Toronto Life articles from September 2004

Toronto Life archives from September 2004

Our man in Ottawa.(This City)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Of the 39 cabinet ministers pictured here, the one Toronto will be eyeballing (intently) is John Godfrey. As Paul Martin's new point man on matters urban, he's our best hope for "New Deal" dollars. In honour of his appointment and in...

Noah's arc.(Profile)
September 1, 2004... Bistro 990 may be on a barren and windswept stretch of Bay Street, but Hollywood's glittering migrant workers love it here because they get pampered in just the right way. It's Noah Cowan's chosen meeting place, too. The waiter brings mineral...

Running mates.(Telling Tales)(Short Story)
September 1, 2004... It was their marriage a la mode--loving, but not scarily conjugal--that set the tone at the Jack Layton-Olivia Chow election night party, deep in the lower colon of the Metro Convention Centre. Mind you, there was a touch of NDP-back-then, in...

Star search.(Telling Tales)
September 1, 2004... "Are you ready to see some stars?" Global TV reporter Cheryl Hickey hollered at the 200 or so people sitting on bleachers outside Roy Thomson Halt. They were awaiting the unveiling of 10 new stars on Canada's Walk of Fame, commemorating such...

Cycle babble.(Telling Tales)
September 1, 2004... The day the case of the cyclist versus the City of Toronto was argued, the plaintiff's lawyer, Tim Gleason, rode his yellow Cannondale bike to work at Bay and Dundas. Once in his office, he kicked his cycling shoes and flaming-solstice socks...

Urban decoder.(This City)
September 1, 2004... Dear Urban Decoder: In the former industrial district off King Street West at Liberty, there's a strange old building sitting next to land recently cleared for condos. What is it? --Chuck Moseley, Parkdale It's what remains of...

Murder most fowl.(Cityscapes)
September 1, 2004... The terrain looks like a movie set for some post-apocalyptic blockbuster: the vegetation is denuded, the surrounding waters are slick with guano, and the air is teeming with hordes of squawking, recalcitrant birds. It is, in fact, an experiment...

Join the club.(Roundup)(Directory)
September 1, 2004... They once were, quite literally, powerhouses. With their smoke-wrapped gossip, consequence-free exchange of stock tips and political wheeling and dealing, traditional gentlemen's clubs were where it all went down. Over the past century,...

The wild west.(Found)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... In the late 1800s, when the oppressive heat of a Toronto summer became too much to bear, sweltering city dwellers of a certain means packed their trunks and headed west--to Etobicoke. This was cottage country, and the numerous holiday...

This issue.
September 1, 2004... IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON OF JUNE 28--ELECTION DAY--THE Toronto Community Foundation, an organization that connects philanthropists and worthy causes, was having its annual general meeting at the Warden Woods Community Centre in Scarborough. David...

Walrus hunt.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
September 1, 2004... In his ad hominem attack on Ken Alexander, publisher of The Walrus, Robert Fulford accuses him of being a self-serving meddler whose presence is unwelcome by editors and readers ["Tusk Force," Media, July]. As a public high school teacher who...

Royal pain.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
September 1, 2004... Guy Leshinski's comments ["Fresh Prince," This Month, July] are way off the mark. While Prince's recent albums may not have had the commercial success of Purple Rain, they should hardly be called "flops." N.E.W.S. was nominated for a Grammy,...

Star wars.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
September 1, 2004... Unlike James Chatto, I would not be interested in the Guide Michelin coming to Toronto ["Diners' Club," Food, June]. I live in Cologne but spend roughly six weeks a year' in Toronto. Each visit, my wife and I go out to eat about 30 times. Over...

Theatre.(This Month)
September 1, 2004... OPENINGS Etch-a-Sketch. The Imponderables are improbably good sketch comics from Hamilton. This miscellaneous collection of skits has garnered them acclaim in Chicago and Montreal, and helped secure a coveted berth at Montreal's Just for...

Teenage wasteland.(This Month)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... If director Lukas Moodysson has a tendency to place his teenage protagonists in harrowing circumstances, it's not because he's a sadist. Unlike Lars von Trier, who seems to take obscene pleasure in debasing his characters, Moodysson pushes his...

