Toronto Life articles from January 2005

Toronto Life archives from January 2005

A great rally.(This City)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... It was all so retro. As fans gathered on Bay Street to watch Damon Allen and the Argos bring back the Grey Cup, the players talked about the win--not as a career move but with good old-fashioned joy. Then they passed the cup to the crowd, as if...

Ab Fab.(Profile)
January 1, 2005... Ask Fabrizio Filippo about working with Sophia Loren, and he smiles, tilts his head back and lapses into a bit of a swoon. Trading lines with the voluptuous screen goddess in Lives of the Saints is the sort of thing most guys dream about. If...

Praise the lord.(Telling Tales)
January 1, 2005... On the top floor of the Sutton Place Hotel one fall morning, a very famous man named Conrad Black gave a speech to a convention of history television producers from around the world. The famous man's speech centred on the life and times of...

Shack attack.(Telling Tales)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... With candy bags shaking like castanets, giggling Moore Park trick-or-treaters ran toward Maple Leaf Darcy Tucker's house, this year's it-spot on the pumpkin circuit. Contrary to his ghoulish on-ice persona, the hockey player (and father of two...

Manhattan transfer.(Telling Tales)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... On a recent Wednesday night at NYU's posh new Kimmel Center, Canadian Consul General Pamela Wallin introduced the guest speakers for a lecture titled "Designing the Future." Featured were larger-than-life design demigod Bruce Mau and dynamic...

Urban Decoder.
January 1, 2005... Dear Urban Decoder: At U of T, on the north side of Russell Street just east of Spadina Circle, there is a strange new building with pulleys on the front and an extremely large door. What goes on in there? --Chuck Wahlberg, Annex ...

Here comes the grooming.(Roundup)
January 1, 2005... Last summer saw the debut of Cru, Toronto's first male-only spa, proof that masculine vanity has finally gone mainstream. The queer-male gaze has made it less acceptable to be schlumpy, and the successful debut of Nair for Men suggests guys are...

The big sleep.(Inside)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... It's eight p.m. and a group of patients, both wary and weary, wander into the Centre for Sleep and Chronobiology in the Kensington Health Centre; they've come for one night of supervised snoozing. Their eves are pillowed in fatigue, and they're...

A fish tale.(Reality Check)
January 1, 2005... In September, the Ministry of Health shocked Toronto's 400-odd Japanese restaurants by amending Regulation 562 to state that all fish must be frozen before being consumed. Contrary to some reports, sushi restaurants in Toronto currently do not...

This issue.
January 1, 2005... AT THE OPENING OF THE FIFTH ANNUAL TORONTO INTERNATIONAL Art Fair in the fall, I ran into one of the city's cultural mandarins, in front of a Lucian Freud. He and a few thousand others had chosen art appreciation over the first television...

Death to poochie.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2005... In "Dog Bites Man" [This City, December], your writer states that 15 per cent of reported dog bites in Toronto last year were attributed to pit bulls, then goes on to say that "as many German shepherd incidents were recorded." But as the famous...

The howling.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2005... Olivia Stren's cat howls ["Honey, I Shrunk the Cat," December]. So do mine. Why? Because they're cats. Sometimes they experience existential angst; sometimes they're just bored. When it happens in the middle of the night, the offender gets...

Ticket to ride.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2005... In your piece about designer Sarah Richardson ["Designing Woman," November], you report that in the course of two hours she collected two parking tickets. Funny--I always thought that parking restrictions were for the public's benefit, as in...

Food fight.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2005... I was surprised by a couple of mistakes in Sasha Chapman's article ["Starch Enemy," November]. Regarding my cafe, Low Carlo Living, she quotes me as saying our low-carb bagels are "made with wheat that's been processed, stripped of its carbs."...

And justice for all.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2005... As counsel to the families of Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy, I was disappointed that Sandra Martin, in her article on author Stephen Williams ["Murder, He Wrote," October], felt there was an "evangelical" timbre to my voice. It is my view...

January at a glance.(This month)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Photographer Chip Hooper dreams of California with his transcendent landscapes (including Big Sur, above). See page 32. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 21 The Joel Plaskett Emergency rocks out at Lee's Palace. See page 33. [ILLUSTRATION...

