| Designer – Labels, Vancouver |
| Angelo Mozzillo |
| Italian designer Angelo Mozzillo uses surprising colours like light yellow and emerald green in a new collection embellished with grommets, rivets, feathers and crystals. At Vetrina. |
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| Designer – Labels, Toronto |
| Ann Demeulemeester |
| Belgium-born Demeulemeester began her own line of clothes in 1985 and was quickly dubbed a deconstructionist, one who focuses on detail and unexpected fabric combinations rather than colour and ornament. Frequently worn by Nicole Kidman and, of course, her personal muse Patti Smyth. At Corbò Boutique. |
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| Corbo Boutique @ 131 Bloor St. W. |
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| Designer – Labels, Toronto |
| Alberta Ferretti |
| This designer grew up in her mother’s dressmaking shop in a small southern Italian town and created her first collection in 1974. Seven years later, her designs debuted on the runways in Milan. Fans include Andie MacDowell, Sarah Jessica Parker and Sandra Bullock. At Corbò Boutique and Marc Laurent. |
| Corbo Boutique 416 928-0954 and Marc Laurent 416 969-9677 |
| Corbo Boutique (131 Bloor St. W.) and Marc Laurent (151 Bloor St. W) |
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| www.aeffe.com |
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| Designer – Labels, Vancouver |
| Alexander McQueen |
| The shy Brit bad boy recently showed off his svelte new form at the CFDA awards in New York where he was nominated for the International Award and rumoured to be shopping for a meat-packing district store location. This fall’s about thigh-high leather boots, milkmaid necklines and tight, pencil skirts. At Bacci’s. |
| 604 733-4933 |
| 2788 Granville St. |
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| Designer – Labels, Toronto |
| Alexander McQueen (Toronto) |
| Now with low-rise jeans running rampant everywhere, who knew it all started with McQueen? Ten years ago, his name was all over the tabloids with his infamously low-cut bumsters. The Titanic Oscar dress he made for Kate Winslet was auctioned for US$57,500. At Holt Renfrew. |
| 416-922-2333 |
| Holt Renfrew @ 50 Bloor St. W. |
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| Designer – Avant-Garde, Toronto |
| Vivienne Westwood |
| Westwood is famous for dressing the Sex Pistols but in the past two months, Drew Barrymore, Halle Berry and Reese Witherspoon have been seen in Westwood’s designs. At I-cii and TNT Blu. |
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| Designer – Avant-Garde, Toronto |
| Votre Beaute European Day Spa |
| Moving from its Queens Quay location to the Westin means that this sprawling, decadent spa still allows you to watch rolling waves from all of its trea |
| 416-203-8483 |
| The Westin Harbour Castle Hotel, 1 Harbour Sq. |
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| Designer – Avant-Garde, Toronto |
| Yohji Yamamoto |
| A year ago, Yamamoto began designing Adidas sneakers for all of his ready-to-wear collections. Last season, there were beautiful eggplant lace-ups with little white flowers and red slip-ons decorated with remnants of an old kimono. This season, Yamamoto designed black boxing boots, too. At Giorgio Couture and I-cii. |
| Giorgio Couture 416 944-2600 |
| Giorgio Couture (111 Bloor St. W.) and I-cii (Yorkville Ave.) |
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| Designer – Avant-Garde, Toronto |
| Martin Margiela |
| Belgium-born Margiela is closely associated with the deconstructionist movement of the 1980s. His inspiration has always been the extremities and changes of daily life. At I-cii. |
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| Max Brown |
| Discounted labels include Calvin Klein, Elio Soranti, Della Spiga, Ruff Hewn, Molly Gladstone and Mallia |
| 416-960-4826 |
| Hudson’s Bay Centre, Yonge Street at Bloor Street |
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| Viktor & Rolf |
| With their fall show entitled Long Live the Immortal, Dutch designers Viktor & Rolf presented an all-black show with hints of bright royal blue on a shoulder or hidden in a jacket pocket, while images of nature were projected onto the models. At the end of the show, the duo appeared in matching blue pyjamas. At Holt Renfrew. |
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| Comme des Garçons |
| If you combine different kinds of black wool with Rei Kawabuko?s knitting needles and the tunes of Frank Sinatra, sweaters will be tightly twisted around the body with displaced pockets and buttons. At I-cii. |
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| Issey Miyake by Naoki Takizawa |
| Not only has the talented Naoki Takizawa designed a successful women’s collection, which has been worn by the ladies of Sex and the City, his work can also be seen on Hugh Grant in About A Boy and on Moby’s latest album cover. At Holt Renfrew and I-cii. |
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| Junya Watanabe |
| This designer was the apprentice of Rei Kawabuko at Comme des Garçons before starting his own line in 1994. Watanabe once said that he creates clothes for women who take the time to understand them. At I-cii. |
