Harry Magazine Spring/Summer 2012

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‘Play it as it lies’ is one of the fundamental dictates of golf. The other is,‘Wear it if it clashes.’

— henry Beard, GolfinG, 1985

fashion 70 thE architEcturE OF stylE

features 48 drEssEd FOr businEss

Four cEOs share the view from the top by dick snyder

56 thE caMPaign trail 15 years of harry’s men by deborah Fulsang

100 MEn OF stylE

ryan Kesler by shannon heth-Vergette dr. Mirko gilardino by adam leith gollner simon rosen by Josh mactate

106 cracKing cancEr’s cOdE

new horizons in prostate cancer research by christopher Frey

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Mark Cohon, commissioner of the Canadian Football League, and Larry rosen share a moment with the grey Cup at a special event

in our TD square store in Calgary, last november.

Larry rosen (right) presents a large cheque to pauL aLofs (left), president and CeO of the princess margaret Hospital Foundation, and to Dr. robert bristow (centre), head of the prostate Cancer research program at princess margaret Hospital, Toronto. The occasion was Harry’s spring run-Off, the annual run that raises funds for prostate cancer research.

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Last year, my 22-year-oLd son completed his business degree and started work on Bay Street as an analyst (the starter position) with a management consulting firm. I was really intrigued to see what he wore to work every day. Occasionally, it was a suit with a shirt and tie but more often a suit or a blazer with an open-collared shirt and no tie. Some Fridays, he just wore a nice pair of dress pants and a cool sport shirt. It seems that today’s young workforce is formulating its own approach to business dress and I’m happy to say it looks more elegant and workable than the old “business casual” of a decade ago, when some believed the very existence of the suit was threatened. Back then, we convened a forum of experts in the pages of this magazine to discuss the matter. We return to the subject on page 48, asking four top Ceos from a cross-section of Canada’s business community to review the state of the art of business dressing. The conclusions they come to are very similar to what we experience on the other side of the retail counter. Certainly, a great deal has changed in the 58 years we have been clothing Canada’s leaders but the principles remain the same. Leaders still need to look like leaders and businessmen need to look as though they mean business.

Of course, this does not preclude individuality. The successful man has the confidence to develop a style of his own, whatever his field of endeavour. We see this in our customers across the country, three of whom are featured in our story on page 100 – an entrepreneur, a surgeon and a hockey star. And we have seen it expressed in our ongoing, evolving advertising campaign of the last 15 years, focusing the sartorial lens on hundreds of renowned Canadians. I hope you enjoy our retrospective on page 56.

About a year and a half ago I had the honour of being asked to join the Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation board of directors. P.M.H. is one of the world’s top five cancer research hospitals. It has been fascinating to find out more about the work being done there and the bright promise of personalized cancer treatment now that science is unravelling the mystery of the human genome. Prostate cancer research has been Harry Rosen’s corporate cause since the 1990s and we have raised over $3 million in support of it through our Spring Run-Offs. On page 106, we check in with some of the scientists leading that research to learn more about the progress being made. There isn’t an associate at Harry Rosen who doesn’t feel a tremendous pride in helping these doctors fight the fight on behalf of all of us.

Larry Rosen, chairman and ceo harry rosen inc.

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sharing information; tracking the new and noteworthy

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(left to right) Canali, $1,650; J.P. tilford by samuelsohn, $1,050; boss orange, $495.

a navy blazer has always been a man’s most versatile JaCket – never more so than today, with design houses offering a broad range of variations on the classic garment, some more formal than others. How to coordinate? Consider the fabric and structure of the jacket. In the centre, the dressiest of our three navy blazers is tailored in pure wool with a touch of silk to add a subtle lustre. The soft windowpane pattern is most appropriate for business wear. Grey dress pants, a dress shirt with a discreet pattern and a silk tie are the natural accompaniments. Black dress shoes with a black belt and a simple cotton pocket square complete the outfit. On the left, a half-lined, soft-shouldered blazer in a linen-wool-silk blend is a more casual jacket – delightfully lightweight, it’s perfect for a summer cocktail party. Pair it with five-pocket pants in a wool blend (more casual than dress pants) and a patterned shirt. A red pocket square and red loafers add colour and fashionable informality. On the right, the unlined, unstructured washed cotton jacket is the most casual of the three, great with cotton chinos (rolled up to reveal a summer desert boot). Push the cuffs of a blue chambray shirt up over the cuffs of the jacket for a really relaxed look. Please go to www.harryrosen.com to see our video on coordinating these navy blazers.

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photography, chris nicholls; styling, lee sullivan, grooming, laura szucs, both plutino group

blaze, blazer, blazest

Panama Panache

 The classic Panama is an iconic summer haT – and has been so for

well over a century, equally at home at Wimbledon, on a Caribbean island or on the French Riviera. Now Makins Hats introduces a jaunty new style, with a much smaller rim and a more colourful hat band. They are all true Panamas, painstakingly woven from Ecuadorian jipijapa straw, moulded over wooden blocks, then hand-cut and welted – a method unchanged for five generations.

Pliant, lightweight and undeniably debonair, each one is finished with an old-fashioned cotton-blend grosgrain hat band. The traditional, full-brimmed Makins is available in off-white, beige or navy, $195; Makins calls the sportier, smallbrimmed version Stitch, $95.

PamPer Your face photography, brian sano; styling, sandy harris, ford toronto

a keen search for cuTTing-edge shaving and grooming ProducTs leads us to Mühle’s

elegant kit. The first Mühle badger-hair shaving brushes were made in Stützengrün, Germany, in 1945. Today, the firm combines the most sophisticated high-tech machinery with painstaking handcrafting to create the finest shaving equipment. Witness the return of the old-fashioned safety razor, guaranteed to leave cheek and chin impeccably smooth. Brushes are made from stainless steel or various wood materials; gentle sandalwood aftershave lotion completes a man’s early-morning ritual. Available online at www.harryrosen.com and in selected Harry Rosen stores.

 (left to right) sandalwood shave soap and wood box, $38, metal/ chrome-finish fine badger brush, $135, sandalwood shave cream tube, $20, sandalwood aftershave lotion, $40, and metal/chromefinish safety razor, $60.

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UNBUTTONED, UNTUCKED

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(left to right) Michael Kors, $175; arnold Zimberg, $250; robert Graham, $225; Michael Kors, $195; sand, $250.

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photography, brian sano; styling, sandy harris, ford toronto

ThiNK Of iT as a wEEKEND rEvOlUTiON – a reaction away from the proper stripes and subtle checks on the shirts we wear to work. This season’s casual shirts feature eye-poppingly bold prints from a number of designers such as Robert Graham, Michael Kors, Etro, Sand and Arnold Zimberg. Attitudes and inspirations range from tropical, tribal abstracts to paisley to small neat patterns – and colours positively glow. Sure, you can leave the soft collars unbuttoned, even wear the shirts untucked. With shirts like these, the rules are as relaxed as a summer weekend itself.

SHOW A LEG

 WE’rE uSEd tO SEEinG mEn WEArinG cOLOur AbOvE tHE WAiSt – coral-pink polos,

photography, brian sano; styling, sandy harris, ford toronto

brightly hued shirts and ties – but our legs have often remained in the background.

All that has now changed. This season sees a flood of colour below the belt as Citizens of Humanity unleashes five-pocket cotton trousers in stone, tan, olive, white, various blues and even orange. With a straight leg and a modern “democratic” fit they’re as comfortable – and as easy to coordinate – as a pair of jeans, $220 to $235.

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LIQUID JERSEY

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super-silky feel of his new pure-cotton polo knits. A particularly fine weave gives the fabric an almost fluid feel against your skin. Golfers have discovered them (the open, unelasticated armhole offers no impediment to a swing), but they also look sharp under a casual jacket.

Another nice touch – Kors discreetly trims the placket and inner collar with patterned shirting fabric, $135.

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photography, brian sano; styling, sandy harris, ford toronto

MIchaEL KoRS coInED thE tERM “LIQUID JERSEY” to describe the

SUMMER LAYER

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IMAgInE A SwEAtER So LIght In wEIght YoU coULd wEAR It YEARRoUnd UndER A jAckEt.

The secret to John Smedley’s V-necks is the exceptionally fine Sea Island cotton used in the weave. Its fibres are unusually long, which not only accounts for the fabric’s lustre and soft, silky feel but also lends a subtle elasticity and strength.

These sweaters may weigh next to nothing but they keep their shape and are even machine-washable – which is one reason why Smedley’s sweaters have been renowned for 80 years.

Available in a broad range of rich colours, $225. h

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ask harry

sometimes even the most sartorially conFident man needs an eXPert oPinion

i’m going to london in July for the first four days of the olympics. What should i wear?

Four days isn’t a long trip but in a sophisticated city like London you’re going to have a variety of clothing needs. At the same time, the Olympics means the airports will be swamped and taxis and public transportation will be even busier than usual, so you should try to travel as light as possible in terms of luggage. Packing economically and choosing versatile clothes is essential.