Theatre.(This Month)(Calendar)
January 1, 2005... OPENING Bea's Niece. David Gow shifts focus from a mad skinhead (in his controversial Cherry Docs) to another nut a writer (Maria Ricossa) struggling with that occupational hazard, depression. Bea (the always good, often sublime Pat...

Good hair days.(This Month)
January 1, 2005... It's every playwright's dream: to see your work evolve from an off-the-cuff sketch at a cramped, smoky comedy club into a lavish, million-dollar production staged at a swank theatre. Welcome to the world of Trey Anthony, the British-born,...

Classical music.(This Month)(Calendar)
January 1, 2005... CHAMBER MUSIC Amici Chamber Ensemble. A collection of superb GTA musical talent: lyric baritone Russell Braun (a regular at the Metropolitan Opera, Salzburg Festival, Lyric Opera of Chicago and elsewhere) joins the smooth clarinet of TSO...

Bohemian rhapsody.(This Month)
January 1, 2005... Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, girl dies of galloping consumption. Giacomo Puccini's opera La boheme (performed by the COG starting Jan. 23) may be the most famous version of this boy-girl-death love triangle, but the tale actually began as a...

Dance.(This Month)(Calendar)
January 1, 2005... Dance Ontario's Dance Weekend. The dance service organization started this annual event in 1993 to increase public awareness about dance, particularly the orphan art of contemporary dance, which still attracts the smallest audience of all the...

Art.(This Month)(Calendar)
January 1, 2005... [FREE] BGL Collective & Marianne Corless. The Quebec City collective moves its site-specific art to a new level, bisecting the Mercer Union's main gallery into smaller rooms for works that often take on environmental and social issues. In the...

Nightlife.(This Month)(Calendar)
January 1, 2005... CONCERTS Celso Machado. An under-sung hero of Canada's world music scene, this B.C.-based, Brazilian-born guitarist and percussionist is a considerable educator, collaborator and solo performer who's delved into the diversity of styles...

Jazz and standards.(This Month)(Calendar)
January 1, 2005... CONCERTS The David Braid Sextet. This Toronto pianist has been leading his present sextet since 2000, a remarkably stable forum for a young composer. Proving his high standing, the band contains some of Hogtown's finest jazz talents:...

Sign language.(This Month)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Ken Lum grew up on east Vancouver's Kingsway, an artery lined with billboards pleading for attention. As a youngster, he hand-rendered communiques for the sign painter next door. As an art student, he became the signpost, videotaping himself...

Countdown kings.(This Month)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... "You could pretty much come to any of our shows and it would be like New Year's Eve," says Dallas Good, the throaty-voiced singer-guitarist of the Sadies. The suit-clad country-surf-rock quartet--made up of Good, his brother, Travis, who plays...

Kids' events.(This Month)(Calendar)
January 1, 2005... Blue Planet. A travelling intergalactic sales man visits a world inhabited by kids, promising them constant sunshine if they nail the sun to the sky. But messing with nature has its consequences, especially for the darkness-dwelling children on...

Diversions.(This Month)
January 1, 2005... Cinematheque Ontario. Riding the '60s revival (and Ennio Morricone's wonderfully trippy scores), Sergio Leone's stylish spaghetti westerns stride back into town on the backs of a mini-retrospective: the "dollars trilogy" (A Fistful of Dollars,...

The IT spot.(The Beaconsfield)(Restaurant Review)
January 1, 2005... The Beaconsfield, 1154 Queen St. W., 416-516-2550 Where: Across from hipster hub the Drake, this cozy corner resto-bar radiates warmth and low-key luxury. What: A scalloped stone facade--remnants of a branch of the now defunct Molson's...

Strategies for success: what are you working for? Money in, money out. It's a formula that many of us know all too well. It's also one that we can--and should--reconsider in favour of a more productive and rewarding approach to money management: building real wealth.(Special Advertising Feature)(Advertisement)
January 1, 2005... If, as they say, money is as money does, what is it that we want our money to do for us? We all have our own ideas about wealth, but many of us define it by how much money we make--and, by extension, how much we have to spend. Every day,...

