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Smack dab between Ottawa and Toronto, along Highway 33, lives a place called Prince Edward County. Here you’ll find shiny, modern wineries where massive farms once stood and 800 kilometres of shoreline with stretches of beautiful beach. Sandbanks Provincial Park has long drawn visitors to the island (yes, it’s an island) for the spectacular sunsets […]

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The time has come to show off your new bikini. Sure you could hit up the closest public pool, but the pools we’ve gathered below are totally Insta-worthy, situated on the 60th floor of a hotel, along the ocean, and or in the mountains. Just getting there can be an experience in itself. Definitely a […]

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A photo posted by NUDESTIX (@nudestix) on Jun 14, 2016 at 2:32pm PDT Happy (almost) Canada Day! What better way to celebrate our nation’s birthday than to showcase our favourite brands born in our home and native land? While everyone north (and let’s face it, south) of the U.S. border is well aware of the […]

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A photo posted by L’Abattoir Restaurant (@labattoir_van) on Jan 13, 2016 at 1:32pm PST We all know that the French are impressive. Lore would have you believe that French women don’t gain weight, everyone’s fashion sense is both effortless and chic, and duh, they invented champagne. One of the more quintessentially French cocktails is Kir. It’s […]

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By Randi Bergman and Jordan Porter

Introducing the first in our new weekly feature, where we combine our love for pretty pictures and talent for delivering ultimate shopping picks. Each Tuesday, we’ll be gathering deliciously buyable products based on a common theme. First up: Toronto fashion week essentials! With the shows just around the corner and some shows already underway, now is the perfect time to indulge in some homegrown retail therapy. From household names like Roots to accessory artisans like Maryam Keyhani, here’s our list of Canadian can’t-live-withouts.

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Call it what you will, but the apparel of any political or monarchical leader is vital in how they go down in history. Think Marie Antoinette or more recently, the now-resigned PM of Japan who received boo’s all around when he sported that bizarre multicoloured shirt. Now that HRM The Queen has just left the […]

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FASHION’s Rani Sheen guest blogs from the Geminis.

Canada’s TV personalities turned out in their awards-show best on Friday night for the 23rd Annual Gemini Awards in Toronto. The InterContinental’s soaring glass lobby was a grand setting for pre-show cocktails, although the Metro Toronto Convention Centre’s basement was a slightly less glamorous venue for the awards.

One of the many perks of my job is chatting with super-talented designers and last week, I got the chance to talk to Montreal-based Andy Thê-Anh at the grand opening of his new boutique (83 Yorkville Ave., 416-921-2639, andytheanh.com) in Toronto’s tony Yorkville.

[See the Spring 2009 collection and view our video interview with Andy Thê-Anh]

For a city you can hide in the palm of your hand, it’s mysteriously possible for its citizens to be right in the thick of citywide event and not have a clue. Halifax’s first dance with fashion week was no exception, passing by without stirring up much more than a light breeze. An event needs deafening buzz to catch this city’s attention and it seems this time around, the vibrations were at just the right pitch.

When eight strong-jawed men came lumbering down the runway in body-consuming pieces of pleated and stitched vinyl, bold panels of canary yellows and gunmetal greys, and highlights of clear cut-outs and airy silks—the fruits of designer Akshay Tyagi’s (akshaytyagi.com) labour—I knew this city’s latest go at a fashion week wasn’t in vain.

Montreal Fashion Week is almost here.  Taking over the Bonsecours Market in old Montreal (October 13 to 17, montrealfashionweek.ca), the 15th edition of the event is more daring than ever, presenting many young, hip up-and-coming designers as well as the classic, timeless warriors, such as Marie Saint-Pierre, Helmer and many others. Here’s what I’m excited about:

Calgary is a cosmopolitan city, full of affluent audiences, hungry for fashion. But, anyone who lives here knows prices have soared over the past few years. For some, it’s hard enough to justify a vanilla-bean latte, let alone those killer Betsey Johnson pumps. So, what better way to indulge CIFF audiences, than with a heaping spoonful of Canada’s most reasonably-priced fashion line, Joe Fresh Style.