Comfort will be at a premium during the day – especially where shoes are concerned as you’ll be walking a lot and standing in lineups, possibly for hours, as you wait to get into events. London in the summer can be wet as well as hot so pack a collapsible umbrella and a hat. Polo shirts and a lightweight top give you layering options and look good over lightweight pants – jeans may feel too hot and stay damp if it rains. A number of designers, including Ralph Lauren RLX, Hugo Boss and Paul & Shark, offer sportswear in technical fabrics that look sharp but stay cool and dry in even the most crowded circumstances. I recommend at least one red shirt to celebrate canada – and a Canadian flag to wave our athletes to victory.

For the evenings you’ll need to up the sartorial ante. A soft sports jacket or the travel blazer you wore on the plane are perfect for a restaurant or the theatre.

Pack a couple of sport shirts, two pairs of dressier pants and appropriate shoes to complete the look. Don’t forget that you can always have shirts laundered or clothes dry-cleaned at your hotel. People seldom do it but it can be a lifesaver if you’re travelling light.

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the Look

PhotograPhy, richard sibbald; styling, lee sullivan, grooming, laura szucs, both Plutino grouP

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what’s inside the travel bag 1. Zegna travel blazer in a crease-resistant fabric has multiple interior pockets for passport, tickets and other essentials, $1,595. Wear it with a Harry rosen sport shirt, $178.

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2. Wrinkle-resistant alberto shorts with deep front pockets for your valuables, $225.

3. lacoste hat – in case the sun shines, $60.

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4. Crease-resistant alberto pants in cotton-ceramic fabric that adjusts to your body temperature, $250.

5. John smedley lightweight cotton V-neck – layer under a jacket or wear on its own, $225.

6. bOss Orange sneakers – very comfortable and red for Canada, $225.

7. tod’s loafers – a dressier slip-on for an evening event, $450.

8. allegri packable raincoat – because it’s england and there’s a tiny chance it might rain, $395.

9. lacoste polo in a moisture-managing fabric keeps you cool, $95.

10. Fred Perry cotton polo – red to support Canada, $85.

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What are the sartorial rules for the bridegroom and groomsmen at a summer wedding?

Traditionally, two things determine what a man wears to a wedding – the time of day and the level of formality – and that formality is measured by what the bride chooses to wear. If she is in a formal wedding gown, the groom and the groomsmen should wear tuxedos regardless of whether it’s a daytime wedding and afternoon reception or a late-afternoon and evening affair. White dinner jackets are a happy alternative in the summertime.

At a semi-formal event in the evening, where the bride is wearing a long dress rather than a wedding gown, a tuxedo still looks great. Daytime semi-formal, however, might see the bride in a shorter outfit and here the groom and his fellows have more options. The safest bet is a dressy suit in black or navy; a white, French-cuffed dress shirt; an elegant tie; and a white pocket square. Every man knows there are subtle opportunities for self-expression with that sort of outfit – small gestures with cufflinks, or a boutonniere instead of a pocket square – but they should be kept to a minimum. Trying to outshine the bride on her wedding day is no way to begin a marriage.

Informal summer weddings are increasingly popular and here the rules tend to evaporate. If the bride and groom have a vision of a sunset wedding on a Caribbean beach with the men in the wedding party wearing beige linen shirts and no shoes, they must do as they’re bidden. The instructions may even extend to all the male wedding guests. For a “casual” outdoor summer wedding in Canada, however, we do not advocate anything so relaxed. a tan suit can look great – or even a smart sports jacket and a good pair of pants. We draw the line this side of whimsy. A wedding is a happy occasion but it’s also a serious moment in two people’s lives, and the groomsman who wears a novelty tie or makes a stubborn fashion statement with a pair of running shoes may regret it in later years when he looks at the wedding photographs. If in doubt, a quick phone call to the groom or best man should resolve any question. h

formal wedding

The elegance of a tuxedo best suits a formal wedding.

Boss Black tuxedo, $1,098, and shirt, $185; Dion bow tie, $135.

casual wedding

photography, richard sibbald; styling, lee sullivan, grooming, laura szucs, both plutino group

semi-formal wedding

A dark suit with white French-cuffed dress shirt for a semi-formal affair.

A casual wedding allows a man to take certain liberties.

Ermenegildo Zegna suit, $2,695, and shirt, $250; Harry Rosen tie, $135.

Etro linen jacket, $1,598, shirt, $350, pocket square, $95, scarf, $325, and belt, $385.

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DreSSeD for BuSineSS

10 lessons from the

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hillip Crawley recalls a discussion with Larry and Harry Rosen about 10 years ago, at the height of the dotcom boom.

The topic: Is the business suit an endangered species? Has it lost relevance in modern business? Does it really matter?

“Everyone was dressing down because that’s what the style gurus of the day were doing,” says the CEO and publisher of The Globe and Mail. “I was on the side of the traditionalists. What we were seeing was a passing fad.”

He was right, of course. In business as in fashion, fads drive spikes in activity. But certain fundamental truths prevail. The suit’s obituary was perhaps writ too soon. But pain points remain. “I’ve seen a move back to scruffy and casual, which can get mixed results,” Crawley says.

“You have to be very stylish when you’re casual.”

Today’s CEOs are leading their flocks into arguably the most competitive and globally focused economic environment we have ever seen. This demands absolute precision in all manner of how a business conducts itself, and there is no better gauge of that than how its staff gets dressed for work.

Don’t believe it? Then read on.

From conversations with CEOs at four top Canadian companies, we have distilled universal truths about style and attire that ambitious and aspiring businessmen are well advised to absorb.

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PROLOGUE: HISTORY IS FOR LEARNING Everyone knows that women’s hemlines rise and fall with the markets, or at least they used to before

shoes,” he says, “which looked great.”

But there’s an important difference.

The fashion of the 1950s may not be à la mode, but the attitude sure is. It’s dressing for success all over again, coming from a different angle.

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PhIllIP CRAwley CEO and publisher of The Globe and Mail, Canada’s English-language newspaper of record.

globalization. Rupert Duchesne, president and CEO of global marketing company Aimia, which owns Aeroplan, describes a modern corollary. His hypothesis references three significant recessions since the late 1980s for proof. “As the markets got tougher and business got tougher, people became more formal again,” he observes. “Taking a casual attitude to dress when dealing with costs and compromises just didn’t seem right.”

The last 15 to 20 years have been particularly tumultuous for business attire. The philanthropic Casual Friday trend of the 1990s gained traction with the tech boom later that decade, resulting in rampant casualness that was at best a defiance of conventional business strictures and at worst a style (and workplace) disaster.

Happily, today’s young workforce seems to be formulating a more elegant approach to business dress.

For Andrew Bailey, chairman of advertising and marketing agency Proximity North America, the very tangible influence on formality in the office has been the television show Mad Men. “People went back to the traditional suits and ties and proper

There is some variance on exactly what “dressing for the situation” means from industry to industry, but among our CEOs the message is clear: Take your cues from your clients. That includes your internal clients (a.k.a. peers and superiors), who are equally important, especially if career advancement is an aspiration.

For Proximity’s Bailey, the client sets the style agenda, and his staff is tuned to make an impression or, at the very least, to be the best-dressed in the room. “There are clients you wouldn’t dream of walking in to meet without a suit and tie or proper getup.” With other clients the opposite is true. “I see a client in Baltimore and I’ll wear jeans and a sharp blazer.”

Glenn Ives, chair of accounting firm Deloitte, coaches his staff in the same dictates though his industry is, he says, decidedly more conservative.

“At Deloitte, we stress you must dress at least as well as our clients,” he says, “or one step up from how our clients dress.”

In what Aimia’s Duchesne calls “the boom-crazy growth years” of the mid-2000s, he observed the younger generation dressing down a little too off-handedly. “The only time they went formal was when explicitly instructed. Now, even the youngest employees seem to have developed a much better sense of when it’s appropriate to dress down and when it’s expected to be very smart business casual or even more formal.”

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Glen Ives Chair of accounting firm Deloitte, renowned across Canada for leadership, innovation and integrity since 1858.

Aimia operates in 20 countries with about 4,000 employees. When a younger staff member was preparing for a trip to Asia, Duchesne explained to him that anything other than complete business attire – a full suit and tie – would be insulting to his hosts.

“It’s about respect on the one hand, but also about being taken seriously.”

The lesson? The business suit telegraphs intention, seriousness and ability. “There’s a lack of respect if you turn up to meet clients and customers looking like you’re on your day off,” says Crawley. “They should expect better.”

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RESPECT YOUR ELDERS “My grandfather bought me my first suit when I was in Grade 7,” says Bailey. “My parents always taught me to dress sharp for certain occasions.

And I carried on that tradition growing up, so at weddings and events I paid attention to how I looked.

Then I got into the workforce, and it’s easy for a junior person to wear jeans and a blazer. But I didn’t feel comfortable.”

Tongue in cheek, Duchesne notes that as a boy growing up in the U.K., the lessons of proper dress were “bred or beaten into you.” Bereft of threat,

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today’s workforce must look elsewhere for guidance.

“The younger staff are getting cues from more senior partners,” says Ives, “and as they try to project more gravitas and an image of professionalism – the image of responsibility, experience, ‘been there’ – they discover that clothing helps you do that.”

This is something that can’t be overstated – the attitude that good clothing brings out in the wearer.