Classical music.(This Month)(Directory)
September 1, 2004... CHAMBER AND SOLO Kaleidoscope. Danish composer Poul Ruders, in town for The Handmaid's Tale, drops by for an evening of his chamber music alongside works by Toronto composer Harry Freedman. The 82-year-old is one of Canada's most...

Dance.(This Month)(Directory)
September 1, 2004... At the Wrecking Ball III. Ambitious Enterprises presents its third series of concerts based on a very precise mandate--namely, the fusion of dance with such disciplines as video, theatre, text and the martial arts. For instance, Samm Higgison's...

Drama king.(This Month)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... It would be a quiet life for a quiet guy in a quiet town In the Halton Hills--except for the telephone. Which keeps ringing, offering Russell Braun, a baritone still in his 30s, contracts at major opera houses, most recently at England's...

Art.(This Month)(Directory)
September 1, 2004... [FREE] Jeff Willmore. Rough Lake, his breathless seven-inch-square painting, is mostly made up of quick fillips of silvery paint that mimic the fading light as it glances off choppy waves. About two-thirds of the way up the canvas, there's a...

Nightlife.(This Month)(Directory)
September 1, 2004... CONCERTS Harry Connick Jr. His gumbo of standards, New Orleans funk, kids' songs, Christmas carols and movie tunes has somehow always seemed secondary to the nouveau lounge packaging of the man. Given his considerable talent as a vocalist,...

Pitcher perfect.(This Month)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Vessels have long been associated with the female form, but when decorated by Picasso, a water pitcher or oil jar becomes startlingly womanly. Toying with the form's sexual connotations, his earthenware Standing Woman bottle is a bowling...

Jazz and standards.(This Month)(Directory)
September 1, 2004... CONCERTS Peter Brotzmann/Mats Gustafsson/Ken Vandermark. German saxophonist Peter Brotzmann first made his presence felt with a 1968 octet recording called Machine Gun, a forceful manifesto that merged American free jazz with the less...

Great Danes.(This Month)
September 1, 2004... It's a full-fledged invasion. SuperDanish: Newfangled Danish Culture--a lavish, $4-million festival of contemporary arts--is carpeting the city; over 10 weeks, 200 Danes will Illuminate the finer points of Nordic sensibility with 143 events. In...

Kids' events.(This Month)
September 1, 2004... The Emperor's New Clothes. Firefly Theatre and Shrimp Magnet Theatre present an expose on the evils of greed and vanity, with an outdoor production of the classic talc of a gullible ruler, in a rather breezy outfit, and a couple of crafty con...

Diversions.(This Month)(Directory)
September 1, 2004... ArtsWeek features everything from a reading by establishment author Susan Swan (plugging her latest, What Casanova Told Me, Sept. 29, Rivoli, 332 Queen St. W.) to a scarecrow-making workshop near a historic apple orchard (Sept. 18, 3078 Lake...

The IT spot.(This Month)
September 1, 2004... Loft, 720 King St. W., 416-203-2883 Where: King and Bathurst boasts some of the city's most coveted lofts and ultra-chic nightclubs. The two have been cleverly combined in this stylishly casual neighbourhood haunt. Here, anyone can throw a...

Peter and the wolves: he inherits a TSO that's $5 million in debt and out of touch with audiences. How Peter Oundjian plans to save a symphony that has chewed up and spit out its last two conductors.(Arts)(Toronto Symphony Orchestra)
September 1, 2004... IN 1926, A REPORTER FOR THE NEW YORK World called upon maestro Arturo Toscanini at his 17th-century house in the heart of Milan to ask him why he'd resigned from La Scala. The rumour was that the conductor had given up his post at the opera to...

Artful Roger: six years ago, U of T's Rotman School of Management was a cash-strapped, no-name institution that couldn't stop its professors from fleeing stateside. Today, dean Roger Martin is halfway toward a lofty goal: attaining a spot in the international top 10.(Business)
September 1, 2004... ROGER MARTIN APPRECIATES A UNIFORM. A slim, athletic man with dark hair and hazel eyes, he has two favoured getups: tennis whites and tailored suits. When he's not working, he logs as much court time as he can. Summers find him practising his...

