Cynthia Cheng
Many people today are lax about taking care of their skin. Young people, with their carefree attitudes, don’t realize that the habits they have right now may cause significant damage in the long term. According to the Center of Disease Control in the United States, skin cancer rates have increased significantly, at [...]

Cynthia Cheng
Shimu Shai, a spa located in Corktown, just north of Toronto’s Distillery District area is run by Meredith “Lady Lamb” Mainguy. Lady Lamb came up with the name because of its “soft, soothing sound” a name that sounded like a puppy. The name also reflected the spa’s philosophy of wholesome, country freshness. Most of [...]

Robyn Volker
Every day we are inundated with images of what it means to be a fashionable woman. And that usually entails wearing a size that is as small as possible, despite the fact that more than 40% of us wear a size 14 or larger.

Cynthia Cheng
After studying fashion design at the International Academy of Design, Juliana Corona-Mclean spent some time working as a manager in an alterations shop. However, she wanted to venture out, to try new things. Eventually, she began to make her own clothes. This later expanded to what is now Benedicto. Named [...]

***Note: This was originally published at Shorty Stories on October 13, 2007***

Sunny Suppa, who immigrated to the United States from Thailand as a teenager, is truly living the American Dream. With a bit of help from a non-profit group called CEO Woman, she started 5ft2in™, new line of pants especially for women 5’2” or shorter. [...]

Robert Haynes-Peterson
There are times I wake up feeling if my skin is oozing wine, or whichever spirit I inhaled at the previous night’s soiree. Now luxe spas in vine regions around the world are actually offering wine and vine-based treatments, providing a healthier definition of “booze soaked.” As more and more destinations-from Walla Walla, Washington [...]

Cynthia Cheng
Crystal jewellery designer Katherine Song graduated with a master’s degree in fashion design in China and arrived in Toronto 2000. At the time, she was working for John Bead Corp, Canada’s leading bead importer. Prior to coming to Canada, Katherine taught Fashion Design and Fashion Accessories Design at the Northwest Textile Institute [...]

Cynthia Cheng
Booklet given to all LookFab Moments visitors

The former temporary Chanel boutique just east of the corner of Bloor and Avenue Road in Toronto sat empty since Chanel’s move back to its regular location across the street. However, things pretty much changed overnight last week. Pink signs saying “LookFab” went up, and I couldn’t, [...]

Cynthia Cheng
They say that women in France (and other parts of Europe) buy fewer items than women in North America. According to an article from Factio Magazine, women there would prefer to splurge on ONE designer suit than “armfuls of throwaway shirts from H&M.” Why do they do that? Usually, there are two reasons given. [...]