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Inside last night’s Interior Design Show opening party: The who’s who of Canada’s design scene and Karim Rashid DJing from within in a canary yellow cage

Caitlin Agnew — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:00:17 +0000

View the photo gallery » Last night the Metro Toronto Convention Centre was brimming with the who’s who of Canada’s design scene, there for the opening night party of the country’s largest contemporary design fair, the Interior Design Show. Dashing gents, like fashion designer Philip Sparks and veteran FASHION photographer George Whiteside, and sophisticated design [...]

Winter essentials guide: 10 ingenious inventions that will get you through the season (think pocket sized salt stain removers and earphone earmuffs!)

Nicola St. George-Hyslop — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:00:25 +0000

We’ve compiled a list of little extras that are sure to be major winter-weather helpers. You probably can’t get through the season without them, yet you might not even know they exist! Here are some of the most ingenious inventions (think salt wipes for boots, earmuff earphones, and more!) that will save you all season [...]

Gift hunting? Check out our cross-country guide of the best pop-ups in Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton, and Montreal!

Laura Kathleen Maize — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:00:51 +0000

We know the holiday season has begun once the winter issue comes out, and once our inboxes fill up with emails inviting us to holiday parties, pop-ups, and sales. We’ve gone through them all (and checked the list twice!) to give you a collection of December’s best holiday sales. Put on your mittens and make [...]

Danier continues its collaboration series for spring with Philip Sparks and and George Antonopoulos

Erin Lukas — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:00:17 +0000

The snow hasn’t even started falling yet and the news of Danier’s new Canadian designer collaborations for Spring 2012 has us wishing for warmer temperatures. Philip Sparks will add his vintage-inspired aesthetic to an accessory line for men that will include backpacks and iPad cases in addition to classic carryalls (but who says us girls [...]

Inside Thursday’s Paws for the Cause gala: Toronto scenesters and doggies in designer duds

Caitlin Agnew — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:00:27 +0000

View the photo gallery » Walking through the oversized doghouse gate in Toronto’s Distillery District, it was clear that the Paws for the Cause gala and fashion show had marked its territory. The second annual doggies-on-the-catwalk event had the city’s cutest pooches sporting Canadian-made coats from Babies & Beasts while their celebrity dog walkers strutted [...]

Fashion with compassion: Cashmere Bathroom Tissue’s annual runway show

Caitlin Agnew — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:00:41 +0000

For the past eight years, Canada’s top designers have joined forces with Cashmere Bathroom Tissue to put together what may very well be the most unique fashion show on the planet: the White Cashmere Collection. Presented this past Wednesday at Toronto’s Art Gallery of Ontario, the Collection of bathroom-tissue outfits supports the Canadian Breast Cancer [...]

18 outfit picks for Kate’s 8 days in Canada: We style the Duchess for her entire trip!

Randi Bergman — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:15:09 +0000

They’re here! They’re here! Well… almost. The royal couple will be in the land we call home in t-minus four hours, and we can barely contain our excitement to see what Kate’s wearing when she steps of the plane. Will she fly our flag or hers? We’re dying to find out. To help you kill [...]

TFW diary: Canadiana and Janelle Monae mashups at Philip Sparks

Randi Bergman — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:30:14 +0000

Philip Sparks kicked off the fall 2011 season in Toronto last night with the latest in a line of consistently refined collections. Stage strewn with antique toboggans, rackets and boxes with a backdrop of oversized woven deer quilts by artist Grant Heap, it’s no surprise that the designer drew yet again from the idyllic Canadian [...]