In this column in Saturday’s Globe, our girl Leah McLaren takes Paris, Lindsay, and Nicole to task for their crimes. No, silly! Not their DUI's—she's talking about their sartorial offences! Taking a page (or two, or three) from the Fug Girls’ book, Leah catalogues the celebs’ offences one by one. But her assessment is a bit confusing. For example, she claims that Jessica Simpson’s worst fashion infraction has been "popularizing Ugg boots in North......

Once a month Torontoist would like to encourage you to drag yourself off the couch and across the room to that nice, comfy swivel chair in front of your computer, to experience something from the wonderful world of streaming. Anyone who's visited YouTube or eBaum's World knows how gratifying watching two Asian kids lipsynch to Jessica Simpson can be! So in the interest of expanding your horizons (or at least giving you some way to......

Tall Poppy Interview: Brian Joseph Davis, Author...

Shortly after the announcment of Crispin Hellion Glover's Toronto visit and the premiere of his movie, Torontoist went into a hyper-fad state of shock over the magnetic actor. First, we watched River's Edge and subsequently attempted to mimic the social graces of Glover's character Layne at various local meet-ups. Then we took it up a notch when we bought Glover's 1989 full-length album (which includes a cover of Jessica Simpson's "These Boots Are Made For......

A few weeks back we reported on a frightening new trend - Canadian Idol for professional subgroups. It began with Media Idol, but next up they'll have Food Service Idol, Accountants Idol, and the one we fear most, Plumbers Idol. But the Media Idol types had trouble enough putting together a decent ensemble, a tune and a little soft shoe in the hopes of winning big, and validating that unfortunate experience at the high school......

In the insular world of fashion, it's old ideas that are thought to be new, and new ideas that are always old. This post-modernist approach to what we wear has fueled some of the industry's worst ideas, with sales of trucker hats and retro Converse shoes leading the charge. This seemingly never-ending cycle of new/old trends (ie. "80's are out, 90's are in") has finally reached its limit. Instead of turning to the last......