/fa/ - Fashion

stratford and guelph are the comfiest cities in canada desu

In Ottawa:
-NRML
-Simons in Quebec (basically french version of Nordstrom but cheaper with more street wear brands. Comme des Garcons and HBA etc)
-Top of the world (On Rideau, mainly skate type stuff but tons of streetwear)
-Neon (In byward market, all streetwear)

As far as neighborhoods go stay away from the Glebe. Its filled with white pseudo hipster fags.

>>10583060
anyone from Winnipeg actually browse this board?

Any good online retailers for west coast?

>>10583485
Winnipeg friendo here

Pembina boiz

>>10583339
>he hates the glebe

Poorfag detected

Ottawa gotta stop pretending to be a smaller city.
As far as Canadian cities go, it's a big one. Over a million people.
Most /fa/ smaller city would be Victoria, Halifax or St. John's.
Toronto is shit.
Calgary is shit.
Edmonton is shit.
Vancouver is rich but good.
Montreal rulez.

Any ideas for good short boots for high-snowfall winter?

>>10583485
Dat shooting yesterday tho

>>10583485
There are so few people from Winnipeg here.

>>10583830
>>10583781
>>10583577
I'm honestly surprised anyone replied. I'm sorry we live here.

>>10583339
Cdg is streetwear?

>>10583060
idk man i live in ottawa and when i go to montreal and toronto it actually feels effay. ottawa is soft af desu senpai

>>10583904
Fit on right is fire. Rest are trash.

Can Natives be effay? I've never seen one look effay except for the hockey players.

>>10584047
chugs are disgusting

>>10583687
What's so bad about Calgary? It seems leagues ahead of shit holes like Winnipeg and Edmonton. Calgary has some decent neighbourhoods like Kensington and Inglewood, as well as a good music scene, as far as I'm aware.

anyone from hamilton browse this board?

canadian cities that aren't toronto and vancouver need to stop thinking they're relevant lmao

There used to be a decently sized Toronto senpai but now everyone is gone.

>>10584434
>Toronto
>Relevant

Choose one

Honestly, being from victoria, we have so many attractive people but they just dress in whatever style is popular (girls will use tumblr, guys will use mfa) but you can find really /fa/ people around. As a city though, the place is really /fa/, minus the bums you'll find downtown on weekends.

>>10583687
>Edmonton is shit
Con confirm. Edmonton is shit for fashion. 96% of people here are just trade monkeys that think wearing metal mulisha shirts with true religion jeans looks cool with their lifted pickup trucks. The other 4% of people here are either worse trash or slightly effay. This entire city is suffering

>>10584497
> trade monkeys wearing metal mulisha shirts with true religion jeans
They're all over the fucking country.

>>10584497
Yup. I lived there over the summer for work and you're pretty spot on. Lots of greasy douchebags on Whyte Ave who spent their time harassing teenaged girls or driving their trucks obnoxiously. Lots of aggressive homeless people too.

It seemed like there were a lot more girls than guys at the university but the vast majority of them were asians who weren't /fa/. The few white girls all seemed to be dating asian guys too.

>>10584509
My neighbor literally has a lift kit on his truck high enough to put pseudo-monster truck tires on. His tires are as tall as a car.
I fucking hate this province, our political landscape shows exactly how forward thinking the hicks here are.
>they are all over the fucking country
Goddamn it.

>>10583339
Don't forget Vanier. Fuck Vanier

>>10584535
To be fair I don't see that shit in Montreal. I didn't really see it where I lived in Calgary or where I live now in Kingston either. I only really noticed it in Edmonton.

>>10584514
My uni is 74:26 female to male ratio (all the guys here work in oil or trades) not sure what u of a is but you are right, most asians here aren't very effay
>>10584550
Yeah, this city is too close to the oil sands, it got their influence

>>10584558
I feel like it's mainly the prairies. People will drive from mb and sk to ab just for the rigs. They're so awful it gives me anxiety to even be near someone like that.

>>10584480

how does it feel to be living in a bumpkin ass city mate lmao

>>10583060
Does anyone know some decent thrift stores in Victoria? Value Village has a nice selection, but the prices fucking suck.