Uncivil disobedience: with a Liberal government at Queen's Park and a left-leaning mayor in City Hall, you'd think that John Clarke, the perpetually irate head of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, would make nice, play passive resister for a change, even build some bridges. Yeah, right. Portrait of a recalcitrant rebel.
September 1, 2004... THERE WAS A PREMATURE CHILL IN THE AIR, but the sky was an intense, clear blue, and everyone agreed it was a grand day for a demonstration. On that Saturday early last November, hundreds of people poured out of the gloomy sanctuary at All...

Icons: the loved boat.(Usage of rescue boats)
September 1, 2004... Tucked beside the mammoth lake freighters that muscle in on the waterfront each summer; the round-nosed, apple red fire boat William Lyon Mackenzie looks like a prettily painted toy, kin to that children's favourite, Theodore Tugboat. (You...

House tours: seven celebrated Torontonians in their natural habitats.
September 1, 2004... COOK SHACK They came to the Dundas and Ossington corridor long before the hipsters, filling their Victorian with dark wood floors, mid-century modern furniture, toys, games, feather boas hanging from windows, an old butcher block (from...

Rituals: Hindi 500.
September 1, 2004... Life as a well-adjusted urbanite does come with its share of obligations, chief among them the age-old parent visitation weekend--in my ease, to Montreal. The first time I plan such a trip, my West Bengal-born father lets me in on a little...

The electric horseman: at five foot four, Todd Kabel is inch for inch the toughest, hardest-drinking, skirt-chasingest mother you'll ever meet. Or at least he used to be. The rehabilitation of Canada's top jockey--$76 million in winnings and counting.
September 1, 2004... FRIDAY, JUNE 11 16 DAYS BEFORE THE QUEEN'S PLATE About 1:30 p.m. What's the best first impression to give you of Todd Kabel? I could tell you how he looks on a galloping horse--his back flat and still enough to play a chess game...

Liquid gold and a foul-weather friend.(Super Shopper)
September 1, 2004... Fresh start Firefly's "morning after" tonic aptly originated in London, where sunless skies seem custom made for the debauched. Meant to suppress the funkiest hangover, the lemon-lime drink is laced with an arsenal of botanical extracts...

Rogue state: they've always done things differently here--like declaring independence from Canada. But with every house sale, change is coming to Rathnelly. Scenes from the last days of the republic.(Neighbourhoods)
September 1, 2004... EARLY IN THE MORNING ON MOVING DAY, I got a phone call from a woman I had never met. She said her name was Marilyn and that she would be my new neighbour on Rathnelly Avenue. She wondered if I wanted her to set out some pylons in front of the...

Square pegged: when Steakfrites faltered, Peter Oliver and Michael Bonacini started over, flying in fresh talent and spending $700,000 on a redesign. Their new chef may be even more ambitious than his employers.(Food)
September 1, 2004... AT DINNER RECENTLY, A FRIEND OF MINE was talking about a game she played as a little girl, a game called What the Heck Kind of Vegetable Is That Anyway? Seated around the table, the blindfolded children were handed various raw vegetables to...

White wine.(Drink)(Peninsula Ridge 2003 Sauvignon Blanc)(Cone Sur 2002 Vision Viognier)(Penfolds 2003 Koonunga Hill Chardonnay)
September 1, 2004... Peninsula Ridge 2003 Sauvignon Blanc **** 1/2 $18.95. Niagara Peninsula French-trained winemaker Jean-Pierre Colas has made Ontario's best sauvignon to date, combining New Zealand brightness with Loire Valley structure. Piquant aromas of...

Red wine.(Drink)(Roehr 2000 GMS Ebenezer Ridge)(Antinori 2001 Peppoli Chianti Classico)(Domaine de l'Oiselet 2000)
September 1, 2004... Roehr 2000 GMS Ebenezer Ridge **** 1/2 $32. Barossa Valley, Australia From a family farm dating back to the 1850s. Grape grower Elmor Roehr makes fewer than 2,000 cases of his own wine. His label debuts in Ontario along with six other...

Herbal tease.(Drink)(La Garrigue)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Can you taste local vegetation in wine? I'm a believer. In the south of France, there is a word used to describe the dried-herb, coniferous-underbrush aroma that perfumes the rugged coasts and rolling hills of Provence, southern Rhone,...

