Toronto’s Best Dressed: Julian Finkel & Georgia Groom
When Julian Finkel met Georgia Groom in the early aughts, he was an aspiring funk-rock star and she was a boho beauty who made her own clothes. Fourteen years and a gaggle of artfully monikered little ones later, some things have changed (“We’re more refined now,” says Finkel), while others have stayed the same (“I still love him in a rock T-shirt and jeans,” says Groom). Both work in fashion—she does wardrobe design for commercials and TV; he runs Model Citizen, the men’s boutique with the motto “You deserve a better dressed boyfriend.” They look like a family out of a Wes Anderson movie, but both parents say they don’t treat the kids—LouLou, twins John Wolf and Solomon, and Digby, Finkel’s daughter from a previous marriage—like accessories. “The kids choose what they wear,” Groom says. “But,” she adds, “I won’t buy them things I don’t like. That’s how we work it.”
Their Stuff
Camel Overcoat
G. G.: “I’m currently on the hunt for a fit and flare overcoat. This one from Céline Fall 2014 is the ultimate. I may just have to get it made.” Celine.com.
Brass Earrings
G. G.: “They work for both dressed-up and casual.” Totem earrings by Gillian Steinhardt, $229. Gaspard, 913 Queen St. W., 416-546-7480.
White Shirt
J. F.: “Crisp, clean and classic. You can’t go wrong.” Davenport Plain Classic Fit button-cuff shirt by Thomas Pink, $200. Thomaspink.com.
Brogues
J. F.: “Classic style, good quality, and they last for years.” Grenson Dylan brogues, $345. Gravitypope, 1010 Queen St. W., 647-748-5155.
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Courtney Shea is a freelance journalist in Toronto. She started her career as an intern at Toronto Life and continues to contribute frequently to the publication, including her 2022 National Magazine Award–winning feature, “The Death Cheaters,” her regular Q&As and her recent investigation into whether Taylor Swift hung out at a Toronto dive bar (she did not). Courtney was a producer and writer on the 2022 documentary The Talented Mr. Rosenberg, based on her 2014 Toronto Life magazine feature “The Yorkville Swindler.”