“I’m seeing more of a general appreciation that dressing up has its place,” says Crawley. “And also it’s fun. It makes you feel good. You feel a bit more special. You’re cutting a dash, trying a bit harder, and people see that and respond to it.”

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DRESS THE PART If you have what it takes, dress like it. “Before I was a CEO, I dressed like a CEO,” says Bailey. “It makes a difference in how you carry yourself.

Look around and take cues from the people you admire.”

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CREATIVITY HAS LIMITS “I’m a big Etro guy,” says Bailey, referring to the Italian house known for colour and a certain freedom of style.

He’s noticed account staff wearing sharper suits with interesting lines, and playing with the options available via accessories. “The socks can be an opportunity... to make things a little more interesting.”

But Bailey knows his limits. “As much as I love fashion, that kind of really young urban hip look doesn’t work for me. If you’re going to wear cotton twill pants, they have to fit properly, maybe be a bit shorter in the leg, with cool socks and shoes. I see that on creative guys on days when they’re just work-

ing in the office as opposed to meeting with clients.”

As Crawley noted, casual style requires more flair and confidence than the suit. But even within the suit palette, there are degrees of acceptability that are, in an abstract kind of way, directly tied to one’s personality.

Ives concurs: “One of the younger partners that I work with, he wears more colourful shirts than I do. He has a personality that fits with that attire, and it works.”

In the end, it’s your duty to find a style that works. Discovering, refining and ultimately owning that look is up to you. “Part of the reason I started to pay attention to pocket squares and ties was because of seeing the global guys showing up with those kinds of approaches,” says Bailey.

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JEANS: IT’S YOUR CALL...

This is an easy one. If you’re a cool guy in a cool job and don’t have to meet the client, then by all means avail yourself of the overwhelming array of wonderful denim choices.

Otherwise, no dice. Sweeping exception: If you’re a really cool guy and/or your clients are really cool and/or you own the company, then you can ignore much of this article.

Andrew bAIley Chairman of Proximity North america, an advertising and marketing agency with worldwide affiliations.

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It was enthusiastically received. “Now I see younger partners going out to get tailored suits, where previously they wouldn’t have done that.”

“I think they’re getting their cues from the senior leaders,” says Duchesne. “One of those strange things about organizations is even if there are no explicit rules, people do observe what’s going on and who’s dressing how.”

IT’S OKAY TO TALK ABOUT STYLE Chalk this up to the Mad Men influence or, as Duchesne points out, the plethora of fashion and lifestyle magazines aimed at young men, and columnists such as the Globe’s Russell Smith. “I also see a lot more advertising of men’s clothing than a decade ago,” Duchesne says.

There’s more office chatter about style too. “I was talking to a female partner yesterday,” Ives says, “and we were actually discussing how the younger partners are dressing up more, and she was saying how nice that was. She noticed that it showed a certain level of maturity and development.”

“Before I was a Ceo, I dressed lIke a Ceo” The banter can be fun and educational. A partner who had transferred from Ives’s Vancouver office to London had been exposed to the British penchant for shirts.

“Yesterday he had a shirt on that was ‘interesting’ – not in a derogatory sense. It was pink with a little bit of stripe. And I said, ‘You haven’t really gone full London yet.’ And he said, ‘No, but I love those shirts, and next time you see me, I’ll be in one!’”

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LOOK TO ITALY Here’s all you need to know: Every young man owes himself a trip to Italy.

“When you go to Italy,” says Crawley, “you are struck by how stylish the average Italians are, just walking

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RupeRt Duchesne President and CEO of global loyalty management firm aimia, parent company of the Aeroplan loyalty program.

around the streets.” He points to colleague and Globe European columnist Eric Reguly, who has adopted many Italian style points – around shoes, in particular. “Eric told me, ‘They make the statement for me, when I wear bespoke Italian shoes.’”

Duchesne’s first job out of graduate school in the mid-1980s took him to Rome, where he was struck by the contrast between the very conservative and traditional British look and the way Italians dressed. “They looked sharper, and had a broader colour palette. It was a more effortless yet put-together look.”

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OBSERVE AND IMITATE...

OR HEAR ABOUT IT At Deloitte in Vancouver, there is an orientation process for recruits that lays down the basics of business dress.

After that, it’s every man for himself.

At the advanced level, the best and the brightest step up their game.

When they must, says Ives, CEOs will offer guidance. He recounts a conversation with one of his staff, a woman, who mentioned a partner whose work was excellent but whose presentations were suffering due to his image. “And I delivered that message to the partner,” Ives says.

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SEEK ADVICE This may come as a surprise, but even CEOs appreciate style guidance. As with any consultant – be it a lawyer, accountant, doctor, mechanic – you want an advisor who “gets” you.

Bailey found such a person in Carlo Di Giuliantonio, a Harry Rosen sales consultant in Toronto. “I’ve been in New York City for six months and I still go see Carlo. He knows the suits I have, the ties I’ve bought along the way, and he knows my style profile and what I get excited about and not. He also pushes you outside your comfort zone a little bit, without making you feel silly. So at times he’s brought out a shirt and I’ve said, ‘I don’t know,’ but he’s said, ‘Try it with the suit.’”

Even with every possible choice available in his adopted city, Bailey appreciates the guidance. “In New York, you have all the labels… but that sense of curation is what’s missing.”

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YOU’RE WEARING YOUR RESUMÉ “Over the last three or four years, we’ve hired 25 senior executives around the world,” says Duchesne.

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arry Rosen is an iconic figure in men’s fashion. He’s iconic like the Grey Cup,” says John Tory, businessman and former head of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party. “When people see the logo Harry Rosen, it means something: quality, things that have survived the test of time. In retail or any business, this is the ultimate mark of success.”

Tor y is one of a long list of prominent Canadians, A-list actors and CEOs, NHLers and musicians – a veritable Who’s Who of Canadians – who have been featured in Harry Rosen’s awardwinning advertising campaign. It is this campaign that has, over the course of 15 years, cemented the Harry Rosen brand as an icon of style and savoir faire in our collective consciousness.

The campaign began a new chapter in the retailer’s marketing and advertising history. It was launched by veteran marketer Geoffrey Roche with his former Roche Macaulay & Partners Advertising agency in 1996, upon the retiring of Harry Rosen’s agency of record, Reid Bell & Associates, after a 35-year partnership.

“Advertising should be a mirror,” says Roche.

“What you see should reflect exactly how you want your company to be seen.” Casting men of distinction in the campaign was a pitch-perfect approach, a balance of inspirational and aspirational. So impactful was the repositioning (while remaining true to Reid Bell’s original premise – “If you shop at Harry’s, you’ll always be appropriately attired”) that it became the subject of a segment on CBC-TV’s business show Venture.

Ever since then, the marketing has been deft, intuiting the shifting priorities of customers. “The campaign has evolved, but there are tenets that remain,” says Bob Goulart, current creative consultant, with his partner Dave Hamilton, on the brand.

“The fundamental is that we’ve always had real businessmen—sometimes actors, sometimes sports figures, sometimes lesser-known celebrities but celebrities in their own circles – who have real business to conduct.”

The campaign began with the “What is so and so wearing?” concept with the “Make a Statement” tag-

line, and has evolved to include many iterations, such as the “Three Things I’ve Learned” ads, which featured Jarome Iginla, John Sleeman and other notables. Then there were the “Time of Day” ads – Saku Koivu, then captain of the Montreal Canadiens, at the rink at 1:30 p.m. in Hugo Boss jeans and blazer;

“Advertising should be A mirror,” sAys roche.

“WhAt you see should reflect exActly hoW you WAnt your compAny to be seen.” comedian Rick Mercer winding down at 10:02 p.m. in a Canali suit; soccer star Owen Hargreaves beginning his day at 7 a.m. in Boss Green warm-ups.

The advertising captured the changing times – and the changing nature of men’s fashion. With the business casual of the early 2000s, the campaign featured individuals such as the Montreal-born director Jean-Marc Vallée and Ed Robertson of Barenaked Ladies. Each wore jeans, with the former sporting a striped Etro shirt, the latter a T-shirt and headphones.

As the fashion tides shifted back to sportswear, men such as David Cronenberg and John Legend starred. With their easy but polished attitude, they epitomized the no-tie zeitgeist and reaffirmed Harry Rosen’s relevance to a customer who defined himself as artist, entrepreneur, corner-office exec or all of the above.

In the wake of the Lehman Brothers collapse and the crash of 2008, “The New Confidence” ads of 2009 offered comfort for the crazy climate with the casting of renowned businessmen. “Canadian men needed a vote of confidence and who better to give it than men who were successful in their particular fields of endeavour?” says Sandra Kennedy, Harry Rosen’s marketing director.

Guys like high-achieving Roger Martin, dean of the Rotman School of Management, advertising CEO Rob Guenette of Taxi, who was leading expansion into the U.S. and Europe at the time, and Robert Deluce, who was aggressively adding routes to Porter Airlines, spoke directly to Harry’s audience.

The accomplished Rex Harrington, then principal dancer with The National Ballet of Canada, had long followed and respected the retailer’s awardwinning ads, so much so that he volunteered.