>>10584605
>Implying Montreal isn't the most effay city in North America aside from New York

>>10584585
How fucking pussy are you faggots? Honestly?

Live and let live. These "hicks", while not all of them I'm sure, but a significant part of them work shit manual labor jobs you'd never fucking do. It doesn't mean they have to be obnoxious about their lifestyle obviously, but still.

Unfortunately most things in life set you up into a stereotype. I travel a whole bunch and I interact with a lot of people. I met a guy in Texas who had a law degree form some other state up north. 5 years after living there he wears cowboy boots and has the accent. Our environment affects us, for the better or worse, but it happens. True authenticity is very hard to come by. You think you're special and unique because of your gothninja/SLP/homeless whatever the fuck fit, but in reality there are thousands of others who had the idea to dress like that. Especially in the modern day and age when you can google any fucking style you want, find a billion pinterests and tumblrs dedicated to certain looks, you can be anyone anywhere whenever you want.

Do whatever the fuck you want senpais, anywhere you want. You wear the clothes, not the other way around.

>>10584435
still here :((

>>10584660
blown the FUCK out

>>10583837
You go to u of m man?

I'm doin a bio major with a theatre minor myself

>>10584660

> It doesn't mean they have to be obnoxious about their lifestyle obviously.

That's the point. Alberta is the biggest shithole in Canada.

>>10583485
>>10583577
>>10583781
>>10583830
>>10584814
How the hell are there so many people from Winnipeg on here? Every time one of these gets posted you guys are all over this shit

Any advice for someone someone who wants to move from Vancouver to Toronto?

>>10584931

get a job first.

>>10584931
Why would you want to do that?

>>10584949
Well yea, ideally I'd get one lined up first before moving.

>>10584951
Van has a shit music scene and shuts down at 1am, it's getting old. This is a city for young chinks with rich parents and retiring baby boomers
Or maybe it's just grass is greener syndrome. Bottom line is i need a change

>>10584980
Fuck, that's depressing? Does Toronto have a good music scene? I was wondering the impression it was full of Drake fanboy memelords. I'm looking to move somewhere new in Canada but it doesn't seem like anywhere has a good music scene aside from mtl.

>>10585005
you do realise TO is fucking huge right?
there's plenty of music shit

>>10584873
Cause we are all amazed people are on this since how shit people dress here hahaha

>>10585047
I guess. It just seems kind of shit based on what the majority of people I've met from there, my experience on this board and my experience visiting there.

>>10584980
>>10585005
>>10585047
>>10585051

Vancity to me is cool. but it's too new. No real scene at all.

Toronto has everything for everyone. If you have some weird interest there is 20+ people into that shit and a bar/club for it.

come to Toronto its dope as fuck

why do i get the impression this thread has quite a few people who can't dress/have a tragic face, so they have to rely on things like "LIVING IN AN /FA/ CITY" in-order to score brownie points (also see phone threads)

>>10585083
"Living in a /fa/ city" has no meaning, we're really just talking about cities that have good culture & substance, of which there are few in this wasteland known as Canada

L O N D O N
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D
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(anyone else here? ;_;)

>>10584207
As someone from Calgary it's hard to be in the nice places unless your parents are oil executives. To get anywhere nice you have to drive minimum 15 minutes, but it's usually 30 minutes. I like Calgary quite a bit though, perhaps I am biased. Plenty of cute ethnic girls in the north and pretty white ladies in the south.

>>10585494
use to be from there now I'm annex in Toronto. I was white oaks senpai south london.

>>10585113
is winnipeg /fa/?

>>10585494
my man i think we live in one of the most unfashionable cities in ontario, high-five. our only saving grace seems to be asian students.

>>10585494

all roads lead to Toronto

>>10585494

>>10585546
Obviously not. Do you live there? Because if you do you shouldn't have to ask.

>>10585051
I'm honestly interested in seeing what winnipeggers that post on here look like.

>>10585060
I mean that's what I'm trying to do.

>>10585787
Someone post a pic. I won't because I'm too bitch. Don't let that stop you though.

>>10583485
>>10583577
>>10583781
>>10583830
>>10584814
>>10585546
>>10585051

The turnout for this thread is so damn disproportionate for this shit-hole of a city.

