Fashion & Style
Street Style: Yorkdale Mall
Names: Mark and Marilyn
Occupation: Students
Favourite item (Mark): My jacket. I just bought it.
Favourite item (Marilyn): My shoes, because they describe me - colourful and bright.
Name: Episode
Occupation: I'm an artist in the city.
My style: I just do me. The skinny jeans thing that's going on right now - I'm not really feeling it.
Favourite item: My kicks, because nobody's got 'em yet.
Name: Diana
Occupation: Self-employed
My style: Casual, relaxed.
Favourite item: My boots. They're very comfortable and they're warm.
Name: Katherine
Occupation: Psychology student/yoga teacher
My style: Vintage boho chic. I sort of throw things together. I mix and match.
Favourite item: This jacket. It's super warm, and it reminds me of Kate Hudson in Almost Famous.
Name: Sarah
Occupation: Office personal assistant
My style: I like mixing something wooly with something studded - two clashing things.
Favourite item: My cardigan. It just goes with everything. It's comfy, it's cozy, and I like it because it's long and thick.
Names: Ruben and Ruby
Occupation (Ruben): Business management student
Occupation (Ruby): Police foundations student
My style (Ruben): Urban, hip-hop.
My style (Ruby): Urban.
Favourite item (Ruben): My kicks. Four buckles. Undone. Adds a little flavour to them. I got them at Aldo.
Favourite item (Ruby): My leather jacket. I like the fit.
Name: Selly
Occupation: Journalism student
My style: Fun, funky and relaxed. I like having unpredictable stuff that no one else would dare to wear.
Favourite item: My legwarmers. They're different and they stand out.
Name: Maghan
Occupation: Science student
My style: I like a lot of vintage stuff, and I like mixing patterns. I wear tights a lot - and layers.
Favourite item: This skirt, which is my friend's. She picked it up in New York. She lent it to me for a while, because I wear it way more than she does.
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Most decent crop to date!
Katherine deserves to be in this post.
Others, need a little adjustments here-and-there. Selly would look great with a longer shirt/jacket. Ruben is asking us a question? Diana just looks comfortable, tshirt and track pants. Mark would look 100x better with a more sophisticated coat. Overall, I didn't get many style ideas from this post... Maybe going indoors was not such a good idea? I managed to find great outfits at Queen and Peter, just posted them.
lol these ones are hilarious
hahaha oh Yorkdale; Goof central. Looks from the mall @ the mall
Sarah has more than fashion on her mind.
"What is fashion?"
Hilarity.
i liked this one! the more absurd, the better.
I see you tried to find somewhere where everybody's "fashion" wouldn't be a giant parka in the middle of winter.
Ahem, Ms. Selly, your legwarmers might stand out if not for the fact that you were wearing vivid blue tights and NO FRIGGING PANTS! Between your Puffy coat & hat, puffy legwarmers, and tight tights, you look like a Q-Tip. Look at Maghan, she knows how to wear tights: under a goddamn skirt!
Kids these days, I swear to Christ.
Dear Blog TO, I always thought that better of you… Who are these people? Mark and Marylin, and “Episode”-WTF???? Are you sure this is Yorkdale, not Regent park? Is Episode holding his pants so they won’t fall off? And Ruben, “undone” means “messy” and “untidy”.
Good job Katherine and Sarah. Casual and smart, some color…
Oh, and is the work “shoes” obsolete in English?
Episode is hilarious
ya right - Maghan is ADORABLE and definitely the least douchey of them all.
Selly looks a bit like one of those toys where the character has three slots, top middle and bottom and you can slide out any of them to mix the look around. Head of an ape, body of a gazelle, feet of an elephant, etc.
'Episode' - TRYING. TOO. HARD. Also, 'Drake' already beat you to the 'poser hip hop artist' look. Fail.
Katherine - Cute! Love her outfit; its appropriate for the weather and stylish.
Selly - You must've missed the memo...tights are NOT pants. Put a skirt on, for crying out loud.
Your comment made me smile.
Also, Katherine and Maghan are cute as buttons.
Where's the beef?
mark/marilyn: "that's a lotta look!" her more than him, it's seizure inducing!
episode: trying too hard, but I'm sure he thinks he's too sexy for his shirt.
diana: not sure how she made the list. she looks like she spotted the photographer and begged to be included a la lil mama. which is ironic bc she kinda looks like her.
katharine: girlfriend looks homely.
sarah: meh, not bad
reuben/ruby: scarborough chic (cheap and tacky). I'm thinking half of her outfit is from urban planet and the other half is from sirens.
selly: I don't like tights/leggings as pants. No one wants to see your camel toe!
maghan: haphazard, print mixing, boho hippie. I'm over this look. The pieces would not be bad separately.
