So, The Black Keys show is sold out tonight. Bummer. If you, like us, slept on getting tickets, you need a back up plan. Check out Fabled at The Gladstone Hotel instead, the pre-launch event for Made2Measure, Toronto’s newest fashion festival.
Not too long ago, I flew to Boston for a short getaway. Aside from the boisterous sea of yellow and black that swept over the city during the Bruins rolling rally, Boston — or more precisely, Bostonian dress — was essentially exactly as I remember it from my first visit there as a kid in the 80s: country club chic.
Canada is celebrating the big 1-4-4 this weekend. And while we’re not getting the royal treatment here in Toronto, that doesn’t mean you can’t celebrate the birthday of our beloved country in style. Whether you’re relaxing in the city over the long weekend or headed up to the cottage to enjoy our true north strong and free, the items from this week’s sales roundup will do our country proud.
Without question, it is the season of the hat! My favourite is this fantastic hat, because it’s got that big brim to protect you from the sun, but it also has an air of elegance to it. You could wear this to a wedding or to a great little summer garden cocktail party.
Montreal designer Travis Taddeo is in Toronto tonight to host a shopping event of his current collection at Yorkville’s uber-cool UPC Boutique. Renowned for carrying some of the most coveted lines in the city, shop owners Maha Zeibak and Anat Lowe are big supporters of emerging homegrown and global talent.
With the recently announced sale of HMV Canada to a British restructuring firm for slightly more than $3 million, experts are predicting the worst. Speculation on the future of the retailer’s 121 stores began earlier in the year amidst slumping sales and a poor holiday season. Hilco UK is expected to pour $25-million into HMV Canada to help it transition into digital content. But is it too late for the retailer to change its tune?
With the bevy of Bollywood beauties descending upon Toronto this weekend thanks to the International Indian Film Academy Awards, there is no better time to appreciate the matchless and demure style of Indian fashion. With this week’s sales roundup, we show you how to rock the green carpet with Bollywood-inspired style (meaning lots of rich colours and tasteful embellishments) from head to toe.
Now you can add U.S. retailer J.Crew to the long line of American clothing chains that are setting up shop here in Toronto. The popular fashion name that specializes in the all-American preppy look (think clean lines and lots of white shirts and khakis) announced today it will open its first store in Canada at Yorkdale Shopping Center this August.
Looks like Queen Street West is getting yet another out-of-province fashion retailer transplant. It was only a few months ago when Dutil Denim and Stacey Zhang came onto the scene, and now you can add Montreal’s Stylexchange to the myriad of shopping destinations on the block.
As you’ve surely heard by now, Canada is getting new money. The new polymer bills will start circulating this November, with a new look, higher durability and new security features. Sure, it sounds good on the surface, but we’re suspicious. Since we couldn’t think of any real reasons to disagree with the new money, here are five absurd ones:
Though this season’s excess of baby tees and brightly-coloured denim had already tipped us off that we were experiencing some 90s nostalgia, it wasn’t until Justin Bieber appeared at this year’s MMVAs wearing a Kelly Kapowski T-shirt that we knew we were truly in the middle of a retro-renaissance. We found the must-have items to help you put together your own super cool 90s look that would make even Cher Horowitz proud.
Toronto was buzzing yesterday when it was announced that iconic record store Sonic Boom is being forced out of its current location to make way for a new tenant. The store’s only moving half a block away — into a ground-level space at Honest Ed’s — but the face of the neighbourhood is going to change drastically. In case it isn’t obvious, here are five reasons why Sonic Boom’s upcoming move sucks.
