Street Style: hip dads hang out with their cute kids at a Dundas West street fest
Street Style: hip dads hang out with their cute kids at a Dundas West street fest
By Jean Grant |
By Jean Grant |

Last weekend, dads were on duty at Dundas West Fest, the neighbourhood’s annual street party. We spotted father figures dishing out shoulder rides, buying bunches of balloons and chasing after sugar-crazed toddlers. Somehow, they managed to appear perfectly composed in laid-back T-shirts, panelled caps and sweet sneakers. (And really, throwing together any sort of half-decent outfit as a preoccupied parent is a serious accomplishment in our eyes.) Here, 13 cool-looking dads totally succeeding at the whole parenting thing.
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- <strong>Names:</strong> Ben and Matthew Kaplan<br /> <strong>Ages:</strong> 41, 18 months<br /> <strong>Profession:</strong> Magazine Publisher<br /> <br /> “His style is nouveau chic.”
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- <strong>Names:</strong> Dashiell, Andy and Scarlett King<br /> <strong>Ages:</strong> 6, 40 and 4<br /> <strong>Profession:</strong> TV Producer<br /> <br /> “They dress better than me, most of the time. Dashiell likes to mix and match—he's currently representing two different sports teams.”
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- <strong>Names:</strong> Cory and Penelope Cook<br /> <strong>Ages:</strong> 38, 3<br /> <strong>Profession:</strong> Energy Analyst<br /> <br /> “We dress alike most days. We're actually on our way to buy matching shirts.”
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- <strong>Names:</strong> Matt and Everling Carr<br /> <strong>Ages:</strong> 35, 3<br /> <strong>Profession:</strong> Design Director<br /> <br /> “A lot of the time coordinating our styles means finding something pink for her to wear that we can actually stand to look at.”
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- <strong>Names:</strong> Alexander, Dalen and Lia Labayen<br /> <strong>Ages:</strong> 39, 9 and 5<br /> <strong>Profession:</strong> Sales Manager<br /> <br /> “She's a total diva and he's in whatever happens to be clean.”
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- <strong>Names:</strong> Brendan, Alice and Jane Koen<br /> <strong>Ages:</strong> 32, 5 and 1<br /> <strong>Profession:</strong> Audio Engineer<br /> <br /> “Their style is really reflective of their mom.”
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- <strong>Names:</strong> Jonathan and Cosette Lall<br /> <strong>Ages:</strong> 32, 6 months<br /> <strong>Profession:</strong> Producer<br /> <br /> “I'm ready for spit-up at any given time.”
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- <strong>Names:</strong> Brenton and Jameson McConnell<br /> <strong>Ages:</strong> 38, 5<br /> <strong>Profession:</strong> Editor<br /> <br /> “I didn't co-ordinate our outfits as much as I should have.”
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- <strong>Names:</strong> Eduardo, Gabriel and Clara Marcal<br /> <strong>Ages:</strong> 38, 2 and 2<br /> <strong>Profession:</strong> Carpenter<br /> <br /> “They're babies—they don't care what they wear. We dress them in lightweight stuff that's comfy.”
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- <strong>Names:</strong> Henry, Enzo and Luna Tyminski<br /> <strong>Ages:</strong> 40, 5 and 3<br /> <strong>Profession:</strong> Graphic Designer<br /> <br /> “They love wearing bright colours and patterns—Luna's been wearing this dress for two days now. Their grandmother also makes a lot of their clothes.”
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- <strong>Names:</strong> Jonathan and Gideon Gallivan<br /> <strong>Ages:</strong> 43, 4<br /> <strong>Profession:</strong> Musician/Web Developer<br /> <br /> “Sometimes we dress the same without even meaning to.”
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- <strong>Names:</strong> Joshua and Amos Walters<br /> <strong>Ages:</strong> 31, 10 months<br /> <strong>Profession:</strong> Pastor<br /> <br /> “We don't put much effort into his style; it's mostly hand-me-downs. He loves to wear comfy sleepers though.”
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- <strong>Names:</strong> Peter and Simone Brown<br /> <strong>Ages:</strong> 39, 3<br /> <strong>Profession:</strong> Environmental Consultant<br /> <br /> “She dresses herself, for sure. And also dresses me sometimes.”
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So glad this is not my neighbourhood. Note to child with Blue Jays gear and Expos hat–pick a team!
Are you really criticizing a 6 year old’s choice of sports fandom?
No i was just joking