I wish you'd include some professions instead of high school/university kids in your Street Style articles. I don't think it's very representative of the average "street style".
loving sarah and maghan in this post. maghan's style sense comes off very naturally it seems.
definitely not a fan of selly and the tights/leggings only look. honestly at least wear a skirt over it or a long cardigan. i'm tired of walking around in malls and having to see extreme outlines of peoples asses. it looks skanky and never fails to make me wince.
ruben and ruby = no. tacky shirt and rubys shirt and jeans colour combo looks terrible.
Selly is brilliant. She's doing irony without even thinking about it (or is she??).
Sarah likes her cardigan because it's long and thick. Lol. This is a great set.
Why don't you go and try and take a better pic? Have you looked at your site lately. Look like designed it in windows 3.1 and hasn't been updated since 1998.
I like these, alot of variety.
you obvious have no style. back to your boring life. i think charcoal should be a suitable colour for you.
this is extremely extremely awful
I agree with Amanda. Perhaps including some older people in this would mix things up. Yes, a lot of these kids look funky and colourful and trendy, but there is something to be said for restraint and elegance. This was a fun entry though. It was highly entertaining and going to a mall was a great idea to capture some coats-off action.
Ps. The comments today are very, very entertaining and funny. That's half the reason I read this each week. Keep it up guys!
The paradox that is Yorkdale - the mall that's trying to be ultra high-end, but is filled with hip-hop kids from the subway, and Jersey Shore wannabees from Woodbridge. Nowhere else will you find a Burberry store adjacent to a Stitches.
totally agree! the 'jersey shore' crowd at yorkdale is completely laughable.
tights-only looks terrible no matter what body you have. but yes i do realize some creepo dudes get off looking at that crap.
To Mary & Amanda - they already did a 'older, professional' piece and people still had negative things to say.
As for Selly's look - I do agree, the whole tights/boots thing is overdone, they are not pants! But I can however also agree that 'some' girls can pull it off. imo, not Selly... or maybe it's the colour tights or the fluffy boots, something just isn't right.
Andrew, I had something of the same thought re: Sarah's comment -- like, that's what SHE said!
A+ on moving indoors and trying something new!!!!
I like this one more than the last couple- something different and new. Im sure its hard getting people to agree to be photographed, placed on the web, and then judged.
I'm an artist in the city.
Take it easy there buddy. I guess you might come to that conclusion if you're insecure about the human body.
Point is, fat people don't look good in skinny jeans. But guys/gals with a nice body can easily pull it off. If you conclude that only creepy people can appreciate that, well I guess projection is a bitch pal.
Eeeeewwwww!!
Count me in the "tights-only" hater camp. It's not a body issue. It just looks terrible.
You thiNk?how about u get some facts and come back?! You think her outfit is for x and y yet u never meet her? Spoken words of a tru hater\tool.
strangely, Episode's outfit would look much better if he swapped in baggy for skinny jeans.
keven, there are skinny jeans and then there are tights. Marilyn and Ruby are wearing skinny jeans; Selly is wearing tights.
Tights like I'm wearing to keep my legs warm under my skirt, which was before the past (too) many months their normal role. This makes me a prude? I don't think Steve is ashamed of the human body because he doesn't want to see every single nuance of every single human's body.
...the baggy pants...how can any self-respecting young punk wear these things and expect to be able to out-run the cops?
I wish there was a way to reply to more than one comment.
People commenting here need to ease off and have a little more fun with these posts. Thumbs up blogTO for venturing to a place outside of the downtown core which its been getting alot of heat for by readers/haters.
its refreshing to see people and their take on style and fashion outside the typical downtown trend. Stop taking yourselves so damn seriously.
Great post!
Meghan is the only one with better than average style ... odd choice to photograph ... BLOG TO can't take the streets in the winter? :)
You're obviously not from the Tdot. You should try and get outside the 'core' once in a while, you know...north of Bloor, but then that would mean leaving your safety zone and comfort area. I bet that's the only Toronto you probably know. Just like the most of these self proclaimed fashionistas who only know 'Queen West' style and comment on every persons outfit eg. TOGirl, who is probably from Chatham.
Be happy she's not wearing Spanx to be "ironic."
Irony is played out people. New decade (in a way) means time for new awful trends that we will hate even more as we continue to get older.