What's the most effay thing we've got going for us? Music? The Exchange? We're basically bankrupt.

>>10585809
>>10585815
You poor bastards... stuck in the asshole of Canada.

Pretty much everyone I've ever met from Winterpeg had a white trash vibe about them. Once made the mistake of dating a girl from there... that was one crazy bitch

>>10585809
too shy
>>10585815
I'd say the summers are p okay here. I live downtown and I enjoy myself. But I also really like going to u of w, so that says a lot about my shit personality.

>>10585494
Literally the least fashionable city in the world. The other anon was right about Asian students being the saving grace. Is living right on Richmond (by the campus) effay?

>>10585939
youre a faggot going to urban outfitters

>>10586050
I bought a pair of black Levi's there once I think. Am I doomed?

>>10586075
go fuck yourself homie. 519 is for suckas.

>>10586075
511s?

>>10585494
Absolute shit-hole.

>>10585542
Saunders?

>>10585542
I went to westminster and central

Can someone please elucidate all the different neighborhoods of Toronto for me? Which ones are good / affordable?

Also how hard is it to get a job in tech over there

>>10585815
I just saw a $10 show in a dingy bar for KEN mode and it was pretty dece, honestly music is all we got and a lot of bands still skip over us
>>10585907
Is it fashionable at least u of m has barely any fashionable people lol. Black hole theatre is pretty damn good at least I did a show that was really fun this year.
>>10585884
A lot of rural people move there so its pretty hick, I'm from dauphin and dont even get me started on that shit hole, attempting to dress well is a social desth sentence in any hick town

>>10586140
Is it at least fashionable at u of w*

>>10586134
toronto is not that expensive. you can live north york and get a cheap room. I live in the Annex the houses are expensive as fuck. my room is dope $650 and close to spadina subway.

tech jobs are everywhere. the film industry is always getting bigger even with a low dollar. Apply to post production studios they need more then just animators. system admins / programers.


explore it on your own. dope city. lots of fun. lots of opportunity.

>>10586140
u of w is full of hipsters. so yes and no, people are definitely more interesting to look at than u of m.
Glad to hear you enjoyed the show, I'd say Winnipeg's theatre industry is pretty good and we do a lot of contract work back and forth between Toronto.
That's what I'm aiming for once I graduate.

>>10586087
510s

>>10586077
Being north west of Queens and Adelaide isn't too bad. still shittier than many places though.

>>10587092
>510s

major faggot

>>10584427
Yes

>>10587160
>major faggot
fucking idiot
original 510s were the best cut levis ever made

>>10584427
Yeah, wanna fight kid?

>>10585542
white oaks we in this
>>10586094
i went to saunders!!

>>10586874
Yeah I'd love to act out of school only problen is it isnt a very reliable career option

>>10585787
>>10585809
Fuck it here ya go its a meh fit but whatever

>>10587309
You should definitely look into the two unions here if you haven't, it's pretty decent for job security, you're just not going to make 6 figures.
>>10587416
p qt for winnipeg

What watch brand should I buy for my GF for christmas?She wants something minimalist and gold or silver bracelet

>>10587416
Yes, this has started off pretty well.

>live in calgary
>expect snow to come in Sept or Oct
>copped boots and winter jacket to be ready
>weather won't drop below 0

>>10584611
I usually try The Patch but I never find more than 1 good thing per visit. Also Flavour has a thrift store upstairs, I find good stuff there but it's never in my size.

>>10587505
>>10587608
Thank u friends <3

>>10587305
>white oaks we in this

supp I was Clara Cres. my parents still there tho.

meet me at lacy park for a quick sesh and compare fits.

>>10587208
>original 510s were the best cut levis ever made

you're a skinny fuckboy that needs to squat and deadlift

>>10583060
Anybody from Ottawa who thrifts have any good experiences or recommended locations? Also, thoughts on the Nordstrom in rideau center?

Found a lot of good stuff at the new Tanger outlets. The J crew factory, BR factory, Gap factory are worth checking out and are reasonably priced compared to stuff at Rideau.

