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TIFF Party: James Franco proves he’s just as well-rounded as he seems at a fête for The Director
Basement parties were the height of luxury last night as Gucci fêted the James Franco- produced documentary The Director in the...
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Style
Sid Neigum eases up on the androgyny with a softer spring/summer 2013 collection
Every year during Rogue Fashion Week, emerging talents and established designers alike opt out of the Toronto Fashion Week melee...
Food & Drink
These Booths Were Made for Gawking: who sits where at La Société
The cuisine is supremely so-so, but the glitzy atmosphere and A-plus people-watching at La Société—the crown jewel of...
Style
Introducing: Miranda Purves, Flare magazine’s new editor-in-chief
It was a bit of a shock to see Flare’ s Lisa Tant move to the role of publisher of Hello! Canada —we assumed she’d get a...
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Lisa Tant is out as editor-in-chief of Flare magazine
After weeks of swirling rumours, multiple sources have confirmed that Lisa Tant has left her role as editor-in-chief of Flare...
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Flare editor-in-chief Lisa Tant leaks embargoed details about Lady Gaga’s new fragrance
The details of Lady Gaga’ s new perfume were supposed to be kept secret, but Flare’ s Lisa Tant had her Twitter fingers at the...
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Canada’s Best Beauty Talent, episode 12: there is still no winner
This episode is the worst yet. We have no trouble saying this, because, after the promise of an actual, legit conclusion to the...
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City News
The Scene: Fashion Cares 25 launches without Elton John and Jeanne Beker
Last night at Charles Khabouth’ s La Société, Fashion Cares event co-chair Michael King and artistic director Philip Ing...
Style
Canada’s Best Beauty Talent, episode 6: we feel a bit eh. It just isn’t wow
On this episode of Canada’s Best Beauty Talent, it’s time for the judges— Flare’ s Lisa Tant, Chatelaine’ s Catherine...
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Canada’s Best Beauty Talent, episode 2: please tell us something, because we want to learn
When it comes to creating a web-based reality series, there’s a lot of trial and error before a show gets things right—at...
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Ruffian channels Downton Abbey and sexy librarians for its fall/winter 2012 collection
“The ShOws” second presentation of the evening came from New York–based label Ruffian , created by Brian Wolk and Claude...
Style
Lucian Matis is the second down the rogue runway at the off-site shows
Lucian Matis held his spring/summer 2012 Rogue Fashion Week show at event space 99 Sudbury for a packed crowd of tastemaking...
Style
Reaction Roundup: what Toronto’s fashion community is saying about New York treasure Bill Cunningham
Coming to Toronto theatres this Friday is Bill Cunningham New York , a documentary following the life of a New York Times style...
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See the New Labels competition collections, because they’ll all be sold at TNT in Yorkville this fall
Last week’s New Labels showcase at the Design Exchange brought out boldface retail names like Holt Renfrew ’s Natalie...
City News
Toronto Fashion Incubator’s New Labels gala-competition breaks fresh talent
Canada isn’t short on talent, but it sure is lacking opportunities to showcase it. That’s why, when one comes up, we like to...
Style
J. Crew to open in Yorkdale?
That's what Flare editor Lisa Tant is tweeting : "Word is that J. Crew' s first Canadian store will be this fall at Toronto's...
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Culture
The swag series: celebs like Rachel Weisz get all the jewellery they want at Lia Sophia
What it is: Lia Sophia, an international company focusing on jewellery, has set up camp in the Windsor Arms’ Prime...
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Thirteen-year-old makes Flare editor cry, H&M organic line is not organic, Jimmy Choo emulates Tommy Ton
• Are Tommy Ton and Jimmy Choo starring in the sequel to Single White Female? Ton thinks so. Earlier this morning, Toronto’s...
