Fashion & Style
Street Style: The Eaton Centre
Names: Dalia and Adrian
Occupation (Dalia): Biomedical science student
Occupation (Adrian): I'm a fashion designer. I make dresses.
My style (Dalia): Bubbly, colourful.
My style (Adrian): I try to be as different as possible. I try to wear things that people don't wear.
Favourite item (Dalia): My jumpsuit. It's a Diane von Furstenberg. I love it. The royal blue is such a beautiful colour.
Favourite item (Adrian): My Burberry Prorsum purple tie that got ruined in the wash - but it's still nice.
Names: Nao and Kris
Occupation (Nao): Language school student
Occupation (Kris): Guest service agent
My style (Nao): Not colourful. I just use basic colours.
My style (Kris): I'm influenced by European and Japanese fashion.
Favourite item (Nao): These boots. I bought them in Japan.
Favourite item (Kris): My boots. Everyone tells me they love them. It makes me appreciate them more.
Occupation (Dalia): Biomedical science student
Occupation (Adrian): I'm a fashion designer. I make dresses.
My style (Dalia): Bubbly, colourful.
My style (Adrian): I try to be as different as possible. I try to wear things that people don't wear.
Favourite item (Dalia): My jumpsuit. It's a Diane von Furstenberg. I love it. The royal blue is such a beautiful colour.
Favourite item (Adrian): My Burberry Prorsum purple tie that got ruined in the wash - but it's still nice.
Names: Nao and Kris
Occupation (Nao): Language school student
Occupation (Kris): Guest service agent
My style (Nao): Not colourful. I just use basic colours.
My style (Kris): I'm influenced by European and Japanese fashion.
Favourite item (Nao): These boots. I bought them in Japan.
Favourite item (Kris): My boots. Everyone tells me they love them. It makes me appreciate them more.
Name: Allison
Occupation: Professional feminist
My style: I just wear whatever is comfortable, and I like leopard print.
Favourite item: My skirt. I made it.
Bag: I got it at Forever 21. I like owls.
Name: Maria
Occupation: Business economics student (master's)
My style: A fusion. I like to mix everything together. Sometimes it looks odd, but I like it.
Favourite item: These gloves. I really love them. They're from Italy.
Headscarf: From Russia.
Occupation: Professional feminist
My style: I just wear whatever is comfortable, and I like leopard print.
Favourite item: My skirt. I made it.
Bag: I got it at Forever 21. I like owls.
Name: Maria
Occupation: Business economics student (master's)
My style: A fusion. I like to mix everything together. Sometimes it looks odd, but I like it.
Favourite item: These gloves. I really love them. They're from Italy.
Headscarf: From Russia.
Name: Unique
Occupation: N/A
My style: I like to be fashionable, and I like to be girly.
Favourite item: My dress, because I like sweater dresses.
Hat: My favourite colour is purple, so that's why I picked it out.
Names: Aprile and Jory
Occupation (Aprile): Graphic design student
Occupation (Jory): Programmer
My style (Aprile): Pretty neutral. My favourite colour is grey.
My style (Jory): I like browns, comfortable clothes, and mishmash.
Favourite item (Aprile): This Preloved sweater.
Favourite item (Jory): This sweater, because it's really comfortable. And these boots. They're vintage, from my dad. They're from the '70s, and they're in better shape than most of the shoes I've bought in the last couple of years.
Occupation: N/A
My style: I like to be fashionable, and I like to be girly.
Favourite item: My dress, because I like sweater dresses.
Hat: My favourite colour is purple, so that's why I picked it out.
Names: Aprile and Jory
Occupation (Aprile): Graphic design student
Occupation (Jory): Programmer
My style (Aprile): Pretty neutral. My favourite colour is grey.
My style (Jory): I like browns, comfortable clothes, and mishmash.
Favourite item (Aprile): This Preloved sweater.
Favourite item (Jory): This sweater, because it's really comfortable. And these boots. They're vintage, from my dad. They're from the '70s, and they're in better shape than most of the shoes I've bought in the last couple of years.
