Filip
Senior Member
Far, far, far larger than any of us here can imagine. Canada in general has been circumvented by fashion designers since the beginning of time. We're just not considered a 'fashionable' country.
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Far, far, far larger than any of us here can imagine. Canada in general has been circumvented by fashion designers since the beginning of time. We're just not considered a 'fashionable' country.
urbandreamer
recession proof
NYC is being gutted. For the first time (ever?), even Lexington Av has vacancies! Luxury boutiques are closing hourly there it seems.
taal
Senior Member
I meant how are their luxury markets holding up compared to us.
I've been to enough American cities though to see what you mean ... it's surprising as it doesn't seem Americans dress any better in general
prosperegal
Senior Member
I meant how are their luxury markets holding up compared to us.
I've been to enough American cities though to see what you mean ... it's surprising as it doesn't seem Americans dress any better in general
I think it's just that there are more of them than there are of us....especially people who can afford luxury goods. Dallas may not be a fashionable town, but there's a lot of oil money there, and those women spend it - even if it's on tacky looking clothes (luxury doesn't always have to mean nice looking!)
jordy7
New Member
Seiko has opened shop in La Difference's old space at the collonade.
Mustapha
Senior Member
Somehow reflecting the economic climate. La Difference was a Rolex dealer.
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Filip
Senior Member
Not to mention there's another Rolex dealer right around the corner at Royal de Versailles.
Mustapha
Senior Member
whatever77
New Member
Yorkville
From what I hear, the Toronto luxury and retail scene is perhaps one of the best in the world, this coming from luxury brands. This reflects Toronto's stability (relative of course) right now during the recession compared to other world cities like London or NYC. Think about it, Burberry, Hugo Boss coming NOW, during the recession? These retailers who certainly do much more research and have access to much more information surely must be very condifdent in Toronto's retail sector. I think it's great.
BTW. the Bloor Transformation Project has started west now. I was walking on Bloor and the portion in front of Swarovski and Talbots was blocked with construction, and there was a pathway to the building entrance. If that continues west, walking and shopping on bloor will be hell. its al for the better though...
From what I hear, the Toronto luxury and retail scene is perhaps one of the best in the world, this coming from luxury brands. This reflects Toronto's stability (relative of course) right now during the recession compared to other world cities like London or NYC. Think about it, Burberry, Hugo Boss coming NOW, during the recession? These retailers who certainly do much more research and have access to much more information surely must be very condifdent in Toronto's retail sector. I think it's great.
BTW. the Bloor Transformation Project has started west now. I was walking on Bloor and the portion in front of Swarovski and Talbots was blocked with construction, and there was a pathway to the building entrance. If that continues west, walking and shopping on bloor will be hell. its al for the better though...
androiduk
Senior Member
The big thing I've noticed on Bloor is the higher quality of construction for the luxury stores. They're obviously in for the long haul and it reflects in their storefronts.
whatever77
New Member
True
Very True Androiduk. The stores on Bloor have done so much moving and renovating and it looks beautiful. It shows that they are investing money into their Toronto stores because they have high sales.
Very True Androiduk. The stores on Bloor have done so much moving and renovating and it looks beautiful. It shows that they are investing money into their Toronto stores because they have high sales.
Blues
New Member
Do you think we'll see brands like Giorgio Armani (the main brand), Dolce & Gabbana, Dior, Valentino, Chopard, ect. come soon?
Doesn't Toronto sell a high amount of luxury cars (including the exotic, expensive brands like Ferrari, Bentley, ect.) in comparsion to other cities of similar size?
prosperegal
Senior Member
If they do come, where would we put them? And I'm not sure if we will until the whole 1 Bloor East situation is solved.
androiduk
Senior Member
^Now that Bloor East is finally starting to show some life, the Bay might consider doing something with 'The Wall' along Bloor. It would be great if they opened up their store to the street or allowed other retailers to set up shop there. It's much to valuable real estate to leave as is.
Urban Shocker
Doyenne
Five of us went to the Windsor Arms for tea last Sunday. Hadn't been inside the place in a decade or more. I can't say it was a particularly outstanding repast - the scones were stodgy and tasted like they were made from a mix, the tea was weak, the savouries bland; it barely matched the King Eddy or the Royal York. The place was full of squealing 13 year old girls wearing fancy summer hats, and slightly older women wearing a lighter purple than the walls appeared to be when seen in the garish light cast by a huge chandelier. Nobody elderly or tweedy in sight - save for our party which included an 82 and a 92 year old; at 56 I was the youngest at our table.
Gone is the rather sprawling main floor that matched, and worked as an extension of, the fake Elizabethan exterior. There's a beige, mausoleum-like restaurant with a high ceiling straight ahead. The washrooms are on the second floor.
They use typists' white-out to censor comments in the visitor's book! My friend scratched one of them off - the waiter in the bar is gay, apparently - and when we left we checked the book and the staff had whited it out again.
Gone is the rather sprawling main floor that matched, and worked as an extension of, the fake Elizabethan exterior. There's a beige, mausoleum-like restaurant with a high ceiling straight ahead. The washrooms are on the second floor.
They use typists' white-out to censor comments in the visitor's book! My friend scratched one of them off - the waiter in the bar is gay, apparently - and when we left we checked the book and the staff had whited it out again.