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At 4:30pm EST tomorrow, you can virtually join a conversation led by the founder of The Fashion and Race Database, Kimberly Jenkins, featuring renowned fashion journalist Robin Givhan and luxury retail entrepreneur Sherri McMullen. The conversation is the third and final instalment of a series Jenkins created in partnership with Holt Renfrew’s H Project (which focuses […]

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Puma names fashion savant June Ambrose as creative director Already known as a super stylist – it was she who put Missy Elliott in that slick patent bubble suit, FYI – creative director, author and costume designer June Ambrose can add another feather to her extremely chic cap on the heels of her new assignment […]

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Milli: A Celebration of Style, on at the Art Gallery of Hamilton until February 2020, is like taking a quick stroll through the last five decades of fashion history.

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View this post on Instagram #Nirvana is suing #MarcJacobs for copying its famous Smiley Face logo, which Kurt Cobain created in 1991. (More in Stories & on the blog) •• Has anyone else been waiting for this to happen? (@courtneylove, please tell me you have thoughts on this!) #copycat #fashion A post shared by TFL […]

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When I think of Biway, what I remember most is the smell. A cloying, plasticky scent that wafted through rows of scratchy flannel shirts and starch-stiff jeans and reached the height of its powers in the shoe section, where plastic bags of flip-flops mingled with skateboard shoes visibly held together with syrupy epoxy glue. In […]

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After a decade of being Toronto’s go-to shop for fashion-forward designers, Jonathan+Olivia is packing its bags and heading west. Co-owned by husband and wife duo Jackie O’Brien Jones and Nic Jones, the brand opened in Toronto in 2008 when the duo set up shop at 49 Ossington Avenue, becoming one of the first stores there […]

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“Anybody can get in and sleep, shop, have sex, play,” says editor-in-chief of SSENSE, Joerg Koch, describing the architectural concept of Fun Palace, conceived by architect Cedric Price in 1964. Though it was never erected, Fun Palace was designed as a flexible leisure space where individuals could come to do whatever they pleased, be it “starting a […]

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Imagine this: You walk into your favourite store. A smiling sales associate greets you by name. In a panic, you rush over to ask for his help. You’re meeting a date in 20 minutes, and you need a new shirt. You describe what you’re looking for: something sexy yet sophisticated, edgy yet classic. It needs […]

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The first that pops into your mind when you think of sustainability in fashion is usually a smaller label like Nicole Bridger or Laura Siegel, who use eco-friendly fabrics and employ ethical manufacturing, or even H&M’s organic cotton “Conscious” collection – but what about the retail side of the equation? Most labels don’t take the […]

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You’re in a bright room that’s smells simultaneously of sweat and firsthand fabric. People are either aggressively pushing past you or practically begging for your attention. As you make your rounds, struggling to get to everyone, you feel a sense of urgency to run to the backroom to catch your breath. But when your hand […]

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Nordstrom has always been a novelty when it comes to retail returns. They were the example you turned to at the return counter of other retailers: “Nordstrom would have taken back this 3-year-old shirt without a receipt, maybe I’ll start shopping there instead!” (We’ve all been there.) Once upon a time, the luxury department store chain let shoppers return any item for […]

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