October 01, 2020 at 07:01PM Celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, Toronto’s Inside Out festival—the largest LGBTQ+ film festival in Canada—is going virtual for 2020. From October 1 to 11, its lineup of 150 films and 9 episodic series will be available to stream across Ontario. To figure out its
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Exclusive: Peter Philips on Dior’s Spring 2021 Beauty Look and Nailing Mask Makeup
October 01, 2020 at 04:14PM On Tuesday, Dior held its Spring 2021 show at the Tuileries Garden in Paris on day one of Paris Fashion Week – and as with everything the luxury French fashion house produces, it was a visual spectacle. A black show space was punctuated with stained
Schitt’s Creek Topped Social Media Charts After the Emmys
September 30, 2020 at 10:19PM Following their Emmys sweep earlier this month, Schitt’s Creek shot to the top of global social media charts. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Canadian show reached No. 1 on its Social Climbers chart, a weekly list ranking the most popular TV personalities and shows
The New Pieces From Toronto Brand Soft Focus Are a WFH Dream
September 30, 2020 at 06:41PM When Sammi Smith, founder of the Toronto-based loungewear label Soft Focus, began designing looks for the brand’s Fall 2020 offering, she didn’t know what kind of world we’d be living in today. But Smith–who was dealing with the burnout experienced by many entrepreneurs–was nevertheless in
Nordstrom Canada Announces it Will Stop Selling Fur and Exotic Skins
September 30, 2020 at 03:18PM Nordstrom Canada has joined the growing list of department stores, designers and e-tailers worldwide to go fur-free. Plus, the Seattle-born company is also going one step further by banning exotic skins, too (making it the first retailer in the US to do so). The materials
My Story: How Jacinta Kanakaratnam is Putting Men of Colour Front and Centre Via Her Grooming Line
September 29, 2020 at 10:20PM Meet Jacinta Kanakaratnam, the Toronto-based founder of The Veddas, a super-curated and locally-made men’s grooming line made up of simply a beard oil and balm. Pulling inspiration from Ayurvedic wellness, a centuries-old Indian practice centered around healing, the finance-professional-turned-grooming-entrepreneur, who’s of Sri Lankan heritage, was
The Best Street Style Looks from Paris Fashion Week Spring 2021
September 29, 2020 at 09:55PM The shows have wrapped in Milan for the Spring 2021 season and now the street style set has moved across to Paris for the final fashion week shows. Much like the weeks before it, Paris Fashion Week will see a mix of physical and digital
Katie Holmes Proves a Blazer and Sweatpants is a Winning Combo
September 29, 2020 at 09:14PM Just over one year ago, Katie Holmes broke the internet when she was spotted hailing a cab wearing a Khaite cashmere twin set that personified nonchalant fall dressing – and now, she’s done it again. Holmes stepped out this week wearing a luxe looking blazer
15 Shows and Movies We’re Excited to Stream in October 2020
September 29, 2020 at 08:39PM We’ve got a lot of time on our hands right now. Here are all the movies and television shows we can’t wait to watch on streaming services—including Netflix Canada, CBC Gem, Crave, Apple TV+ and Amazon Prime Video—in October 2020. Apple TV+ On the Rocks
25 Canadian Fashion Brands Making Face Masks for Consumers
September 29, 2020 at 07:00PM With social distancing orders still very much in effect across Canada, fashion brands are increasingly coming up with ways to help support the community at this time, including pivoting manufacturing to produce PPE for hospitals and frontline workers. Now, a handful of brands have also
Meet 5 Women Changing How You Listen to Music
September 29, 2020 at 05:20PM It’s been a busy couple of months for Apple – from the release of two new Apple Watch models to the announcement of its very own fitness streaming platform, a new subscription service and the rebranding of its global radio station from Beats 1 to
You Can Now Get Your Next Sephora Purchase Delivered to Your Door in an Hour
September 28, 2020 at 10:02PM We’ve all felt the sting of running out of our favourite beauty product at a crucial moment and wishing we could close our eyes and have a whole new bottle/palette/tube appear in our hands. And although you’ll need to a little more than will your
Essential Oils From Canadian Brands to Stock Up On This Fall
September 28, 2020 at 08:58PM As we make our way into fall and start spending more time indoors, it’s more important than ever to create as relaxing a home environment as possible. Fragrance plays a key role in that, so read on for our roundup of essential oils sourced and
Amazon Canada Unveils Small Business Shopfront for Prime Day to Help Customers #ShopLocal
September 28, 2020 at 06:28PM If you’ve currently got plans on October 13 and 14, you may want to cancel them as Amazon Canada has just announced that those are the dates that Prime Day will be taking place this year. For the uninitiated, Prime Day is a yearly two-day
Tomo Koizumi’s Capsule Collection for Emilio Pucci Has Been Revealed
September 26, 2020 at 03:18PM “I really wanted to create a fantasy side to fashion, which people really need now,” says Tokyo-based creative Tomo Koizumi shortly before his capsule collection for the Italian house of Emilio Pucci was unveiled this morning. Although Koizumi was experiencing jet lag–he’d flown into Milan
