A Montreal-based fashion firecracker has the world falling in love with her dark, darling designs. Donned by some of Hollywood’s brightest luminaries — think Angelina Jolie, Drew Barrymore and The Twilight Saga’s Rachelle Lefevre — Nadya Toto’s creations are charming runways and red carpets alike with Italian-inspired style. Dolce Vita Magazine checks in with the …
More than 300 exhibitors are being considered to showcase their designs at this highly anticipated event, which promises to set the interior design world ablaze with fresh ideas for home, business and retail spaces. A diverse and enticing schedule will help professionals and do-it-yourselfers stay on top of current trends. The show kicks off with …
It’s a tradition that began in 17th-century France and has since travelled the globe — and on Sept. 14th, 2013, Concours d’Elegance, the renowned celebration of the craft and culture of luxury vehicles, revved its engines on Canadian soil. Or rather, sand: Cobble Beach golf resort community in Owen Sound, Ont., was the stomping ground …
If you’ve ever found yourself on the vibrant streets of New York City, chances are your senses have been dazzled by the city’s collection of luxury storefronts. Co-ordinated, combed through and flawlessly manicured, with windows offering glimpses into some of the world’s most lust-worthy brands, these boutiques have been masterfully crafted. This is where “fashion’s …
At the 2009 Festival of the Arts in Laguna Beach, Calif., a portrait composed of painted screws hung on a wall. It had taken Andrew Myers six months and about 10,000 screws to finish this piece, and the artist stood by as observers paused to let their eyes take in the intricacy of the finished …
Paris-based designer Oscar Carvallo is bringing fashion down the rabbit hole The designer was in black, and his model in white, as they retreated off the runway and disappeared from view. This was the conclusion of Oscar Carvallo’s fall-winter 2013-14 fashion show at Paris Couture Fashion Week earlier this year, after a dash of whimsy, …
“I have to be able to read in people what they can’t really see in themselves” — Heather Segreti It was 2009, and Carlo and Dora Baldassarra were weathering a brainstorm. The couple was in the midst of dreaming up the design concept for their custom 10,000-square-foot home in Kleinburg, Ont. They were craving something …
When HRH Princess Dina Mired of Jordan’s two-year-old son was diagnosed with leukemia, her family was hit with not one but two unwelcome realities — the first being that her son’s life was at stake, and the second being that, given the poor state of cancer care in her home country, he wasn’t going to …
There’s a slice of Florida that shimmers with ice-blue water dotted with million-dollar yachts and white sand that’s icing-sugar soft. The place is called the Gold Coast, though smitten tourists have coined it as the “Venice of America” for the views and adventures. What better place for the Ritz-Carlton to call home. The first and …