Pitch perfect: in an era of multinational, multimillion-dollar advertising agencies, Toronto-based Grip is breaking all the rules--and landing the cream of the multimillion-dollar clientele. Of course, you don't lock in Bell Canada without making a few enemies.(Business)
January 1, 2005... THE FIRST TIME THE EIGHT FOUNDING partners of Grip all wore suits to a client pitch was last April in Montreal. At their previous client meetings, they'd always stuck to jeans, untucked shirts and skate shoes. At noon, two hours before the...

Simon says: as head of the Royal Conservatory of Music, Peter Simon has turned the place upside down, pushing a controversial $60-million reno job and introducing (the horror!) acid jazz and world music to the playlist. How a fusty old school got its groove back.(Arts)
January 1, 2005... IT TAKES ME A LITTLE WHILE TO WORK UP the gumption to enter the Royal Conservatory of Music. I'm here to interview the school's head, Peter Simon, but I'm paralyzed at the door. I tell myself I'm pausing outside to admire the refurbished front,...

Mr. Big: he's a six foot-three Harvard grad who ditched his high-paying law firm job to work in public service. He loathes corruption, rejects empty boosterism and believes in slow, steady institutional reform. Portrait of the most popular mayor in recent memory.
January 1, 2005... FOR SO LARGE A GATHERING, the annual Labour Day parade is an oddly invisible event in Toronto. People are away, at backyard barbecues or cottages. Stores, restaurants and offices are closed. As this year's parade headed down University Avenue...

2004: the year that was: were we dreaming, or did the entire city light a spliff and let wackiness reign? We saw pols sacrificing their grandmothers. Cops in bed with crooks. Lesbians desperately seeking divorce. And more front-page pooches than you could shake a poisoned wiener at. If we weren't high, this year hit some mighty lows. Our annual account of Hogtown hijinks.
January 1, 2005... How you doin'? Desperate for the return of conventioneers, ABBA addicts and Indy fans, government tourism czars banded together to sex up post-SARS T.O. A $3.5-million ad campaign in the April issues of such hoity-toity mags as...

Sprawlingwood: with millions of visitors every year, many of them opting to become full-time residents, Collingwood is experiencing a massive building boom. The developers are making mountains of money, but for Ontario's biggest ski area, it could be a slippery slope.
January 1, 2005... Every Friday evening, a small army of weekend warriors packs kids, dogs and prepared foods from Pusateri's into minivans and SUVs and heads for the 400. The weekly exodus has been taking place for several decades, since baby boomers began...

From Russia with love.(Knit pick and a boot camp)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Heir to the ugh-worthy Ugg throne, the '70s moon boot is this winter's sought-after sole. (Marc Jacobs and Christian Dior have designed their own astro-glam toe warmers.) A mini version--well cushioned, lightweight and waterproof--comes from...

Pod people.(Knit pick and a boot camp)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Since technology, like fashion, celebrates the skinny, Sony has designed an impossibly petite iPod rival called the Network Walkman. With the sexy physique of a platinum cigarette case, it's about 13 millimetres thick, stores 13,000 tracks and...

Haut plates.(Knit pick and a boot camp)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... With the inky avant-garde curves of a Beardsley drawing, this seductive ceramica hails from Italian fashion empire Missoni. Called the Bianconero collection, its raven waves and vibrant floral patterns offer rich 1920s allure, as if the dishy...

In a tight spot.(Knit pick in a boot camp)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... The Smart for two by Mercedes Benz, already the chariot of choice for savvy Euro city drivers, is built to nimbly wend its way through Old World neighbourhoods (in Rome, it's now almost as popular as the Vespa). It's only eight feet long--small...

A darn good yarn.(Knit pick and a boot camp)
January 1, 2005... Parkdale's new Knit Cafe, inspired by Manhattan's hangout of the same name, was created a few months ago by four yarnoholics (two textile designers, a filmmaker and an infectious-disease doctor). Asian lanterns dangle over shelves stocked with...