Name: Kristina
Occupation: Accounts payable clerk
My style: Contemporary.
Favourite item: My boots. I like the height they give me. I got them at Browns.
Bag: This is Lacoste. I got it on sale in New York.
Name: Leah
Occupation: Arts and contemporary studies student
My style: A mix and match of everything.
Favourite item: I love this jacket. It's animal friendly - it's pleather - and that's important to me in everything that I wear.
Hair: I did it myself. It's a white blonde with pink and purple in the front. I get a lot of people stopping me and asking me about it.
Occupation: Accounts payable clerk
My style: Contemporary.
Favourite item: My boots. I like the height they give me. I got them at Browns.
Bag: This is Lacoste. I got it on sale in New York.
Name: Leah
Occupation: Arts and contemporary studies student
My style: A mix and match of everything.
Favourite item: I love this jacket. It's animal friendly - it's pleather - and that's important to me in everything that I wear.
Hair: I did it myself. It's a white blonde with pink and purple in the front. I get a lot of people stopping me and asking me about it.
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Ahhh! No more mall fashion.
Allison is a "Professional feminist".
Thats rich! Unshaven isnt hot.
And poor little Adrian. Wasnt he last seen following around Gwen Stefani about 5 years ago? Or some anime cartoon??
Maria - that scarf is from Russia without love.
You look like an Eastern European gypsy.
Hide your wallet everyone.
ummm...Allison, you're a "professional feminists"? LOL. Yeah, and I'm a "professional" BlogTO commentator.
Please, Allison, for your sake, get yourself a real job so you're not having to make your own clothes.
Adrian is my favourite. I really like his outfit. It shows creativity and style. It's very difficult to find street style especially during a Canadian winter and I think Theo did a good job.
Maybe I'm too rigid and this "rule" doesn't apply anymore, but almost everyone here seems to be mixing brown and black...or colours that would work better with either but not both. For me, when putting together an outfit, this is the primary decision. Now, I don't mean just brown and black, but for example...
Adrian: outfit would be SO much nicer if those boots were brown
Allison: no comment. I've seen hobos with more style. Kurt called; he wants his one-stars back
Maria: just all over the place. Jacket does not work. Scarf does not work.
Unique: hat purple and jacket pink? really?
In any case...I have to question the fashion sense of the writer himself who is so easily fooled by seemingly fashion-forward people who really just throw any old shit together
Allison, I love you.
Fun fact: you can be an asshole without being a racist asshole.
Sorry to all the gypsys that are reading this blog.
Her scarf isnt that bad.
Aghhhh… Eaton Centre… I used to work there through college and then university… BTW, my TEC style icons-Club Monaco employees, You just can’t be dressed badly working there… But back to the post.
I like Dalia-so much color, beautiful hair, great smile. I though Adrian was a girl.
Nao and Kris-or so average
Allison-don’t get me started. You know, the main reason there are so many unhappy single women in Canada is feminism. Men are scared of women, they don’t want to be gentleman anymore. They don’t open doors, offer to carry bags, or vacate sits on the subway. And women-well, let’s just say they are dedicating too much time to “equality”, and not enough time to personal grooming. Get a manicure, waxing and get laid!!!
Maria-made me smile. I have a whole bunch of scarves like that from my babushka. They are really warm and beautiful, but not for outside. I just wear them at home as a shawl when I am cold.
Aprile looks good. Preloved makes great things!
Unique-will not comment
Kristina-very nice, but the outfit is asking for a different bag.
Leah-thumbs up for creativity, smile, and a skirt in winter. Just one thing-go for real leather. “Pleather” is for couches in doctor’s offices.
Sorry, I was a bit bitter today.
I'm not saying the scarf is bad
But a scarf which is black, blue, red, and purple with a tad of green has no business on a brown jacket (which has no business being worn with a black and white outfit).
Such a mess!
You want style, see where Lady Gaga shops in the big smoke.
http://wp.me/pIDFN-3Z
Id rahter someone hit you with their car.
