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Student style essentials

The bulk of your new school year budget may be reserved for textbooks, but that doesn’t mean you can’t treat yourself with any surplus cash.

1. Leave your roomie passive-aggressive notes on Umbra’s Talk magnetic chalkboard ($29.95, Neat, 628 Queen West, 416-368-6328, neatspace.ca).

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2. The new Varsity collection at Roots includes lettered tote bags, sweatpants and this lightweight jacket ($98, 100 Bloor West, 416-323-3289, roots.com) in organic cotton.

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3. Stand out from the rest of the Instagraming Hipstamatics at frosh week and shoot the action with Lomography’s sardine-can-inspired La Sardina camera ($90, Lomography Gallery Store, 536 Queen West, 647-352-6702, lomography.ca).

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4. Just in time for back-to-school, Loblaws introduces its J+/- line of electronics and stationery supplies, including these handsome canisters of pencils ($3 each, Real Canadian Superstore, 825 Don Mills, 416-391-0080, superstore.ca).

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5. Lighten up your workspace with CB2’s Carpenter task lamp ($79.95, cb2.com) in bright blue.

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6. If you’re too low-maintenance for a bathroom caddie, hit the common loo with one of Mac Fab’s woven toiletry bags ($9.99, Jacob & Sebastian, 622 Queen West, 647-345-0478, jacobandsebastian.com).

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7. Siwa makes lunch bags, briefcases and these eyeglass pouches ($28 each, Mjölk, 2959 Dundas West, 416-551-9853, mjolk.ca) out of flexible, water-resistant paper.

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8. Switch from classic Chucks to scholastic chukkas like Converse’s thin-soled Jack Purcell boots ($110, Town Shoes, 95 Bloor West, 416-928-5062, and others, converse.com).

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9. Best known for its notebooks, Moleskine gets into the bag business with this minimal knapsack ($170, The Bay, 176 Yonge, 416-861-9111, moleskine.com) in stealth black-on-black.

All photos by David Hawe

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