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Fall Style Guide: The city’s top trends, best buys and splashiest new stores this season

Everything you need to know about autumn style in Toronto

By Caitlin Agnew, Jean Grant and Rebecca Tucker| Photography by Thomas van der Zaag

| September 20, 2016

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Fall Style Guide 2016 — Photograph by Thomas van der Zaag

Our Fall Style Guide

Heel thyself in the season's hottest new booties

Heel thyself in the season’s hottest new booties

This season’s statement heels are literally that: austere black booties that let their mirrored, metallic, sculptural platforms do the talking

Toronto's top three new stores for fall

Toronto’s top three new stores for fall

The most exciting store openings this season are imports

Made-in-Toronto pieces that bridge the style gap between fall and winter

Made-in-Toronto pieces that bridge the style gap between fall and winter

Believe it or not, it's going to get cold eventually

Save face with fall's top all-natural colour cosmetics

Save face with fall’s top all-natural colour cosmetics

Our high-performance picks for fall’s best all-natural beauty products

It's hip to be square with geometric jewellery from the city's top designers

It’s hip to be square with geometric jewellery from the city’s top designers

Pair these must-have gems with the season’s most stylish pieces from Toronto’s coolest labels

Q&A: Hayley Elsaesser, the city's buzziest new designer

Q&A: Hayley Elsaesser, the city’s buzziest new designer

Her celebrity fans include Alessia Cara and Miley Cyrus

The classic leather jacket gets a bespoke makeover on Dupont

The classic leather jacket gets a bespoke makeover on Dupont

If you order one next month, it'll be ready in time for those cool late-October evenings

Jean Grant has been a freelance writer since 2015, covering a range of lifestyle topics like shopping, interiors, wellness and culture for publications like Maclean’s and Toronto Life. She also enjoys working with brands to develop custom content, and shares personal essays through her Substack newsletter, Nobody is Thinking About You.

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