Boyish wonder: four years ago, designer Arthur Mendonca was a struggling Ryerson grad. Today, his clothes are sold at Holt's and Marshall Field's. Behind the making of the next Alfred Sung.(Fashion)
January 1, 2005... THE MOST PROMISING TALENT TO BE SHAKEN from the bushes of the Toronto design scene in, oh, forever is a rather wholesome type. He has a smooth, stubble-free jawline, dark choirboy hair and ears that look like teacup handles. His eyes are dewy....

Art attack: a monochromatic decor is the sober standard among Toronto restaurants. But a few choice spots-some of them owned by local artists or affiliated with galleries--are finally bringing a little more colour and wit to this age of beige.(Food)
January 1, 2005... CLIMBING THE FOOT OF CHURCH STREET the other morning, coat-huddled and muttering against a wet, grey sky that had sucked all trace of colour from the city, I glanced through the windows of Jamie Kennedy's wine bar. Something was going on in the...

Drink.(Buyers Guide)
January 1, 2005... White wine Wolf Blass 2003 Gold Label Chardonnay **** $21.95. Adelaide Hills, South Australia Wolf Blass's new screw-capped Gold Label series matches varietals with the most suitable microclimates (as Europe has long done)....

Restaurants.(Directory)
January 1, 2005... A LA MODE Across the Road *** Conspicuously busier on a Thursday evening than the big-budget place (once Pronto, now Square) to which its name slyly refers, this cheerful yellow room has become a local standby, with a menu offering...

Almost seven years to the day since they opened the perennially successful JOV Bistro, chef Owen Steinberg and his sister Jill are moving on.(Tidbits)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Almost seven years to the day since they opened the perennially successful JOV Bistro, chef Owen Steinberg and his sister Jill are moving on. "It's time," says Owen. "We are considering two offers at the moment. We expect our last night here...

The scrumptious organic loaves from Lenny and Heather Karmiol's Vinehaven bakery in Niagara are a much-loved staple at the Riverdale and Dufferin Grove open-air organic markets, but fans went hungry in early November.(Tidbits)
January 1, 2005... The scrumptious organic loaves from Lenny and Heather Karmiol's Vinehaven bakery in Niagara are a much-loved staple at the Riverdale and Dufferin Grove open-air organic markets, but fans went hungry in early November. As Heather, six months...

Another organic baker (and Dufferin Grove alum), Jesse Archibald, and his partner, Maria Solakofski, had a busy autumn.(Tidbits)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Another organic baker (and Dufferin Grove alum), Jesse Archibald, and his partner, Maria Solakofski, had a busy autumn. Flyers for their new venture, Guerrilla Gourmet, began appearing in Kensington Market in October, advertising a mysterious...

Up in Gravenhurst, meanwhile, Taboo resort will greet the coming year's golf season with a dazzling renovation.(Tidbits)
January 1, 2005... Up in Gravenhurst, meanwhile, Taboo resort will greet the coming year's golf season with a dazzling renovation. While the main dining room is now the domain of former Eau chef Tawfik Shehata, executive chef Michael Pataran and chef de cuisine...

Shopping with chefs.
January 1, 2005... Alireza Fakhrashrafi of Pomegrante, 420 College St., 416-921-7557 The eponymous fruit of Fakhrashrafi's Persian restaurant relies on its edibility for propagation: seeds are sown by the birds that eat them. Likewise, the food at Pomegranate...

Bread pudding.
January 1, 2005... This cozy dessert has long been a traditional home comfort during our unrelenting winters, but it didn't appear on Toronto's restaurant menus until recently. The homemade stuff we remember could be described as the tuna casserole of desserts....

Inn on the Park: May 1963-January 2005.(The End)
January 1, 2005... For decades, the Four Seasons Hotels logo, a stylized tree in various stages of bloom, has been a homing beacon for well-heeled travellers. It carries with it a confident promise: herein find elegance, taste, luxury. When the Inn on the Park...

Animation.(Fashion)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... A cheerful west end space that many downtown dwellers probably never discover. It's a shame, as they'll be missing out on trendy, well-made items, friendly staff and a sunny atmosphere. Parasneo, Mexx, Groggy, C'est Moi, Powerline and Point...