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| Alexander McQueen |
| Now with low-rise jeans running rampant everywhere, who knew it all started with McQueen? Ten years ago, his name was all over the tabloids with his infamously low-cut bumsters. The Titanic Oscar dress he made for Kate Winslet was auctioned for US$57,500. At Holt Renfrew. |
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| Holt Renfrew @ 50 Bloor St. W. |
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| Ann Demeulemeester |
| Belgium-born Demeulemeester began her own line of clothes in 1985 and was quickly dubbed a deconstructionist, one who focuses on detail and unexpected fabric combinations rather than colour and ornament. Frequently worn by Nicole Kidman and, of course, her personal muse Patti Smyth. At Corbò Boutique. |
| 416 928-0954 |
| Corbo Boutique @ 131 Bloor St. W. |
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| Balenciaga |
| A few of us here at the magazine have voted unanimously that Nicolas Ghesquière is the sexiest designer of them all. Even Carrie Bradshaw agreed, sitting front row at his fall show in New York, a move from the label\’s home in Paris. Fill your closet with his motorcycle jackets, oversized sweaters and collage dresses. At Giorgio Couture and Holt Renfrew |
| Giorgio Couture 416 944-2600 and Holt Renfrew 416 922-2333 |
| Giorgo Couture (111 Bloor St. W) and Holt Renfrew (50 Bloor St. W.) |
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| Designer – Names to Watch, Montreal |
| TROIS FEMMES & UN COUSSIN |
| Fine white porcelain dishes will never loose their cachet. The designers at Trois Femmes & Un Coussin leverage that appeal, printing their subtle designs on high-end dishes for home use and boutique hotels. Annick D’Amours, Patricia Lepage and Sandrine Leduc’s Oceane collection and Candide, with multi-petal flowers, are crowd-pleasers. See their blown-glass napkin rings at the Prélude restaurant at Hôtel Le Germain. For more info, call 514-987-6807. |
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| ZWEIMINERAL |
| Josée Lepage and Janie de Kalbermatten have a fresh, organic style across their line of leather bags, linens, pillows and cushions. They’re best-known for their Cabas basket woven in industrial felt and their “mineral glasses” containing the chemical signs from the Periodic Table of the Elements. Several items are also in the conception phase for Hôtel Le Germain. At EBO and Latitude Nord. For more info, call 514-807-8765. |
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| SNOWLAB |
| Snowlab designers Daniel Raiche and André Keilani studied how the effects of Montreal’s harsh weather can be mitigated by colour and light, then set out to make therapeutic lamps—the Thérapie Lamp has four colourful acetates to change the mood. Check them out in Bar Cru at the Hotel St-Paul and Boutique Harricana at Les Ailes de la Mode. They also make Bio Lamps, using a white porcelain shell, perforated to mimic the starry effects of the Milky Way. Exclusively at Latitude Nord. For more information, call 514-808-9483. |
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| STÉPHAN DESCHENES |
| Lauded in Beverly Hills for his functional assemblages, Stéphan Deschenes, 38, is an electrician by trade who started making quirky furniture from scrap metal. He does tables, lamps, chairs and wrought-iron pieces with ornaments. They’re highly sculptural and a favourite with the acting community in California. |
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| Boutique Unique, 3864 St. Denis St. |
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| TISSART |
| The very last word in nighttime luxury. Johanne Pâquet, stationed in Bic, Que., only selects natural fibres, like 100 per cent linen and hand-woven fabrics, for her high-end line of bed linens. Her colour palette and style? Minimal, of course. At Latitude Nord, Boutique Verte Campagne and Toile sur Rendez-vous. |
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| GIRARDIN |
| Somewhere be-tween sculpture and architecture E lies Pascale Girardin’s unique designs. Whether she’s making 3-D ceramic tiles, ceramic “curtain walls” for Lych Supper Club or organic dishes for NOBU restaurant in New York and Las Vegas, she’s always a true ceramicist. Guests at Hôtel Le Germain will also notice her paperweights. Order from the web site or see some pieces at Holt Renfrew. For more info, call 450-227-7585. |
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| PERIPHERE |
| Hard-edge design has wonderful new advocates in designers Thien Ta Trung and Mathieu Contant. Angular and low, their sofas from Periphere will heat up the design in any home. At Interversion. For more info, call 514-733-8588. |
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| SCULPTOR |
| Arrange these iconic candles from Sculptor into your favourite cityscape and don’t worry about setting them on a base. Barry La Saga and Hanafiah Abdullah, the designers behind Sculptor, make them so they need no base. Check it out at Ebo, Holt Renfrew and Dex. For more info, call 514-866-0990. |
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| ESPACE PEPIN |
