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With its flirty clothes and cheeky decor accessories, Anthropologie (2130 de la Montagne St., anthropologie.com) brings out my playful side. Adding local flavour to this brand new location are designs from Montrealer labels Noémiah, Tamé and Elaine Ho.

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Now that Anthropologie, my go-to clothier for summer fete frocks, has a storefront in South Granville (2912 Granville St., 604-734-2529, anthropologie.com), I’m using the dollars I would’ve spent road-tripping to its Seattle location to nab more natty dresses. Be the belle of the garden party in a bold coral shift dress from India’s Rohit Gandhi + Rahul Khanna (shown, $290).

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The seemingly never-ending delay to summer has us day dreaming of a getaway to the most exotically out-of-the-way locales. We want to feel the warmth of the scorching sun on our spf’d faces and feel the rains down in Africa, we want to show off our bronzed bods in electric brights and the boldest of graphic prints, and dance to the rhythm of a tribal beat. Alas, an across the world sojourn is not in our future, but while we wait for summer to show, there’s no stopping us from going global when it comes to retail therapy.

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For a good swath of us, right now is bridesmaid season, which can be a trying time—if not as hilariously eventful as that of Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy. It’s those months leading up to summer when showers and bachelorettes have to be planned, decorations consulted upon and, of course, matching dresses bought. Unless your bride-friend is going the “just get a black dress” route (yeah right), this can be torturous exercise in body shape assessment, silhouette negotiation and perusal of thousands of geriatric satin numbers, many of which are composed of highly flammable fibres and aren’t lined properly. Need we mention that those will never be worn again?

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You can’t tell, but we wrote this with a British accent. That’s how excited we are for the nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton this Friday (has our month-long countdown taught you anything?) There was a point in time where Will’s “I do” might have sent us into the depths of despair with visions of our could-be life of polo matches, fancy hats and royal-crested pinkie rings crumbling before us. These days though, our royal loyalties lie with that crush-worthy bad-boy Harry, so for now, we’re totally game for rising at 6am to watch the event of the century along with the rest of the world. For those of you who’d like to join in full spirit, we’ve prepared a guide to the essentials you’ll need to host your own themed party. May the festivities begin!

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Add exotic appeal to the simplest of looks with a little beaded bijoux. ($34, anthropologie.com)

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The sun is shining! The birds are chirping! With Coachella officially kicking off summer music festival season in Indio, California this weekend, we’re finally ready to let the good times roll. Whether you’re off for this weekend, heading to Tennessee for Bonnaroo in June or jetting to Chicago for Lollapalooza in August, we’ve put together the ultimate guide of essential gear to get you through a season of waving your hands in the air like you just don’t care.

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We’re flocking to this honeycomb necklace like bees to the hive. ($32, anthropologie.com)

Each inspired by a flavor of tea from different regions around the world, these scent pencils from Anthropologie are the perfect purse-sized pick me up! ($10, anthropologie.com)

Vivienne Westwood wants to produce plays that discuss climate change: “I’m so traumatised by climate change and theatre is somewhere to discuss it…We’re an endangered species and at the end of the century there’s only going to be a million people left and nobody’s doing anything about it. We really face extinction, so there are all kinds of things we need to talk about in theatre.” [Daily Express, via Jezebel]

The Karl Lagerfeld-designed island hotel in Dubai has gone “on hold” according to the project’s architecture firm. [The Cut]

Say goodbye to boys on the runway. A scruffier, more manly gent is back in vogue. [NYTimes]

As Toronto’s hot hot summer drags on, fatigue has set in from the constant rotation of my five bearable outfits. This breezy ruffled silk tank ($98, anthropologie.com), as easily dressed up with a pencil skirt as it is down with long, slim-fit shorts, will breathe some cooler life into my wardrobe.

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