With Skyfall, the latest Bond blockbuster, igniting cinema screens the world over, we lay out the essentials for wanna-be double-ohs, 1. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE Give the gift of elegance with this luxe assortment of Petrossian caviars. www.saksfifthavenue.com 2. WRISTY BUSINESS Double-oh-seven’s choice of timepiece is the sleek, svelte Seamaster Planet Ocean 600M Skyfall Limited …
A brilliant fire of light bounces with pyrotechnic energy as a natural fancy coloured diamond captures your attention and holds it there. Infinitesimal in nature yet immeasurably symbolic, a coloured diamond’s rarity is increasingly attracting forward-thinking investors. “It’s just incredible when you look into a fancy coloured diamond and you can see how it has …
The Columbus Centre in Toronto welcomed more than 300 guests with food, wine, fashion, art and conversation at Saluti a Jerusalem. The cross-cultural event, hosted by Villa Charities and the Jerusalem Foundation of Canada, was in celebration of the historical ties and enduring friendship between Canada’s Italian and Jewish communities. Generous donors helped raise $165,000 …
The impatient, pixilated culture of the 21st century has managed to tug the carpet from beneath the art in-dustry’s feet, leaving artists and their craft in the dust while the world spins on. “It’s certainly a good time to buy art,” says Mario Parga, British artist and executive director of the inaugural World of Art …
In a rising luxury real estate market, Sam Mizrahi finds himself at the apex of Toronto’s transformation. The president and CEO of Sam Mizrahi Toronto Developments, whose beginnings can be traced back to the brick-and-stone faces of Forest Hill’s coveted custom homes, has reached a new plateau with his imminent Yorkville development. Sprinting down the …
On the ground level lobby of a nondescript building in Toronto, a fastened black door creates a visible contrast to washed-out walls in desperate need of a paint job. An unexpected hush sweeps through the dusky door, wherein a birthing cauldron of fashion rustles with the drop of every pin. With a push, a rusty …