Michael Bryant style.
I agree they are dressed well (the Club Monaco employees), but at the same time, it's not very hard to assemble an outfit when you can only use black, white and gray.
Hey TOGirl,
This man right here is not afraid of women and will open doors, offer seats and so on.
http://www.facebook.com/metabaron
Allison is a professional feminist? she likes owls? lol - flush please
lol this ain't craigslist personals
Allison - For your sake, I really hope a leopard can change its spots.
Oh and I hear Jodie Foster is single, if you're interested.
@TOGirl: I used to religiously open doors etc. for women until I got told one too many times it was a sexist thing to do.
I still do it (old habits die hard) but not as regularly.
I think the Banana republic womens store are better dressed than Club Monaco. I do like both stores though.
Please please please keep doing this! A real women will appreciate the gesture! And thanks for being a Man with a capital M!
Most doors are automatic and/or revolving these days.
How can expect a man to open those for you??
This was to David and Metabaron
"Allison-don’t get me started. You know, the main reason there are so many unhappy single women in Canada is feminism. Men are scared of women, they don’t want to be gentleman anymore. They don’t open doors, offer to carry bags, or vacate sits on the subway. And women-well, let’s just say they are dedicating too much time to “equality”, and not enough time to personal grooming. Get a manicure, waxing and get laid!!!"
ummmm what? Maybe you just pick the bad ones, because my close guy friends, my friends' boyfriends, and my boyfriend all do those things. And, while I'm sure they appreciate a girl who takes time to pamper herself a little, it's certainly not the dealbreaker you make it out to be. I feel bad for you, I can't imagine what kinds of scumbag guys you're picking up with your ideas of men and women!
Isn't is just common courtesy to hold the door open for the person behind you, regardless of their gender? - From a feminist, who appreciates people being nice to people (but who wouldn't let a stranger carry my bags)
Professioanl feminist eh allison?
Figure it out
Women should always keep up their appearances.
Again-Theo-thanks for being indoors- but in front of Sears???
I liked this crop- good mixture of this and that.
yes, and men should always keep up their bank account ;)
Typical woman.
Wow...way too far.
Have some respect.
Hee, how cute that TOGirl would prefer to have men open doors for her than to have social, economic, and political equality. What happens when one inches over age 30 or 100 pounds (whichever comes first) and finds her elaborate beauty rituals no longer matter in a culture that considers women useless if they are not young eye-candy? Enjoy that. I'll gladly take the equality that she doesn't want over shallow objectification.
And yay to Leah for refusing to wear leather! Nothing's more beautiful than compassion, and nothing's more ugly than supporting others' deaths for one's own vanity.
These folks certainly look better than the Yorkdalians of the previous Street Style, and better epitomize Toronto fashion, I think.
Adrian - Trying too hard.
Unique - ....why is this even here?
Allison - Not 14, needs to not dress like she's 15.
"Unique"?!?!?? If that's her real name, her mother must have had some serious brain damage. Hey, maybe her brother is "Episode". Social engineering at its finest.
Good shoot, Theo.
if i wanted to see mall style i'd move back to oakville
Zzzzzzzz snore zzzzzzzzzzz snore!!
less mall douches, please.
Animals are delicious!
This isnt a PETA form, scram.
I hear the OSPCA is hiring some goons.
You have that mistaken with WASP style out there.
you and allison would make a noisy twosome. do men run screaming from you?
Ew. Professional Feminist?
Aprile, Jory and Kristina look well put together though.
Wow, good to know that women MUST spend time on "keeping up appearances" rather than fighting for equality..for ALL. And btw, that's what feminism has evolved into..not just fighting for women's equality but for all minority groups as well. And dispelling gender myths on BOTH sides.
The amount of stereotypes on this board about feminists is astounding. Feminism is complex; there are conservative feminists and socialist feminists. I hope everyone will at least read the wiki on feminism and feminist theory and realize that it's not some simple concept.
And that cute little tirade just proves their point even more.
