Toronto’s local designers are pretty impressive, but unfortunately they’re not always easy to find. High rents in many formerly hip neighbourhoods have lined our streets with H&M stores and Starbucks outposts rather than indie joints. As a result, creatives tend to either open up shop in rather far flung, inconvenient locales or lose up to a 50 per cent consignment charge on items sold in others’ storefronts.
Toronto Designers Market (1065 Queen West, torontodesignersmarket.
Vendors include Lord of Ties, Always Bearded, Il Cek, Parkdale Butter Co., Vivid Streetwear, Krane, Iccha Jewelry and more.
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