On Friday, the day that The Great Gatsby opened in North American movie theatres, a decade-appropriate themed party was held at Toronto’s Spoke Club. Entitled a Flapper Murder Mystery and hosted by Shot in the Dark Mysteries and Because You Said So…Promotions and Events, the interactive event circled around the murder of Fanny Birchwood outside […]
Montagne Jeunesse, a vegetarian-friendly skincare line from the UK launched its latest line of products, one-use clay (and one mud) masks, at The Vault at One King West on May 8. Beauty-related media and make-up artists attended this cocktails meet and mingle, a look at products that the company’s existing products, which were in a […]
Held at Arta Gallery at the Distillery District, Minling Pan (DelectablyChic! spoke with Ms. Pan in an interview a few weeks ago) celebrated her anniversary and launched her private label collection on Monday evening. Featuring some of Toronto’s favourite bloggers as models (including Dainty Girl‘s Nicole Wilson, the Sparks Twins and Toronto Beauty Review‘s Elaine […]
The annual SIAL (Salon International de l’Alimentation) Canada event was held at the Direct Energy Centre in Toronto last week. This food and beverage trade show featured included a wide array of items from around the world. Most of the foods that were there were fairly standard – lots of baked goods, spreads, cheeses, often […]
DelectablyChic! favourite, Sarah Stevenson, has won the 2013 New Labels competition. New Labels is the annual event where up-and-coming designers vie for a coveted $25,000 cash award as well as mentoring and feature in Flare magazine. This year’s event, which was sponsored by Target (the winner’s collection would be sold there in 2014), was presented […]
The store may have been open for at least a couple of weeks, but Stuart Weitzman’s Bloor and Avenue Road location held its official opening party Wednesday evening. Located at the old Ports boutique, the layout of the space is long and narrow, different from the Eaton Centre location, which is more open. Size-wise, it […]
OPI held its official global launch of its Fall 2013 “San Francisco” collection at Hotel Me Madrid Reina Victoria in Madrid, Spain. The event attracted OPI VIP distributors, clients and media from around the world and consisted of a brief presentation by the “First Lady of Nails” and OPI co-founder Suzi Weiss-Fischmann followed by a […]
Hosted by LOFT Girls/Hip Urban Girl and store staff, a brunch shopping party was held at LOFT Yorkdale on February 24. The event was not that atypical of similar shopping parties, save for brunch food (granola, fruit and yogurt in shot glasses, banana and Nutella sandwiches, etc…) and the lack of a make-up or manicure […]
Hoards of people, predominantly women, were at Steam Whistle Brewing Tuesday evening to shop, network, mingle and…GET COOKIES! Cookies & Champagne event, hosted by Hip Urban Girl, is now in its third year. There were many cookies available, ranging from standard favourites like chocolate chip, sugar and oatmeal to more modern takes like gluten-free rice […]
The Lunar New Year is almost upon us. In fact, the year of the snake starts this coming Sunday. New Year foods can vary from region to region and from household to household. There is jai, of course, eaten on the first day (and of which I discussed in further detail last year). One thing […]