Dalia is beautiful. Legitmately the most beautiful girl ever posted, seems real
YES.
And..
leasttheycando: if women were encouraged to be anything but idiots, and if men were encouraged to like women who weren't idiots, then that would matter less.
Notcool: I think haha was being arch, in response to leasttheycando's comment.
TOGirl: Umm.. I've never been rejected because my nails aren't manicured. I'm with grittle, where ideally people are just nice to other people who look like they could use a seat on the subway, or a door held open, etc. Women don't scare men as such, and 'feminism' doesn't mean what you're using it to mean. C'mon.
Excellent reading skills.
hot.catfight
woman are funny
Thank you, my gawd, finally someone mentions this.
Adrian looks like a fun person!
Love Unique's jacket, just not with that outfit.
Winter is tough for fashion but some people are at least trying to have some fun with it :)
this is probably the best batch out of all the street style posts so far, they are def improving (less tights as pants and un inspiring styles). Toronto has a hard time having style. People seem lost between consumerism and budget store "trends" and picking up other peoples trash and calling it vintage. Layers or simplicity, textures, details, etc there is a method to the madness, and Toronto seems to be trying and failing. There's a reason we're not a fashion city(even if we try to wing it and fake it). A beautiful picture, the art of dressing up, it's a well thought out process for most people in Europe. A great sense of style should be inspiring and curious.
Yeah! Our culture hates women over 30 and considers them useless - like Hilary Clinton, Susan Sarandon, Madonna, Oprah, Annie Leibowitz, The Queen, Angelina Jolie just to name a few of the more notably disregarded females in our society you might know.
Take your femi-nazi rage and channel it into making an informed opinion.
Both sides? Really? Then why not call it humanism? I'll tell you why, because it's concerned with female rights and female legal protection.
And since you admonished us to read the wiki on feminism I will quote it to show you haven't - "The term feminism can be used to describe a political, cultural or economic movement aimed at establishing equal rights and legal protection for women. Feminism involves political, cultural and sociological theories, as well as philosophies concerned with issues of gender difference. It is also a movement that advocates gender equality for women and campaigns for women's rights and interests."
Madonna and Angelina Jolie?
They simply do what they do (whatever that is) because they are media who*es, who need the spotlight shining on them.
Not because they have any moral conscience.
The Queen??? What significance does the Monarchy have anymore?
lol. wow thats me....
P.s I tottaly agree with ROB, i think i should have gotten my boots in brown lol
agreed with Keven, I wanna have a cool gaysian friend too :)
Thats a shame.
No, it's because humanism is already something else. Also, your quote indicates feminism CAN be used to describe blah blah blah, but the article goes on to explain that lens is extremely useful for studying power relations and the politics of identity, etc. Essentially, at this point -- despite what the internet may or may not say in one article -- it is more of an outdated term for something that deals with enfranchisement and who is excluded from what, etc.
I just mentioned commonly known people to counter the accusation that society considers women over 30 useless.
Madonna is a powerful woman as is Jolie. Jolie does a lot of humanitarian work, no? Who are you to say she has no moral conscience? Do you know her? What exactly are you doing that compares?
The Queen is also a powerful woman.
The point is, society doesn't consider them useless because they are over 30.
Geez, reading comprehension isn't your bag, huh?
Whatever happend to the gender hierarchy?
Safe to say its messed up a lot of everything.
Enough of this feminism shit! Women are for our pleasure, and their fashions make us crazy for their passions. Long live glorious free women who choose to wear intriguing fashion, and who can love a man as he deserves!
Maybe you should read the entire piece instead of just the first line? You'll see that there are feminists who argue for a wider definition and that the movement's also concerned with classism, racism, heterosexism, and so on. Feminists are concerned with gender equality, which includes fighting gender stereotypes. For example, about gay men because it involves assumptions about how women should act AND how men should act.
Not to argue but I know what humanism is, the term was just to illustrate a point.
I just quoted the wiki because the other poster pointed us to it to dispel our "stereotypes".
