Good evening everyone.
I hope you had a nice long weekend. I started mine by throwing everything we own onto the living room floor: emptying every box, drawer, basket, shelf, and cabinet with the goal of getting rid of some of it and reinventing how I’d organize the rest. As someone who arranges apps alphabetically and clears my inbox to zero (not bragging about this) this feels like a genuinely enjoyable way to spend time. The link between external and internal order is well known, but I think some people are more sensitive to it others.
After three days of going full Marie Kondo on my belongings, I am dozens of items lighter and (adjusted for an impulse purchase of a large plant) $405 richer. Honestly, I can’t recommend it enough.
NEWS:
The market for candles is worth $10 billion and growing. The Strategist, Architectural Digest, the Robb Report, and so many others have put out their respective candle guides this week.
Lululemon heard you’re not into leggings anymore. The newly rolled out “Big Cozy” collection prioritizes baggy silhouettes.
City councillors are working on a plan to stop raves in the Lower Don Parklands. Techno-bumping youths have been hosting illegal parties in the area for at least a decade, but it was an article by Ben Cohen in the Toronto Star about the impacts of these visitors on plant life that caught the eyes of city staffers earlier this month. Organizers have clashed with the city over what they call “restrictive permitting rules” that have pushed them into the woods, but the debate is turning to whether the ‘social benefits’ of the raves outweigh the costs.
Organizers told Cohen that young people are struggling with loneliness in “an increasingly corporate and inaccessible Toronto” and that they are prepared to set up elsewhere.
Volunteer naturalists said years of restorative work in the woods has been destroyed, meanwhile residents say the noise keeps them up and parties leave garbage (and worse) behind.
The city also approved a plan to develop Waterfront Toronto. In 2017, the area was slotted for Google’s Sidewalk Labs project.
It’s hard to overstate the potential consequences of a fallout between Garmin and Strava. For your marathon friends, at least. These businesses effectively work as a bundle (track on Garmin, then upload to Strava) so an uncoupling would hurt both. Still, Strava’s user base is double that of Garmin’s and the company is pushing ahead with plans to go public “at some point,” so it’ll be interesting to see what it does with that leverage.
I wrote about the tech CEO glow-up for the October issue of Fashion Magazine. Christian Weedbrook and Jack Newton are cool for letting me interview them about their fashion choices.
Canada Post has (kind of) resumed service after a weeks long strike. Excited to get all my September magazines next month.
TheScore was fined $105,000 for not doing enough to stop an individual from making high-risk bets. The user lost $230,000 in eight months, after engaging in risk-taking behaviour that these apps are required to monitor through the platform and interactions with “VIP hosts” who manage high-value players.
The Victoria’s Secret fashion show returns for a second year tomorrow. Last year’s event struggled to recreate the magic of shows from before the brand’s six-year pause, but VS has since onboarded two ex-Fenty executives (Hillary Super as CEO, Adam Selman as creative director) so that’ll be something to watch.
Vanity Fair would like to remind you of another situationship involving another Trudeau. Ask your grandma about former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau dating Barbra Streisand in the 1960s.
As winter draws near, I’m struggling to find a stylish yet impossibly warm winter jacket. I’ve been happily wearing my ankle-length Aritzia SuperPuff (along with every millennial Canadian woman) for years, but am now looking to graduate to something that feels more grown-up. The Canada Goose mystique puffer ($1,595) is a staple at private ski clubs but a little too rich for my Substack salary. What are you eyeing for this winter? Let me know in the comments or replying to this email.
Would prefer to not see “Nobu” and “all-you-can-eat sushi” in the same sentence. A new Sunday brunch seating will cost $110.