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Late last month, Canadian footwear giant ALDO unveiled its newest collaboration with global style icon, Rocky Barnes. The collection is comprised of four footwear styles, each of which appear to have been designed for stylish summer sojourns in far-flung locales – but the good news is that each style will work equally as well for […]

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When sisters Myriam and Romy Maguire launched their namesake footwear and accessory label just a few years ago, it was spurred on by an understanding of how the footwear industry could be improved, from customer experience to manufacturing transparency. Myriam—who studied footwear design at Cordwainers in London and worked at United Colours of Benetton’s research centre […]

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Kate, Anna and Tilda—they’re all there.

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Paris-based footwear brand Both is poised to elevate the humble material of rubber.

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At 63, Pierre Hardy looks as if he’s been taking covert glugs from the fountain of youth. The legendary shoe designer, clad in a casual grey crewneck sweater, jeans and his signature “nerd” glasses, is looking particularly ageless when I meet him at the Yorkille headquarters of Holt Renfrew, in a plush conference room surrounded […]

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A winter blizzard didn’t hamper street style stars from pulling out all the stops at New York Fashion Week — especially when it came to footwear. Freezing temperatures didn’t deter anyone from being stylish, it simply meant they slipped into more practical footwear, like hiking boots or thick-soled Chelsea boots. (After all, just because it’s […]

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A couple of months ago, when the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were on their tour of Australia, Meghan Markle stepped out for an official engagement on the beach, swapping out her pumps for a pair of flats. In a matter of hours, those shoes—a sleek, pointy-toe pair of ballet flats—had been written about in […]

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No, not a smile or a LBD – a colourful pair of socks is all you need to spice up an outfit. Becca and Cassie Kaiser are the millennial masterminds behind Toronto-based company Shop Okie Dokie and they’re working hard to take women’s hosiery to a new level. We spoke with younger sibling Becca about […]

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Vincent Van Gogh is undoubtedly one of the most celebrated artists of all time. From the swirling blues of The Starry Night to the bespattered self-portraits (with both ears or without), his work is instantly recognizable. So it’s really no surprise that Vans decided to incorporate Van Gogh’s colourful work into a brand-new collection. Van Gogh […]

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Online shopping is certainly touted as being more convenient, but is it? The idea of “Buy before you try” sounds enticing, until you realize you have to repackage and ship back the items that don’t fit. It’s especially an issue with footwear. Retailers like ASOS and Zalando field returns of up to 40 per cent. […]

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“In the beginning, to me it was a joke,” Mario Moretti Polegato sputters during my sit-down interview with the Italian founder of Geox shoes. Polegato, dressed in an imposing grey business suit with blue tie, has flown into Toronto to usher in the grand re-opening of the Geox store in the Eaton Centre; it’s a […]

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