| 350 St. Paul St. W. (514-844-0114) pepinart.com. Populating the art gallery of Lysanne Pepin is an apartment-style collection of designer pieces: sleek sofas by Perez Colexion, Alexandre Mercure Gagnon’s cube chandelier from Montana Woodwork, tower lamps by François Legault and luxury pillows by Harricana. |
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| EUREKA LIGHTING |
| A funky manufacturer who sells to the public, Eureka has a line on fine lighting design. See the 300-page catalogue of private-label lamps by Remi Théberge’s in-house design team. Also peruse the prize-winning collection lamp by Cedric Sportes. For more info, call 514-385-3515. |
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| FRANÇOIS LEGAULT |
| Designer François Legault is behind the delicate tower lamps at Espace Pepin, Claude Lacombe Meuble and Meubles Reno. He moved from doing medieval-style lamps to these Zen towers of stainless steel and rice paper with Japanese pictographs. He uses translucent liners to glowing effect. Check out his commercial lighting at Eggspectation. Order from his web site or for more info, call 514-935-4358. |
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| Eyewear & Sunglasses, Toronto |
| Visual Appeal |
| Lots of in-your-face, heavy, dark plastics and tortoiseshell rims. At the other extreme, there are also a lot of minimal rimless designs which everyone, we hear, will be wearing this season. |
| 416-969-8875 |
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| Vizio Eyewear |
| One other Toronto location. Dolce & Gabbana, Chanel, Gucci…you’ll find all the top names here in the hottest of the hottest styles. And in keeping with the concept of sight, you’ll also find a photo gallery. Exhibits change every two months. The combined art gallery and eyewear shop’s imported frame collection includes such labels as Lafont and Pro Design from France and Onkel from Austria. |
| 416-486-8474 |
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| Eyewear & Sunglasses, Vancouver |
| Philippe Starck |
| The designer who never sleeps doesn’t reinvent his sunglasses and eyeglasses collection every season, favouring enduring styles with burnished metal and plastic frames. At Bruce Eyewear Inc. |
| Bruce Eyewear 604 688-8802 |
| Bruce Eyewear (1038 Alberni St.) |
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| Reiz Augenspiel |
| The German line turns hard plastic frames into offbeat angles and rectangles. At Bruce Eyewear Inc. |
| Bruce Eyewear 604 688-8802 |
| Bruce Eyewear (1038 Alberni St.) |
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| Sightech Contemporary Eyewear |
| Specializes in Silhouette, the most flexible titanium frames on the planet. Glasses in the Silhouette rimless collection have no screws and weigh virtually nothing (maybe two paper clips). Too many colour and shape choices to list. |
| 416-488-8184 |
| 1910 Yonge St. |
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| Karir Fashion Eyewear |
| One other Toronto location. New lines this winter include Line-3, which is similar to the Silhouette line in terms of bigger lenses and flexibility. Lots of purples, pinks and gradient colours. Also new: a line called ic! Berlin from Germany which has the neatest stainless-steel frames; and show-stopping eyewear by Gold & Wood which features rimless frames and wooden temples. Very nice. Karir also has a big Prada eyewear collection, priced from $270. Now, if you want your specs to be a conversation piece, check out the L.A. Eyeworks frames which are embellished with beads and crystals. |
| 416-975-0536 |
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| LF Optical |
| This trendy haven presents a smorgasbord of the most current eyewear. Majorly huge this season: rimless, untinted sunglasses with tiny crystals and stones attached, made by Chanel and Christian Dior. LF offers one pair that, when worn, gives the impression your eyebrow is pierced in three places. These beauties won’t shield you from the glare, but you’ll be impossibly hip as you breeze around town. These clear shades are so cool that LF’s Julia Nowakowski claims they can’t keep them in stock. |
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| Lunor |
| These replicas of wire-rimmed specs from the 1920s and ’30s are handcrafted in Germany, using state-of-the-art materials. At Eyes On stores. |
| Eyes On Burrard 604 688-9521 |
| Eyes On Burrard (775 Burrard St.) |
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| City Optical |
| Always contemporary eyewear with a solid reputation. Big names include DKNY, Calvin Klein and BCBG. |
| 416-694-3937 |
| 2094 Queen St. E. |
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| College Street Optical |
| sellers here this season are clip-on sunglasses. Who sellers here this season are clip-on sunglasses. Who knew clip-ons were so hot? They are also useful and easy to pop on while strolling in the snow with your latest flirtation. Popular eyewear lines include Armani, Calvin Klein and DKNY. sellers here this season are clip-on sunglasses. Who knew clip-ons were so hot? They are also useful and Huge easy to pop on while strolling in the snow with your latest flirtation. Popular eyewear lines include Armani, Calvin Klein and DKNY. |
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| Josephson Opticians |
