Best of Etsy: Personalized Art and Gifts
StyleWe’ve spun our Etsy browsing addiction into our “Best of Etsy” lists, beginning with our favourite personalized/custom art and gifts. Treat yourself to a custom portrait (makes a cool Facebook profile pic), add special touches to your wedding or give the most thoughtful gifts ever with the help of these sellers, who are making...
Working Girl Wedding: Dina & Joel’s Romantic Vintage Party
LifeAmanda’s recent engagement has sent us into a frenzy of wedding plans and so, in addition to a record streak of pinning, we’ve decided to tap the most stylish and creative new brides we know for their advice on how to pull off a fabulous wedding while working full time. This is the first...
Free “Amazing Women” Desktop Wallpapers
TechWe think you should decorate your computer the way you’d decorate anything else. If you’re staring at “Windows blue” or into iSpace all day, then you’re missing out. We’re always looking for cool wallpapers, so we thought we’d design some for you, inspired by the words and images of iconic women that we adore:...
Choose Your Foods, Change Your Moods
LifeAnxious? Down? Both? How you feed is directly linked to how you feel. While diet is not the only thing affecting your mood, it’s certainly a factor. Here’s the short list of the vitamins, minerals and bacteria (yup) you should be getting into your body to start feeling like yourself again. Don’t worry, I’ve...
The Desks of the Vanity Fair Team
StyleIn the spirit of their regular “My Desk” feature, the Vanity Fair team turned the cameras on their own work spaces for this series. While the office furniture at the Condé Nast publication is as standard issue as anywhere, the infusion of personal memorabilia, books, flowers and the odd Fendi bear or toile backdrop...
St. Patrick’s Day Hangover Cures
LifeThink the upcoming work week might be shot before it even gets started? Try these hangover cures from Steve Patterson, comedian and host of CBC Radio One’s The Debaters, that we shot at Fionn MacCool’s pub for CBC Live. They may not work, but at least you can feel better about the fact that you’re not...
Kids Show Off Their Assets in “Toy Stories”
LifeFrom my She-Ra Crystal Castle to my first pair of Louboutins, I’ve always been proud of my toys. It’s natural, as Italian photographer Gabriele Galimberti confirms in his photo series ”Toy Stories” featuring photos of children from around the world proudly displaying their prized possessions – possessions defined largely by the wealth of the region they lived in...
10 Ways to Beat The Winter Blahs
LifeGuest writer Lauren Carbis is the creator of Lifescape Image, a personal coaching and image consulting service. Here are her tips for making it through the last stretch of winter in style and good spirits: Sometimes – around this time of year – it seems like the colour is sucked out of your life,...
Quotes From 10 Great Women on International Women’s Day
Mentors & IconsIn honour of International Women’s Day, we offer the words of 10 great women on what it is to be them, and us. “I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate.” – Julia Child “At some point during almost every romantic comedy, the female lead suddenly trips and falls,...