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Food & Drink
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2025
This year’s list includes a Korean Ecuadorian diner, a supper club that showcases regional Chinese dishes tweaked with seasonal Canadian ingredients and a Parkdale chaat house that makes a mean Pakistani Sloppy Joe. It’s official: fusion is in
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Deep Dives
Sex worker and
Anora
consultant Andrea Werhun’s journey from strip clubs to Hollywood
Andrea Werhun’s dream was to be a writer, but there was a lot more money in sex work. She told herself she’d quit soon, then spent years working as a stripper. In 2022, Sean Baker hired her as a consultant on his Oscar-sweeping film. Now she’s stepping into her own spotlight
Deep Dives
Game Over: Inside fallen Toronto Raptor Jontay Porter’s sports betting scandal
As the pivotal member of a notorious betting ring, Porter was playing for another team. The story of a cheater, his bookmakers and the wager that brought them all down
Deep Dives
Megan Savard for the Defence: Meet the lawyer representing a player at the centre of the Hockey Canada trial
She’s fierce, shrewd and relentless. And she doesn’t just want to win—she wants to dismantle the prison system altogether
Food & Drink
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2025
This year’s list includes a Korean Ecuadorian diner, a supper club that showcases regional Chinese dishes tweaked with seasonal Canadian ingredients and a Parkdale chaat house that makes a mean Pakistani Sloppy Joe. It’s official: fusion is in
Deep Dives
Inside the rise and fall of the Vaulter Bandit, the 21st century’s most notorious bank robber
To fellow tourists he met around the world, Jeffery Shuman was a semi-retired developer with a bright smile, an even tan and a fat wallet. In truth, he was a legendary bank robber on the run from the Toronto police and the US Marshals
Deep Dives
Anchor Man: Fox News host John Roberts on Trump, the trade war and the American psyche
If Fox News seems an unlikely landing spot for a guy who got his start pumping out Platinum Blonde on MuchMusic, you probably haven’t heard his thoughts about joining the notorious network, the Canada–US relationship and what he misses most about Toronto
Deep Dives
Trump’s Loss, Toronto’s Gain: Meet the artists, professors, scientists and other luminaries ditching the US and moving north
They’re coming from Big Law, the Ivy League, arts institutes and beyond, brimming with smarts and energy and united by a common cause: avoiding the carnage of Donald Trump. True tales from the brain gain
Deep Dives
Dancing Queens: Patrons, staff and performers share their wildest memories of Crews and Tangos, Toronto’s most storied drag bar
Crews and Tangos has been enforcing the rules of the Village for more than 30 years: wear what you want, kiss who you want, but don’t forget to tip the drag queens. With a condo development looming, we asked around for tales from the iconic spot
Deep Dives
The Joy of Sex with Strangers: A Toronto hotwife’s adventures in ethical non-monogamy
Three months ago, I was a suburban mom in a monogamous relationship. Now I’m sleeping with people I meet online—with my husband’s blessing—and we’ve never been happier. Don’t judge us until you’ve read our story
Deep Dives
The Scandal, the Firing and the Fallout: Anatomy of a Bay Street fiasco at RBC
Nadine Ahn was a high-ranking executive at the bank. Ken Mason, her subordinate, was rapidly promoted. Then someone claimed to see them canoodling at the Royal York, tipped off HR and triggered an inquisition
Deep Dives
Edward the Conqueror: The unlikely ascent of Canada’s telecom king
Edward Rogers was dismissed as a meddling nepo baby—until he muscled out his siblings, acquired his competitors, cornered the telecom market and became the dominant force in Canadian sports
Deep Dives
Lady Parts: Inside Meredith MacNeill and Jennifer Whalen’s new show,
Small Achievable Goals
The
Baroness von Sketch Show
alumnae have elevated joking about women’s issues to an art. Their new show takes aim at menopause. How funny is that?
Deep Dives
Murder in the Blue Mountains: The story behind the killing of Ashley Schwalm
Ashley and James Schwalm had what seemed like a fairy tale life—two wonderful children, fulfilling careers and a gorgeous home close to the private ski club where they’d fallen in love. Then Ashley’s remains turned up in a burned-out car at the bottom of a ditch, and all signs pointed to her husband
Deep Dives
Dark Horse: Inside the fall of Eric Lamaze, Canada’s most famous equestrian
For years, Lamaze was the world’s top-ranked show jumper, living an enviable life filled with fancy cars, international travel and adoring fans—the kind of life a person might do anything to protect
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An all-Canadian wine festival is coming to Fort York
Elbows Up aims to make it easier (and cheaper) to buy Canadian-made bottles
Food & Drink
This Toronto Italian restaurant is launching a pasta tasting menu made with all-Canadian ingredients
It’s Amano Trattoria’s elbows-up moment
City News
A high-tech greenhouse in King City is sticking it to Trump’s tariffs
How to reduce our reliance on American farmers? Rely on robot ones instead
Food & Drink
“We felt disconnected from the outdoors before”: What St. Lawrence Market North vendors think of their new home
And what locally made and grown goods they’re selling