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literally hundreds of men have appeared in our advertising campaigns over the years; here is a small selection. three things i’ve learned campaign John Tory, 2001 donovan BaIley, 2001

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Jarome IgInla, 2003

Time OF day campaign rick mercer, 2005

ed robertson, 2005

jean-marc VallÉe, 2006

ted danson, 2006

malcolm Gladwell, 2006 owen HarGreaVes, 2006

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will.i.am, 2010

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“I had seen the campaign and requested to be involved because I really admired it,” he says. “The audacity! I thought it was smart and classy and it was a great way to support my charity of choice.”

Indeed, many men of distinction have appeared in the campaign in order to shed a bright light on the charitable organizations close to their hearts: Ted Danson, for example, was photographed in Central Park wearing Ermenegildo Zegna to support his cause Oceana, an international organization mandated to protect the world’s oceans.

Recently, CFL commissioner Mark Cohon wore a Canadianmade J.P. Tilford

by Samuelsohn suit to promote amateur football.

At the foundation of the campaign’s integrity lies the truth that the majority of its subjects are loyal customers. Cohon, for example, has been shopping at the store since returning to Canada from New York nine years ago.

But the relationship goes back much further. “My dad’s been shopping here for 30 years,” he says.

In fact, the senior Cohon – George, founder of McDonald’s of Canada – had appeared in one of the first ads of the campaign around the time he brought Big Macs to Moscow.

“I’ve been going there for years,” says Christopher Plummer, whose turn in a green velvet bespoke Harry Rosen smoking jacket “helped goose” King Lear ticket sales in 2002 for the 50th season of The Stratford Shakespeare Festival. “Harry Rosen has

“I had seen the campaIgn and requested to be Involved because I really admIred It” made clothes for me to use on television and film since the late 1960s or early ’70s. When I come to Harry’s… it’s marvellous. The tailor is terrific – I still have all of the things he’s made me. They’ll last forever.”

The trust element made participation in the campaign a natural for many of its subjects.

“Harry’s saved me one time,” says comedian Rick Mercer of his relationship with the store.

“I was hosting the Geminis and there was some pressure on me to wear a men’s jacket that went past my knees and actually had some sort of sparkly things on it. I remember thinking, ‘Are you out of your mind? Like I’m going to wear that ’cause in five years I will certainly regret it.’ In the end, I wore a classic suit that I got at Harry’s.” No sparkles. No regrets.

Shortlisting individuals for the award-winning campaign is a carefully considered process undertaken by Sandra Kennedy and Harry Rosen’s chairman and CEO, Larry Rosen, together with Goulart and Hamilton. Their choices – from Will.i.am and motor-racing legend Emerson Fittipaldi to, more recently, Cohon and Sam Roberts in the new “What’s he bullish about?” spots – reflect the diverse interests of the store’s clientele.

Whether it’s Cohon sharing his passion for the CFL or Roberts speaking about how he’s still bullish about the music industry, their attitudes resonate. It’s a hard-working, glass-half-full approach that bodes well for the future – especially for the Harry Rosen man.

“Of course the campaign will evolve in ways that address the times,” says Goulart, looking forward. He speaks about the opportunity within Harry Rosen’s online arena “to three-dimensionalize the content of the campaign, to tell a more intimate and robust story.” It will be there, he says, in complement to the print ads, that customers will be able to access first-hand these men’s attitudes about business, success, life and the importance of dressing confidently for all occasions. h

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THE ARCHITECTURE OF STYLE Just as a well-designed building can serve many purposes, so must a man’s wardrobe. His day is not divided into strictly defined, self-contained areas. Life isn’t that neat.

Three architects come together as equals – one wearing a suit, one in a sports jacket, the third in stylish jeans – the reality of the workplace. In the world of media, where executives and creative types share a common purpose, clothes no longer define their roles. And men who do business on the golf course dress for the game, not for the office.

We took our clothes to three iconic locations.

Taliesin West in Arizona is a dramatic desert compound created by Frank Lloyd Wright in the 1930s and still flourishing as a school of architecture.

Corus Quay, designed by Quadrangle Architects, is a dazzling media complex on Toronto’s waterfront. Troon North, outside Scottsdale, Arizona, is America’s golfing nirvana.

A great building must be technically viable and perfectly functional but also stylish, elegant and individual. It should fit in with its surroundings but also make a statement of its own. A man’s outfit must fit precisely the same criteria – true to the context but also faithful to his personality – the architecture of style.

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For John Varvatos, casual means sophistication – not too preppy, not too street. The soft cotton vest with three-quarterlength jersey sleeves is spray-dyed to look like fine corduroy.

–– John VarVatos star Usa vest, $250; henley knit, $175; Citizens of hUmanity jeans, $235.

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–– Pale summer colours harmonize with Dolce & Gabbana’s luxuriously soft, light grey leather jacket and faded grey denims.

A floral printed shirt makes a bolder complementary statement.

–– Dolce & Gabbana leather jacket, $1,650, shirt, $575, and jeans, $485.

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–– (left) ArmAni Collezioni jacket, $695, pants, $295, and scarf, $245. (right) ArmAni Collezioni suit, $1,995, shirt, $225, and tie, $150.

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Hugo Boss calls its latest suit silhouette Huge Genius – a trim and totally contemporary cut that still fits and flatters most male physiques.

–– Boss Black suit, $998, shirt, $225, and tie, $115.

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Burberry’s take on the printed shirt is an abstraction of its famous check, in beige and blue, standing out against a jacket in crinkly navy cotton.

–– BurBerry Brit jacket, $415, shirt, $265, and pants, $198.

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Boss Black jacket, $545, shirt, $225, and jeans, $175.

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“Why, I just shake the buIldIngs out of my sleeves,” frank lloyd WrIght once joked. that Is also the ImpressIon a man seeks to gIve When he dresses hImself In the mornIng: hoWever much thought and effort Went Into It, hIs look should seem perfectly natural and easy.

Canali suit, $1,998, shirt, $260, and tie, $150.

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Brioni sports jacket, $3,895, shirt, $395, sweater, $595, and five-pocket pants, $475.

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Brunello CuCinelli jacket, $2,595, tie, $225, jeans, $495, and briefcase, $2,895.

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The blazer at its most debonair, courtesy of Ermenegildo Zegna.

A Panama hat completes the look. –– ErmEnEgildo ZEgna sports jacket, $1,595, and shirt, $325.

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ErmEnEgildo ZEgna suit, $2,695, shirt, $395, and tie, $185.

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–– Lightweight luxury layers soft textures: Corneliani’s 1/8-lined jersey jacket is as comfortable as a cardigan. John Smedley’s 30-gauge cotton knit feels like silk next to the skin.

–– Corneliani blazer, $1,798; John Smedley V-neck sweater, $225; Brax chino, $225.

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Boss orange jacket, $795, and V-neck T-shirt, $75; Citizens of Humanity jeans, $235.

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Etro linen jacket, $1,598, shirt, $350, pocket square, $95, scarf, $325, and belt, $385.

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Dress shirts take a demure back seat to colourful ties this season.

Shoes in lustrous brown leather work equally well with blue or grey suits. –– J.P. Tilford by SamuelSohn suit, $1,250; J.P. Tilford shirt, $185; ermenegildo Zegna tie, $185.

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Harry rosen Made in italy blazer, $698, and shirt, $178; Brax pants, $225; siMMot Goddard pocket square, $65.

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Two approaches to the game. Left, Lacoste’s navy polo is made in a high-tech fabric that wicks away moisture, favoured by professional athletes such as Andy Roddick.

Alberto golf shorts come in a breathable, quick-drying technical fabric with an anti-slip waistband and deep pockets for tees.

Right, a more traditional Lacoste look.

–– (left) Lacoste polo, $95; aLberto shorts, $250. (right) Lacoste polo, $98; aLberto pants, $250.

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Ralph Lauren RLX takes its inspiration from sports and interprets it seamlessly for fashion.

–– Ralph lauRen RlX jacket, $230, shorts, $150, and scarf, $50.

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“Form Follows Function – that has been misunderstood.

Form and Function should be one, joined in a spiritual union.”

– Frank lloyd wright

Arnold Zimberg shirt, $250; CitiZens of HumAnity jeans, $235.

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Z Zegna suit, $1,235, shirt, $245, and tie, $135.

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Versace dresses up for the big event with a navy checked jacket, tuxedo pants, a French-cuffed navy shirt and loose summer scarf. Simultaneously casual and formal. –– Versace jacket, $1,150, shirt, $595, pants, $425, and scarf, $285.

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Dolce & Gabbana suit, $2,195, shirt, $350, and tie, $195.

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(left) Canali jacket, $1,450, and trousers, $365; Harry rosen Made in italy shirt, $178. (right) Z Zegna suit, $1,295, and shirt, $245; robert talbott bow tie, $85.

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THE ARCHITECTURE OF STYLE In 1937, Frank LLoyd Wright purchased 600 acres of desert outside the dusty hamlet of Scottsdale and designed one of the world’s architectural masterpieces, taLiesin West. Conceived as the winter quarters and architectural laboratory for his student community at Taliesin, Wisconsin, it was built “according to the life and character of the great desert itself,” said Wright.

