You can unsubscribe anytime or. Contraband is currently open but their offerings and services may be affected due to the pandemic. All Republication or distribution of this content is Load It's a wise move in a neighbourhood seemingly saturated with luxury women's retailers. Spread around the whitewashed space, you'll find New York's am aftermidnight, Black Scale 's polished yet quirky streetwear, Filipa K , Nudie , sunglasses from Super , Reebok Classics and Oak (another New York brand). 135 Yorkville Ave. VANCOUVER. In the very near future, you can expect to see brands like Raf Simons , Comme des Garcons , the high-end looks of Richard Chai (Contraband will be the exclusive Canada stockist), and T-shirts from City of Mary . 2185 Rue Crescent Toronto Star articles, please go to: www.TorontoStarReprints.com, The Toronto Star and thestar.com, each property of Toronto Star permissions/licensing, please go to: www.TorontoStarReprints.com. Part of the store's appeal lies in its juxtaposition of brands such as vintage sportswear-inspired Brooklyn Circus , alongside Thom Browne , or even Nike . Please contact the business directly for more information about any changes. The store's direction is set to go into higher-end clothing, although the exact roster of slated brands is being kept under wraps--however, expect fashion houses such as Balmain . "Contraband is a place where we can basically just be ourselves," Casuga tells me, and sunk deep into the plush sofa, I can see how that could pay off nicely for this Yorkville newcomer. Newspapers Limited, One Yonge Street, 4th floor, Toronto, ON, M5E 1E6. To that end, a lush brown custom-made leather couch faces a table sporting two XBox controllers and a flat-screen TV. Their footwear section will include Alexander McQueen by Puma, Nike, Reebok, and Alejandro Ingelmo (expect to fork up around $1200 for his sneakers), and a small selection of bags ($175-$475). "It's a hard market for women out there," Casuga adds, so they'd prefer to bring in the occasional feminine accents--such as hats or eyeglass frames--to complement their stock. Police announced in June they seized 11.5 million contraband cigarettes, with an Ontario street value of $942,000 and 1,714 pounds of cannabis with an estimated street value of $2.5 million. Star Newspapers Limited and/or its licensors. Contraband has been open for just a few days, but you'd never know it from the already pristine, everything-in-its-place interior. to colleagues, clients or customers, or inquire about Project Cairnes targeted the illegal manufacture and distribution of contraband tobacco and cannabis on an industrial scale. "We're mixing designer, luxury brands with entry-level brands," Manarin tells me, and he sees this mix of high and low fashion as indicative of the state of street style today. The arrests come less than two months after seven men from the Greater Toronto Area were hit with murder conspiracy charges in the police operation, called Project Cairnes. The Yorkville menswear shop's draws from the location's former tenant (a pharmacy), as much as from Yorkville's own unlikely history as the hub of Canadian hippiedom. "You see a lot of men waiting for women, but what I've been noticing is a lot of women are now waiting for us men," Casuga says. 1060 Hamilton St. MONTREAL. A Mississauga man and a 70-year-old American have been charged in the second wave of arrests in an OPP-led crackdown on contraband cigarettes and cannabis. comments, Sign up for our free email newsletter so you're always in the know. This copy is for your personal non-commercial use only. Police announced in June they seized 11.5 million contraband cigarettes, with an Ontario street value of $942,000 and 1,714 pounds of cannabis with an estimated street value of $2.5 million. Please contact us Their stock caters almost exclusively to men, although they do carry Extension's hand-made, beaded bracelets, some of which are unisex, and some (such as the Swarovski crystal, or Swarovski pearls for $40) were certainly bought with women in mind. The interior is stark and brightly-lit, thanks to the snaking fluorescent lights above, resulting in a set-up that lets its stock breathe--you can easily rifle through A.P.C jackets, and the shop's small selection of caps is displayed on stumps of reclaimed wood that's been submerged underwater for 30 years. Join the conversation The polished concrete floor adds to the cavernous industrial atmosphere, thanks to its haphazard splotches of paint. On a Thursday evening, Tropic Thunder provides the shop's only soundtrack, while earlier in the day, Monsters Inc. graced the screen. Currently, the price point in the store as a whole ranges from around $45, to $965 for an A.P.C jacket, but as of January, the store's prices will top out around $4,000. Police also announced the seizure of three handguns, ammunition, a cocaine press, 1.14 kilograms of cocaine, 10.2 kilograms of Piperidone, which is used in manufacturing drugs, 1.3 kilograms of fentanyl, $236,750 cash and seven vehicles. rights reserved. "Yorkville is one of the places in Toronto where people are spending the most time and the most money," Casuga tells me, and the barebones media center by the shop's entrance is a clever way to facilitate both. In the June arrests, 16 men from Ontario, across Ontario, B.C., and Quebec across Canada were charged with 218 offences. They're also planning a buying trip to Japan, which is sure to inject several avant-garde brands into the store's stock. Is this your business? TORONTO. To order Contrabande Creative We are a Toronto based full service strategic and creative consultancy built around real-time innovation, quantifiable results and memorable work. Other pieces, such as their loose-fitting tanks, knitwear, or even flannel shirts, have already appealed to female shoppers. I chat with co-owner Christopher Casuga and brand manager Bernard Manarin about their vision for the store, and learn that they each have 15 years of retail experience under their belts (including most recently at Holt Renfrew)--Casuga has lent his consulting and buying flair extensively in Asia and worked with fashion conglomerate I.T, while Manarin is trained in visual marketing and merchandising, and has his own brand, NTHNG . It seems the folks at Contraband have finally succeeded in making shopping with your fashion-conscious boyfriend fun. Copyright owned or licensed by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited. To order copies of It's a true-to-trend forecast, with thrift and thrift-inspired looks or casual sneakers increasingly working their way into the closets of well-dressed, affluent men. if you would like to update this message. expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Toronto One of the shop's most interesting features is located near the entrance.
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