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Dirt diehards came from Thunder Bay, Ottawa, London and even Montreal for Toronto’s 7th Annual Smut Soiree to hear Elaine “Lainey” Lui dish with Dan Levy as her wingman. Held at Evergreen Brickworks, and hosted by The Society and Laineygossip.com, the event was rampant with girls putting on their try, with a sea of jersey, towering heels and neon accessories as far as the eye could see. Stations offering press-on manicures by Broadway nails, lashes by Ardell, makeup applications by Stila and hair primping by John Frieda stylists were being mobbed like a Twilight premiere.

But gossip was the main event, and promptly at 8:30 p.m., the talk was flowing. Among the revelations:

Last night, some of Toronto’s fanciest tastemakers headed to the east side’s hanger-cum-venue Airship 37 to partake in The Society’s equally fancy soiree: a pairing of fancy wines and fancy music. Dubbed The Urban Symphony, the event planning duo Ashleigh Dempster and Amanda Blakley combo’d fine wine from New Zealand brand The People’s Wine and fine music from the Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s violinists Peter Seminovs and Amanda Goodburn, viola Eric Nowlin, and cellist Igor Gefter. Bathed in purple light, the group, including designers Maryam Keyhani, Amanda Lew Kee and Kirk Pickersgill (Greta Constantine), as well as PR aficionados Lauren Wolff and Candice Best, enjoyed a Pinot Gris and Mozart blend followed by a Pinot Noir and Tchaikovsky. For those who thought music was best listened to with your ears, think again.

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Last weekend, for a change of pace from TIFF-related line ups and over-crowded after parties, the Society hosted its 2nd Annual Society Cup alongside Hendrick’s Gin, hosted by the Beckerman sisters, Caillianne and Samantha, of the fashion blog Beckerman Bite Plate. The girls—who brought mom and dad out to join in the revelry—wore matching top hats and DIY safety pin–studded vests, and acted as ringmasters over the courtyard of Hart House, which was sectioned off into various game spaces for bocce, badminton, croquet, and three-legged races.

We recently attended the S.M.U.T. Soiree, an annual gossip sesh thrown by the culture mavens at The Society. (They also blog for us every Thursday on all things culture.) We took a few moments to chat with smut guru Lainey Gossip and her fellow panelist, MTV Canada’s Dan Levy (Canadian photog George Pimentel also got […]

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There weren’t any April showers to actually bring May flowers this year, but you can still undertake your annual out-with-old and in-with-the-new regimen. Here are our 6 (mostly Toronto) spots for this year’s spring cleaning. The White Space at the Bay Queen Street ( 176 Yonge St., 416-861-9111, hbc.com) The Bay was our little fashion […]

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The Auteurs (theauteurs.com). For a monthly stipend you can become a film buff in no time. The Auteurs is like Criterion Collection-meets-LimeWire. Pay by the film or by the month for high-quality, online cinema-on-demand. Soon you’ll be dropping references at dinner parties from the Coppolas to Cronenberg and the Coen brothers.

Here at FASHION we hate to gossip. We’ve never even heard of Robert Pattinson or Blake Lively or…BritBrit. Gah! Fine–Brangelina, McGosling, True Blood, JLo! So obviously we’re excited about this: Our favourite dirt disher, Lainey, is hosting her fourth Smut Soiree with the socials at The Society on June 23. The night is a big […]

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