Today, it is far more than a monument to his genius. With Taliesin, it is home to the Frank LLoyd Wright schooL oF architecture, a continuation of the apprenticeship program Wright started in 1932, now offering accredited BAS and M.Arch. programs. More than 100,000 people visit Taliesin West every year, astounded by its bold forms and innovative design.

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In addition: Shot on location at Corus Quay, Corus Entertainment’s broadcast centre in Toronto (www.corusent.com).

Our thanks to the Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale at Troon North in Arizona, for their warm hospitality (www.fourseasons.com/scottsdale).

Like a polished emerald set in the rugged landscape of Arizona’s high Sonoran desert, Troon North Golf Club offers one of the most iconic golf experiences in the U.S. Legendary player and British Open Champion Tom Weiskopf created the original Monument and Pinnacle courses there in 1990 and returned in 2007 to blend and reconfigure them so that they now play better than ever. Often described as Scottsdale’s crown jewel, Troon North offers desert golf at its dramatic best (www.troonnorthgolf.com).

Photo (this page): Bob Hambly

(this page) Photography by Chris Nicholls; styling by Lee Sullivan, Plutino Group. (following pages) Photography by Brian Sano.

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Warm Weather brings out a man’s summer Wardrobe and shoes must folloW suit. Whether for dress shoes, smart casual shoes or Weekend slip-ons, colours are lighter. rich tans and broWns – even grey – suddenly have their time in the sun.

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(from top to bottom) John VarVatos ankle boot, $225; Boss orange desert boot, $295; tod’s leather boot, $575.

Lightweight comfortable desert boots were born during World War II when British officers stationed in Cairo paid local cobblers to make them cool ankle boots of undyed suede with rubber crepe soles. after english Mods popularized them in the 1960s, they entered fashion’s mainstream. read the full story at www.harryrosen.com.

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(from top to bottom) Cole Haan dress shoe, $275; allen edmonds shoe with split toe, $365; Boss BlaCk dress shoe, $425.

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The original brogues were made of deerskin – walking shoes for hardy men who tramped the rainswept moors of scotland.

They gouged holes in the leather so water could escape with each squelchy step. The decorative perforations of the modern wingtip brogue pay homage to this rugged past.

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(from top to bottom) Tod’s loafer with rubber sole, $625; Tod’s suede loafer, $525; salvaTore Ferragamo leather loafer, $525.

some say the first loafers were made by Norwegian fishermen with time on their hands.

The style caught on in 1930s america, birthplace of the penny loafer, and was perfected

by Italian shoemakers after World War II. such suave weekend slip-ons work equally well with jeans or a cool summer suit.

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Plastic surgeon Mirko Gilardino lives in two different worlds.

Just over half of his working hours are spent at The Montreal Children’s Hospital, where he is the director of craniofacial surgery and specializes in reconstructive work for children born with facial anomalies. The rest of his time is spent at a private practice in Westmount called Victoria Park, where he does “aesthetics” for adults – everything from non-surgical procedures like Botox, fillers and laser treatments to facelifts.

And just as he straddles two distinct types of surgery, he also spends his days shuttling between two very different wardrobes.

“My style can be defined in two words: scrubs and suits,” he explains with a laugh. “It’s an interesting dichotomy between pyjamas and full-on formal wear. Scrubs are the most comfortable workwear on the entire planet, but I’m also constantly in meetings, which is a chance to dress properly.”

Even now, getting ready to order a rib steak at his favourite neighbourhood hangout, Tavern on the Square in Westmount, Gilardino is dressed to the nines. He’s sitting in a corner booth, looking dashing in his Tom Ford jacket with a lilac pocket square.

“I call it a kerchief,” he says, leaning in and raising an eyebrow devilishly. “It’s in case you encounter a damsel in distress.

No, but seriously, if you’re gonna go no tie, the pocket square makes things a little more formal. It’s a nice compromise.”

The contrasts in Gilardino’s life couldn’t be any sharper. When he travels, it might be for a luxurious vacation in Barbados with his girlfriend. Then again, it could be a week in Krakow, Poland, doing pediatric craniofacial surgeries on a volunteer basis.

“I was operating night and day,” he recalls. “They don’t have a craniofacial surgeon in a city of that size, can you imagine?”

Gilardino, who donates his time and expertise to charitable missions such as Operation Smile, is known among his peers as being incredibly hard-working and focused. “From a technical sense, I have to think about the next day’s surgeries at night and wake up figuring out how to do it,” he explains. That discipline has paid off: only 36 years old, Gilardino is already fantastically accomplished.

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In May 2011, the National Post singled him out as one of Montreal’s most eligible bachelors, deeming him “McDreamy.” Tall, dark and handsome in a George Clooney sort of way, Gilardino clearly relishes dressing the part. “I don’t hate the fact that I have to wear suits,” he says. “In fact, I enjoy that element. I like designers OF with a sense of flair who have exquisite eyes for the cut of a suit.”

He tends to stick with Zegna or Tom Ford. Underneath, he favours Eton shirts or made-to-measure shirts by Harry Rosen. He speaks fondly of his sales associate at the store, Kumar Vaitheeswaran, but he also has his own strong sartorial sense. “The clothing you wear shows respect for the people you’re around,” Gilardino explains. “Your style is an extension of how put-together you are, how put-together your practice is, how put-together your skills are. Somebody who is going to be meticulous about their appearance is likely to be meticulous in OF their work. It displays your level of professionalism.”

Speaking of display, one can’t help but notice Gilardino’s watch.

It’s a vintage two-tone Datejust Rolex – “your dad’s watch,” as he puts it, taking a sip of white Burgundy. “The watches I wear are all classics.”

His own dad is Italian, a former McGill professor and master of comparative literature who speaks a dozen languages fluently. His mom is a Croatian artist. “I’m the only scientist in a family of the humanities,” he explains. “I could never beat my parents at Scrabble.”

Born in Vancouver, Gilardino studied medicine at McGill in Montreal. “I knew I wanted to be a surgeon, to do something with my hands. I had my heart set, no pun intended, on cardiac surgery. But then, as I was exposed to other disciplines, I became more interested in plastics. It’s artistic as well as organized, methodical, rigorous. But most of all, the pediatric work I do is very gratifying. It’s an incredible feeling to have one of your patients give you a hug and say how much they appreciate the work you’ve done, whether they’re five or 15.”

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By Shannon Heth-Vergette; Photography by Ron Fehling Like most NHL hockey players, star centre Ryan Kesler of the Vancouver Canucks has a few superstitions. On home game days, he rises at 8:30 a.m. on the dot. After his pre-game skate he makes a new stick for that night. And if the game that evening happens to be a playoff game, he always returns to the rink wearing what he refers to as his “A suit.”

All NHL players have an A suit. It’s the one they reserve for those long walks to the dressing room that you catch a glimpse of on Hockey Night in Canada. “It’s the one that looks the best on you; makes you feel the best,” says Kesler. For him that’s a made-to-measure striped Zegna suit in dark grey. This suit is far too important to be stuffed into a suitcase – so it never travels.

Instead, when he’s going on the road, he pulls one of his other 15 to 20 A suits in waiting. “I have a walk-in closet and it’s full.

It’s ridiculous,” he laughs, shaking his head. “I have more clothes than my wife.” In 2010 Kesler also added “clothing magnate” to his resumé after being tapped by Firstar Sports to develop a line of performance and outerwear named, appropriately, RK17.

Available online and at the Canucks store, RK17 is selling very well. Kesler’s sphere of influence as a style guru is clearly growing. He has a hand in the design of the line and sees all of the preliminary sketches for each piece.

Today, in the lobby of Vancouver’s trendy Opus hotel, Kesler is dressed casually in a white V-neck T-shirt, faded jeans, TOMS and a lightweight, sporty Dolce & Gabbana jacket. With his professionally tousled haircut, he looks like any stylish young dad – who also happens to be the current holder of the Frank J. Selke Trophy, an NHL honour for those who display the best defensive aspects of the game. For the awards ceremony last year, John Varvatos dressed him from head to toe in a form-fitted suit.

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thing that Kesler enjoys wearing, nothing can replace the feeling that his jersey brings him. “When I’m in the jersey, that’s not the person I am off the ice,” he explains. ”When I put the jersey on, I feel like a superhero.”

Off the ice, Kesler likes to keep his dress casual: white T-shirts and Citizens of Humanity jeans are his uniform. He does admit that when he’s at home with his wife, Andrea, and two young children, daughter Makayla and son Ryker, he’s often relaxing in sweatpants, whether in Vancouver or in West Bloomfield, Michigan, where he and Andrea recently built a house on the lake. Although he loves living in Vancouver, he likes to be reminded of where he came from, and every summer he takes the family home to “get away from the craziness and chill out.”

Last year that also meant recovering from a hip injury which was operated on in July.

Kesler has been playing hockey for as long as he can remember – so long that he can’t imagine doing anything else, although he does hope to start his own charitable organization.

His father survived carcinoid cancer, a rare form of neuroendocrine cancer, and Kesler would like more attention paid to the disease. In September of last year, while he was still recovering from his injury, he and Andrea sold Love for Lokomotiv bracelets to support the wives and children who lost loved ones in the tragic Lokomotiv plane crash. In addition, the couple is heavily involved with two Canucks charities: the Canucks Autism Network and Canucks for Kids. Today, it’s Kesler’s day off, but tonight, he’s attending a Special Olympics fundraiser with his teammates. He tells me he’s planning to wear his A suit.