Bluenotes.(Fashion)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... It began with denim, then branched out to offer the trendiest items for teens. This year, that means slightly flashy punk rock duds. Lines run to Diesel, Zoo York, Blue Marlin and Dickies--the latter label's cargo work pants became ubiquitous...

Camp Connection.(Fashion)
January 1, 2005... This lodge of a store sells outdoor outfits for the entire brood, plus a bevy of knapsacks, sleeping bags, foam sleeping mats, swimsuits, shoes, paddles, blankets and water bottles. Point Zero men's long-sleeved shirts start at $24.99, while...

Chocky's.(Fashion)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Since the 1950s, when Chocky's first threw open its doors on Spadina, a visit to the store has been a much-cherished precamp ritual. In anticipation of the weeks away, kids and frazzled parents worked their way through the rows of bargain...

Cut-rate clothing.(Fashion)
January 1, 2005... If your weekly yoga classes have wiped out your savings, a trip here could save you the disgrace of looking less than picture perfect during your next downward dog. Casual cotton sportswear for women is the focus, whether it's shorts, pants,...

Designer Fashion Emporio.(Fashion)
January 1, 2005... The simple surroundings, the sales staffs warm, efficient manner, and the store's location and collection of suiting, business and casual wear are ideal for the time strapped clientele, most of whom stop in during their lunch. Clothing is...

Ends.(Fashion)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Tucked away amid the city's busiest flower shops at Av and Dav sits this bastion of brand name lines at discounted prices. Owner Harold Weis feld chases alter off-runs and buys in bulk to keep prices low. At the height of a season, new merch...

Grreat stuff.(Fashion)
January 1, 2005... Ten years ago, when the edge of Trinity-Bellwoods Park was farther west than any store ventured on Queen, Grreat Stuff opened its doors to sell fashionable menswear at bargain prices. Clothing, as well as the lovely bright interior, has been...

H&M.(Fashion)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... In October, H&M's first downtown location opened its temple to all things stylish and jaw-droppingly affordable at Yonge and Dundas, and the crowds have yet to thin. Three floors are packed to the brim with a daily dose of new garb, the allure...

Holt renfrew furs.(Fashion)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Chinehilla? Mink? 'Tis true--fur coats aren't exactly the stuff of your local Wal-Mart. And for most of the year, Holt's happily hums along, selling fox chubbies to ladies who winter in Megeve and mink stoles for those who find the Toronto...

Holt renfrew last call.(Fashion)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... End-of-season clothing, accessories and housewares from Holts locations across Canada wend their way to this suburban strip mall. Most of the familiar lines are here; tags spotted included Balenciaga, DKNY and Ralph Lauren. Everything starts at...

Jacob connexion.(Fashion)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... More casual and lower-priced than its parent store, this shop holds great appeal for fickle teen fashion hounds and budget-conscious college students. Hip young salesgirls--decked out in low-risers and crop tops--bounce around to pop hits while...

Lance Lorents.(Fashion)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Heeding customers' requests. wholesaler Lorents opened this outlet in 1995. It may be retail, but they've kept wholesale prices for Italian, French and North American classic womenswear. Sweaters are knit up in la bella Italia....

Le Chateau.(Fashion)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Although it's had some competition in recent years from the influx of Old Navy, Zara and H&M, 45-year-old "le Chat" soldiers on. The store still responds to the latest runway and street trends, bringing in new merch in daily shipments. These...

L'Elegante limited.(Fashion)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... For those who dream of de signer labels but can't afford the price tags, this is the place to head, and fast. Chock fill of labelled lovelies, L'Elegante takes only immaculate items on consignment, and sells them for about a third of the...

Le firme.(Fashion)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Like everything else in the store, the name has an Italian flair (pronounce it "lay feer-may"). Owners, often armed with customers' clippings from Italian Vogue, make for the big boot five to six times a year, searching out factories, fondling...

Lorne's.(Fashion)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... A good coat, like good shoes or a good bag, is one of those basics that Mother always recommends. As usual, Mother was right, and Lorne's has coats aplenty to keep you (and Mom) dry and toasty the whole year through. The store stocks both its...

