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Fashion industry VIPs react to Toronto Fashion Week’s cancellation
Robin Kay, Hayley Elsaesser, Barbara Atkin and more respond to IMGs claim that there wasn't enough Toronto support
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Toronto Fashion Week: an ode to ‘90s grunge at Chloé Comme Parris fall 2013
Toronto Fashion Week runs from March 18-22, in a large—and stylishly appointed—tent at David Pecaut Square. We’re posting...
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Toronto Fashion Week: Duy Nguyen triumphs at the Mercedes-Benz Start Up finalists show
Toronto Fashion Week runs from October 22 to 26, in a large—and stylishly appointed—tent at David Pecaut Square. We’re...
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Sid Neigum dresses Tara Gill for his fall/winter 2012 show at Toronto Fashion Week
Sid Neigum showed his collection in the sunny studio space at the Toronto Fashion Week tents yesterday afternoon, with guests that...
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Robin Kay lives in a hotel, and there’s not a spot of colour in the place
Have you ever wondered where FDCC president Robin Kay lives? We’d be lying if we said we hadn’t made some assumptions about...
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The FDCC announces that its fashion week will have a new ridiculous name (that we won’t use)
The Fashion Design Council of Canada convened Toronto’s media folk and fashion personalities at the Telus Centre for the...
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Martin Lim triumphs at the Mercedes-Benz Start Up finalists show
Back in June, Mercedes-Benz and IMG launched a national program to discover Canada’s newest design talent, travelling province...
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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...
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Dream-casting The Real Housewives of Toronto: seven ideal stars for the Canada-bound reality show
We learned recently that the Real Housewives franchise is officially looking into a Canadian spinoff . No word for sure on which...
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The Scene: 21 final looks from LG Fashion Week
Our last installment of The Scene is full of fashion, including Cory Lee ’s three costume changes and Samuel L. Jackson...
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The Scene: top 12 looks on day three of LG Fashion Week (and a sneak peek at Robin Kay’s trailer)
At fashion week events, there are the it girls and the showgirls, and then there are the girls who look fantastic even when...
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Holt Renfrew’s cavalcade of Canadian design at LG Fashion Week’s opening night
Bloor Street West may have lost its mayor , but fans of the hot pink bag arrived at LG Fashion Week’s opening ceremonies last...
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Fashion Week returns to the Exhibition grounds for fall/winter 2011
Toronto’s LG Fashion Week launched its official fall/winter 2011 calendar this week, and for the second season running, it will...
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Is blue lipstick and eyeshadow a trend?
We couldn't help but notice that Toronto has turned a little blue lately (and we don't mean the Anyone But Ford...
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Robin Kay gives props to George Smitherman at Dare to Wear Love gala
The big closer of LG Fashion Week, the Dare to Wear Love gala fundraiser for the Stephen Lewis Foundation , brought to the runway...
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Amanda Lew Kee: a 21-year-old designer making her mark in Toronto fashion
Amanda Lew Kee, recent university grad and first-time LG Fashion Week participant, showed her spring 2011 collection on...
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The front row: Photos of Coco Rocha, Shane West, Tie Domi and more at fashion week
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Oscar de la Renta event raises $750,000 despite Canada being the “smallest fashion market in the world”
"Canada is a small market—probably the smallest fashion market in the world." That's Canadian fashion booster Robin Kay telling...
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Jeanne Beker and Evan Biddell walk in Bustle show, but Robin Kay steals the spotlight
By Thursday's final Bustle show, the closer of LG Fashion Week, most of the celebutantes had left the Exhibition grounds on their...
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Evan Biddell’s fall collection creates a scene
After opening his new Ossington store, Oz Studio Boutique, Evan Biddell was in full scenester mode Tuesday night with his runway...
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The problem with Holt Renfrew’s designer showcase
Yesterday morning, Holt Renfrew invited the media to attend an intimate showcase of five Canadian lines it will be carrying at the...
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Robin Kay says fashion week may return to Nathan Phillips Square
The latest subject of BlogTO’s “Toronto through the eyes of” series is, appropriately, the Fashion Design Council of...
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Four things we learned about Robin Kay
It’s fashion week, and that means Robin Kay, president of the Fashion Design Council of Canada, is in the public eye again. Last...
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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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Dividing Line: How the Bloor Street bike lane turned the city into a battlefield
A few kilometres along Bloor has become Toronto’s most contested strip of concrete, igniting fights over congestion, safety and the future of downtown
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The Chosen One: At just 23, Scottie Barnes is the new face of the Raptors—and the team’s best chance of salvation
Barnes is shouldering the weight of an impatient, basketball-mad city, a hit-and-miss team, and his own colossal ambitions. Does he look worried?
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Famous: Inside the Beaches’ rise to rock stardom
A viral earworm about a breakup turned the Beaches into Toronto’s hottest export. Now, the panty-throwing, stage-diving, all-girl rock band is seducing fans around the world
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“I was nearly beaten to death by my partner. The case was dismissed because it took too long to get to trial”
How an overburdened justice system is failing survivors of intimate partner violence
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Brave New Year: The ultimate try-anything-once bucket list for 2025
For inspiration on wonderful, wild and even some slightly reckless experiences to enjoy in the year ahead
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The stars of the PWHL’s Toronto Sceptres on finally having a league of their own
After kicking off a new chapter for hockey with the PWHL, Natalie Spooner, Sarah Nurse and Blayre Turnbull are blazing a trail for women in sports
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The 50 Most Influential Torontonians of 2024
Our annual ranking of the people whose courage, smarts and clout are changing the world as we know it
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“There’s more attention now on shopping close to home”: How Broadfork Produce is connecting Toronto’s top chefs with Ontario farmers
And the west-end supplier is opening to the public soon
Food & Drink
The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative
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These Ontario-made booze collaborations are coming to a restaurant near you
Toronto bars and restaurants are partnering with their favourite distillers, winemakers and brewers to produce custom-made drinks. Here, nine crushable new concoctions
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“We have over 100 cases of American wine trapped at the LCBO”: Toronto’s Grape Witches on what it’s like to run a bottle shop during a trade war
It’s not as simple as taking sides when you’re a small business