In appreciation of Mr. Kesler’s appearance in these pages, Harry Rosen is making a donation in his name to the Canucks for Kids fund.

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by five o’clock in the morning, heading south from Brampton, Ontario, to the Mississauga head office of his meat processing company, Erie Meat Products, or north for an hour to the new plant in Listowel. “There’s nobody on the road at that time,” he explains with a wicked smile, “so it’s great fun. I enjoy cars. I’m driving the new Maserati GranTurismo coupe right now.”

Most days, he’s back home by 3 p.m. before finishing the day’s work in his spacious, wood-panelled home office off the master bedroom. In between, he likes to squeeze in a 45-minute run in the gym downstairs. His wife, Kelly, might join him – they have a couple of treadmills, side by side. “I have an obligation to my clothes to stay in shape,” he jokes. “If I don’t, I’d have to replace everything.”

Easygoing and friendly, Rosen has the slightly self-deprecating manner of a man who doesn’t like to blow his own trumpet too loudly. No relation to Harry, he had no interest in clothes when he was younger. “This didn’t start until about 10 years ago, when I turned 40 and became president of the family company,” he explains. “Before that I ran the plants, so workwear was jeans and workboots. Then I moved into the office, was doing business with large accounts, national chains; as we’ve upgraded our operations, I’ve upgraded my wardrobe.”

The company has grown rapidly under his leadership. “What drives me is the sheer excitement of starting something from scratch and seeing it take off,” he says. “For example, we had been in the meat business for 35 years but we’d never made a hot dog. A year ago I took a chance, bought the Campbell’s soup factory in Listowel and turned it into the biggest hot dog manufacturing line in the country. Now we’re running full out, with 60 percent of our sales international. We’re selling hot dogs in places you wouldn’t believe.”

Rosen travels most months of the year. He’ll wear a suit when the occasion demands it but prefers a more casual outfit for business: a sports jacket (probably Kiton or Brioni), a Kiton shirt (though rarely with a tie) and trousers from Zegna or Canali, all made to measure. “I have big legs,” he explains. “All the men in my family do. I can’t wear narrow pants.” Going out in the eve-

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ning to a party or to his favourite Toronto restaurant, Opus, he just adds a tie to smarten up the look.

Does he have a favourite designer? “Kiton,” he answers without a second of hesitation, as if he were naming a close and trusted friend. That relationship began with a Kiton shirt that his wife bought him as a gift. “It just felt so comfortable,” he recalls.

OF “I liked the high collar, the larger buttons and buttonholes.

Then we were in Rome and we went into the Kiton shop… Back in Toronto, I found that Harry Rosen can do made-to-measure Kiton shirts. Now I don’t shop anywhere else.”

Rosen shops by appointment at the Bloor Street store with his sales associate, Rocky Travaglio. “We go up to the top floor and he’ll have laid out things he thinks I’ll like. He found me a grey Cucinelli peacoat that’s really warm for the winter. And my Tom Ford tux.” The tuxedo sees plenty of action during the year’s round of black-tie events and charity galas. The Rosens lend most of their charitable support to several Toronto-area hospitals, “but Sunnybrook is special to me,” says Rosen. “My father has diabetes and has been a patient there for the last 15 years. They have treated him extremely well.”

Travaglio knows his client’s wardrobe. Indeed, he helped organize the 2,000-square-foot closet the Rosens share in their splendid home, coordinating innumerable combinations of jacket, shirt and trousers, each one photographed by Kelly. The pictures live in a drawer for easy reference. “To be honest, I’m not good with colours,” concedes Rosen. “I choose the jacket I want to wear that day, then look at the photographs to find my options.”

The way he describes it, Rosen seems to be rarely out of a sports jacket, though he has a beloved collection of cashmere sweaters for the fall. And he dotes upon his Allen Edmonds loafers, replacing them with another identical pair as they wear out. “And of course, I do have some suits. Harry himself fitted me the last time, just like he fitted my father and my grandfather.

When my son’s ready for his first suit, I’m going to ask Harry if he’d fit him, too. Four generations! That’s pretty cool.”

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In appreciation of Mr. Rosen’s appearance in these pages, Harry Rosen is making a donation in his name to Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. h

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ver the last seven years, harry rosen has raised over $3 million for prostate cancer research through harry’s spring run-off events. how is that money working?

To hear Dr. Robert Bristow describe it, we’re about to undergo a revolution in the way we think about, diagnose and treat prostate cancer.

For years, progress on prostate cancer has lagged in momentum behind efforts to fight breast, colon and kidney cancers, despite its being the third leading cause of cancer deaths among men. Almost 25,000 Canadian men were diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2010, with about 4,300 dying every year on average.

And yet, though it’s never experienced the same level of patient advocacy or media coverage as some other diseases, the gap is narrowing fast in the most critical area – research.

The recently launched Canadian Prostate Cancer Genome Network (CPC GENE) is one of the reasons that Dr. Bristow, a radiation oncologist and head of the Prostate Cancer Research Program at Toronto’s Princess Margaret Hospital, believes the next few years will present the much-needed breakthrough in prostate cancer research. By identifying changes in the DNA sequencing of prostate cancer, the $20-million CPC GENE project, it is hoped, will give doctors the ability to provide gene-based diagnoses to their patients and prescribe a more personalized and targeted course of treatment. The project builds on existing genome research that’s been supported in part by funds raised by Harry Rosen’s annual Spring Run-Off. “Two men could have exactly the same results from their PSA (prostate-specific antigen) screening,” Dr. Bristow explains.

“Their cancer cells look the same under the microscope and you can feel a cancer nodule or bump in both men’s prostates.

But it’s unlikely that the genetics, once you get down to the sequencing, is going to be the same between them. Today, we offer exactly the same treatment to both men and we cross our fingers.”

It’s a “relatively crude” method of diagnosing patients and grouping them into treatment streams that Dr. Bristow expects will change dramatically within five years, as he and fellow Canadian researchers under the auspices of CPC GENE, along with allied clinicians in the U.K., France and Germany, are on the cusp of cracking prostate cancer’s genetic code for individual men.

Dr. Bristow believes that decoding the genetics of prostate cancer means understanding with greater precision which patients are the best candidates for aggressive treatments like radiotherapy or surgery, while identifying those prostate cancers that are likely indolent and require only careful monitoring.

The future lies with this new PMC – Personalized Medical Care – that better targets treatment and also reduces exposure to potential side effects.

“What was pie in the sky 10 years ago,” he says, “is now very tangible.” In part that’s simply due to the rapidly declining costs of genetic sequencing. What would’ve cost $1 million to $2 million

per patient a decade ago is now $20,000 to $40,000. In five years Dr. Bristow suspects it may drop as low as $1,000 to $2,000. But the personalized approach to prostate cancer is also thanks to a burgeoning palette of new treatment options, with a number of recent advances putting momentum on the researchers’ side.

As an example, Dr. Bristow points to the work of Dr. Martin Gleave at the University of British Columbia’s Vancouver Prostate Centre, whose research into more aggressive castration-resistant prostate cancers has also benefited from funds raised by Harry’s Spring Run-Off. In those cancers, usually incurable, the cancer cells find ways to create their own testosterone-like hormones even after the body’s normal production of hormones has been blocked by clinical injections. Dr. Gleave’s work has found a number of abnormal pathways that can be targeted to offset this aggression, to extend patients’ lives by months and even years.

The fuTure lies wiTh This new PMC – Personalized MediCal Care – ThaT beTTer TargeTs TreaTMenT and also reduCes exPosure To PoTenTial side effeCTs Dr. Gleave is just one member of what Dr. Bristow calls a “family of researchers” across Canada who began working together collaboratively on prostate cancer more than 10 years ago, each of whom brings to bear their own particular expertise and resources toward clarifying one more piece of the medical puzzle. It’s because such a network already existed that CPC GENE was able to attract $20 million in funding. And that keenness to collaborate has already made Canada a world leader in prostate cancer research.

“There’s a collegial approach to science here,” Dr. Bristow says. “It isn’t just one person who is the prostate cancer research scientist in Canada.” If he or another researcher working around the country needs materials to finish a question, say a tissue or an antibody, they can just get on the phone and ask a colleague for it, and there’s no competitive issue.

The point, he adds, is “there are things we can get done next year instead of five years from now if we’re working together.

That isn’t always true in other countries where there’s intense competition for limited resources. Projects like these are so important to the health of men: why not just collaborate and get there sooner?

“It’s a good story for Canadian science and I hope it’s going to be a great story for Canadian medical discovery.” h

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LocaL expertise and information for the business traveLLer

We don’t normally advocate tearing pages out of this magazine, but you may find the following information useful if you’re travelling on business in Canada. We asked the country’s top food writers to provide their most current recommendations for restaurants, hotels and other essential data. In each issue of harry, we focus on a different city. This time it’s Toronto.

