Welcome to The Cabaret

One of Toronto's number one Vintage stores, the Cabaret, is locatedon Queen street West. Probably one of Toronto's more famed vintage stores, it never fails to please and always has the best quality vintage in town.

The atmosphere at the Cabaret is really what makes it unique. The minute you step into the store and off of Queen West, you feel as if you've stepped back in time to a very classy store.

The Cabaret's specialty without doubt is formal and semi-formal dress. They cater to both men and women with everything from tailcoats and spats for your men to glamorous evening wear for every woman.

The one downfall to the Cabaret is the prices. Though their selection is worth every penny of the price (dresses are usually a few hundred) it's not something a starving artist or university student could ever afford.

Luckily, the Cabaret also has a gorgeous assortment of jewelry, hats and accessories for both men and women. Though none of it is cheap either, a student might be able to stretch their OSAP money to cover a nice necklace or a pair of gloves and be greatly rewarded by the feeling of wearing something so high end.

The staff at the Cabaret are also a big help, so if you're not sure what you're looking for, need help finding the perfect necklace for your dress or even just want to hear a bit about the store, feel free to ask.

Overall, the Cabaret has earned it's reputation as one of Toronto's best, and although the prices can be a little disappointing (even depressing) to us poor kids, if you ever buy something from there, you will learn that it's well worth every penny.

Dior's new look

Hey guys, kind of a big deal here right now.

The other, we decided to go on a big adventure and check out some of Toronto's best vintage stores that we hadn't yet visited.

One of our first stops of the day was I Miss You. The store is located at 63 Osslington ave just north of Queen West. Their specialty as we quickly found out, is vintage designer clothing.

Their prices are really reasonable, considering the names that they sell (Chanel, Dior, Balenciaga, Hermes, Birkin, YSL etc) and the condition of all of their clothes. I'm not saying that I could waltz in and buy an outfit, let alone even afford a dress, but hey, I'm a university student, I shouldn't be able to afford clothes from anywhere. That said, there were still plenty of gorgeous finds within my price range, be it shirts, skirts, shoes or accessories.

Of course, if you know me, you know what I went for right away.

And then i saw it. And then it was on my head. And then it clicked and I knew I was leaving the store with this hat.

From Christian Dior's 1947 "new look", my gorgeous new hat might just be my new favourite thing in my possession.

 Velvet, with a nice ribbon and a cute little bow,this was a perfect find, for only $40.

Takes about a million pins to keep it on my head, but it's very worth it.

I think the morale or this story is I Miss You is most definitely worth checking out, even if you don't plan on buying anything, you might just be surprised... and go home with the coolest piece of vintage clothing ever.

Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year!

As you may have noticed, we've been somewhat lacking in updates over the holidays, but our downfalls in updates, we've made up in awesome fashion finds.

Over the break, we've been gifting and getting tons of new and vintage clothing and accessories and in the process have discovered some new shops we'd like to introduce you to!

It's really hard to for us to choose what to post first, but I guess we'll start with some cute handmade pillbox hats!

I found these for myself while I was trying to Christmas shop for my family. Ophelie Hat have a lot of very cute designs, everything from berets, to fedoras to feather hair pieces. TO top it all off, the designer was super nice, and helped me find hats that look great on me. (After pulling out big, black garbage bags just full of handmade hats!)

If you'd like to see some more of her work, you can check out her website here: http://www.opheliehats.com/ though I've found she has so much more in person, so if you can make it out to a show, it would definitely be worth it.

I found Ophelie at the Toronto One of a Kind craft and design show. I've gone every year for the past few years and it seems to just get better and better. If you're ever in TO, it's well worth the money to see the show, even if you just head to the food section and eat free samples all day ;) http://www.oneofakindshow.com/xmas10/


This hat design I liked so much, I couldn't decide between two colours... so I bought them both :D

The exaggerated leaves in the design really frame the eye, and make for a really striking piece.

Ever since I bought that red vintage hat, I've been on a bit of a hat rampage, and these hats really solidified my obsession. Along with these hats, you'll be seeing some others in the next month, as well as some cute vintage clutches, hounds tooth galore (another new obsession of mine) and some new and old jewelry.

From the Caitlins, we hope that you had some fantastic holidays and that your new year brings you fabulous clothes!