In the spirit of the National Ballet of Canada’s much anticipated upcoming production of Alices Adventures in Wonderland, the company is hosting a Mad Hatter Workshop at the Walter Carsen Centre (470 Queens Quay West) tomorrow, May 31^st at 6:30 p.m.

Channel your inner Mad Hatter by decorating your own hat or headpiece in the style of the crazy character with the help of the Ballet’s wardrobe whizzes. Sure to express the atypical beauty that permeates the modern take on the classic tale, you are then invited to wear your creation to the Ballet’s Mad Hot Wonderland Gala on June 21^st. The b

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I once searched for red boots for a solid year!

I did, too!

And why did you want red boots?

You don’t see them a lot, and I wanted a fun pair of boots that I could work in.

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Last-minute flights are as pleasurable as walking behind tourists in Times Square, so, this Memorial Day weekend, why not drive – and arrive – in style, with one of our fab weekenders.

The American leathergoods maker Mark Cross reenters the market with a classic Duffel, while Reed Krakoff takes a more modern and streamlined approach in the form of a neon green gym tote. Those looking to live la dolce vita may opt for the hunter green version by Bottega Veneta, or Ferragamo’s sapphire blue leather. Tod’s ultraluxe crocodile is not for the wallflower – nor for the frugal. No strang

Whether by filming an ode to NBC in a field or by having small-town Little Leaguers pace around a New York gallery and mutter ‘‘good game’’ to one another, Colin Snapp (left) and Daniel Turner frequently take aspects of globalized culture and consumerism and trickle them down to a rural level. The two New York-based artists, who recently began exhibiting collaborative work under the name Jules Marquis, share a Greenpoint studio but regularly shuttle to southeast Virginia, where they’ve created a nonprofit art space on a corner of the Turner family farm. Named Jer

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Ive never really written solely about the big white lie here and decided it was time to let you all in on a little secret:

Bright white doesnt look good on the majority of consumers, yet the most popularly used white in fashion is bright white.

Why is that, you wonder?  Knowing that most people dont look good in it, why do the retailers and fashion brands continue to make tops, jackets and dresses in bright white?  Well, its truly a vicious cycle. H

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It might tickle us when Karl Lagerfeld declares that he likes computers as objects and prefers fax to email, or when Alber Elbaz says he doesnt do the internet. We might find that cute, endearing and perhaps for some, comforting. These designers and their ivory ateliers! Why should they open an email or look at the internet when theyre mad busy sketching, draping and creative directing. For some reason, certain designers love upkeeing the image of themselves being immune to technology, finding email blase or the internet a great bore.

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