Artist Isabella Ducrot's installation, Big Aura, adorns the walls of the room hosting the presentation of the Dior haute couture collections in the Rodin Museum gardens. For the set design of this Dior haute couture spring-summer 2024 show, twenty-three oversized dresses, some five meters high, are arranged on a composition of irregular black stripes reminiscent …
Photographer Jonas Peterson explores new media and pushes the boundaries between fiction and reality as he works with computer technologies to create lifelike art work that will have you second-guessing what is real. With over 25 years of experience in the arts, including his work as a writer, filmmaker, creative director, photographer, artist, Jonas Peterson …
The founder of CABINE and former creative director of The Room at Hudson’s Bay discusses the role of luxury retail and the power in being able to step away. "Luxury has nothing to do with value. It’s about experience, esthetics and standards.” As one of Canada’s most highly regarded industry experts, Nicholas Mellamphy is no …
She’s an illustrious figure in the world of fashion, a smoky-eyed siren whose life in the industry to date has combined high classicism with modernity, sex, excess and tragedy. Even as her eponymous brand enters a brave new era, Donatella Versace stays true to herself and remains as timeless as one of her company’s designer …
The city is buzzing! Toronto’s lavish new steakhouse just opened, and the legendary concept is the brainchild of none other than seasoned restaurateur Nick Di Donato, president and CEO of Liberty Entertainment Group. A rite of passage in elementary school was the field trip, the treasured day outside the confines of the classroom touring some …
To amend the words of arguably the most popular Guns N’ Roses song of all time: “Welcome to Maxfield — they’ve got fun and games.” Well, the international multipurpose retail store’s flagship L.A. location doesn’t really have “fun and games,” per se. But Maxfield did launch “Guns N’ Roses Was Here,” an exclusive retail event …
