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Seraphic / Men's And Women's Clothing
Seraphic is the latest cheap-and-cheerful store to open on the budget-friendly near-Spadina stretch of Queen West, offering up inexpensive immediates to the party-mad masses. The shop is split between men's and...
CORS / Women's Clothing
CORS took over the Deadpool-ed yaya & friends space near Trinity Bellwoods, and offers, like its predecessor, budget-friendly frocks, but CORS looks like it has what it takes to stay...
69 Vintage Collective / Men's And Women's Vintage
69 Vintage Collective has something for everyone. Seriously. It's like a Watership Down-warren of vintage that is sure to yield something for those who burrow through the building's many hidden...
Nue / Women's Clothing
Nue has opened up in the Annex, a place virtually barren of clothing stores, but thirty-somethings, cute moms, and those looking for nice work-wear now have a reason to visit. Ever...
SHOPNYLA / Women's Clothing
SHOPNYLA has been a Rosedale staple for almost five years, but it recently moved to a larger storefront to house its New York (NY) and Los Angeles (LA) wares in...
House of Vintage / Men's And Women's Vintage
House of Vintage was one of the city's best vintage stores before it closed a few summers ago, but vintage-hounds can rejoice this holiday season as the shop has reopened...
Poor Little Rich Girl / Women's Clothing
Poor Little Rich Girl is packed with party-dresses, providing girly-girls with a sea of tulle, sequins, ruffles, and jewels for their next big event. (Or, if you're me, brunch.) The racks...
Black Daffodil / Women's Clothing
Black Daffodil brings a much-needed sartorial spark to the Junction. The pink-and-black boutique was opened by Cythia Rea in September to house her eponymous Black Daffodil collection along with an impressive...
Serpentine / Men's And Women's Clothing
Serpentine ain't your typical Yorkville boutique. Rock-and-roll is the theme of the shop, which, according to co-owner Paul Mailing, is intended to be a concept store. "We didn't feel that anyone...
Ewanika / Women's Clothing
Ewanika spent 11 years on College Street before recently heading up the nearby Bathurst Street to its elegant new digs at Dupont, far from the bar denizens of its former...
The Cabinet Salon / Hair Salons
The Cabinet Salon is an old-fashioned style salon in a new-fashion part of town. Young stylists and friends Emma Rose and Alex MacDonald bring their old-fashioned approach to hair...
Love of Mine / Jewellery
Love of Mine is the best new store that's opened this year (so far). A jewelry buyer for many years, owner Anna Damelin has chosen a stellar collection of designers to...
Penny Arcade Vintage / Men's And Women's Vintage
Penny Arcade is, hands down, my favourite vintage store in Toronto. Nestled in among dingy-looking storefronts on Dundas West just west of Ossington, the long space feels welcoming the second you...
Carbon / Men's Clothing
Carbon offers Toronto's menfolk an uptown middle-ground for those looking for something between crisp clubwear and schlubby streetwear. The store stocks a variety of clothing that would form a good foundation...
Coal Miner's Daughter / Women's Vintage
Dear reader, I bought. How could I not? Janine Cockburn and Krysten Caddy's cozy wee Mirvish Village shop Coal Miner's Daughter melted my snobby, high-fashion heart, the bitchy little muscle...
Drool / Women's Clothing
Craigslist gives us many things: Super Nintendo systems and old Ikea furniture for sale. Potential anonymous sex partners. Apoplectic customer service rants. A place to search for obsessively search for...
Leigh & Harlow / Men's And Women's Clothing
I keep thinking it's too early to be daydreaming about the Toronto International Film Festival. The Brange. The parties. The paparazzi. Then I realize it's almost August and the celebrity-filled...
RAD / Women's Clothing
R.A.D. has exactly 24 items in stock. Each one is black, gray, or cream. "I definitely have an urban colour palette," owner Kia Waese chuckled. The former ad agency art...
Heartbeat 960 / Women's Clothing
I do not like hippie stores. I don't have any need for shirts emblazoned with om symbols, patchouli-scented incense, or cheerfully tiedye-patterned pipes. And as soon as I walked into Heartbeat...
