How refreshing--as I plucked out the labels from the beautiful clothes hung in the new uptown boutique Magnolia, a flush of pride spread over me at all that Canadian talent. Arthur Mendonca. Izzy Camilleri. Lucian Matis. I've gotten so used to writing about American and European lines that it's a treat to see a new store betting on homegrown labels.

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