It turns out there’s a lot of info about the Target on our backs—slotted for 2013—that wasn’t available until recently. First, the Hudson’s Bay Company is subletting their Zellers stores for slow, long-term renovations, meaning one day, some (but not all) Zellers locations will vanish, and in their place will be Target stores at the following spots: Woodbine Centre, Cloverdale Mall, Shoppers World Danforth, Centerpoint Mall, Bridlewood Mall and East York Town Centre (in addition to several unconfirmed shops throughout the GTA).
In January, Target paid $1.8 billion for the lease rights to 220 Zellers locations, and it intends to commit $10 million toward renovations for each site. That’s a lot of money to become Canada’s go-to place for cheap, well, everything. But with outed racist John Galliano taking over as designer for top-selling Wal-Mart brand George, and Target teaming up with big brands like Rodarte and Missoni, we figure we can almost guarantee where the fashion loyalties will lie.
In the recent Bay versus Holt Renfrew Scrabble match of big-time gets, the Bay 
Forget Santa flicks. The dramatic, sexy and unsettling Black Swan was our favourite film of the holiday season, thanks in no small part to the brilliant costume design by Rodarte. You can get a little piece of the Black Swan wardrobe for yourself at Accessity in Yorkville. Mila Kunis’ character sported the grey version of this super-soft tree-print cashmere scarf by Tilo in the movie; it’s available in an array of colours for $190.
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