Twenty Questions with FASHION Magazine Editor-in-Chief, Bernadette Morra about her Yorkville Neighbourhood

As Editor-in-Chief of FASHION Magazine, and with over 20 years as a fashion writer and editor for various Canadian publications, Bernadette Morra has made a career out of knowing beauty, quality, and all things lovely. Her status on the fashion scene has even garnered the attention of the oh-so-hot fashion voyeur site, The Coveteur who recently featured the contents of Morra’s chic yorkville closet. And now, she has been gracious enough to share her Yorkville favourites beyond her dressing room with us! Check out all of Bernadette’s must-stop shops in the neighbourhood that has captured her heart.

 

Best comfort food:

Crêpes à GoGo

 

Best place to buy unique gifts:

Teatro Verde

 

Best hair salon:

Marc Anthony for the $25 Blow Dry Club

 

Best treasures can be found where?

Royal Ontario Museum

 

Bernadette’s zen spot:

Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art

 

Best people watching:

The terrace at One during TIFF

 

Best place that has been around forever:

Giovanni of Italy tailors for trusted alterations

 

Best place to bring kids:

MoRoCo chocolate boutique

 

Best baby gift:

Sterling silver rattles at Tiffany & Co.

 

Her favourite street for walking:

Hazelton Ave.

 

Where everybody knows her name:

Cantine

 

Best dinner reservation:

Sotto Sotto

 

Best one of a kind store:

Rolo

 

Three words Bernadette would use to describe her neighbourhood:

Sophisticated. Energetic. Attractive.

 

If she got locked in a store overnight, she would want it to be:

Holt Renfrew

 

Best cool shoes:

119 Corbo

 

Her neighbourhood is never lacking in:

Champagne by the glass

 

Best cultural hot spot:

L’Atelier Grigorian classical music shop

 

On an unlimited budget, Bernadette would spend it at:

Cartier. Oh, if only this dream were to come true…

 

Best place to treat yourself:

Avec Plaisir for lingerie

 

 

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