The launch of the inaugural issue of Canadian Fabric Magazine was hosted by a new foundation called House of Forward Foundation (HOFF) led by Suzanne Rogers, Sylvia Mantella and Brittney Kuczynski. The black-tie evening at the Royal Ontario Museum to celebrate this new launch was called “Le Grand Bal“. Canadian Fabric magazine is a new annual publication with national distribution celebrating ideas, people, and themes around the “Cultural Yearbook of Canada” in the areas of fashion, business and culture. Canadian…
Britain’s renowned luxury lingerie brand, Agent Provocateur, is now available in a new boutique at Toronto’s Holt Renfrew on Bloor Street. Located on the 3rd floor of the luxury retail store, the concession follows classic 1970s Agent Provocateur style with luxurious wool carpets, silk crepe curtains and bespoke wallpaper made specially for the boutique to create a tantalizing, intimate space. Agent Provocateur collections available for sale at Holt Renfrew include the Main Collection, Classics, Bridal, Swim, Hosiery, Accessories and Beauty…
It was a unique way to celebrate the 2014 Cadillac CTS debut to Canada which involved using a crane to hoist one of these cars up to the third-story terrace of Shangri-La Hotel. Industry, media, bloggers and socialites came out to the launch for the latest iteration of Cadillac’s mid-size luxury sedan. The evening featured champagne, an icebar of oysters, cocktails by Barchef, Ossington’s Philip Sparks making custom bow-ties on site for guests to take home and much more. It…
The centrally located One King West at the prestigious intersection of King and Yonge stands as a designated Ontario Heritage Building. At the time of its construction in 1914 it was one of the tallest buildings in Toronto at 12 storeys tall. And then in 2006 it reopened as a hotel and condominium residence with 51 storeys and over 300 suites. Last week One King West unveiled their new executive hospitality suite, the Fifteen Hundred on the 15th floor. As…
Splinter Cell: Blacklist is the sixth installment of the popular game series, but this is the first that is wholly produced by the young Ubisoft Toronto studio. With three years of hard work behind them and already very solid reviews of the game, the Toronto team had a lot to celebrate. And celebrate they did, and we were fortunate enough to be part of it. We were greeted at the door by the hostess and immediately handed very cool USB…
Last night it was all about the 4 amazing young ladies known as the déVah Quartet and rightfully so. Recently coming off the success of a Kickstarter campaign they hosted their EP release party at Tattoo Rock Parlour with an incredible high-energy performance. Their talent with the electric strings is interesting and intense. Classically trained, contemporarily relevant. I’ve seen how far they’ve come in a few months since my first encounter with them at the ISES Toronto Steampunk Gala and…