Baseball season may be over for the Toronto Blue Jays, and yes, they may have finished last in their division, but Toronto fans are fiercely loyal and determined to support their favourite underdogs until the day they die, even if it rarely amounts to anything.
Crywolf originally started as an online boutique called p0isson, but owners Stephanie Drabik and Rose Chang decided to transform their upstart business and rebrand it. Now, in addition to having a snazzier name, the shop also has a bricks-and-mortar location, which had its grand opening a few weeks ago on Ossington.
2013 is the Year of the Snake, and appropriately enough, snakeskin prints are coming back in a big way. No, we don’t mean head-to-toe monstrosities like this spectacular ensemble. The snakeskin prints for fall 2013 are tasteful and subtle, and come in a variety of colours like green, cranberry and cobalt blue. They are also being used in non-traditional pieces such as skinny jeans, exotic cuffs and leather sneakers.
We enlisted the help of Toronto’s foremost fashion maven, Jeanne Beker, to give us her thoughts on local fashion innovators from around city. These daring designers are defying the odds by making clothing right here in Toronto. Herewith, a few words on what they do best (because you probably want to get to know a few of them, right?).
We enlisted the help of Toronto’s foremost fashion maven, Jeanne Beker, to give us her thoughts on local fashion innovators from around city. These daring designers are defying the odds by making clothing right here in Toronto. Herewith, a few words on what they do best (because you probably want to get to know a few of them, right?).
For the first time in at least a decade, plaid has become a pattern endorsed by hipsters, outdoorsy types and fashion aficionados alike. Thanks to the gradual influx of everything ’90s on the runways and blogs, plaid, along with its various textile offsprings such as tartan, gingham and checks, has become the pattern-du-jour among pretty much everybody.
Opened early last month, Mulberry is the latest high-end retailer to join the Yorkville neighbourhood. While the brand also opened a spot at the Yorkdale shopping centre last month, the Bloor location is Mulberry’s first standalone store in Canada.
Any fashion enthusiast worth his/her salt is likely to be a expert in contrasts — not just between black and white (a trend that is still going strong this season), but also between modern and vintage, preppy and urban, soft and hard, conservative and sexy, feminine and masculine… the list goes on.
Jonathan Elias and Justin Veiga, the duo behind the Dundas West menswear boutique Lost and Found, were beginning to feel stagnant. They didn’t want to expand their brand, but they were itching to tackle a new challenge, a new neighbourhood, a new concept.
The benefits of buying locally produced garments are not to be underestimated. Sure, you probably won’t find a polyester dress for $20, but by paying a little more, you get the satisfaction of knowing that the things you adorn your body with are strengthening our local economy, won’t cause further environmental damage through the extensive use of transport energy and aren’t contributing to the proliferation of sweatshops.
From boot cut to skinny, Jeanne goes back to the basics this fall and picks her favourite pairs of blue jeans.
The team behind Dundas West’s popular café-cum-clothing shop, Lost & Found, is slated to launch a new store this week. Lost & Found owners Jonathan Elias and Justin Veiga have dubbed their sophomore retail project Working Title.
