Shopping Super Shopper: our monthly roundup of the city’s best stuff Super Shopper: our monthly roundup of the city’s best stuff By Carley Fortune | February 7, 2011By Carley Fortune | 02/07/2011 Facebook SHOW CAPTION RETURN TO ARTICLE Read More 52380 (Image: Carlo Mendoza) This vintage-styled, durable canvas Filson duffle has wheels and a pullout handle for modern terminal manoeuvring. $575. Uncle Otis, 26 Bellair St., 416-920-2281. BIG LUG https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ss-feb2011-bag.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ss-feb2011-bag.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ss-feb2011-bag.jpg 500 500 [] https://torontolife.com/shopping/super-shopper-our-monthly-roundup-of-the-citys-best-stuff-5/slide/ss-feb2011-bag/ ss-feb2011-bag 0 0 This vintage-styled, durable canvas Filson duffle has wheels and a pullout handle for modern terminal manoeuvring. $575. Uncle Otis, 26 Bellair St., 416-920-2281. 52381 (Image: Carlo Mendoza) Smythe’s hooded version of the classic Hudson Bay Company point blanket coat, out of production for a decade, was VIP swag at the Olympics last year. This winter, you don’t have to be a celebrity to get one. $695. The Bay, 176 Yonge St., 416-861-9111. STRIPE TEASE https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ss-feb2011-bay-coat.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ss-feb2011-bay-coat.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ss-feb2011-bay-coat.jpg 500 500 [] https://torontolife.com/shopping/super-shopper-our-monthly-roundup-of-the-citys-best-stuff-5/slide/ss-feb2011-bay-coat/ ss-feb2011-bay-coat 0 0 Smythe’s hooded version of the classic Hudson Bay Company point blanket coat, out of production for a decade, was VIP swag at the Olympics last year. This winter, you don’t have to be a celebrity to get one. $695. The Bay, 176 Yonge St., 416-861-9111. 52382 (Courtesy of: Carpe Diem) Insomniacs, rejoice: luxury beds by Swedish company Carpe Diem are now available in Newmarket. The handcrafted pine Koster has customizable coil tension and a two-sided top layer (organic cotton for summer, wool for winter). $6,000 for a split queen. Good Night and Sweet Dreams, 16635 Yonge St., Unit 1, Newmarket, 905-235-3732. SLEEPING BEAUTY https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ss-feb2011-bed.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ss-feb2011-bed.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ss-feb2011-bed.jpg 500 383 [] https://torontolife.com/shopping/super-shopper-our-monthly-roundup-of-the-citys-best-stuff-5/slide/ss-feb2011-bed/ ss-feb2011-bed 0 0 Insomniacs, rejoice: luxury beds by Swedish company Carpe Diem are now available in Newmarket. The handcrafted pine Koster has customizable coil tension and a two-sided top layer (organic cotton for summer, wool for winter). $6,000 for a split queen. Good Night and Sweet Dreams, 16635 Yonge St., Unit 1, Newmarket, 905-235-3732. 52383 (Image: Carlo Mendoza) Eco-friendly cork has become the go-to material of product designers for seating, wall coverings and flooring. Cork wine stoppers designed by Aurélien Barbry are a playful take on the trend. $36 for two. Bergo, 55 Mill St., Bldg. 47A, 416-861-1821. PUT A CORK IN IT https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ss-feb2011-cork.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ss-feb2011-cork.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ss-feb2011-cork.jpg 434 434 [] https://torontolife.com/shopping/super-shopper-our-monthly-roundup-of-the-citys-best-stuff-5/slide/ss-feb2011-cork/ ss-feb2011-cork 0 0 Eco-friendly cork has become the go-to material of product designers for seating, wall coverings and flooring. Cork wine stoppers designed by Aurélien Barbry are a playful take on the trend. $36 for two. Bergo, 55 Mill St., Bldg. 47A, 416-861-1821. 52384 (Image: Carlo Mendoza) The paint company Farrow and Ball updates its colour palette this month; seven of nine new shades are greys with warm undertones. We also like the two exceptions: a fiery orange and a basic white. From $75 per gallon. Farrow and Ball, 1054 Yonge St., 416-920‑0200. GREY AREA https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ss-feb2011-paint.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ss-feb2011-paint.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ss-feb2011-paint.jpg 500 500 [] https://torontolife.com/shopping/super-shopper-our-monthly-roundup-of-the-citys-best-stuff-5/slide/ss-feb2011-paint/ ss-feb2011-paint 0 0 The paint company Farrow and Ball updates its colour palette this month; seven of nine new shades are greys with warm undertones. We also like the two exceptions: a fiery orange and a basic white. From $75 per gallon. Farrow and Ball, 1054 Yonge St., 416-920‑0200. 52385 (Image: Carlo Mendoza) Toronto textile artist Kerry Croghan’s oversized hemp-canvas pillows, screen-printed with bears, Canada geese and scraggy pines, are the quintessential urban-rustic home accent. $125 each. Made, 867 Dundas St. W., 416-607-6384. PUFF PIECES https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ss-feb2011-pillows.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ss-feb2011-pillows.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ss-feb2011-pillows.jpg 500 500 [] https://torontolife.com/shopping/super-shopper-our-monthly-roundup-of-the-citys-best-stuff-5/slide/ss-feb2011-pillows/ ss-feb2011-pillows 0 0 Toronto textile artist Kerry Croghan’s oversized hemp-canvas pillows, screen-printed with bears, Canada geese and scraggy pines, are the quintessential urban-rustic home accent. $125 each. Made, 867 Dundas St. W., 416-607-6384. 52386 (Image: Carlo Mendoza) Fragrances by Ayala Moriel Parfums, a Vancouver company, are finally available in Toronto. The sophisticated, subtly heady scents—in citrus, agarwood and chocolate-myrrh—are hand-blended from botanicals. $48 for 4 mL. Shopgirls, 1342 Queen St. W., 416-534-7467. HEAVEN SCENT https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ss-feb2011-scent.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ss-feb2011-scent.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ss-feb2011-scent.jpg 500 383 [] https://torontolife.com/shopping/super-shopper-our-monthly-roundup-of-the-citys-best-stuff-5/slide/ss-feb2011-scent/ ss-feb2011-scent 0 0 Fragrances by Ayala Moriel Parfums, a Vancouver company, are finally available in Toronto. The sophisticated, subtly heady scents—in citrus, agarwood and chocolate-myrrh—are hand-blended from botanicals. $48 for 4 mL. Shopgirls, 1342 Queen St. W., 416-534-7467.
6,000 for a bed? I think not.
And another thing, bed company name, Carpe Diem? LOL
Is this the best stuff you could find?
saw the stuff and all I could say was BLAH
Most of what you have to offer is quite expensive! Don’t you ever offer anything for people living on a Subsidized Fixed Income? Are these items supposed to be like Top-of-the-line products? You could start offering other more less expensive items! Just a thought.
This is a very poor example of the great things you can find in Toronto if you use a bit of effort – the effort you would expect from, say, your city’s #1 lifestyle magazine. It looks like the list a new self-proclaimed “popular blogger” living on a trustfund, with no feel for style or reality, would come up with. It’s just expensive, mediocre stuff.
Get real…Goodwill, Valu Village, Dollar Store, etc. offer super shopping and have been doing so for eons. Check the cars in the parking lot to get an overview of the customer base.
the coats are generally excellent quality but I would not be caught dead in those stripes
I want that coat!!!