By Lesley Chesterman (Montreal), Anne DesBrisay (Ottawa), James Chatto (Toronto), Christine Hanlon (Winnipeg), John Gilchrist (Calgary), Gail Hall (Edmonton) and Andrew Morrison (Vancouver)

toronto Great place for a business lunch

Great place for a business dinner

Hottest hot spot

The mauve-furnished room is delightfully calm and civilized with well-spaced tables for discreet conversation and a courtyard for outdoor lunching in the summer. Deft servers can be relied upon for great wine recommendations, and Chef Lorenzo Loseto’s food is the real deal – suave, detailed, not too heavy but packed with flavour and righteous local ingredients. A short tasting menu may be the best way to go.

The soaring space looks like a posh boardroom – low ambient noise for conversation, tables set far apart; it’s classy but half the price of Canoe or Bymark. And the food is persuasively good – high-end modern Italian, elegantly presented – but you won’t leave hungry. Great veal carpaccio, risotto, scallops, duck breast with rapini and gnocchi…

Pricey wines are expertly chosen. The bar area is a smart rendezvous in its own right.

One storey up, this large, sumptuously decorated French bistro opened last summer and was instantly adopted by Toronto’s elite. An eye-catching tower of seafood from the raw bar is the must-have appetizer; a table on the terrace allows for unbeatable people-watching.

111C Queen St. E., 416 863 6006, www.georgeonqueen.com

145 King St. W., 416 861 9977, www.modusristorante.com

Hôtel Le Germain Maple Leaf Square

Great place for after-business drinks

Great place to dine alone

Chef Mark McEwan’s glamorous restaurant and bar, tucked under The Hazelton Hotel, spills out onto a sidewalk patio in the summer months, building social momentum to a September climax during the Toronto International Film Festival. Indoors, the bar has its own Manhattan-style intensity, but there are quiet corners for conversation, cocktails for connoisseurs (a fine lime-muddled gin and tonic) and a wine list full of rare temptations.

Sit at the bar if you feel like conversation, up in the main dining room if you prefer your own company. Chef David Lee and his partners have judged the mood of the room perfectly – smart but not fussy, modern but comfortable. The menu is seasonal, reasonably priced and many dishes benefit from an Asian nuance or two to take everything out of the ordinary. Great charcuterie; awesome burgers.

116 Yorkville Ave., 416 961 9600, www.onehazelton.com

180 Queen St. W., 416 977 6400, www.notabenerestaurant.com

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Newest hot spot Le Filet

Le Filet has garnered raves for its enticing, well-priced menu comprised of small plates and big flavours. The wine list is short but incredibly well chosen, and the glitzy bistro setting is good fun. The emphasis here is on fish and seafood. A great place to see and be seen, Le Filet has only one drawback: the close-to-deafening noise levels.

219 Mont-Royal W., 514 360 6060, www.lefilet.ca

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Great place for a business dinner Decca 77

Prepared by chef Daren Bergeron, Decca’s food is modern, skillfully crafted and made with top-quality ingredients. The plates also score big on imaginative flavour combinations and beautiful presentations. The subdued setting is ideal for biz talk, and the downtown location, steps from the Bell Centre, is hard to beat. For the best deal, opt for the $35 prix fixe.

1077 Drummond St., 514 934 1077, www.decca77.com

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Back Lane Café Veteran restaurateur George Monsour has returned from Paris to open Back Lane Café in the increasingly flavourful neighbourhood of Hintonburg. In the kitchen are two wood-burning ovens responsible for the robust flavour of much of the food.

Gems include hearth-roasted shrimp with radicchio, a “Flintstone-sized” lamb shank tajine and a burbling fisherman’s stew of pristine seafood.

1087 Wellington St. W., 613 695 2999, www.backlanecafe.com

La Société

131 Bloor St. W., 416 551 9929, www.lasociete.ca

Great place to stay

In the vibrant new neighbourhood beside the Air Canada Centre, Le Germain’s latest boutique hotel is the model of modern elegance and discreet luxury. Rooms have extensive work areas (rooms 732 and 832 also each have a circular bed with a ninefoot diameter), iPod docking and many environmentally conscious details. Staying here is also a way to get tickets for the Leafs or Raptors games next door, and a guaranteed post-game reservation at Real Sports Bar. 75 Bremner Blvd., 416 649 7575, www.germainmapleleafsquare.com

winnipeg Great place for a business dinner

Newest hot spot

Stephen Beckta’s restaurant is approaching the decade mark with no indication of resting on its laurels. It continues to offer sound reasons to pay it a visit year after year: ambitious, season-driven cuisine that manages to be both modern and yet totally classic; a steady stream of limited wines at fair prices; and some of the most congenial service in the city.

226 Nepean St., 613 238 7063, www.beckta.com

Chef Adam Donnelly’s petite plates are taking Winnipeg by storm, with lineups not uncommon for this no-reservation hot spot in arty Osborne Village. A disciple of Michelin-starred chef Tom Aikens, the gastronomical artist deftly assembles his inspired creations at an open kitchen overlooking a neo-modern setting. Savour while sipping from a medley of Spanish wines.

484 Stradbrook Ave., 204 477 6500, www.segoviatapasbar.com

Beckta Dining & Wine

Segovia Tapas Bar and Restaurant

Great place for a business dinner

Hermanos Restaurant and Wine Bar Tantalizing tastes of South America rule this Exchange District sensation, set in a contemporary combination of exposed brick and bold fabrics. Get down to business over premium steaks done to perfection, flanked by exotic chimichurri or succulent seafood. Or keep things light with tapas, exciting appetizers or a Black Gold chocolate dessert that is pure decadence.

179 Bannatyne Ave., 204 947 5434, www.hermanos.ca

Great shopping

The Bloor-Yorkville area is still the place to go for stylish shops (including Harry Rosen’s flagship store) both at street level and underground. Global luxury brands have their own stores here while small art galleries and unique emporiums on the side streets offer less familiar treasures. Further downtown, the 28-kilometre PATH is the world’s largest system of underground shopping arcades, linking 1,200 shops and services – handy when the weather’s bad.

Great place to hear live music Koerner Hall

Classical, jazz, pop or world music all sound superb in this acoustic masterpiece.

The Royal Conservatory of Music, 273 Bloor St. W., 416 408 0208, www.rcmusic.ca

Great florist

Emblem 390 Dupont St., 416 972 9878

Great dry cleaners for a suit

Dove Cleaners 1560 Yonge St., 416 413 7900, and eight other locations in Toronto, www.dovecleaners.com

Great limo service, car + driver

Rosedale Livery 905 677 9444, www.rosedalelivery.com

Great downtown gym

The Yorkville Club 87 Avenue Rd., 416 961 8400, www.theyorkvilleclub.com

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Corso Thirty Two If you crave authentic, fresh Italian flavours and dishes that include housemade pasta and cured meats, then this crowded and bustling Jasper Avenue bistro is the place to be. Using seasonal and locally sourced ingredients, young chef/owner Daniel Costa has created one of the hottest downtown eateries. An excellent tasting menu showcases small plates improvised daily by the chef and his team.

10345 Jasper Ave., 780 421 4622, www.corso32.com

Great place for a business dinner Jack’s Grill

Tucked away in a quiet residential area, this contemporary dining room has a 20-year reputation for producing food of consistent high quality. Dishes are simply prepared with fresh local ingredients to create striking flavour combinations.

Exemplary service and an impressive wine list add much to the experience. If you have room for dessert, the bread pudding is legendary!

5842 – 111 St. NW, 780 434 1113, www.jacksgrill.ca

Newest hot spot Cassis Bistro

Firmly ensconced in the new Casel Marché development, Cassis Bistro features partners from Aix-enProvence and Brittany, a chef from Paris and food as French as you’re likely to find this side of the Eiffel Tower.

Skilful preparation of duck confit, moules marinières and steak frites fills the casual, lively (as in loud) 40-seat space daily.

2505 – 17 Ave. SW, 403 262 0036, www.thecassisbistro.ca

vancouver Great place for a business dinner

Catch and The Oyster Bar With a full makeover and a new modern seafood menu, Catch is back on top of its game. Chef Kyle Groves uses Ocean Wise yellowfin tuna, Digby scallops, rainbow trout and an ocean full of seafood to satisfy any fish fan’s palate. Stay on the main floor for a casual oyster bar lunch or head upstairs to the bright dining room for the full Catch experience.

100 Stephen Ave. SE, 403 206 0000, www.catchrestaurant.ca

Newest hot spot Black+Blue

The Glowbal Group (Coast, Italian Kitchen, Glowbal) has just unleashed Black+Blue, a new steakhouse reminiscent of Michael Carlevale’s long-defunct Toronto restaurant of the same name.

It’s a soaring, two-level, whitelinen looker with cloistered booths and a transparent meat locker. The action is anchored around the sexy, well-served bar. Comfortably jammed with the noticeably wellheeled since opening night.

1032 Alberni St., 604 637 0777, www.glowbal group.com/blackblue

Great place for a business dinner

Tableau Bar Bistro Recently anointed with a Five-Star Diamond Award, the Loden Hotel’s bistro marries old-school French to refined modernism in decor and on the plate. Chef MarcAndré Choquette (once chef de cuisine at Lumière) deftly knocks classic steak frites and halibut à la Grenobloise out of the proverbial park in a checker-floored room that drips with style. Wine-savvy service glides.

