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Here, the journalist, author and age-positivity advocate tells us more about her fashion influences, wardrobe favourites, and why it’s never to late to express yourself through dressing. What’s your earliest style memory? As a teenager, I was into music rather than fashion. It was all very DIY in the 1970s and often unintentionally shoddy. I wore a lot of second-hand clothes and army surplus pieces. I was still at school when punk exploded and a bit too young — and uncool — to get fully behind the movement, but it was a huge influence. My younger brother and I used...

And her mom, a vice-president of a major department store, set a stylish example in silk blouses and blazers from Celine and Chanel. But Bai was confined to a boarding school uniform while she was growing up. So by the time she started studying economics at the University of Toronto, she had a pent-up appetite for fashion that was voracious. “I went crazy,” she says of her weekly shopping sprees at Club Monaco, Aritzia and Zara. After graduating in 2014, Bai worked as a legal assistant in a law office, but her fashion consumption was still going full steam. “My...

On October 24, the city’s best consignment shops, sustainably-minded stores and small business owners will stay open late, offering sales, surprises and special pop-up experiences to vintage-loving customers. The Crawl currently spans the neighbourhoods of Queen West, West Queen West, Kensington, Ossington, Parkdale, Little Portugal and Dundas West. Participating retailers include Exile, known for its collection of 1940s-’60s vintage, as well as perfectly-worn-in Levi’s jeans; Nouveau Riche Vintage, which carries everything from designer threads to vintage art; and One Heart Design, popular for its original handmade jewellery. Pop-ups are a feature of the Vintage Crawl too: charming womenswear Etsy shop...

On October 24, the city’s best consignment shops, sustainably-minded stores and small business owners will stay open late, offering sales, surprises and special pop-up experiences to vintage-loving customers. The Crawl currently spans the neighbourhoods of Queen West, West Queen West, Kensington, Ossington, Parkdale, Little Portugal and Dundas West. Participating retailers include Exile, known for its collection of 1940s-’60s vintage, as well as perfectly-worn-in Levi’s jeans; Nouveau Riche Vintage, which carries everything from designer threads to vintage art; and One Heart Design, popular for its original handmade jewellery. Pop-ups are a feature of the Vintage Crawl too: charming womenswear Etsy shop...

On October 24, the city’s best consignment shops, sustainably-minded stores and small business owners will stay open late, offering sales, surprises and special pop-up experiences to vintage-loving customers. The Crawl currently spans the neighbourhoods of Queen West, West Queen West, Kensington, Ossington, Parkdale, Little Portugal and Dundas West. Participating retailers include Exile, known for its collection of 1940s-’60s vintage, as well as perfectly-worn-in Levi’s jeans; Nouveau Riche Vintage, which carries everything from designer threads to vintage art; and One Heart Design, popular for its original handmade jewellery. Pop-ups are a feature of the Vintage Crawl too: charming womenswear Etsy shop...