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8 Canadian-based e-boutiques that will satisfy your shopping fix (and actually ship to your doorstep!)

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By Allyssia Alleyne and Lauren Chan

Last Wednesday marked the launch of The Peacock Parade, the Canadian response to American flash-sale websites like Gilt Group. Though we’re itching to scour the site for deals, it’s by no means the only place to get your fashion fix online. Check out some of the best Canadian online shopping destinations. You may never schlep out to the mall again.

Address: thepeacockparade.com
Hometown: Toronto
Customers: Members of the flash-sale website; shoppers who love designer labels and home-grown Canadian brands.
Brands: High-end celeb favourites like Black Halo, Cynthia Rowley, Prada, and Yves Saint Laurent.
Bonus: Members can sample designer pieces created exclusively for the Peacock Parade, by renowned Canadian designer brands such as Jenny Bird, Biko Jewellery, C’est Jol!, and Claudia Accessories.

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Fashion

Maison Martin Margiela to launch online shopping

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Maison Martin Margiela is the latest fashion label to join the world of e-commerce with the launch of their online shop at maisonmartinmargiela.com. The e-boutique, which launches on October 1 and is powered by the fashion retailing site YOOX, will look like a photo negative of the current site and the official font will be that of MS-DOS. (Already the site reminds one of getting a syntax error). Read more »


Fashion

Fashion news: Model Naomi Sims dies, starlets take over LFW and Sienna Miller loves her shampoo

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aug09naomisimsPioneering African American supermodel Naomi Sims died Saturday at 61. [NYTimes]

Alexander Wang is launching an online shop that not surprisingly, doesn’t deliver to Canada. But if you want to browse: alexanderwang.com (enter the code AWSTYLE.COM) [Fashionista]

Celebrity portratist Brigitte Lacombe talks about shooting everyone from Meryl Streep to Leonardo DiCaprio to Miuccia Prada. [W] Read more »


Fashion

Gucci launches a Canadian shopping site

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The press release we received on Monday about Gucci.com’s new Canadian e-commerce site was a bit of a tease. Surely every red-blooded Canuck runway lover dashed right over to take a look, but alas, the site was not quite ready for us and our enthusiasm. (It seems cruel to tease a people who have long had to swallow “We do not ship orders outside of the continental U.S.”) But today’s the day–the Canada option has appeared at Gucci.com. Read more »


FASHION Reporters

Guelph: Guelph’s coziest Wi-Fi

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Photography by Heather Loney

Photography by Heather Loney

Despite all efforts to shop locally, sometimes the sartorial solution just cannot be found in one’s backyard.  In these situations, I retire to my favourite wireless hotspot, cozy up to my laptop and let the world of Internet shopping unfold before me.

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