Earlier this summer Jaguar announced it would be discontinuing its grand touring line of XK coupes at the end of this year, and after spending time behind the wheel of the powerful XKR-S, in many ways, it’s quite a shame. Not only is this car immensely pretty and charming, it’s also blisteringly quick and exhilarating …
This past Saturday, Toronto’s finest donned their fanciest frocks, highest heels and best ties for this year’s rendition of the Heart of Fashion event, the highly anticipated soiree that takes the fashion and philanthropy worlds by storm. Bigger and better than last year’s successful event, Heart of Fashion took place at the Shops at Don …
A luminary on both the Hollywood and humanitarian scenes, Angelina Jolie spent her Friday morning at Buckingham Palace where Queen Elizabeth II awarded her with an honorary Damehood, the female equivalent of an honorary Knighthood. While the actor was named an honorary Dame back in June in the Birthday Honours List, she travelled to the …
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 …
IndyCar driver James Hinchcliffe took his foot off the gas to test it in the world of fashion on July 17, jumping in the driver’s seat as the face of the new GT collection from skiwear manufacturer Spyder. The GT collection is a reinvention for Spyder, taking the brand’s technical material and engineered design and …
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 …
It has been said many times that Hillary Clinton’s lack of warmth and empathy cost her the 2008 Democratic candidacy. A friend of mine who is a respected editor in Australia told me she finds her smug and cold. Before I was to meet her I watched her appearance on The One Show, which has …
Shoppers flow in and out of the entrance of Pusateri’s Fine Foods on Avenue Road, shopping as they would on any other typical Thursday morning. But in the office above, Frank Luchetta is outlining a groundbreaking move that is anything but normal for the venerable high-end grocer. The president of Pusateri’s has pulled back the …