This Week’s Need-to-Know Beauty News
September 26, 2020 at 03:00PM The Black Fashion & Beauty Gala, an awards fête saluting Black Canadian creatives and businesses, is officially announced Mark your calendar because there’s a new annual awards gala in town, and it’s putting Black excellence front and centre. Scheduled to take place on September 24,
All the Culture News You Missed This Week
September 26, 2020 at 02:00PM From a Jenna Lyons show on HBO Max to a digital entrepreneurship program launched by Sophia Amoruso. Jenna Lyons announced a television show Style icon and former president of J.Crew Jenna Lyons is branching out on her own with a television show that’s part reality
All The Fashion News You Missed This Week
September 26, 2020 at 01:00PM SSENSE Teams Up With Petra Collins For Her First Fashion Collection Canadian artist Petra Collins has joined forces with luxury Canadian retailer SSENSE for a fashion capsule collection called I’m Sorry. When describing the driving force behind the collection, Collins said in a statement,  “I
Toronto Brand Alder Just Restocked Its Much Loved Open-Air Pants
September 25, 2020 at 09:21PM There’s been a lot of focus in the last few months about what we’re wearing inside, but given how important it is to get at least 20 minutes of outdoor time every day, the founders of Alder–a Toronto-based recreational apparel line–want you to consider what
An Ode to the Enduring Style of The Golden Girls
September 25, 2020 at 07:53PM Much-beloved show The Golden Girls has been in the news a lot lately. Not only was it recently rebooted for a charitable cause with an all-Black cast consisting of Tracee Ellis Ross, Regina King, Sanaa Lathan and Alfre Woodard, but it also finally found an
TIFF 2020: These Are the Up-and-Coming Canadian Actors to Know
September 25, 2020 at 06:20PM The 2020 Toronto International Film Festival wrapped this past weekend, and though it featured a reduced slate of 50 films (down from over 300 last year), there were still plenty of buzzy films to talk about. And starring in some of the most acclaimed titles
Mejuri is Launching a Men’s Jewellery Line Next Month
September 25, 2020 at 01:30PM Canadian jewellery brand Mejuri is expanding its offering next month, announcing this week that it will offer a men’s jewellery line from October 5. The line will include nine pieces of jewellery to start with – including 14-karat gold and sterling silver necklaces and bracelets,
5 Reasons We Loved Raf Simons’ Debut at Prada
September 24, 2020 at 10:19PM Today, Raf Simons made his long-awaited and highly anticipated debut for Prada at Milan Fashion Week. Simons joins Miuccia Prada as co-creative director at the storied Italian house, and if there were any doubts about what the marriage of each one’s style into the brand
Here’s How Canadian Film Violation Subverts the Male Gaze
September 24, 2020 at 09:31PM Perhaps if I had watched some of the short films by Canadian filmmaking duo Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli before the TIFF premiere of their debut feature Violation, I would have been a bit more prepared for what unfolded on screen. Like their earlier works,
Kate Moss Lends her Midas Touch to Jewellery Brand Messika
September 24, 2020 at 08:48PM Kate Moss began her relationship with French jewellery brand Messika in 2019, staring in a campaign for the brand along side Joan Smalls and Sylvia Hoeks. It was this campaign that launched a significant relationship between Messika’s founder and artistic director, ValĂ©rie Messika, and Moss.
Rihanna Announces Launch of Savage x Fenty Menswear Line
September 24, 2020 at 07:55PM Rihanna has announced today that her lingerie line Savage x Fenty is expanding into menswear, and you already know it’s going to be so good. The Grammy Award winner-turned-designer has teamed up with rapper Christian Combs – son of Sean “Diddy” Combs – to design the
Watch the BOSS Spring 2021 Show Live From Milan Fashion Week Here
September 24, 2020 at 05:24PM Milan Fashion Week is only one day in to its Spring 2021 season and is already generating plenty of buzz. From Silvia Venturini Fendi’s last collection for Fendi to Raf Simons and Miuccia Prada’s debut collection together at Prada, it’s been an action-packed first 24
The Best Street Style Looks from Milan Fashion Week Spring 2021
September 24, 2020 at 03:20PM Milan Fashion Week kicked off yesterday for the Spring 2021 season with a blend of physical and digital shows – and unlike London and New York before it, there’s no shortage of street style on offer for those attending the few in-person shows being held
How Inclusive Stylist is Changing Representation Behind the Scenes
September 23, 2020 at 10:03PM While there’s been a bigger push in recent years for more diversity in front of the camera, the people working as part of the teams who conceive of and create fashion, film and television content are still disproportionately white and male. This is where Inclusive
Aaron Philip Lands First Major Fashion Ad Campaign for Moschino
September 23, 2020 at 07:08PM This week, Jeremy Scott unveiled his fall/winter ad campaign for Moschino, starring model Aaron Philip. The campaign marks the first major high fashion ad campaign for the model – and a major moment for representation in the industry. Philip first made headlines back in 2018