Hot, humid Toronto summers are often cursed with unexpected torrential downpours. One recent downpour sent me fleeing inside a pop-up store on Ossington. As this blog isn’t about promoting Brands for their own sake – I will keep this short and simple – the store was filled with many homegrown brands but only two stuck out – VitalyDesign and monte & coe.  They both make some cool shit.

Vitaly Design was born in Indonesia; designed and made in Canada. The brand specializes in rings, pendants and bracelets. The rings stand out from the rest of the collections as the most mature and fashion forward. But in a world filled with many men’s bracelets these days – their collection of bracelets falls short.

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All photography courtesy of the company’s websites.

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Christian has been a cultural and style junkie since the age of 6; while most kids were swiping cookies, he was swiping his grandfathers' Patek Philippe. Raised to appreciate art, fashion,design and  literature (yeah, this one actually reads) by a single mother fondly called Jackie-O. Christian quickly went from childhood cultural capital thief to academia protégé. Referred to as the cat's meow by some, too clever by half by others, Christian eschewed the academic life and ran away to join the circus -the fashion circus. Several well-appointed positions later and a career on the rise would be most people's dream but it was time to say fuck off and start all over again.

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