>>10588043
I like going to Winners from time to time. I get lucky sometimes. Yes I'm a poorfag.

>>10583671
Nah man, my parents just bought me a place in the market.

>>10587989
lmao augusta cres senpai we're neighbours

>>10588764
are you still cowboy?

>>10586143
not the op u replied to. Just wondering if you have any big names in post production I can take a look at as examples of needing software devs? Thanks.

>>10583339
bruh u live in ottawa or what? where you at

I live in Ottawa and would like to meet new people who can teach me to not dress like shit.

>>10583339

Oh my fuck this has to be a shit post, if its not then you should kill yourself and stop giving people advice.

Ottawa is shit, I never see anyone dress well all we have is wannabe hypebeast faggots who browse the internet too much.

Everyone from Ottawa here get fucked and die

>>10584615
>implying it is

Where you kamloops boys at?
Mateo I know you browse nigga

>>10589311
kamloops reporting in

These threads are unbelievably accurate.

Toronto is nowhere near as shit as people say. It was in the 70's but it's 2015. Things have changed.

Vancouver is full of rich yuppies that might dress /fa/ but are some of the worst people in the world.

Montreal is very /fa/ but the pretention just kills it.

Ottawa is a joke. The amount of shilling in these threads is off the charts. It's a lame, poorly planned city with a half decent [little] downtown and not much else. Anyone who says it's anywhere near /fa/ needs to stop dreaming.

>>10589370
un-accurate, my bad

>>10585005
if you honestly believe that everyone in toronto is obsessed with drake then you need to get off the internet.

>>10589370
what about calgary

>>10588901
i am at heart

>>10589231
Meet me under the stairs at the locks on the Canal. Bring all the money you have.

>>10589370
winnipeg too shit to mention

>>10589370
What about some of the other cities in Canada that have been mentioned? Calgary, Victoria, St John's, Kingston in particular. Toronto just pretty 'meh'. I've gone there a few times in the past few months and I didn't hate it but I wasn't really impressed either. The rent is too expensive, the beer is too expensive and their 'artsy' areas just seem contrived. I'm not a fan of the endless supply of ugly glass condos sprouting up everywhere either.

>>10589381
I dunno, 75% of the people in my program are from Toronto and they all seem to love him.

>>10589370
Don't make fun of Ottawa fa/m

>>10588764
BRO, Conway Lane I live at. Lets meet. now.

>>10589555
u got an email or somethin?

>>10585494
Went to Fanshawe, made me wanna kill myself.

>>10584550
Kingston a shit tho. Rich swagfags, bitties and bros with daddy's credit card, poor, skeety townies and old people. The "downtown" is a 10 minute walk and the university is getting by on ancient reputation alone. I got out of there fast when I finished my grad degree, going to Queen's was a mistake lol.

>>10585113
Hmm I think that's misleading. Canada has a rich and varied culture, which make our country great in its own way. We have very few cosmopolitan cities that fit into modern culture, but that does not mean the country is devoid of culture. Our culture is a rural one, and our fashions are rural fashions. Bundling up for winter with flannels, wool and furs is part of our national fashion, oilskins are part of our fashion, all kinds of boots are part of our fashion. Parkas are Canadian as fuck.
We also have an amazing art culture from rural Canada, from paintings to poetry, novels to music, this vast land has produced art, both folk and fine, that we should be very proud of.
So maybe, if you think Canada is mainly devoid of culture, you should open your eyes, look in the mirror. Maybe you're the one who's devoid of culture because you refuse to see the goldmine of it that exists before your eyes, above your head, under your feet and beyond, from ocean to ocean to ocean.

>>10589452
Nigga you in SURP in Kingston?

>>10584660
>triggered

>>10589370
Cant deny the asian invasion of Van/Vic but still, I used to visit my friend in N. Van a decent while ago and it was like walking into /fa/'s wet dream

>>10590078
Shut the fuck up! They haven't quite discovered N and E Van yet, don't help them spread

>>10589711
Is this a joke? There's no part of Canadian culture that isn't also American. Parkas are part of Canadian culture? O I am laffin

>>10589729
Yeah, I am. How did you know? Are you in SURP?

