Photography by Barbora Simkova

Ebele Ola, snapped in Toronto

Style: Maternity Chic

Wearing: Dress from Thyme maternity, Femme blazer, and Nine West sandals

Maternity style mantra: “It’s difficult staying stylish during pregnancy but the most important things is just to stay true to your style and try to carry that into maternity wear.”

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Photography by Barbora Simkova

Maria Flo and Cameron Wilson, snapped in Toronto

Style: Athletic Hangover Chic

On Maria: Fresh Made hat, Justin Bieber tank, Adidas jacket, leggings, Untitled & Co glasses and Nike shoes

On Cameron: Untitled & Co. sweat pants, Reebok shoes, Forever XX! jumper, John Wolfe hat, and Cazal glasses

Inspiration: “Our inspiration comes a lot from my clothing store, Untitled & Co,” says Cameron. “Yeah, when we feel down we just go into the store and raid the racks, try on a bunch of things and play dress up.”

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Rose Napoli, snapped in Toronto

Wearing: Capezio boots, black tights, Boy Scouts of America shirt, Aritzia blazer, Coach bag, & vintage glasses

Style Inspiration: “I love buying clothes of a time. Depending  on what I am watching, I’m often inspired by different time periods”

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Michael Kors & Alexandra Richards

Photography by George Pimentel

Michael Kors toasted the warm Toronto weather with cool bevvies and great fashion. The designer brought in the who’s who of the Toronto fashion scene to his Bloor Street boutique to mingle and dance to tunes spun by New York DJ (and daughter of a certain Rolling Stones member) Alexandra Richards. Click through to see more pictures of the event! Read the rest of this entry

I fell in love with this set of vintage-inspired dessert plates from Anthropologie and at only $18 a pop, they add a much needed eclectic flair to my otherwise white dinnerware set. Imagine serving up bite-sized macarons to unveil a lime green Praying Mantis. It feels like a natural selection.

It’s winter, I get it. I know I’m supposed to love the cold, frigid days, the wet flurries of mid-January, and rolling handfuls of freezing snow into round spheres and hurling them in a gaggle of laughter – you know, all things “Canadian”. But reality is, I just can’t. I’ve tried, I swear, but warm sunny days are more my fancy. That’s why this week’s Object of Desire is the Treccani Milano Croc Riding Boot, a perfect way to celebrate the heat wave that’s making it’s way through Toronto. What’s even more alluring about these buttery boots? They are custom-made in Italy and sold in Treccani’s Toronto studio. +12 on Sat, bring it on!

It’s been 72 hours, 30 minutes, and 12 seconds since I’ve had my feet in the white sand of Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro.  It was a whirlwind of a trip that has left me craving warm summer days, fresh fruit, and frosty cocktails. The one fruity concoction that sent my taste buds into a furry was the passion fruit caiparinha, a take on the traditional Brazilian beverage.

Here’s how to make it at home:

1 Passion Fruit

1/2 lime

2 tb of sugar (yes, for each beverage)

Lots of cachça (a Brazilian liquor)

Ice

Mint leaves for garnish

Mix them all together in a cocktail shaker, pour into a rock glass and be whisked away to steamy Rio. Can I join you?

It’s been a month since I upgraded my dated BlackBerry to the new iPhone 5. But let me tell you, finding a case that’s both protective of the 112 gram-aluminum shell and chic, has been hard to come by. My current cover was purchased off of a street-side table set up outside of a laundromat. No kidding. So when I stumbled upon this wooden protector I was ecstatic. It’s feel is organic and whimsical and it just blew me away.

Toast Wooden Dandelion iPhone 5 case ($35), at ahalife.com.

As soon as we cross off the last day of September and enter October, everything turns orange and black. ‘Tis the season of mini candies and polyester costumes. I was inspired by the haunted nature of Halloween when I came across this handbag, but I believe that there is something seasonless about the skull.

Handcrafted in Spain, this 18-karat gold-plated skull purse, embellished with enameled teeth and Swarovski crystals fuses art and fashion. The creamy black Spanish nappa leather sack and silk-lined interior acts as a luxe contrast to its hard shell. I love its edginess and luxury. It’s poetic.

When I walked into the bright corner room at the swanky new Shangri La Hotel in Toronto to view the Swarovski TIFF pop-up jewellery suite, I was enveloped in crystals.

The piece that caught my eye was the Stardust Galaxy vest – part of Swarovski’s Fall/Winter 2012-13 collection – that looked like a bejeweled arachnid wrapped around the mannequin. The 150,000-stone quartz rutile tourmaline and a Bermuda Blue crystal was hand embroidered in a painstaking 140 hours. I have to say that my first thought was, “how do you even wear that thing?” But really, who cares? It’s art and it is out-of-this-world beautiful.