Q & A with Greta Constantine
April 10, 2012 by Simona Panetta
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Commandeering a buzzing crowd at Toronto Fashion Week with their forward-thinking feminine silhouettes and signature jersey fabric, the boys of Greta Constantine are relentlessly good at turning the heads of well-heeled socialites and fashion critics. In a Dolce Vita Magazine interview, Kirk Pickersgill and Stephen Wong draw the curtains on thei...
A Tale of Two Trumps
March 1, 2012 by Simona Panetta
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Gone are the days of butlers and boudoirs – modern luxury has just moved in. With a vast portfolio of residential and retail projects that span the globe with big-city attention, the Trump brand arguably continues to emote luxury in all its forms. The Trump Hotel Collection, which includes locations in Toronto and New York City, is one of its la...
The Perks of Being Scott Conant
March 1, 2012 by Simona Panetta
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Scott Conant is standing in one of his restaurant kitchens, holding an empty espresso cup in one hand while deftly working a Lavazza Blue machine with the other. It doesn’t take very long for the strong, hot coffee to appear in a plentiful stream, the foam lapping the rim of his cup. He keeps it simple: no milk or cream, just a bit of sugar to t...
Fashion: The Season’s Shimmering Couture and Jewelry
December 7, 2011 by Simona Panetta3
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Embrace yourself in delicate femininity with a strand necklace that beams with Golden South Sea pearls. The 18-karat gold and diamond ball clasp adds a touch of gilded elegance. www.mikimotoamerica.com Dripping with glitz and glam, this couture cocktail dress by Tony Ward catches the eye with gold sequin embellishments and a train that will l...
Jingle Belle: Winter Beauty Products
December 7, 2011 by Simona Panetta3
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1. QUICK AS A WINK Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Swipe on The Mascara for lengthened, lifted lashes. www.cledepeau-beaute.com 2. FROLIC WITH POLISH Everything comes together with a handful of radiant nails. Dip into Estée Lauder’s Pure Colour Nail Lacquer in Fuchsia Flame for a pop of colourful elegance.  www.esteelauder.ca 3. ...
Fashion Scene: AltaRoma
September 16, 2011 by Simona Panetta1
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When in Rome, do as the designers do. A bi-annual style event featuring the who’s-who of the fashion world, AltaRomAltaModa embroidered the landscape of Rome with renowned ateliers and their fall/winter collections. The event’s 19th edition sashayed Rome Fashion Week with the likes of Lebanon’s Abed Mahfouz, Jack Guisso and Tony Ward at the Mon...
Luxury Real Estate, Villa Les Colombières
September 16, 2011 by Simona Panetta
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One must wonder if at midnight Villa Les Colombières turns into a Woody Allen set, where beloved artists and poets beckon you to join them for a grand dinner party. Above the village of Menton on the French Riviera rests an estate with a storied past, where long ago artists and dignitaries like Jean Cocteau and Joseph Joffre mingled at gala rece...
Tuesday’s Children, Moving Forward
September 16, 2011 by Simona Panetta
Legacy Letters
Positivism finds its way in a gripping compilation of memorandums written by relatives of those lost in the tragedy of 9/11. Compiled by a non-profit charity that provides programs and services to those living with the aftermath of terrorism’s destruction, The Legacy Letters: Messages of Life and Hope from 9/11 Family Members, delivers 100 stirr...
La Société French Bistro Grand Opening
September 16, 2011 by Simona Panetta
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Charles Khabouth’s Ink Entertainment makes its mark again with a crowd-pulling destination for Toronto’s socializing pooh-bah. The June grand opening of the French bistro La Société was a mere prelude to its instant success, drawing September stargazers to coalesce for TIFF-inspired dishes and celebrity dinners. “On any given night, when you go ...
Woodson & Rummerfield Design Philosophy
September 16, 2011 by Simona Panetta
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For Los Angeles-based designers Ron Woodson and Jaime Rummerfield, beautifying spaces isn’t about dedicating blueprints to particular times or places. It’s about expressing relationships: affairs between scale and texture, vocabularies of colour and proportion. It’s about unions of the old and the new – the modern and vintage – or what the desig...
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