Who /Markham/ here.

Its literally memecity. Asians in Canada goose and joggers everywhere. Whites that dress like niggers.
On the bright side there's qt racemixed girls everywhere and foreigners

>>10590295
Nah but I went there a few years ago. Just figured you were the same guy talking about how shitty a city was, then talking about how you lived in Kingston. Put two and two together and with similar experience figured it out. If you're also from Winnipeg I'm pretty sure I could even find out who you are lol.

>>10590119
Have you ever been to rural Canada? Did you not read my post? I agree, the cosmopolitan cities have become international, and the medium sized cities are primarily anonymous, but rural Canada is so completely different from rural America I would venture to guess that you've never been to one of the two.

>>10585494
Only here for my studies, but I agree w/ previous posters. London is very un /fa/ unless you're trying to channel your inner hobocore/crackaddict look. London downtown where the Farhi bell tower is plays classical music to calm all the hobos down when they congregate there, something straight out of One Flew Over the Kekoo's Nest desu

>>10590660
Damn, that's pretty amazing that you managed to guess that lol. I'm actually not from Winnipeg but there are two people from there in the program right now as far as I'm aware. What are you doing now? Did you finish the program?

>>10589213
Byward market

>>10591060
Yeah, working in government lands management, lots of field work, very independent job. I do consulting work in design, mostly for free, occasionally paid. Building my portfolio.

>>10583842
he must be referring to the Play collection

>>10584542
what's wrong with Vanier?

>>10585546
Brandons better

>Canada
>/fa/
>not mentioning the most fa city of America, and the first one also
Quebec

>>10587505
then again, you dont need to make 6 figures to make it in winnipeg (for now)

>>10592094
quebec is a province

>>10592094
St. John's is older and more /fa/. QC is a tourist trap, at best.

>>10592090
Ew what the actual fuck are you talking about, this better be bait. Are you from brandon?
>>10592197
Unless you want to live in lindenwoods with some of the shittiest people I've ever met, nah. lol You should audition for a fringe show or something! I'll be teching a few venues this summer so break a leg!
>>10589711
This. All of the best folk and alt country artists came from rural towns/municipalities. Neil Young was born in Winnipeg!
>>10592200
Nice try buddy, it's a province and a city.

So how do I go from slim fit jeans and t-shirts to something more? I don't want like, sweater vests or something but I wan't more than dress shirt and jeans (Which looks garbage imo).

Comfy and approachable but more than t-shirts basically.

>>10592520
Yeah music is amazing in winnipeg I love seeing local bands most tend to put on a good show. Fringe festival is great too im gonna audition for some shows i love acting.

>>10592072
It's where the poors live

>>10592465
My man

>>10592801
the stand up comedy scene is one of the best in the country as well

>>10583837
It could be worse. We could live in one of the small towns around us. As long as ur not transcona its not bad here

>>10592049
You're working for the province of Manitoba I guess? That's cool, is urban design your main interest then? Are you thinking of going back to school?

>>10593194
I wouldn't call it not bad. It's pretty fucking shit.

>>10588043

Nordstrom has a pretty okay selection for high-end menswear. Kind of like Harry Rosen. Their casualwear leaves a lot to be desired though.

Check out Marshall's at Trainyards. I've had some pretty decent luck on stuff like Penguin, Ben Sherman, Jack Spade, and Brooks Brothers.

>>10583687

Let me guess, you're from Montreal.

>>10584660

It's almost like the people on this board are vain and trying to validate themselves or something.

Look at how many people here talk about how people are ugly, how someone's clothes are ugly, how cities suck, how their school is bad, and so on. In all of these things the implication is that they are superior in some way, and since it's the internet they don't have to substantiate anything.

For real though, most of the people here are relatively normal with a few r9k tier retards talking about whether prescription drugs and sociopathic behaviors are /fa/.

>>10586134

Around St. Clair station is relatively cheap and safe.

Parkdale is all over the place in terms of safety, but there are still cheap rentals there.

If you don't mind living in a co-op, there are plenty by the lake at Sherbourne and Front and in the Beaches.

