2009

LONDON CALLING: BURBERRY OPENING

On a fittingly chilly and rainy evening, the brand-new Burberry store on the luxurious Bloor Street shopping strip opened its fashionable doors to the Toronto style set. The 9,000-square foot new home of this British institution, founded in 1856, even brought in a Guinness. DJ, and model (he stars in the latest campaign with It girl Emma Watson), Tom Guinness was flown in from NYC and provided the entertainment for the crowd on the second level, which houses the women’s ready-to-wear Burberry collections, as well as a sample of the Burberry check on attire for little ones. Men’s items and their line of exquisite accessories can all be found on the main floor. Also holding court at the champagne-filled soiree, Canadian designer’s Jeremy Laing (whom we had quite a lovely chat with!), Michael Kale and the boys from Greta Constantine, as well as a quick appearance by Hero’s star Ali Larter, MTV’s Dan Levy and Jessie Cruickshank, actor Tara Spencer-Nairn, FT’s Jeanne Beker, PR maven Michelle Levy, social Ainsley Kerr and Holt Renfrew’s lovely Natalie Lecomte. And a party would not be a party without an appearance by Bold Face Names author Shinan Govani.