Toronto philanthropists Phillip and Peggy DeZwirek sit down with Dolce Magazine to talk about the fun side of giving back. Phillip and Peggy DeZwirek are chatting animatedly in their bright kitchen when I first enter their home, a penthouse suite overlooking ritzy Yorkville in the dense heat of a July afternoon. The comely pair is …
Raising millions for children’s charities by combining fashion with philanthropy, Suzanne Rogers invites us to her home in Toronto for a rare one-on-one interview Early afternoon at the Rogers residence in Toronto finds Suzanne Rogers sipping on homemade iced tea on an ornate chair in her family’s opulent dining room. On the table before us, …
Raj Kothari guides us to detoxify our professional lives by mixing business with friendship and putting others first It’s a Monday morning in Toronto, and as half the city shuts down to make way for the year’s biggest blizzard, Rajendra “Raj” Kothari and I are looking down at it all from 26 storeys above. Despite …
At home with Toronto’s premier producer of pantomime, the man (dressed as a woman) we love to hate, Ross Petty It’s a chaotic time for Ross Petty. He’s just 10 days away from the start of rehearsals for his annual pantomime production and there’s still a script to finalize and lines to memorize. Not that …
The golf party was the last shoot I did for Monica Pedersen Make It Beautiful, and one I had been thinking about doing for a long time. I have been married 15 years and one of the best pieces of advice I received before I got married was from my father. He said, “Kid, find …
We often wonder how cutthroat the fashion industry really is, but after talking with the busy bodies of a new fashion label, it is clear that the sartorial world is not for the faint of heart. On the day of our interview, the Pavoni designers pull me in two different directions – one working on …