Fortified wine.(Drink)(Chateau de Corneilla 1993 Rubis Vin Doux Naturel)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Chateau de Corneilla 1993 Rubis Vin Doux Naturel *** $23.95. Rivesaltes, France From a tiny southern French appellation comes this perfectly matured, sweet, lightly fortified grenache. Lifted cherry-strawberry jam, pine and mint bouquet...

A la mode.(Restaurants)
September 1, 2004... [NEW] Bloom *** From the team that brought our city Focaccia comes another small, intelligent restaurant, delighting the discerning 30-somethings of Bloor West Village. Behind a narrow glass facade, the room has a cool, modern look, with...

Second Harvest's annual fundraiser, Toronto Taste, headed off the summer with 70 restaurants and caterers, and 32 wineries, wine agencies and breweries strutting their stuff at the National Trade Centre.(Tidbits)
September 1, 2004... Second Harvest's annual fundraiser, Toronto Taste, headed off the summer with 70 restaurants and caterers, and 32 wineries, wine agencies and breweries strutting their stuff at the National Trade Centre. There were jazz and mariachi bands, and...

Two nights after Taste, Stadtlander joined Masayuki Tamaru of Azure at the Intercontinental Toronto Centre for another cause close to his heart: Earth Day.(Tidbits)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... * Two nights after Taste, Stadtlander joined Masayuki Tamaru of Azure at the Intercontinental Toronto Centre for another cause close to his heart: Earth Day. His main course showed the land to best advantage, pairing foraged morels and wild...

In other news, Jason Rosso, chef at Peller Estates Winery, nipped down to the James Beard House.(Tidbits)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... * In other news, Jason Rosso, chef at Puller Estates Winery, nipped down to the James Beard House in New York in June to show the local becs fins how things are cooking in Niagara-on-the-Lake.

Meanwhile, Flow opened quietly, then thought better of silence and threw a big party.(c)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... * Meanwhile, Flow opened quietly, then thought better of silence and threw a big party. Partners Tony Longo and Julian Gova (both of Centro) and chef Richard Andino (ex-North 44 [degrees]) temporarily relocated all the furniture to a trailer on...

American.(Restaurants)
September 1, 2004... Phil's Original BBQ [$25] An overwhelming smell of sweet, fruity smoke sets the olfactory system into overdrive. Signage may have changed at this brightly lit College Street smokehouse, but chef-owner Phil Nyman keeps his badge as the...

Bar and pub.(Restaurants)
September 1, 2004... Bar One ** 1/2 College Street might think it has the market cornered on mod-looking Italian restaurants, but it would be dead wrong. Queen West West's Bar One is doing just fine, thank you very much. Plenty of mirrors and blond wood make...

John Higgins of George Brown College, 300 Adelaide St. E., 416-415-2000.(Shopping With Chefs)
September 1, 2004... "Now, that's what I call rrreal food," says John Higgins in his broad Scottish brogue. We are standing in Nasr (1995 Lawrence Ave. E., 415-757-1111), a Middle Eastern grocery store, looking at 10 varieties of melons-thick and thin skinned,...

Bistro.(Restaurants)
September 1, 2004... Acceso ** 1/2 Curvaceous hanging lamps illuminate the large, high-ceilinged space; a slender double staircase climbs to the mezzanine and divides the room. Ambient world music enhances the aura of sophisticated mystery. The amuse-bouche is...

Steak frites.(Restaurants)
September 1, 2004... Cachet is a strange thing. It can turn expensive cuts of meat into objects of disdain, and cheaper cuts, like the bistro classic bavette, into an object of veneration. But the fact is, melt-in-the-mouth tenderloin just isn't as flavourful as a...

Cafe.(Restaurants)
September 1, 2004... [NEW] Beaver Cafe [$25] "Welcome to the Beaver," greets the young server. "What?" he smirks. "It's Canadian." The sleek one-year-old venue lives up to its moniker, adorning the walls with representations of the beast alongside more serious...

Chinese.(Restaurants)
September 1, 2004... [NEW] Red Chillie Seafood House ** 1/2 For years, the word on the street has suggested that the best Chinese eateries axe found beyond the environs of the big city. But Oakville didn't seem part of that equation. Happy day, then, for...

Italian.(Restaurants)
September 1, 2004... [NEW] Da Gianni E Maria Trattoria ** Exposed brick and a semi-open kitchen lend a casual, rustic air to the space. A lengthy bar separated from the dining area may divert some traffic from College Street, but still one wonders, Is St. Clair...

