On April 11, 2013, Birks’s Bloor Street location unveiled its new boutique dedicated to the creations of Paris-based jeweller Van Cleef & Arpels, exclusively available at Birks in Canada. Among the treasures on display was the Maison’s Alhambra Collection, the iconic line of charming accessories inspired by Jacques Arpels’s love of luck. “Birks is privileged …
Tony Fisher, president of Target Canada, discussed the nationwide expansion of the American retailing company at an event hosted by the Canadian Club of Toronto on March 26, 2013. Addressing a full house at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel, Fisher outlined the need for speed in the strategic rollout of 124 Target stores across 10 …
From the timber-panelled dining room and silver-leaf screens at Mayfair London’s historic Scott’s restaurant, to the ink-black Venetian plaster panels and polarizing white marble floors at Manhattan’s esteemed Le Caprice, a Polish-born, London-bound restaurant renovator is showing the world that the right design can awaken what should have never fallen asleep. His paradigm is far …
It’s the city known as the Golden Triangle of Art, and Madrid’s Fashion Week lived up to that shimmering title. While summer-hot silhouettes, patterns and colours splashed down the runways as though on a canvas, the rest of the world looked on with stars in their eyes. Rome followed suit as AltaRomAltaModa launched a culture-infused, …
It’s Monday afternoon in Toronto and Julie Benz is in town as part of the promotional tour for her latest television series Defiance. The most pressing issue right now, however, is what to do with her hands. “Feel free to tell me where to put them,” she says to the photographer as the camera clicks …
Q: What brands do you recommend that will last all day, even in hot and humid weather? A: When looking for makeup that will go the distance, it’s not really about a particular “brand” as much as it’s more about the application and choosing makeup that is long-wearing. Use primers, waterproof mascara, gel eyeliners and …