Love the Jersey Shore comments though. I honestly thought "wow, Diana, your'e all boob like the fat one on the Shore." Ha!
@Nottheone: i have no idea what the hell you're even talking about. why would i have to "meet" these people to judge their pictorial outfits? that makes no sense whatsoever.
1. Hi, it's a comparison. You know, when you compare two things? I don't think that the two are the same.
2. When did I call you a prude?
3. Panty hose are not tights and vice-versa.
4. I enjoy every single nuance of the human body in all forms. Not sure what's wrong with that. When Steve implied that only creepy people enjoy every single nuance of the human body he lost his point to me and it was easy to conclude (assume?) that there is some underlying issues there on his/her part.
look, the tights-only look is terrible. an opinion that is apparently shared immensely judging by the rest of the comments on here. but hey if you like shitty fashion trends, then all the power to you. i don't see what this has anything to do with my own body. perhaps you should probably look to your own issues because you're clearly taking it waaaaay too personally buddy.
1. Thanks, Tips.
2. You didn't call me a prude, but I share Steve's point of view on this viz. creepos, and you more or less called him a prude, so I made the inference.
3. Tights are thicker hosiery for wear under other garments. They are seasonal analogues to pantyhose. Leggings are more like tights, except still camel-toe-tight enough to wear under a long sweater at very least.
4. How enlightened of you! They should still keep their vag silhouettes and ass cracks to themselves, and let others like yourself enjoy them out of sight of those who don't wanna.
yes 8/48 is an overwhelming majority :P
MJP: The lady doth protest too much
So hilarious! Total fashion overload!
But seriously, Katherine is definitely smokin'.
actually that is the majority. for every person who actually commented on sellys outfit, every single one of them didn't like it (well except you, but its pretty apparent you're more interested in seeing whats underneath)
OMG THIS ISN'T QUEEN WEST!!!?!?!?!
OMG NO ONE LIVES ABOVE BLOOR!!!!
ew, selly's tights: waaaaay too much information. i hope that girl was skirt/pants shopping! honestly, who wears that out and thinks it's ok?!
From what show is this "Episode" from?
And how can it be so sure that no one has his so called "kicks"??
Also, i keep reading about how poor "artists" in this city are. Yet the Situation, i mean Episode, can afford to shop at Yorkdale?
And Epi-pen...carpenter jeans are much cooler than skinny jeans, eh guy?
Douche.
Scarborough Town Centre would be the next logical stop for this tour. Seriously...if you dare.
Why, so we can showcase police in kevlar vests?
I guess thats in vogue these days.
The lady doth protest too much.
I dunno James, Thorncliffe/EY Town Centre is much more fashionable.
so many people in these posts sound like my grandmother it's too funny...
THOSE DAMN KIDS AND THEIR ROCK AND/OR ROLL! They should not leave the house looking like that... in my day we would wear girdles... ewww to having to see your fat & push those bras up ladies... disgusting!
lol go back to whatever nursing home let you use their internets, take a nap or something.
"Why don't you go and try and take a better pic?"
I'm commenting about Selly's choice of outfit, not the photography which, while not as consistent as The Sartorialist, does a very good job of capturing people's outfits in situ. I've never had a problem with the photos in this series.
Have you looked at your site lately. Look like designed it in windows 3.1 and hasn't been updated since 1998."
Come back when you learn to speak English.
LOL, god you're lame.
Probably some nerdy, stereotypical skinny jean wearing wannabe scenester who got picked on in high school in the small town you came from and escaped to the big city to try and start over fresh where no one really knows how lame you are/were back home, and try to pass off as cool.
p.s. Anyone who still uses 'douche' is precisely that. Played out man. Come with something new.
This times one million!
Hahaha!!! 'episode' is such a tool. Love how he holds his belt!
"Douche" is played out, really? What do I use in its place? "Lame"? I thought "lame" was... well, lame... Help scenester Real Torontonian!
Thanks for the reminder of why I hate Yorkdale.
Love Maghan's outfit!
Gotta love Selly for her lack of camel toe. She's like Barbie.
LOL!
typical Toronto outfits right here... everyone trying to be cool...
this reminds me of the mass amounts of goose coats i see downtown... these ppl spend all this money on 800$ coats and probably dont stand outside for more than 20 minutes.
Toronto's fashion is a disgrace...nobody has their own style, everybody copies each other.... by far the worst style I have ever seen. I cringe everytime i see goose coats, hunter boots, uggs, vans, tight jeans. people need to be themselves
Guys, girls: relax. We know noone can ever be up to your standards. Because where you come from (Queen,Scarb, Bloor, East, West, Whatever) nobody would dare dress like that (Skinny, Baggy, Tights, Pants, Classy, Not classy, Whatever).
