AT FUME SCENT LOUNGE in Toronto’s upscale Yorkdale Shopping Centre, guests poke at interactive touch screens embedded in a sleek curvilinear counter— think the...
I’ll never forget those shoes: chunky black slip-on wedges, with jagged grooves carved into the rubber soles like bared teeth. Think a Mildred Pierce-era...
Competition for Canadian women’s clothing dollars has never been fiercer. Fast-fashion behemoths have created an appetite—and expectation—for $10 shoes, while the Web is saturated...
Is that waxed paper?" "Do you think they rolled those trousers in warm tar?" Even journalists sitting in the front row at fashion shows,...
Whether Nicholas Kirkwood is designing under his own label or collaborating on footwear styles with designers such as Rodarte, Prabal Gurung, Peter Pilotto and...
Energy boost Julia Grieve (founder and CEO), Preloved "Lattes and yoga." Caffeinated courage Joyce Gunhouse & Judy Cornish, Comrags "We drink lots of coffee...
Fashion era “The 1920s. I love Chanel and Paul Poiret.” Dream client “First Lady Michelle Obama, of course.” Saturday morning finds you… “In the...
As every Project Runway fan knows, Michael Kors gets, um, voluble when talking about fashion. “I am sick and tired of women buying a...
Dan and Dean Caten, the Canadian design duo behind DSquared2, recently launched a line of sunglasses (inspired by hip-hop icons like Run DMC) and...
Montreal designer Andy Thê-Anh has a flair for the dramatic. Whether he’s reinventing the crisp white shirt — which he does every season —...
• ShopRubySky.com Cool, contemporary pieces curated by Vancouver fashionista Trina Lee. Highlights Robert Rodriguez, By Malene Birger, Trelise Cooper. Must-visit The sale section, which...
The jacket, in all its guises, is the wardrobe staple of this – and every – season. Pea jackets, anoraks, spencers, jerkins, boleros, Nehru...
The Olympics may be about excellence in sport, but the sartorial skill on display also makes them a global catwalk. For the Beijing Games,...
It has been 14 years since Rudsak introduced fashion collections to complement its must-have leather bags. The Montreal company, founded in 1994, has become...
The New York designer and one-man brand Kenneth Cole has been an innovator in cause marketing for 25 years. Like Benetton, Cole is known...
Vancouver’s Serinda Swan stars in Guess Watches’ holiday campaign, having beat more than 70,000 competitors (close to 1,400 of them from Canada) in the...
1. When you were young, you dreamed that you would grow up to be: A) An astronaut B) A news anchor C) A princess...