In her early 20s, Toronto resident Erin Somers was diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), a brutal condition that is under-recognized across Canada and the United States. A year after undergoing a surgery that changed her condition and her life, Somers and her mother, Susan Hawkins, hosted a garden party at their Bridle Path estate to …
The first-ever Toronto Men’s Fashion Week hit the Fairmont Royal York Hotel from August 12 until August 14, celebrating legendary and emerging designers from across Canada and around the world. The event, which is the eighth of its kind joining the ranks of London, Milan, Florence, Paris, Los Angeles, Singapore and Vancouver, gives the often-underappreciated …
The Spoke Club on Toronto’s King Street West was crawling with young elites dressed in their best as the second annual Cocktail Crawl took over the prestigious facility. The event is designed to create an environment for entrepreneurs, socialites and fashionistas to network and do it stylishly with a complementary cocktail in their hands. A …
As fall arrives, Dolce looks back at the event that kicked off its summer. Hosted by the Canadian Hadassah-WIZO (CHW), Canada’s leading Jewish women’s philanthropic organization, the 11th annual At Our Table welcomed over 240 guests to a stunning garden party in support of the new CHW Stroke and Invasive Neuroradiology Institute at Assaf HaRofeh Medical …
This past June, celebrity stylist Annie Jagger, who splits her time between Toronto andLos Angeles, opened up her rustic jewelry boutique Gilding the Lily in Toronto’s historic Distillery District. The already much-talked-about location provides Torontonians and tourists with a luxurious space to find unique designer treasures for the home, ornamental odds and ends and, of …
The straight razor glides across my skin, severing the stubble under the blanket of shaving foam. Some strokes are long and calculated; others, short and quick, working around the contours of the mouth, nose and jaw. I’m reclined in a barber’s chair at John Allan’s downtown location as the steady hands of its master barber …