Mark's work wearhouse.(Fashion)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... This is socks and underwear central. Aficionados of '60s style will be relieved to know that they can still purchase polycotton dickies in white, black, grey and navy for a mere $8.99. And party-goers will love the slinky boa style scarves in...

Mothership.(Fashion)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Anita Bacic designs a new collection of pieces under her label, The People Have Spoken, four times a year for eager stores in the U.S. and Canada. And it's here, at her home base, where she built her reputation for urban streetwear that...

Mountain equipment co-op.(Fashion)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... If you can get beyond the three-season tents pitched in the middle of the store, the kayaks hanging from the ceiling and the rock-climbing wall illuminated by skylights in the vaulted, wood-beamed ceiling, there are any number of stylish...

Old Navy.(Fashion)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... If your idea of a deal excludes anything over $20, then this generic cousin to the Gap might be your shopping mecca. Located in a dark cavern of the Eaton Centre, the store applies the fast food mentality to shopping: the emphasis is on maximum...

Ooh La La Couture.(Fashion)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Sandra Baksh's store is giddy with beading, sequins and ruff fles, all popular with stressed out brides, prom queens and sweet 16 parties. To keep prices at a minimum, Baksh attends bridal shows in Canada and the U.S., buys in large amounts,...

Rococo designer's outlet.(Fashion)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... This way-out-of-the way womenswear boutique looks like the kind of place your mother dreamed you'd one day shop in. The clothes are all top drawer; from designers like Teenflo, Apanage and Imitz. What's more, they're priced at 50 to 80 per cent...

Second thoughts clothing.(Fashion)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... A Cabbagetown fixture for almost two decades, this cozy shop specializes in men's and women's factory samples and seconds--all at least 50 per cent off the regular price. Browsers are welcomed by two eats sprawled in the sunny front window. The...

Substance.(Fashion)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Tweens and teens are all about the name brands, but not necessarily about the deals (particularly if it's your plastic on the line). You may find a compromise at Substance, where such names as Sean John, J. Lo, Parasuco, Rocawear, Davoucci,...

Sunny Choi outlet.(Fashion)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Local designer Sunny Choi knocks down prices on last season's lines at this out-of-the-way outlet. Items that are more than a year old are further reduced at the back of the store--like a stunning two-piece silk floral-patterned cocktail suit...

Tom's place.(Fashion)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... "I don't know what we're doing with this guy," yells a saleswoman conducting a phone transaction to a colleague in some distant part of this rambling, two-storey store; nobody stands on ceremony in this cluttered outpost of formal fashion....

Tuxedo royale.(Fashion)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Many a prom-king and wedding-night dream has had its kickoff here, inspired by dapper (if headless) mannequins modelling the latest formalwear fashions. Shoppers can rent the store's brand name monkey suits (Chaps Ralph Lauren, After Six, Oscar...

Winners.(Fashion)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... It's possible that every day unwitting souls wander in to this 30,000-square-foot space looking for a pair of gloves and wander out with at least five new items they didn't know they needed. And yet, shopping here does require diligence; the...

Zara.(Fashion)
January 1, 2005... A girl with a faux Vuitton bag slung over her shoulder talks on her cell phone as she trolls the long brushed-metal racks. "Wow," she says to a friend at the other end of the line, "sorry, but this skirt is so Prada." Last year, Parisian...

Act two.(Vintage Clothing)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... It's a lesson in couture as you glide through racks of exclusive vintage, hardly worn consignment cast-offs and former movie star costumes. Owner Inga Welsman, a hard core style maven, car enthusiastically rhyme off an item's brand pedigree at...

Brava.(Vintage Clothing)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Crinolines dangle from the ceiling like ruffled pinatas, and below them sit three display cases packed with brooches, bole ties and vintage eyeglasses. This neat and orderly Queen West fixture has garnered much respect since opening in 1976....

Cabaret.(Vintage Clothing)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... The tag on a men's robe reads "bachelor bait," and the smattering of Varga girls on the walls reinforces the slightly roguish nature of this classy clothing trove-cum-boudoir Deco cabinets and lamps add vintage verisimilitude, and meticulous...