menswear
A few months back, we asked our Calgary readers a question: Who is your town’s best tailor? We heard from a few of you, but we know that we’ve only begun to scratch the surface in our quest for sartorial excellence. Today, we’ll present three of the tailors we’ve learned … Read More
Hostem is a newer kid in London, quietly positioned in gentrified Shoreditch. The brand is not a design house, but a retail establishment that addresses the “fashion literate” male consumer who has a sense of élan. To do this, Hostem created an in-house look book to catalogue the brands they … Read More
Forget Fashion Week. The best way for Toronto to up its fashion cred isn’t merely to celebrate emerging designers, but to actually sell their clothes. And so, the arrival of Ruins, a clothing boutique that opened in West Queen West last month, marks a notable leap forward for the city’s … Read More
Sydney Mamane is showing me a lamp. “Someone said it was steampunk,” says Mamane, the owner of Sydney’s, one of Toronto’s toniest menswear stores. “I didn’t know what steampunk was.” The lamp is an antique; its provenance, medical. In the 1930s, it loomed over patients in a hospital room or … Read More
Vancouver has never dared compare itself to New York, and yet, within the shadow of Hotel Vancouver – a kind of Plaza Hotel for Alberni and Burrard – a block-long Big Apple has taken shape. It’s here, alongside Tiffany & Co., Calvin Klein and Betsey Johnson, that iconic menswear retailer … Read More