| Six other Toronto locations. Optician David Currie says gradient colours in frames are hip this season. Thin means frames with darker tops with a gradual shading towards the bottom. Exclusive lines (in Ontario) include Robert Marc, Lunor and Gold & Wood which offers suitably deadly party specs: arms made from wood, eye frames encrusted with jewels. Oh my. |
| 416-964-7070 |
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| Harry Toulch Vision |
| High fashion for the eyes. You’ll find Prada, Oliver Peoples from L.A., Paul Smith Spectacles, Gold & Wood, Gucci and timeless German designs by Lunor. |
| 1327 Greene Ave, Westmount 514 937-0446, 4021 St Laurent Blvd 514 849-1433 and 4129 St Denis St 514 849-0559 |
| 1327 Greene Ave., Westmount, 4021 St. Laurent Blvd. and 4129 St. Denis St. |
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| Sunglass Hut International |
| Plus three other Montreal locations. Affordable chain with all the mainstream brands. You’re bound to find something you like. |
| 514-395-1973 |
| 904 Ste. Catherine St. W. |
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| Air Titanium |
| CTV’s Robert Mason Lee gets air time in his Air Titaniums, created with help from a Danish architectural firm and handcrafted without screws, rivets or soldering. Weighing in at 2.8 g, they come rimless or rimmed in countless colours. At Granville Eyeland. |
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| Granville Eyeland (15–1666 Johnson St.) |
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| Solar Waves |
| Owner Jeff Cooper brings the styles of the minute from New York. Self-consciously hip teens hang around here clamouring for Gucci. Plenty of Charlie’s Angels aviator-type shades. |
| 416-599-5921 |
| 316 Queen St. W. |
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| Boutique Key West |
| Chain store with added style from Fendi, Versace, Oakley, Calvin Klein and Ralph Lauren. Pearl Harbor aviator-style shades are selling strong. |
| Eaton Centre 514 499-9411 and Complexe Desjardins 514 844-9411 |
| Eaton Centre, 705 Ste. Catherine St. W. and Complexe Desjardins, 150 Ste. Catherine St. W. |
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| Georges Laoun |
| This is where to get the ultra-minimum frames from Philippe Starck and Alain Mikli’s unique, handmade sunglasses. The colourful stylings of Anne Valentine are on hand, as well as Belgian, high-design frames from Théo. Georges Laoun has it all, as well as a reputation for supporting the arts. |
| 1368 Sherbrooke St W 514 985-0015, 4012 St Denis St 514 844-1919 and 600 Jean Talon Blvd E, Suite 201 514 272-3816 |
| 1368 Sherbrooke St. W., 4012 St. Denis St. and 600 Jean Talon Blvd. E., Suite 201 |
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| Antoine Laoun |
| Where style mavens choose from exclusive brands like SAMA, Kio Yamato from Japan and ITS Titanium. Try on Alain Mikli’s textured frames and the hottest eye label from France, Face à Face. Prepare to stay for hours. |
| 700 Ste Catherine St W 514 866-5050, 6028 Jean Talon St E 514 256-7555 and 7460 des Galeries d’Anjou Blvd 514 354-13 |
| 700 Ste. Catherine St. W., 6028 Jean Talon St. E. and 7460 des Galeries d’Anjou Blvd. |
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| Henri Cohen |
| “Go to Henri’s,” it says on the Plateau. The store’s official name is Optix Sport, but it doesn’t matter. An overwhelming selection of stylish shades for middling to higher budgets. There’s definitely something for everyone. |
| 514-286-4200 |
| 4081 St. Denis St. |
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| Rapp Optical |
| Known for prescription swimming goggles and meticulous repairs. |
| 416-537-6590 |
| 788 College St. |
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| Yoga Pod |
| This Hatha yoga centre takes the prize for good design. The weekly Karma class is by donation with proceeds to charity. Drop-in: $17. |
| 604-924-9643 |
| 101-260 W. Esplanade, North Van. |
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| YWCA |
| Huge and high-tech with the latest cardio and weight equipment, a women-only weight room, ozone-filtered pool, steam room, meditation room, whirlpool and over 90 weekly classes. You now have no excuse. Drop-in: $12. |
| 604-895-5800 |
| 535 Hornby St. |
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| Yoga Instructor: Eoin Finn |
| Rippled young men and women attend power yoga classes at Kits House or Kits beach. Athletic, multi-level and entertaining. See vancouveryoga.com for details. |
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| Yoga Instructor: Nina Gouveia |
| Life-long yoga devotee Gouveia travels with equipment to your home or hotel room. Among her celebrity clients is X-Men director Bryan Singer. Rate: $90/hour (private). |
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| Yoga Plus |
| Worth the hike upstairs, Yoga Plus is a one-stop shop for classical Hatha classes, prenatal classes, Ashtanga, new Pilates classes by Bernadette Seles, special back-care programs and pain management groups. Skylights fill the space with divine light and a feeling of well-being during the 18 weekly classes and private sessions. Students often congregate at the Second Cup across the street to decompress. |
| 514-937-0948 |
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