Comments on: Toronto’s Best Dressed: Deena Pantalone

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Toronto Life Staff — Fri, 29 May 2009 20:29:03 +0000

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By: NG

NG — Fri, 29 May 2009 20:26:42 +0000

Toronto Life is LOVING this!

By: Stewart

Stewart — Fri, 29 May 2009 20:17:13 +0000

Deena’s living a silver-spooned dreamworld life, where honesty and integrity are just words and not personality traits.

By: Branksome Girl

Branksome Girl — Fri, 29 May 2009 19:57:54 +0000

Oh Deena! This douchebaggery is actually NOT the world’s biggest shock, especially to the people who actually know you and your “stories”. LOL, crying you a river sister…not.

By: Trish

Trish — Fri, 29 May 2009 19:55:05 +0000

I agree. Something is rotten in the state of Denmark, or should I say Lim’s shop… She has far too many supporters who just happen to have landed on this page…

Is there a reason why this feature is still on the Toronto Life site if the information contained therein has been proven incorrect? And how did it happen that Lim’s dress was featured in the first place? Because those of us who work at magazines know that all that stuff is staged and incestuous. Deena was not likely the best dressed. Friends of the editor, friend of a friend, etc.

Deena has said her piece but as far as I’m concerned it’s Lim who owes an explanation.

By: Cleo Weston Rogers

Cleo Weston Rogers — Fri, 29 May 2009 19:46:51 +0000

Again….what a small town Toronto is. The Prime Minister’s wife is not Maureen Harper…..but LAUREEN Harper.

Of course Deena has apologized – she HAD to once she was ousted publicly as a liar. It was the very least she could do.

By: GB

GB — Fri, 29 May 2009 19:32:29 +0000

Really Bunner? That’s just what I’d expect to hear from the product of such a morally bankrupt town. Emphasis on ‘town’. The relative merits of the dress in question aside, I find it galling what passes for proper social graces and truthfulness in your world.

BTW…I picture the oh-so-worldly Maureen Harper in a nice prairie frock, and the GG in fur, natch.

By: Princechas

Princechas — Fri, 29 May 2009 19:26:10 +0000

Deena: what a poor example you are to your children. A liar! Remember liars never prosper!

By: Goddess

Goddess — Fri, 29 May 2009 19:08:05 +0000

A few points:
- Remember what your teachers told you, “Don’t plagerize! Always attribute someone’s work properly.”
- Remember what your mother (should have) told you. When you make a mistake or hurt someone’s feelings (or worse, do both), always apologize! and
- Don’t ever do that again!
Let’s end the tempest in a cupcake!

By: Bunner

Bunner — Fri, 29 May 2009 18:52:50 +0000

It is a good thing that Ms. Lim is not designing for the Ottawa fashion crowd…that inhabit parliament hill, the Senate etc. . Firstly, they would never buy something that she had produced in several colors. Secondly, she has a big mouth, and she could have used this publicity positively…She will be selling many of this design for a few weeks yet, to all the Josephine Lunchbuckets of
t.O. but the fashion mavens of Toronto wom’t touch her with a ten foot pole. All the movers and shakers in Ottawa that govern what we all say and do, would forget her name and address…Who wants to appear at a government function wearing a dress that has been reproduced in several colors. God forbid that Maureen Harper and the G.G. would order one of Lim’s style and then find out that half of the wives and M.P.’s are wearing the same outfit….Deena bought and paid for that dress,,,that makes her the owner…she can say Mickey Mouse made it if she wants…that does not make her a liar. Would everyone have been happy if she had appeared in sack cloth? Ms. Lim, enjoy your few minutes of fame, but, you blew it by acting like injured dignity….in this case, silence would have been golden…..

By: The Truth

The Truth — Fri, 29 May 2009 18:38:40 +0000

I think the Toronto Star article should be the closure here.

Deena did the right thing in the end and she does deserve respect for that.

Also, Caroline did try to stop the nastiness level pretty early on (Day One to be exact), so to anyone trying to cast aspersions at her for encouraging any of this is just being delusional.

The irony is that Deena has far more class than the people defending her.

By: NG

NG — Fri, 29 May 2009 18:19:20 +0000

This is basically a public lynching. Yes, she lied. Yes, she did not give credit where it is due. And yes, she got busted. She has apologized. She has admitted she was wrong. I cheated on my homework in highschool. Does that make me an awful person. I have met Deena before. I don’t know her well – and do not claim to be friends – so don’t freak out and say that this is just another example of the ‘rich defending the rich’ (I by no means am rich). She is a pleasant person, who works hard, is charitable, and as a footnote – quite stylish – who has gotten caught in a scandal that has escalated to ridiculous proportions. Yes she is privileged, yes she has very expensive shoes. That does not make her evil. You should not assume she is looking down on designers (who according to all this chatter are looking down on mom & pop shops). I think this whole thing is an example of how everyone likes to find flaws in someone who has more than they do. We are all flawed folks – and I would be willing to bet that Deena wouldn’t waste her time calling you all liars and losers on the internet should the occasion arise.

By: Mel

Mel — Fri, 29 May 2009 18:13:17 +0000

Ms. Lim – you, I assume you have never told a lie or two before, and thus I congratulate you on that superhuman feat.

You are shameful, unleashing your vicious, backstabbing, lying, sycophantic b*tches on that poor girl. And yes, I said “lying”. You, who move in a cutthroat world, how dare you judge others?

Yes, Deena did wrong, but what you did was much worse.

You must feel quite the winner – standing triumphant over the ashes of Deena’s reputation, as curious shoppers flock to your store and website. What success story you are and a role model to others!

Disgraceful!!