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How To: Dressing for a Vacation

How To: Dressing for a Vacation

So you’ve finally planned and bought tickets for that luxury vacation you’ve been vying over for months, and now it’s time to take on the task that haunts virtually every woman: packing. If you’re anything like me, it seems…

2011 FASHION PREDICTIONS

2011 FASHION PREDICTIONS

2011 Is here. Don’t start the year off with stale trends and wardrobe reruns(the not cool variety), instead start now and collect some staples to carry you through the year ahead of the pack. Forget what you eat, you…

NOMAD INVADES QUEEN ST W

NOMAD INVADES QUEEN ST W

Toronto’s Queen West district is the proud home of luxury mens retailer Nomad‘s second location. With a recently launched online store and the new Queen Street West location just five years after opening the doors on their original location, it…

HOW TO DRESS LIKE A GENTLEMAN

HOW TO DRESS LIKE A GENTLEMAN

I’m becoming increasingly concerned with the lack of fashion sense and the renewed surge in fashion faux pas amongst the men in Toronto’s nightlife scene. I’m no Karl Lagerfeld, but as an event promoter and host I appreciate a…

DESIGNER DISCOUNTS ANYONE?

DESIGNER DISCOUNTS ANYONE?

SSENSE, Canada’s largest online luxury retailer, has announced the launch of PRIVÉ, a members-only website offering a selection of leading designer brands at up to 70% off retail prices. Set to launch later this month, PRIVÉ will feature designer…

WWD: 100 YEARS | 100 DESIGNERS

WWD: 100 YEARS | 100 DESIGNERS

Fairchild Books and WWD (Women’s Wear Daily) collaborated to launch one of the best fashion books ever published. WWD: 100 Years, 100 Designers. WWD: 100 Years, 100 Designers, is an amazing book that examines the lives and careers of…

JAPAN FASHION WEEK SPRING ’11

JAPAN FASHION WEEK SPRING ’11

Japan Fashion Week is underway, and we’ve got some great shots of Spring 2011 lines straight from the runway. Ton’s of interesting trends from peacock feathers to easter egg hues, hyper girly to super floral. Even the menswear was…

BEST OF PARIS FASHION WEEK

BEST OF PARIS FASHION WEEK

From Sarah Burton’s debut at Alexander McQueen to an explosion of color at Lanvin and equestrians at Hermès, Paris brought high drama. See some of our favourites from the runways:

BURBERRY PRORSUM SPRING 2011

BURBERRY PRORSUM SPRING 2011

DESIGNER: Christopher Bailey for Burberry INSPIRATION: The title of the collection with “Heritage Biker”, taking Thomas Burberry’s designs for England’s first motorbike riders in the early 1900s as the starting point. TOP LOOKS: Last season, it was Bailey’s shearling…

BEST OF: MILAN FASHION WEEK

BEST OF: MILAN FASHION WEEK

From Prada’s beach ball-stripes to bold mini-skirts at Gucci, Milan Fashion Week was an explosion of color. See highlights from the runways and front rows. Milan Fashion Week this season was all about three things: theater, color, and really…

MILAN FASHION WEEK

MILAN FASHION WEEK

Milan Fashion Week is winding down, but it was quite the week with a slew of celebs crowding the front row at runway shows! There was Taylor Swift, who turned up at the Roberto Cavalli spring/summer 2011 show, along…

THE CLOTHING SHOW

THE CLOTHING SHOW

The Clothing Show is Canada’s largest vintage and new independent designer show. For over 30 years The Clothing Show has been serving up a delicious mix of unmistakably inventive local “must have” lines of apparel & accessories. New additions…