HEEL THERAPY

A QUICK FIX FOR CRACKED FEET

As we try to squeeze out the last few days of summer, we may not have the time to upkeep our feet while we’re running around in our soon-to-be-stored sandals. Slathering on Upper Canada Soap’s All About Feet Cracked Heal Treatment (120ml, $6) will help keep feet smooth while wearing flip flops at the beach or when slipping on a pair of strappy heels at night. The non-greasy formula is loaded with shea butter, beeswax and peppermint oil and absorbs quickly to disguise cracked heels and dry feet if time is too tight to fit in a full blown pedicure. An added bonus? As a “pink” product, Upper Canada Soap donates 25 cents of every purchase to the Susan G. Koman Foundation.

Available at specialty gift shops and select department stores across North America. uppercanadasoap.com

DESIGNER ON THE RISE: CAROL MARIE’S WORLDLY DESIRES

Sometimes, the best way to launch a successful fashion company is the more roundabout way. Jennifer Carol Kramer and Heather Marie White met while working as assistants at W magazine in 2006, and their friendship and mutual love of costume jewelry remained strong over the years and through various job changes.

The decision to start a jewelry line was spontaneous rather than calculated, explains White. “It was a very natural progression—from designing pieces for ourselves, to [making] custom pieces for magazines. At that point we decided to move forward with the idea of creating our first collection and officially filed the paperwork to form our company.”
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Indeed Laboratories Inc. launched Nanoblur this week at The Spoke Club in Toronto. The latest skin product to hit the market promises to shave 10 years off your face without a needle or knife. Improving skin imperfections with light prisms, this correction cream won’t break the bank at $19 and is available at Rexall and PharmaPlus stores across Canada.

Trade in your classic locket for an aromatic amulet necklace by Talon. These vials contain one of two fragrances, a dark musk or fresh scent, under the cork stopper.

Going grey with your hair was all the rage a few seasons ago, but now two-tone hair is the way to go. Ladies, get ready to call up your colourist!

STADIUM LOVE

The Society Screens The Rolling Stones: Salt of the Earth

It’s not every evening that we get to screen a rock doc under the stars on a warm-ish summer night with a glass of Jameson, cuddled under a leopard print blanket with two of our besties. This past week the lovely team at
The Society invited FRM to a screening of the behind-the-scenes film The Rolling Stones: Salt of the Earth, which documented almost two years of the legendary rock bands Bigger Bang tour. With unprecedented access to the foursome, Toronto filmmakers Anthony Green and Jacob Cohl, travelled with the band and witnessed firsthand the mass hysteria that followed them throughout the world. During Bigger Bang, the Stones performed on Copacabana beach in Rio De Janerio for reportedly more than 2 million people, rocked the Super Bowl Half Time Show, and, for the first time ever, played an historic show in Shanghai, China. Peppered with amazing concert footage including performances of classic songs like ‘Wild Horses’ and ‘Satisfaction,’ as well exclusive quotes from the men themselves, this doc belongs in every rock lovers collection of DVD’s.

ON TREND: THE CARGO SKINNY PANT

Recently spotted on Gossip Girl’s Leighton Meester, Gwyneth Paltrow and Sarah Jessica Parker, skinny cargos, in either green or black, are the new uptown girls casual go-to. We’re adding these twill cargo pants from Fidelity to our closet immediately.

Fidelity Denim Panther cargo (in green or black), $220, Over the Rainbow (Toronto).

Pop goes Britney! The mother of two was shot for multiple covers of Pop magazine’s Fall 2010 issue.

Come this fall the extremely popular Gee Beauty, in Toronto’s Rosedale neighbourhood, is expanding with a new concept boutique, called 6, located at 6 Roxborough Street West, which will showcase the lovely teams expertly curated beauty and style wares.

Montreal designer Denis Gagnon’s collection for Canadian retailer Bedo, consisting of dresses, leather jackets and more, hit the stores this week.

Isabelle Blow’s husband Detmar Blow has written a memoir on the fashion icon.

Designer Donna Karan is in Toronto today to meet with fans at Holt Renfrew on Bloor Street, and designer David Neville and Marcus Wainwright of Rag & Bone will make an appearance this weekend.

Why the Material Girl might actually lose in her pending lawsuit with LA Triumph.

DESIGNER ON THE RISE: FORTNIGHT LINGERIE

A FEVER FOR FORTNIGHT

Underpinnings have evolved over time and if Toronto-based Fortnight Lingerie has any say, they too will be part of this evolution. With a current collection of retro styles that echo a more elegant and glamorous era, its become a quick favourite for stylish insiders like Alexa Chung, who was recently spotted purchasing the Greta set while in Toronto at The Drake General Store (82A Bathurst St.).

Christina Remenyi designer and founder of Fortnight Lingerie studied fashion at Ryerson and rather than going into the realm of ready-to-wear, she fell into lingerie design after finding that many of her projects were geared towards lacy unmentionables. It wasn’t until taking a course in custom lingerie making that she realized this was the direction she would go. “There’s a need in the market for a wide range of sizes and I thought that would be a great way to angle my brand,” she says.
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DERMALOGICA IN SOHO

In a city where peculiar beauty treatments involving everything from caviar to chocolate are commonplace, it’s better to keep those items on the menu at a restaurant than on your face. In the heart of one of our favourite neighbourhoods sits Dermalogica in Soho, a concept space which functions as both a store and salon, which provides customized skin treatments.

On a recent visit to Manhattan, we took a break from shopping on a hot and humid day and indulged in the signature Dermalogica Skin Treatment (60 minutes, $110 USD).
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Bed bugs are running rampant in NYC, and their latest victim? Elle magazine. Seems joe Zee and friends are working from home today.

Our love affair with Marion Cotillard continues.

Selfridges has had enough with Dolce & Gabbana.

Dov Charney and American Apparel are on their way out.