My point is, why call it by a name that makes it seem more narrow than it, supposedly, is? The term may be outdated but, from what I have seen in all areas, feminism seems to be concerned with female enfranchisement and equality. Just because some women are from another ethnicity doesn't mean that feminism's scope extends beyond women to consider questions of so-called "racial" prejudice.
Maybe I am just uninformed about this "new" feminism, maybe if you had an example I could see.
As long as women wearing burqa's doesnt become fashionable, then women will always have a spot in our society!
I should say: gender equality can't happen without other forms of equality happening too. That's the point...that they're all connected. That's why it's important to fight for other rights too.
...like the right to party???
yawwwwwnnnnnnnnnnnn............such a bunch of empty bullshit in these latest comments. Including this one.
"Just because some women are from another ethnicity doesn't mean that feminism's scope extends beyond women to consider questions of so-called "racial" prejudice."
That's actually one of the main criticisms about western feminism that started in the 80s. That's why there's now "Black feminism" and "Third World feminism." Many Black feminists separated from the mainstream fem movement because of issues like rape for eg. When Anita Hill accused Clarence Thompson of raping her, western fems automatically assumed that all women should support Anita. But many Black fems were wary about doing so, because of the history of demonizing Black men as rapists.
Exactly..it's often overlooked. =p
Dalia, Adrian, Kris - Burberry billboard anyone? Replace those with something else and your outfits will look 100x better
Allison - please email me for a free makeover.
Maria - lose the scarf. If only the jacket was long enough to cover the sweater dress...
Unique - Throw on a long gray coat and you'll actually look stylish.
Aprile and Jory - Brad and Gwyneth :) The best of the bunch. A nice scarf would complete Jory's outfit.
Kristina - clean and simple. Not bad.
Leah - well, at least she's really pretty.
Dear God, Allison is a train wreck wrapped in a disaster.
Poor thing fell hard out of the ugly tree.
people wash ties?
Sorry about being a bit snippy myself!
I think the reason it's still called 'feminism' is because people like to have an easy target (and hate to change their habits); if it were called something that encompassed equality for all, it would be much harder to deride publically like people have started to do here. It is also lazy to trot out these tropes about feminists, even if they're only concerned with women's equality -- such as the ones TOGirl mentions in her first post, about being man-frightening bitches whose not being waxed tip to toes means they are ungrateful and undesired.
I think the best example of a broader scope might come from the so-called Marxist feminists, who regard gender -- among most other things like race, socioeconomic status, etc. -- as a class like any other, thus a determining feature in the power and social relations into which someone can successfully enter. Of course, most argue from the point of view of women's oppression, being what is most local (ie., relevant) to them, but I always got hints of these overarching themes when studying them in school. There are others like Judith Butler or Monique Wittig who focus on issues of how we navigate our bodies and our roles, while having to use loaded and oppositional tools (like language) to help us. I'm at work and my old books and readings are at home, but if you actually want other names then I can forward them at a later time.
Failing that, suffice it to say they are out there and wish along with yourself, or myself, that we could stop using such a terrible term as 'feminism' for something that can be so inclusive. 'Identity politics' might be useful and is used occasionally, but I think mostly in formal academia.
You're my hero..and FAR more eloquent than I lol. I was going to bring up Butler and postmodern fem!
oh god... A & F is still on sale.. could they not just pick up a few things there... not that hard to dress well...
"My style (Kris): I'm influenced by European and Japanese fashion."
no, you are not.. you are influenced by your grandma
.. and adrian, you look like Arare chan from the japanese tv anime, called Dr slump..
here is a pic or google arare dr slump:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YPFDDjQ_y_Y/SMa1ryJS83I/AAAAAAAACMw/0f5UUkJAjno/s400/arare.jpg
Adrian: He likes to dress originally? Burberry boots? Original? Please....
Eek: That is harsh. Isn't this supposed to be about style?