Japanese.(Restaurants)
September 1, 2004... Hashimoto *** 1/2 A remote strip mall seems an unlikely location for this unique kaiseki experience, but behind the windowless facade lies a serene and fragrant little world. Three tables are set with handsome fabrics, rush mats and...

Mexican.(Restaurants)
September 1, 2004... El Palenque ** 1/2 It's a humble decor, lovingly kept, with sweet mint green wooden chairs intimately compressed to seat 50 on two dining levels. It's also a kind of neighbourhood gathering place, sometimes for a simple Dos Equis or one of...

Middle Eastern.(Restaurants)
September 1, 2004... [NEW] Pomegranate [$25] Once a teeny karaoke bar, this eatery now boasts white walls decorated with red and black tapestries and a calligraphic verse by Rumi (co-owners Danielle Schrage and Alireza Fakhrashrafi will translate it, if...

Other European.(Restaurants)
September 1, 2004... The Musket [$25] Tucked away in a nondescript Etobicoke industrial pocket, this bright and cheerful space is one of the few in town that serve sorely under-represented German fare. The interior feels as plain Jane as its setting: hardwood...

Southeast Asian.(Restaurants)(Directory)
September 1, 2004... Saigon Palace [$25] A facelift several years ago replaced alluringly tacky Formica and chipped linoleum tile with tables of seafoam green and gleaming modern floors. Cheap as air, the traditional Vietnamese menu of 100-plus items offers...

Steak.(Restaurants)
September 1, 2004... Morton's ** 1/2 Opportunity knocks here for those with cravings for a two-fisted steak in a boys' club ambience: windowless rooms (primordial carnivores prefer to yank prized haunch deep into the cave), adjoining bar, white dressed tables...

Out of town.(Restaurants)(Directory)
September 1, 2004... Benmiller Inn ** 1/2 Extensive renovations have made a major difference without sacrificing any of the pioneer-era charm. The dining room is sunnier and more open, and a tableside window affords a city-purging view of carefully maintained...

Calendar.(Events & Opportunities)(Calendar)
September 1, 2004... Get the inside scoop on this month's hottest events and promotions from the following advertisers: ART TORONTO 2004 The Toronto International Art Fair celebrates its 5th anniversary with Art Toronto 2004. Eighty galleries from 13...

Menu Directory.(Special Advertising Section)(Directory)
September 1, 2004... MENU CONTENT Allo Bistro Ristorante Italiano Azure Brasserie Aix Brix Napa Valley Grille Camarra Coco Lezzone Gamelle Mezes Millie's Bistro Monsoon Mt. Everest Noce Pizza Pizza Pony Travda Quigley's Rosewater...

Toronto Youth Assessment Centre: January 12, 1998-June 29, 2004.(The End)
September 1, 2004... The place was so brutal that newcomers and the meek were forced to eat excrement out of toilet trawls and lick semen off the floor. Young and terrified petty vandals awaiting trial were placed next to serious repeat offenders--precisely the...

Banana Republic.(For Men And Women)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Restraint is the motif for this slate and marble flagship, content to let the surrounding designer shops trade in flash. A huge wooden antique clock hangs over the second-floor stairs that lead to menswear, where guys can ponder the Modern...

Body Blue.(For Men And Women)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Count on this 14-year-old Danforth institution for the latest denim styles and washes from of-the-moment status labels like ubiquitous Juicy, Seven, Citizens of Humanity and the perennially popular Parasuco and Diesel. Those who find jean...

Club Monaco.(For Men And Women)(clothing)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... This temple of minimalist style is also, quite literally, a temple of sorts: a Greek Revival pile constructed in 1912, originally a "household science" department for women attending U of T. Club Monaco's flagship manages to preserve many of...

Due West.(For Men And Women)(clothing)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... The barnlike store, with its scuffed wood floor, industrial lamps and exposed piping, is an authorized Diesel dealer and isn't shy about letting you know it. Every kind of Diesel product, from cologne to purses, wallets, watches and beyond, is...

Holt Renfrew.(For Men And Women)(clothing)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Fashionable from its tippy top (where sweet styles from less credit card-maxing brands like Marc by Marc Jacobs, Puma and Barbara Bui jostle far attention) down to its basement (where rainbow-hued Italian glassware mingles with fine British...

