As Lizz Hill wrote earlier, the Gourmet Food & Wine Expo is at the Metro Convention Centre until Sunday, November 20. With vendors from all over the world as well as tastings and tutorials, it’s definitely a fun-filled weekend for Toronto area foodies. Some of the best stalls include: Amethyst Wine Agency: This place sources […]
As a petite girl — short and small framed — I have always been jealous of the amount of attention that plus sized women get in the area of body image and size awareness compared to people my size. However, that didn’t stop me from attending the launch for On the Curve Events at the […]
The Gourmet Food and Wine Expo will be at the Metro Convention Center November 17 to 20, featuring a variety of foods, wines, spirits and beers to sample. Thursday, VIP night, is $40 per person for admission and will feature celebrity and local chef demonstrations, samplings of wines from around the globe (including a limited […]
This year’s Frocktail Party was, like the previous years, absolutely fabulous. Back at the Burroughs Building, which was host to the first event back in 2009, the annual fundraiser in support of the JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) offered not only the auctioning of dresses, but also complimentary manicures and of course, delicious hors d’oeuvres, […]
Toronto’s stylistas hit the Queen and Dufferin area Wednesday night to celebrate Faulhaber PR‘s tenth birthday. Held at Neubacher Shor Contemporary gallery, the event featured the unveiling of Project F, a series of images created by photographer Christopher Wadsworth and illustrator Matt Forsyte. The images feature a young woman in various looks, wearing pieces that […]
Alexandra Wilkis Wilson of Gilt Groupe, one of the original membership flash sale sites now ships internationally. She was in Montreal Tuesday and in Toronto on Wednesday to promote this to media. The luncheon, held at Nyood on Queen and Ossington, featured cocktails and appetizers, followed by a delicious three course meal. Prior to the […]
The third Frocktail Party will be held at the Burroughs Building on Thursday, November 10. For the past few years, this event has drawn fashionistas and fashionistos from all over the city for this dress auction which raises money and awareness for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund. Dresses are donated by designers and stores, including […]
Canada Goose held an event at the Spoke Club on Tuesday featuring a selection of their coats for Winter 2011/2012. A typical cocktail event, it featured not only a display of the collection, but also drinks, appetizers and of course, mingling and networking. When one normally thinks of Canada Goose, they think parkas. They think […]
It may only be late October, but the fashion industry is already thinking spring. Now that Fashion Week is over, many designers are offering clients the chance to try on pieces they recently showed on the runway or at an installation. On October 26, Yorkville’s Homegrown Boutique, which features styles by up-and-coming designers, held such […]
Operanation 8, held at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, home of the Canadian Opera Company, on October 21. This year’s event was called “A Muse Ball” and celebrated not only music, art and style as well and featured installments and four looks from four Canadian designers, including Arthur Mendoca and Joeffer Caoc, […]
