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Soop Soop launches as Toronto’s latest source for online vintage fashion

For people who love shopping on a budget, there are two important areas to master: vintage and online. The savviest shoppers know exactly which vintage stores will carry the best of which era and which designer, and also know which websites carry hard-to-find collaborations and indie collections. Now, Soop Soop, a new Toronto-based online store, does the work for the rest of us by bringing the best vintage finds to the Internet.

Toronto Style Radar: Lavish & Squalor, Haut Appétit, Worn Fashion Journal, Dalston Grey + Fitzroy Boutique, Guilt City

Every week, we round up the best events from the city’s fashion scene. In this edition: summer clearance sales, sweet treats and fashion join forces, karaoke for a cause and an awesome group art show.

Fitzroy Boutique launches a new online store

Fitzroy Boutique, with its lion's share of exclusive, hard-to-find international labels, has been beloved by savvy fashionistas since it first launched as a pop-up back in the fall of 2011. But even with its recent move to a permanent location (nestled at the back of the eclectic BYOB Cocktail Emporium), Fitzroy Boutique remains something of a hidden gem, reserved for those in the know or for lucky window-shoppers who happen to stumble upon its treasures.

For a taste of flea market shopping on Queen East, Riverside Fabulous Finds hits the spot

Riverside Fabulous Finds is the east end’s answer to an indoor flea market. Tucked away inside a former funeral home, various independent vendors hawk vintage and pre-owned goods in addition to contemporary clothes and antique furniture.

Gadget: a bike light that’s designed to keep pilferers at bay

If you ride a bike and live in the city, chances are you’re familiar with having your lights stolen. And after one too many dark rides home, avid Toronto bikers Steve Tam and Taylor Martin decided to do something about it. With their new company, Beacon, the two have come up with a light that “lives on your bike,” circumventing the need for that annoying detach and re-attach dance that sandwiches every nighttime commute.

Grab of the Week: a studded leather jacket that’s ready for rock ‘n’ roll

It’s halfway through summer, meaning pre-fall collections have begun to trickle into stores to make way for — gasp — real fall clothing. But before the leaves change colour, the season of the summer music festival arrives. With monster fests Osheaga and Lollapalooza on the horizon, what matters most is making sure your wardrobe is equipped with rock ‘n’ roll essentials.

Frugal Fashion Week brings its savvy shoppers to Summerhill and Rosedale this year

We’ve all heard of the locavore food movement, and Frugal Fashion Week is Toronto’s fashion equivalent, billing itself as “a charitable, community-based initiative created to support Canada’s retail/design communities.” This year’s festivities are centered on boutiques in Summerhill and Rosedale — marking the organization’s fourth successful year.

What I Wore: casual summer wear with a white tank, high-waist shorts and a sweet Salvation Army find

As much as I live for acquiring designer clothing, there really is something to be said for the thrill of a thrifty find. I mean, selecting your size from a neatly arranged rack of Helmut Lang at The Room really can’t compare to digging something amazing out of a pile of crap at the The Salvation Army.

Toronto Style Radar: Life of Manek, Naughty Mess, Beacon, Anice Jewellery and Supafrik

Every week, we round up the best events from the city’s fashion scene. In this edition: vintage sales on Dundas West, LED bike lights that won’t get stolen, drinking in LA (lower Augusta) and an Africana-inspired pop-up shop.

Italian label Brandy Melville is coming to Toronto

Italian-based womenswear chain Brandy Melville, beloved by crop-top sporting urbanites and boho-chic hipsters from Europe to the U.S, is finally bringing its line of highly-styled, affordable womenswear to Toronto.

Toronto is getting a Fashion’s Night Out (as if we need another reason to shop)

Seems like the rumours were true: Toronto’s getting a Fashion’s Night Out. The haute international shopping event, which started back in 2009 in New York, will happen here Sept. 6, Toronto Life reports.

Gadget: a fridge that looks like a Marshall stack, but isn’t

This novelty gadget is likely to cause some confusion, because it really, really, really looks like you could plug your Fender guitar into it. But you can’t. That’s because it’s a bar fridge that happens to look exactly like a Marshall stack amplifier.

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