In general it's kind of funny when people talk shit about Toronto all the time and people in Toronto are like "yeah, we know it sucks, we live here", but the moment you make fun of their city they get so butthurt about it it's hilarious. To this day there is still a troll on /trv/ who goes into every single Canada thread and posts about how bad Toronto is.

As for why Toronto sucks:
-Terrible public transit
-Terrible highway system
-Extremely poor urban planning
-Insanely high rent
-Bad housing market
-Polite but cold people
-Expensive goods and high taxes
-Volatile climate with +35 summers and -40 winters
-Consistent gentrification eroding downtown into a husk full of yuppies

I say all of this as someone who has lived here for 23 years. People who blindly talk about how amazing their city is while not acknowledging its weak points are just looking for something to identify with in order to give them a sense of pride, or worse, a sense of superiority.

>>10586134

The east end is great, riverdale/beaches aswell as the junction if you're looking for a affordable places to live that's close to the core. I suggest you get a bike though, public transportation within the city is godawful and city driving is expensive.

Since theres already a /CA/ general

What are some places to shop for basics in Toronto?
I just moved and am trying to work on my fa-power, but need to cop some basics since my shit is like, 6 years old.

>>10583070
uwaterloo student living in stratford right now, feels good

just got an internship in toronto for the summer, can't wait desu

It may be shit but the upside is that my shitty J.crew, GAP, N&F, A.P.C slightly above mallcore fits get noticed because their not god awful. Feels good man

does anyone know how hard is it to cop the yeezys in vancouver, im new here??
does adidas sell them online in canada?
>inb4 fucboi

>>10595798
Compared to Vancouver:

>As for why Toronto sucks:
>-Terrible public transit
it's not too bad here
>-Terrible highway system
check
>-Extremely poor urban planning
don't know
>-Insanely high rent
check
>-Bad housing market
check
>-Polite but cold people
friendly but dumb people here
>-Expensive goods and high taxes
check
>-Volatile climate with +35 summers and -40 winters
awesome mild weather here
>-Consistent gentrification eroding downtown into a husk full of yuppies
check

But at least Toronto has better music scenes, more subcultures, and better night life than Van

>>10596838
>friendly
i cant possibly understand how you could think vancouver is friendly. this is the most eotionally closed and socially dead city i have ever lived in.

>>10596583
kokko in aberdeen has sold the last two pairs, check there. I think the chinese line up for them though

>>10597032
>this is the most eotionally closed and socially dead city i have ever lived in.
Yea, actually you're right. It was also rated as one of Canada's least happy and loneliest cities

shouts out to the vets
thanks for everything homies

>>10597116
>tfw Sherbrooke, QC was rated the happiest city in Canada
ayy lmao

>>10585538
>Disagree because I've had good experiences everytime I've visited there
>Realize my gf is the daughter of an oil executive
mfw

I find overall there are some decent neighbourhoods for young people (beltline, kensington inglewood) though they're all getting gentrified to shit. The music scene is good as far as I'm aware, and the city working hard to change its reputation as a backwards city with a cool mayor and good urban planning and policy.

Calgary, Ottawa, Victoria and Montreal are most /fa/

>>10596471
im in the same program as u... 1A tho

>>10596469
Here you go bud https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=zYfzwFqUcrVQ.kU6abVcu-c-c

Also while we're on the topic of Toronto, I've been planning on starting my own brand for a little while; something remotely reminiscent of the toronto culture. Does anyone on here from Toronto think it could work? I'm talking small shop downtown with a decently sized loyal following.

Planning to go to MTL sometime early next year, anyone got a list of places to hit up while I'm there?

>>10598442
Go to SSENSE

Glad to see there's a few cool people from Winnipeg.

Windsor here. Detroit is pretty effe

>>10583339
You left out most slept on boutique: wlkn.ca
Called WLKN, on rideau st right outside the mall.

I've been there a few times and they have a ton of awesome stuff you won't find anywhere else in ottawa and sick sneakers too.

Also Nordstrom in the mall.

>>10599582
Just actually looked at the website myself, it doesn't do them justice. They have way more unique stuff.

Bumperino

Is there any uniqlo resellers that ship to canada that don't double the price for customs/duties? Looking to cop a jacket