Independent Designer's Outlet (IDO) / Women's Clothing
Have you ever wondered what happens to indie designers' left-over clothing? Where does it go? I picture their refrigerators filled with cashmere sweaters, extra camisoles stuffed into walls as insulation,...
Shopgirls Gallery Boutique / Women's Clothing
I've always liked the concept behind Parkdale store Shopgirls. Owner Michelle Germain was working for Holt Renfrew and The Bay when she started expressing her secret indie side by hosting...
Eleven Boutique / Women's Clothing
Just what Yorkville needs, right? Another chi-chi store to make us cash-strapped fashion lovers weep with envy. But Eleven has two great things going for it - it carries some...
Franny Vintage / Women's Vintage
When asked why she named Franny Vintage after her late grandmother, Kerry Butt said, "Because it's fucking hilarious! She'd be really embarrassed and yell at me, 'Couldn't you think of...
Thieves Boutique / Women's Clothing
Grab some clothes from your closet and check the labels. China. Hong Kong. Thailand. Macao. Odds are that the average fashion fan has very few pieces that actually hail from...
Parlour / Hair Salons
Parlour has opened on Ossington becoming the second salon in as many years to call the strip south of Dundas home. I first discovered it a few weeks back when...
Chasse Gardee / Shoes
I did not feel like being out and about on a rainy Tuesday evening, but after a getting off the streetcar a few stops west of where I normally land,...
Robber / Women's Clothing
It's pretty easy for me to spend an entire day wandering around Trinity Bellwoods in West Queen West, checking out stores and spending money on just about everything (from clothes...
Vocado / Women's Clothing
This week, my raison d'etre brought me to Liberty Village and a brand new store called Vocado. Open for just over a month, the boutique, owned by Emily Dobbie, is...
Silver Falls / Women's Vintage
Silver Falls is the newest addition to high end vintage on Lower Ossington. The boutique/art gallery opened a few months ago beside Sweaty Betty's. Silver Falls offers a fine selection...
Secrets from Your Sister / Women's Clothing
Secrets From Your Sister, when it opened 10 years ago, simultaneously updated, expanded and dramatically improved the experience and selection when buying a bra in Toronto. It's only getting better, and...
Jonathan + Olivia / Men's And Women's Clothing
Christmas came early this year for me. Each year, when I wing my way back to Vancouver for the holidays, I make sure to set aside an afternoon to visit my...
Magnolia / Women's Clothing
How refreshing--as I plucked out the labels from the beautiful clothes hung in the new uptown boutique Magnolia, a flush of pride spread over me at all that Canadian talent....
Studio 1686
Maybe we need a new term: what's vintage, if it's only a year or two old? Or less? Used clothing, I guess, but, for me, that conjures up images of...
Vintage Mix 1 / Men's And Women's Vintage
I often walk by Vintage Mix 1 (as it's on the way to a friend's house), and it speaks highly of its wares that I always stop to stare in...
Courage My Love / Men's And Women's Vintage
Kensington Market favourite Courage My Love has been open since the seventies, and has won a loyal following among Torontonians looking for cheap vintage, exotic beads, exquisite jewelry from faraway...
Badlands Vintage / Men's And Women's Vintage
Badlands owner Ali Rideout is her own best advertisement: a gal of coltish beauty, she strolled in to the store while I was there in a pair of high-waisted shorts,...
The Rage / Women's Clothing
Ah, streetwear! Deconstructed tees, cotton frocks, handpainted items, and kitschy jewels, I knew thee well! I may have grown out of my streetwear phase, but I'm still fond of the...
Charlie / Women's Clothing
Fast fashion tends to translate into shit quality, which is why I steer clear of H&M and its ilk (among other reasons--I'm sure I'll harp on that in a future...
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- Poor Little Rich Girl After driving by and seeing the amazing dresses in the window I decided to stop and purchase a few dresses for all the events I have coming up. As soon...
- Poor Little Rich Girl After driving by and seeing the amazing dresses in the window I decided to stop and purchase a few dresses for all the events I have coming up. As soon...
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