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From Bite Beauty to MAC Cosmetics, Canada has produced some pretty big names in the beauty industry over the years. Their successes have inspired further crops of Canadian entrepreneurs to dream up their own ideas and we got to talk with four of these up-and-comers about the stories behind their products. From Vancouver-born company Well Kept, who aim to […]

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There’s something intriguing about behind the scenes access to entertainment we otherwise consume from the comfort of our couches, indisputably awaiting the “are you still watching?” message that we ignore as we binge lineups of fictional worlds and episodes. Earlier this year, Netflix announced its Grammasters North program, a competition to find talented photographers to […]

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Leather jacket atelier, NAMESAKE is no stranger to making one-of-a-kind pieces. Each item is hand-crafted in Toronto and made to order. For NAMESAKE, there’s just no other way… They know that a leather jacket is all about identity and how can anyone truly express themselves when they’re buying off-the-rack? This September, the brand will continue […]

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Netflix is looking for new talent to join #GrammastersNorth, an elite squad of Canadian photographers whose adventures take them behind the scenes of the streaming platform’s most popular television shows. Want to become a Master of Instagram and have your photos be visible to Netflix Canada’s 28K+ followers? (Or are you interested in getting within […]

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Every month has a mood, a feeling, some combination of memories, moments and nostalgia. You know it—you feel it—even if you’ve never really thought about it. To help encapsulate the moods of the months, we’re asking novelists to take on the calendar and evoke the feelings of each season through fiction, memoir or prose. Here, […]

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Every month has a mood, a feeling, some combination of memories, moments and nostalgia. You know it—you feel it—even if you’ve never really thought about it. To help encapsulate the moods of the months, we’re asking novelists to take on the calendar and evoke the feelings of each season through fiction, memoir or prose. Here, […]

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Travel can be a life-altering experience. Edmonton-based sisters Kendall and Justine Barber know this especially well. The two were travelling in Indonesia when they had a custom-footwear experience in Bali that inspired them to start Poppy Barley, a made-to-measure-boots operation, in 2012. A shortage of formal design training didn’t keep this direct-to-consumer brand from becoming […]

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Drake may get credit for pushing Canadian fashion into the limelight, but after 15 years pink tartan’s Kim Newport-Mimran isn’t starting at the bottom. This fall, her Toronto flagship in Yorkville will carry Canadian-designed pieces exclusively, alongside her now locally produced Pink Tartan line. “It just happened organically,” says Newport-Mimran of the switch. “Working and […]

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In the year since Sophie Grégoire Trudeau wore a pair of Zvelle shoes on her official visit to Washington to meet the Obamas (remember them?), the little line out of Toronto has seen its fortunes grow. Designer Elle AyoubZadeh’s staff has doubled in size, and for the person “who dresses from the feet up,” she […]

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Online shopping has changed the game. With anything and everything suddenly at our fingertips, and delivered directly to our doors, instant gratification is only a quick click away. Now it becomes more about which sites and where to shop. New Canadian-based e-tailers have been popping up giving us a uniquely Canuk perspective on the digital […]

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Laurence Philomene, Petra Collins, Sara Cwynar–Meet the three Canadian photographers who use their art form to bust myths and provoke change. Petra Collins, the rule breaker Petra Collins has come a long way since her rebellious teen years at Toronto’s Rosedale Heights School of the Arts, where she was a ballet dancer until a knee […]

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The snow in Ontario has been pretty much non-existent. I’m not complaining about one of the mildest winters on record, but it’s definitely put a damper on ski season. Usually by February, we would have gone in search of a new pair of goggles and racked up a few weekend trips to the hill. This […]

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