I-cii.(For Men And Women)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Steel racks of clothes are scattered parsimoniously around a scratched cement floor like free-standing art sculptures. The place looks so much like the nouveau SoHo gallery in a Woody Allen movie, you almost expect unshaven customers in glasses...

Marc Laurent.(For Men And Women)(clothing)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... A tony stalwart on the Bloor fashion strip, Laurent takes the prize for luxurious business wear. Labels like Etro, Piazza Sempione, Alberta Ferretti, John Varvatos and Santoni are the stock-in-trade, the clothes as refined and elegant as a...

Over the Rainbow.(For Men And Women)(clothing)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... The mood is youthful and rebellious, the older Yorkville crowd not content to mellow into that good night. Joel Carman draws them in with stacks and stacks of treated denim in every variety of cut and flare (including questionably trendy...

Roots.(For Men And Women)(clothing)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Cottage-country chic, tinged by overt patriotism. Ts declare "I (Maple Leaf) T.O.," and poor-boy hats ($30) remain ubiquitous long after their Olympic star turn. Comfy sweatshirts adorned with the iconic beaver rule the roost in this...

The Show Room.(For Men And Women)(clothing )(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... The changing stalls hero feature a shower curtain to protect your modesty and, to ensure your balance, a metal grip bar more commonly seen in public swimming pools. You'll need all the help you can get: the store is small and a pain to navigate...

Sim & Jones.(For Men And Women)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... The small but immaculate boutique features the newest offerings from Pui Sim (the sewing wizard) and Alarice Jones (designer-cum-marketer extraordinaire), who have spent nine years building a local reputation for quality and value. The cleanly...

Sporting Life.(For Men And Women)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... For those who insist on sweating inside the comfort of boutique brands, Sporting Life offers all exhaustive assemblage of high quality clothing: Lacoste (the little alligator), Von Dutch, Adidas, Hugo Boss, Quiksilver; Triple Five Soul and...

Stollerys.(For Men And Women)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Over a century in the rag trade, this is the local reserve of all that's proper and British, and one of the last places in town to carat ascots. A handful of well-seasoned clerks circle the aisles on the ground floor, much like car salesmen,...

Studio Deluxe.(For Men And Women)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... It sits at an important junction in Queen West cool: to the east are Spadina's suburban chain stores; to the west, the flamboyant artists whose ideas are fashion fodder for the less imaginative. Mixed together, the result is this must-stop...

StyleXchanqe.(For Men And Women)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... After five years of successfully outfitting Montreal's most trend-conscious teens, 20-something Mark Batchoun brought his streetwear chain to Toronto this past April. Huge window displays and booming dance beats beckon a label-hungry clientele,...

TNT.(For Men And Women)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Yummy mummies in yoga gear wheel their Bugaboo strollers around the racks, while excitable teens complain about their mothers and lunge at Popsicle-coloured sweatshirts. With the unveiling of TNT Blu last fall, the cross-generational fashion...

United Colors of Benetton.(For Men And Women)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... At the feel-good Euro-chic chain, tailoring is of surprisingly fine quality for both mens- and womenswear. Cheery colours are the trademark, the emphasis on practical and casual separates. A women's linen shirt in white or black ($83),...

Urban Outfitters.(For Men And Women)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Exposed piping, untreated plywood display racks and an of-the-moment soundtrack lend this student mecca the feel of a shared loft in Montreal--or Philly, given the chain's origins. Clothing is retro trendy, these days drawing inspiration from...

Zara.(For Men And Women)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Sensual, curving racks weave through the showroom floor, the austere silver and white environment underscored by dancey muzak. The target demographic is 20-somethings who ride Vespas and crave European flair. In another era, the male customers...

Alexia von Beck.(Work)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Conjure up an early 1980s Vogue magazine shoot on the Serengeti, or the image of a statuesque woman--short silvery hair, woven flats, chunky necklace--shopping an open-air market somewhere on the Tropic of Cancer. The kind of loose and fluid...

Chanel.(Work)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Enter this hushed, plush boutique and it's clear you're in another world, one where scarfs go for a grand and cash transactions are demurely hidden behind closed doors. Classics both old school and coyly updated--are the stock-in-trade. Pastel...