No matter what BlogTO posts (Older people, Younger people, A mix) everyone will still bitch. You Torontonians are self-hating fools. Stop the hate, start to appreciate the DIFFERENT styles you see (they may be from last year, two years ago, 20 years ago, 2 seconds ago) because if everyone looks the same (ie. like you want them to look) then we as a city will be the laughing stock of.. Toronto?
Case in point: a week ago as I was walking I saw two girls (not friends) walking behind each other who looked EXACTLY the same: Same style jacket, same style pants, same style shoes and purses. I laughed out loud, in real life. Stop watching TV or reading magazines, just wear what is comfortable for you, don't copy.
I love the haters, you are all just so cute! Arguing on the Internet and all!
I find going to the yorkdale mall is like going to another country, or planet for that matter. A huge portion of the people there seem to exist in some world that I just can't comprehend. It's sad, and funny, and just plain confusing to me, there's a lot of old folks trying to stay young looking, which never goes well.
I'll never forget my first visit. This post made me laugh, but I would have rather seen the 40+ chubby men with gelled comb overs in D&G skin tight shirts with their gold chains hanging over top.
That's Yorkdale to me.
i agree with SBD on that one. I actually notice every time i go to that mall, there are people with serious money... none of this ~*vintage boho chic*~ shit.
Annnnd this is why I don't go to Yorkdale.
Actually I think that there is some originality for some of the people in these pics.
Seriously, Toronto fashion is the WORST you've ever seen? Time to travel a bit I think.
That said, I did LOL at the prevalence of people wearing $800 Goose Down coats - that is true...
WooHoo, da Mall!
I was at Vaughn Mills last week [hey, hey, I was shopping for goalie skates]. My God, it was boiling in there! I think they purposely crank the heating up so you stop for drinks every few paces...the place is too huge, you need a scooter to get around. Must be a 5km walkabout! That's shopping? That's torture. Better park right next to the store you want or you'll be gassed.
Over to Dorkdale then, heh
I don't care for Mark's puffy jacket. Meh. Marilyn's Mike Jackson vest looks great with the turquoise T shirt& belt. And her shoes. Excellent. The hat, meh.
Episode, LOL. OMG, whadda poser. Can't get with the times, stuck in da old school. I do like old school rap though.
Diana, in a T-shirt, so? Nice glasses.
Kaherine must be baking in that coat. In that mall. Nice coat, nice boots. Don't care for the scarf much, s'all.
Sarah, meh. An older rocker I presume. Black, shiny gold and silver studs...ahm, nah.
Ruben&Ruby, What Is Fashion, indeed. Not a grey t-shirt. ugh. Get a pant length that fits, mmm k? See a tailor.
Selly, oh. my. I know you're skinny girl, but....Not with those boots! Small wonder she needs that hat, scarf, jacket and boots if she's going to be nekkidy in between. lol.
Maghan, cute, but that dress looks like she's wearing it a tad high on her waist, er stomache...so if she wants that skirt length, she needs to roll up that rim, er waist of the skirt.
OMG maghan is literally the cutest person EVER
lol @ all the random commenters who seem to hate Everything. i dare one of you to post a picture of yourself styled up in what you consider acceptably fashionable. i guarantee none of you will actually do this.
A. Tights work if you've got the body, and Selly has got the body.
B. "vintage boho-chic" is so overdone at this point that we should just call it contemporary.
C. "I like it because it's long and thick."
That's what she said :(
I must say, these doesn't do Toronto fashion any justice. T.O have better fashion sense than this.
On a more positive note...Katherine for the win, Ruben's shoes is pretty cool and Meghan is cute.
My kicks. Four buckles. Undone. Adds a little flavour to them. I got them at Aldo."
Ha! Aldo... tard.
"lol @ all the random commenters who seem to hate Everything. i dare one of you to post a picture of yourself styled up in what you consider acceptably fashionable. i guarantee none of you will actually do this."
--> Steve, I do that several times a week, feel free to take a look
Sally and Maghan is SO cute! Maghan's hair is cute too, I want to copy it
Haha why would you put this guy? He obviously doesn't know what fashion is, it even says so on this shirt. The only bearable outfits in this post are Maghan and Katherine, IMO.
Oh sorry "RealTorontonian" I didnt realize you were the Jennie Beker of BlogTO.
