Toronto: A vintage heaven
Toronto has an astounding number of vintage shops: 50 in the city centre. It may seem an unlikely shopping destination but it's as important to fashion insiders as London, Paris and Milan. Salim Manji, a wholesaler of vintage and speciality used clothing says, 'There's more clothing sorted in Toronto than in all the United States combined.'
And it's long been a hotspot for specialist clothing dealers from around the world. Douglas Gunn, who runs the Vintage Showroom in Covent Garden, London, has been buying from Toronto for 10 years. 'It has a great mix of classic American pieces, but also it's own stuff - like Canadian cold-weather clothing,' says Gunn.
Toronto is a major hub on the used-clothing circuit, both because of the number of warehouses for sorting (opened on the city's periphery in the days when rents were cheaper than in America) and its location as a shipping access point. Much of the clothing is initially collected by North American charities and agencies such as the Salvation Army and Goodwill. They then sell the surplus to dealers, who have the clothes sorted in Toronto before shipping them abroad.
Abercrombie & Fitch ~ Fierce 1.0 oz 
Abercrombie & Fitch ~ Fierce 1.0 oz 
