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Author: Amanda Storey

Moxie Mania

It’s the city known as the Golden Triangle of Art, and Madrid’s Fashion Week lived up to that shimmering title. While summer-hot silhouettes, patterns and colours splashed down the runways as though on a canvas, the rest of the world looked on with stars in their eyes. Rome followed suit as AltaRomAltaModa launched a culture-infused, …

Pretty in Pink: Get the Look

The first step to achieving the look is to clean your hair with White Sands Orchid Bliss Shampoo and Conditioner. Hamilton uses a pink mybotto inverted bottle holder that allows her to get “all of the shampoo and conditioner out of the bottle, to the very last drop.” Next, she applies a few pumps of …

Scapa Fashion: Exotic Escape

Find your earthly paradise tucked away in the bold folds of Scapa Fashion’s summer 2013 collections. Awash in rich, luxurious colours and irresistibly daring patterns, the world-renowned Dutch fashion house is ready to transport your style — and your senses — to adventurous new heights www.scapafashion.com

Stone Age

1. Julianne Hough finds a Safe Haven in style with this vanilla, blackberry and raspberry-inspired Le Vian Snake Ring. www.levian.com 2. For a look as swift as Taylor’s, slip on Le Vian’s Honey Gold Ring with chocolate and vanilla diamonds. www.levian.com 3. Rubies can be a girl’s best friend too: You’ll shine in these Maltese …

Adventure in Aruba: The Heart of the Caribbean

The island of Aruba is a place where genuine smiles beam from local faces; where houses painted mint, magenta and turquoise line the sun-drenched streets; where the word “tourist” seems an improper term for the visitors, who after mere hours of gallivanting through the electric collage of sights and sounds feel to be more at …

Objects of Desire

1. SUNSET STRIP: Find your own personal paradise in Los Angeles, the new Florida according to Torontonians. www.benbacal.com 2. BALANCING ACT: The synergy of black on white is anything but boring in this Moda Operandi gown. www.modaoperandi.com 3. MOVES LIKE JAGGER: Model Georgia May Jagger poses with Roberto Cavalli, mastermind behind the wild and intricate …

His Essentials

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 …

Catching Fire

Swimming 3.8 kilometres, biking 179.2 km and then running a 41.9-km marathon is a crippling feat for any body buff, but Florida native Katrina Silvia decided to heat things up by meeting this challenge still decked out in her firefighter’s uniform — air tank included — all in the name of cancer awareness. Funds raised …

Saluti a Jerusalem – Toronto

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 …

Rally for kids with Cancer Toronto

Whether it has happened to your aunt, your cousin or your friend’s little brother, cancer has affected almost everyone. “The cause — kids suffering with cancer — is obviously something dear to my heart but resonates with a lot of people,” says founder of Rally for Kids with Cancer, Joel Hock. The upbeat and heartfelt …