You and the Episode keep on keeping it real, guy.
That's actually the same description I thought of when I read your post... we must have gotten our psychology degrees from the same website.
..douche.
maghan is super adorable. mark and marilyn look cute together.
Why is hip hop fashion still around? The thing has been going on since the 1980's. Any forward looking black people out there?
Thanks for the reminder why I hate shopping malls...
People saying Toronto has no fashion... I have to ask compared to what. Torontonians are much nicer dressed than most of the places I've been, especially in the states.
The whole pants falling off your ass thing is so stupid, I'll never get it. He reminds me of my idiot room mate who is apparently too broke to buy his own toothpaste, laundry detergent, etc. but will buy louis vuitton clothing and has 30 pairs of shoes.
Oh and I guess I'm a creep because I would probably look at Selly's vagina if I saw her at the mall.
Smelly Selly
I think I see a camel toe eh Selly? I think Montrealers are way more fashionable if this hip hop OG gangster wannabe shit is the best Toronto has to offer.
Why is everyone a student and under the age of 25? This is such a lame, stupid, pretentious blog! Reinforces the perception that Torontonians are unoriginal Americans wannabees.
Is H&M an offical BlogTO sponsor?
Why else would they devote an entire article to the H&M Winter Collection ?
Oh and Ruby...even Batman didnt wear his cellphone on his belt.
I live in the west end, 5 minutes from High Park, and have lived in various spots in and surrounding the city my entire life. I'm well aware of the fact that 'street fashion' does not begin and end on Queen West. ‘Episodes’ entire look (and moniker) smacks of trying too hard.
Try harder. And anyone that uses the handle 'A Real Torontonian' is obviously over-compensating for something.
Further FYI? The term 'TDot' expired immediately after the Rascalz used it in 1998.
Toronto fashion sucks. I wish I lived in New York or Paris.
I'm an artist living in the city and lately I've been doing all my wardrobe shopping at the feed store across the street from Porcupine's Quill Press.
Finally an artist who understands how to live within his means.
Treat yourself to an over sized scarf, you earned it champ!
What's stopping you from leaving?
You couldn't hack it in New York or Paris.
I'm kind of a big deal around here in Toronto, I could make it in either of those cities, but I'd suggest you stay in Toronto your smalltime.
Impressive....winning the "dumbest reply of 2010" on the 6th day of the new year.
All down hill from here for you it would appear, guy.
Sometimes I like to pretend that stupid people are just being hilariously satirical. It helps me not break things.
I was merely imitating some of the posts that are made every time we are showing off our city. I personally love our fashion, love our music scenes, I love everything Toronto offers and don’t intend on leaving.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
There are far more stupid people here than those with fashion sense, it would appear.
I'm kind of a big deal around here in Toronto I was just letting you know geez
Seriously, you should be a comedian.
Ya, he's the Dane Cook of BlogTO.
No its actually a Ron Burgundy Anchorman line...
Ron Burgundy: I don't know how to put this but I'm kind of a big deal.
Veronica Corningstone: Really.
Ron Burgundy: People know me.
Veronica Corningstone: Well, I'm very happy for you.
Ron Burgundy: I'm very important. I have many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany.
Yes, we know. Thanks Baxter.
Thanks Meredith Baxter!
This post isnt about 58 yr newly minted lesbians.
URG I abhor those Canada Goose jackets.
totally agreed. i can see CG jackets being practical for the weather and all, but the fact that people are buying them because they think its fashionable is such a joke. they're basically the uggs of the jacket world.
Hey, can you please show a bit more respect when making comments. The rude, mean-spirited, malicious words are unnecessary and in poor taste. These are just regular people pictured here, not villainous savages. Nothing wrong with a bit of criticism or stating your dislikes, but please try to keep the discussion reasonable. Thanks.
wow, i'm not even black and feel that your comment is pretty ignorant.
COME ON PEOPLE, TAKE IT EASY!
its interesting to see how riled up some people get about others sense of style and fashion.
have a cookie. it will make you feel better :)
I think an interesting thing is that people see some of the 'urban'/hip hop fashion here as unoriginal and played but they don't see that the feist-couture katherine and maghan are wearing are just as uninspired
that isn't to pick on those two, they look good, but most of what you see is derivative
well put.
this is totes rad! i give all my votes to mark and marilyn.
Finally, somebody who knows wtf they talking about! Yall keep reading ya magazines and watching 106 and Park! Lil fashion zombies!
Cuz there not on the market yet! But you wouldn't know that, so you not at fault!