1181 Melville St., 604 639 8692, www.tableaubarbistro.com

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AT HArry rOsen THe FIne prInT cAn Help yOu OuT

Our Lifetime Maintenance Guarantee

We want to ensure that you look and feel your best in every garment you purchase from us. That’s why we provide complimentary maintenance and repairs to you, the original owner, for the lifetime of the garment. If you ever find yourself in need of having a button replaced, a seam fixed or other minor repairs, simply bring the item to any one of our stores, where professional tailors will attend to it as soon as possible (let us know if you’re in a hurry), on-site and free of charge. What’s more, should your garment require alterations due to weight loss or – heaven forbid – weight gain, we will make the necessary adjustments for you to a maximum of one size up or down, also at no charge. All we ask is that you have the garment dry-cleaned before bringing it in for either of these services.

Return Policy

If one of our garments fails to live up to reasonable expectations in any way, we invite you to bring it back. Whether we need to repair or replace it or to refund your money, we will happily do whatever is required to give satisfaction.

Shopping by Appointment

The value of shopping by appointment is the amount of time it saves you. Once our sales associates have learned your style and your needs, they can pre-select a range of garments – even a complete wardrobe – and have it ready for your consideration. Acting as your personal shoppers, they will also keep an eye out for specific items you might be seeking for the future and advise you of their arrival by phone, fax or e-mail. All you have to do is choose the most convenient time for your appointment and call your current sales associate (if you don’t have one, just ask for our store manager).

It doesn’t even have to be during our business hours: just provide us with enough notice and we’ll do our best to accommodate you. Of course, you can always just drop by the store.

In an Emergency

Closet Cleanup

Our trained sales associates have the expertise to guide you. They can be relied upon for counsel, recommending the most appropriate way to dress for any occasion. You also have the option of e-mailing questions to us on our website, harryrosen.com.

Are you unsure how to coordinate the clothes you own? Do you want some new clothes for your wardrobe but don’t know where to start? Do you have clothes that haven’t been worn for years but that represent an investment you’re reluctant to be rid of? One of our sales associates will gladly visit your home to take an inventory of your closet, providing suggestions on how to mix and match your existing wardrobe. He’ll recommend additions to your wardrobe and determine a plan for seasons to come. A tailor can also be on hand to suggest any fittings or readjustments you may need.

Need a sudden replacement for a dress shirt or tie, quick alterations, a pair of dry socks? Call your nearest Harry Rosen store for a solution to the problem.

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Preferred Contact

Let us know your preferred method of contact – by phone, by mail or by e-mail – and we’ll keep you apprised of special events, promotions and sales.

We’ll also make sure you continue to receive your copy of this magazine.

Please notify us at the store or at harry@harry rosen.com of any change in your e-mail, telephone number or address, and we’ll update your file.

Ask Harry

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This service is provided online for those who need menswear-related questions answered.

Feedback is also available directly from Harry Rosen associates.

harry online Our online presence continues to evolve.

In addition to offering up an amazing online selection of sportswear, outerwear, shoes and accessories, harryrosen.com provides useful information on the “HOW TOs.” Feel free to Ask Harry any question that relates to menswear: the response is almost instantaneous and always personalized. While you can visit harryrosen.com simply as a guest, you can also book an appointment directly with your associate.

Follow us as we become more social on www.facebook. com/harryrosen canada and Twitter @harryroseninc.

Gift Card

For those on your gift list who would prefer to experience Harry Rosen first-hand (or when you can’t remember your brother’s collar size), a gift card is always welcome.

Available in-store or online in any denomination up to $2,000, it can be redeemed whenever the recipient chooses; the balance is left on the card until it’s time for another purchase.

If there are other services you’d like to see us provide, please drop us a line at harry@harryrosen.com

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LOOking fOr a spECifiC LabEL? A favourite designer? You’ll find it below together with our store directory.

Available at all Harry Rosen Stores Allegri Armani Collezioni Arnold Zimberg BOSS Black BOSS Green BOSS Orange Brax Burberry Canali Citizens of Humanity Coppley Ermenegildo Zegna Ties Eton Fred Perry Harry Rosen ‘Made in Italy’ J.P. Tilford by Samuelsohn John Smedley John Varvatos STAR USA Parajumpers Ralph Lauren RLX Robert Graham 7 For All Mankind Alberto Toronto 82 Bloor Street West, First Canadian Place, Sherway Gardens, Yorkdale Ottawa Rideau Centre Montreal Les Cours Mont-Royal Vancouver Pacific Centre Andrew Marc Toronto 82 Bloor Street West, First Canadian Place, Mississauga Square One, Yorkdale Winnipeg Polo Park Edmonton West Edmonton Mall Calgary Chinook Centre Vancouver Oakridge Mall Brioni Toronto 82 Bloor Street West Brunello Cucinelli Toronto 82 Bloor Street West Montreal Les Cours Mont-Royal Calgary TD Square Vancouver Pacific Centre Bugatti Toronto Eaton Centre, First Canadian Place, Mississauga Square One, Sherway Gardens, Yorkdale Ottawa Rideau Centre Winnipeg Polo Park Edmonton West Edmonton Mall Calgary Chinook Centre Vancouver Oakridge Centre

Dolce & Gabbana Toronto 82 Bloor Street West, Yorkdale Montreal Les Cours Mont-Royal Calgary TD Square Vancouver Pacific Centre Ermenegildo Zegna Toronto 82 Bloor Street West, First Canadian Place, Sherway Gardens, Yorkdale Ottawa Rideau Centre Montreal Les Cours Mont-Royal Edmonton West Edmonton Mall Calgary TD Square Vancouver Oakridge Centre, Pacific Centre Etro Toronto 82 Bloor Street West, Sherway Gardens, Yorkdale Montreal Les Cours Mont-Royal Edmonton West Edmonton Mall Calgary TD Square Vancouver Pacific Centre Lanvin Toronto 82 Bloor Street West Loro Piana Toronto 82 Bloor Street West Montreal Les Cours Mont-Royal Calgary TD Square Vancouver Pacific Centre Michael Kors Toronto 82 Bloor Street West, Eaton Centre, First Canadian Place, Mississauga Square One, Sherway Gardens Ottawa Rideau Centre Montreal Rockland Centre Winnipeg Polo Park Calgary Chinook Centre, TD Square Vancouver Oakridge Centre Paul & Shark Toronto 82 Bloor Street West, Sherway Gardens, Yorkdale Ottawa Rideau Centre Montreal Les Cours Mont-Royal, Rockland Centre Edmonton West Edmonton Mall Calgary Chinook Centre Vancouver Oakridge Centre, Pacific Centre

Robert Talbott Toronto 82 Bloor Street West, Eaton Centre, First Canadian Place, Mississauga Square One, Sherway Gardens, Yorkdale Ottawa Rideau Centre Edmonton West Edmonton Mall Calgary Chinook Centre, TD Square Vancouver Oakridge Centre Tom Ford Toronto 82 Bloor Street West Montreal Les Cours Mont-Royal Calgary TD Square Versace Collection Toronto Eaton Centre, Mississauga Square One, Yorkdale Montreal Rockland Centre Winnipeg Polo Park Edmonton West Edmonton Mall Vancouver Pacific Centre Z Zegna Toronto 82 Bloor Street West, Eaton Centre, First Canadian Place, Mississauga Square One, Yorkdale Ottawa Rideau Centre Montreal Les Cours Mont-Royal, Rockland Centre Edmonton West Edmonton Mall Calgary Chinook Centre, TD Square Vancouver Oakridge Centre, Pacific Centre

Shoes Armani A. Testoni Allen Edmonds Brunello Cucinelli Hugo BOSS Canali Cole Haan Donald J. Pliner John Varvatos Ermenegildo Zegna Ralph Lauren RLX Prada Salvatore Ferragamo Swims Tod’s UGGS Australia We try to keep everything in stock, but some merchandise in this book may not be in our stores at all times. If you have any questions, please contact your sales associate or store manager at any of the stores listed here. Prices may be subject to change without notice.

Harry Rosen Store Directory Toronto 82 Bloor Street West 416 972 0556 Eaton Centre 416 598 8885 First Canadian Place 416 981 9097 Mississauga Square One 905 896 1103 Sherway Gardens 416 620 6967 Yorkdale Shopping Centre 416 787 4231 Ottawa Rideau Centre 613 230 7232 Montreal Les Cours Mont-Royal 514 284 3315 Rockland Centre 514 735 6227 Winnipeg Polo Park Shopping Centre 204 786 2368 Edmonton West Edmonton Mall 780 444 1637 Calgary Chinook Centre 403 252 2848 TD Square 403 294 0992 Vancouver Oakridge Shopping Centre 604 266 1172 Pacific Centre 604 683 6861 If you enjoy receiving your copy of harry but have had a change of address, please advise us of your new mailing address by e-mail at harry@harryrosen.com or write to us at: Harry Rosen Inc. 77 Bloor Street West Suite 1600 Toronto, Ontario Canada M5S 1M2

Ralph Lauren Black Label Toronto 82 Bloor Street West Montreal Les Cours Mont-Royal

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