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(Image: Jenna Marie Wakani)
280322 <strong>Name:</strong> Dorrington<br /><br />
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<strong>Age:</strong> 28<br /><br />
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“I'm actually way too early for drinks right now, so thanks for occupying my time.” (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Street Style: WorldPride Street Style: World Pride brings daytime revellers and hard-working volunteers to The Village https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/the-village-toronto-street-style-18-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/the-village-toronto-street-style-18.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/the-village-toronto-street-style-18.jpg 667 1000 [] https://torontolife.com/style/street-style-worldpride-church-wellesley-village/slide/the-village-toronto-street-style-18/ the-village-toronto-street-style-18 0 0
(Image: Jenna Marie Wakani)
280323 “My tattoos are all done by Kyle Hollingdrake at the Okey Doke Tattoo Shop.”<br />
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(Image: Jenna Marie Wakani)