Fashion & Style
Street Style: Yonge and Bloor
Name: Kylah
Occupation: Actress
My style: Comfortable, and thrown together.
Favourite item: My Olympic mitts. Go Olympics!
Hat: I got this hat from my sister as a gift. It's a monkey. I really like it.
Name: Yasmin
Occupation: Industrial engineering student
My style: A mix of contemporary and classic. This season, I like wearing Oxford shoes; I like big bags, and dark lipsticks.
Favourite item: My shoes. I wear them a lot. They just go with everything - dresses, pants, shorts...
Name: Mariola
Occupation: Cosmetics manager
My style: Classy.
Favourite item: I like my white coat, because it kind of stands out. I added the fur collar.
Name: Jaime
Occupation: Marketer
My style: A little bit of an edge.
Favourite item: My bag. It was one of those good finds that I got at a vintage shop.
Name: Eugene
Occupation: Musician (violinist)
My style: A mishmash of things that I randomly find in stores. Half of this outfit is Montreal-based. I lived there for six years.
Favourite item: My scarf. I've had it for five years. It was a Christmas present from one of my ex-girlfriends. I've had it stolen twice. Everyone wants this scarf, but I always get it back.
Shoes: They're my favourite shoes, because they've got shitloads of paint on them.
Name: Marina
Occupation: Poet/teacher
My style: I robbed my mom's closet (laughs). I don't know, I guess this is sort of '70s. My general style leans towards androgyny - lots of suspenders and bow ties.
Favourite item: These pants. I got them from my mother. They're just unusual, and they're really wide, and they fit me well.
Name: Shane
Occupation: Makeup artist
My style: Comfortable. Funky.
Favourite item: This jacket. It's from my best friend in Melbourne. He gave it to me as a present, and I love it. It's just warm and cozy.
Name: Eugene
Occupation: Musician
My style: I'm inspired by book characters that I liked when I was a little kid - like Dr. Watson.
Favourite item: It's gotta be the gloves, man (laughs). You don't see a lot of colour on Toronto streets. We're stuck in this cold, so we might as well wear some colour.
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In my opinion, street style is not about what is seen in the pages of GQ, or any other fashion magazine. Street style is not about high fashion, or runways, or brand names. It’s about people. It’s about the little stories behind the clothes. It’s about inspiration. It’s about expression. It’s about individuality. Street style is randomness. Street style is raw. Street style is real. Street style is about respecting a person’s choices, even if they do not mirror your own.
So, to everyone reading this, bring the fair criticism, bring the kudos, and bring the “bleh.” Bring the humour, bring the insight, and bring the discussion. Most importantly, please bring the respect.
A couple of the people look well put-together if bland but as many have noted, whatcha gonna do? It's winter! Coats are expensive! Warmth and practicality often trump style.
Eugene: Red gloves good. We need colour in the winter.
Most of the rest of these people are wearing interesting bits that don't always go together well but give them all credit for being strong enough to brave online commenters!
I'm not feeling the monkey hat at all, love the scarf and gloves but they sure don't tie the room together, gnomeimean?
Mariola, yes, cosmetics, indeed. Great coat.
Jaime, a bit of an edge? Rather hard looking - And having a smoke.
Eugene, folks stealing a black scarf? Twice? I don't think so...
Marina's pants suit her well. Bells. Gloves and rolled up sleeves. Smokes!
Shane, funky? Billy Idol wants his boots back! lol. Nice coat, k.
Red gloves, damn. Another Eugene? Holy. Get a hair cut, yo. Shine those shoes too, eh! Shorten the pant length...jeebus.
She looks like a bag of smashed a-holes.
Street style got the most positive comments when it was at yonge/bloor during TIFF. And during Fashion week I believe (where it was mostly models being showcased). Soooo I guess people only consider high fashion worn by models to be "fashion."
But I agree w/ Theo. Street style is about diversity. I love that more men were shown and Yasmin looks adorable!
This has been one of my favourite Street Styles in the last little while. Great job Theo! I am really liking the mixture of ages and occupations and styles.
The guys look great this week. Eugene is prob my favourite. Yasmin and Mariola are also looking quite stylish.
I like the higher proportion of men in this one, but I think Marina wins. Her outfit is unique without falling into caricature territory.
PLEASE KEEP RUNNING THIS INANE TWADDLE, IT FILLS MY MORNINGS WITH GLEE
jack, what's keeping you in toronto? your love for the far east finds its way into most of your posts here (as a counterpoint to your apparently permanent disgust for toronto)...why not get going?
I could care less what anyone is wearing.
Oh sorry, forgot, I hated coverage of the No Pants Subway ride more.
I'm like, hip, and, like cool and want, like everyone, to, like, pay attention to me, and I want to, like, be on BlogTO so I can, like, tell you, like, how "renaissance" I dress!
I, like, got my Scarf at Goodwill! My boots cost me, like $500, and I, like, love them to, like, death!
1. As soon as you call your style "classy", it stops being classy.
2. When you say that over half your clothing comes from Montreal, you really mean Asia.
3. Occupation is supposed to be what you are doing right now, ie. just because you'd like to be an actress doesn't mean that is your occupation.
4. Poet/Teacher = Teacher+Someone who wants to publish a book of poetry.
5. The word "Vintage" apparently doesn't mean much anmore.
6.If you describe your look as being "edgy", it means that you want to look cool.
7. If you're scarf has been stolen twice, but you keep getting it back, maybe everyone doesn't want it.
8. "Funky" is the word to use when you are asked you're style, but don't want to admit that it doesn't really have a name, so you say "funky". It sort of like saying "not boring".
9. I don't want to even think about the names that Mariola was called growing up. But I can guess.
That is enough.
They do now! Go, buy your plane ticket (one way) please!
I want my two Tribbles, "Blonde" and "Stupid", back... didn't say you could stick them on your jacket!
n/m
Well, I guess I'm uneducated in New Jersey style. Sorry to offend you, God of douche style.
Theo: Being stylish does not at all mean high fashion. At all. Style simply isn't fashion, high end or not. Having good style is taking care in how you present yourself to the world, that there is a strong sense of self, confidence and awareness.
What is raw, or real, or representative of the masses on these streets I think would be more appropriately called street wear toronto.
This is the best column ever. Don't stop. More more more.
Chinese food makes me sick.
And I think it's fly when girls stop by for the summer,for the summer
I like girls that wear Abercrombie and Fitch,
I'd take her if I had one wish,
But she's been gone since that summer..
Since that summer
Oh and I don't like the fact that the word vintage is thrown around so much. Vintage these days = Value Village & Goodwill.
When someone asks my sister what she does for a living she doesn't say "Cellist", she says "receptionist". and so on.
I believe the problem lies in the definition of "make a living". I'm going to need at least 50% of all incoming revenues to have come from acting tot define someone as an "actor", otherwise where does the line from barista end and actor begin?
Regards,
Robert.
I hope this isn't just some personal defensiveness James.