Kate Spade New York has brought its timeless style to the Yorkville area with a new two-level flagship store. Originally a handbag brand, Kate Spade New York has successfully transitioned to a full-on lifestyle brand, selling shoes, clothing and even beauty products.
There are more than a few shops that sell jewellery in Toronto, but few do it with as much charm as Bluboho. After a few successful years running their first shop in Oakville, co-owners and close friends Maggie Aurocco and Cheryl Labbett decided to open Bluboho’s second location in the Yonge and Eglinton area.
Around two years ago, Arts Market opened on Queen East as a year-round indoor market selling art, clothing, jewellery, baked goods, antiques and more. Now the market is headed to the Dufferin Grove neighbourhood with an upcoming new location at 856 College, near Ossington.
Holt Renfrew’s offshoot store, HR2, recently opened their second Canadian location in Vaughan Mills in May. And although the store is merely a branch of the Holt Renfrew tree, shoppers will be happy to know that luxury is still the root that Holt’s hopes to grow its success from.
Earlier this month, Parkdale welcomed Sylvie and Shimmy, a new womenswear store, to the neighbourhood. For most buisiness owners, nabbing a location that attracts the right clientele is half the battle, so when Caroline Sylvester and Kyungjoo Shim found a spot in Parkdale for their shop, it was a no-brainer.
Jeanne Beker scours the city and finds eight Father’s Day gifts that even hard-to-please dads won’t return.
Power Ball, the annual fundraiser for The Power Plant, has become synonymous with bacchanalian sublimation. Bay Streeters don on-theme costumes and mingle with Hogtown’s boho set, who often use the event as an excuse to strut their most outlandish outfits.
Featuring womenswear made exclusively in Italy, Rinascimento recently opened its doors in two GTA locations — the Promenade and Sherway Gardens — on May 1. The new shop specializes in fast fashion (“rinascimento” is an Italian term that translates to “rebirth”), which means it surveys the current trends in the fashion market, then creates clothes and gets them to the buyer as quickly as possible.
One simply cannot do a private hooping session outside without drawing attention, even on a quiet afternoon. As I am hooping in my front yard, with my personal hooping trainer, people honk horns as they drive by, an elderly woman with her caregiver smiles and stops to take in the scene, and a mother pushing a stroller asks what we’re doing.
Since the ’70s, Canadian shoe designer John Fluevog has earned renown for his innovative footwear for men and women. Fluevog’s first Toronto store opened on Queen West in 1989, and earlier this month a second Toronto location opened in the Distillery District.
There are only a few stores in Toronto that are decidedly Canadian in spirit, but Francesco Fiore and Pamela Hopson are hoping to generate enthusiasm towards our home and native land with their new Parkdale store, North Standard Trading Post.
Earlier this month, Rosedale’s Drake General Store relocated to Yonge and Eglinton. The reason for the move? Simple: the new location offers more retail space than either of the other two stores.