I was at The Eaton Centre that day and saw Theo taking Allison's photo. Let me just say... THERE WERE 1000000x more fashionanable people at the mall on that day. This is a discrace. Move on to other endevours in life. This definitely isnt your area of expertise.
Sometimes I think the BlogTO team calls up their cronies to be featured in these sets.
I wonder how many of those featured in this set actually work in the mall?
please keep this coming, i need this for my facebook content update..i am so popular now since i started posting this on my fb
bitches that are against burberry---ok people, i know what you mean, yada yada yada, asian people burberry eww, disgusting plaid and stuff, did you guys know that the founder thomas burberry invented water proof fabric? no u didn't, and he invented the water proof jacket aka the famous burberry trench coat? no u didn't---, and trademarked the burberry plaid with it, so shut up you downers, yes regardless of it looks good or not, think about the meaning behind the designer before you yell to the hills....oh hi!!! btw, im adrian, that asian boy you see there lol
I want to slap that arrogant look off Adrians face. What a twat.
Adrian, i don't think people even notice your boots, i was just mersmerized by your resemblance to Arare..I thought you copied her outfit from the anime series... as for the plaid boots, they will be covered by snow and sludge eventually..nobdoy can tell it's a designer item...
Well sorry buddy but the guy asked to take my photo for a reason. Your opinion doesn't matter at all. I have people from Tokyo and Milan showing me love. End of story.
Great shots! I love the variety - Yonge St, Queen West, Ossington, Yorkdale, Yorkville, Eaton Centre = GREAT JOB! This series is fun times...
unbelievable that this is what T.O blogs are all about. this thing is about 'street style' and it's 90 plus comments of just pure hate. ridiculous if it wasn't sad.
if you think you're such hot shit, then please (and I do mean please with shoogs on top) please beg a blogto photog to take your pic so we can cause a ruckus round here. (with your comments attached)
I just really hope that some massive investor planning to open a series of really successful businesses in Toronto doesn't change his mind after seeing our beautiful people.
Mr. Rich Man, this post isn't indicative of all Torontonians. We're not all douchebags.
haha "european fashion" and "i like owls"(whoaaa.. weird!!!!!).
Haha, these are the kinds of little comments I love :)
You're right, people probably shouldn't be so mean, but to be fair the majority of these people really do look terrible. I'm honestly not saying that to be rude I'm just being, well, honest.
Okay maybe 'terrible' is a bit harsh, but it's because I also have the Sartorialist bookmarked along with BlogTO and the contrast is huge, obviously.
Hey, shopsterium. Always nice to see a fellow style blogger contributing to the discussion. Your comments have always been of value. What happened? Much of what you've written here wasn't put very tactfully.
I'm glad I'm a grown up.
PLEASE STOP POSTING THIS CRAP PIECE! It has no value and I do not care what 14 year olds think is fashion!
OMFG!!!! It's Dmitri the Lover! Ha ha ha ha ha.
Hi Alison!!
These street style profiles get REALLY good when those who get photographed and criticized reply to the blog. IE: Adrian "gaysian" "bitches" "Burberry" Wu, loved it! lol
It's sort of entertaining watching people try to defend crimes that they're clearly guilty of, like OJ.
Its not a crime to be black.
WOW!! I didn't realize that "RANTS and RAVES" had moved from Craigslist.
Get a grip people, it's only fashion.
Wow...I thought I was negative but you sure take the cake Rob.
I'd love to see your blog or some sort of creative output so I can rip it a new one too.
Fashion is subjective, that's why everyone's is different. Get a clue.
Sorry AVR, but when you publish something creative you open yourself up for public judgment. That's the way it works.
Saying fashion is subjective is a lowest-common-denominator pseudo-intellectual statement. I suppose you also consider Beethoven and Lil Wayne to be musical equals since like fashion or art, music is subjective? There is a reason why certain tried and true rules exist, even in fashion, but then again, you don't exactly need to be a subject matter expert to publish articles on BlogTo, do you? If Theo R attempted to publish this as a piece on fashion forward people in, say, GQ, he would get laughed out of the building.
You tit.