Scout & Catalogue

Some of us go to Mexico only to return sunburnt with a handful of leftover pesos in the bottom of our carry-on. But for Breanna Musgrove, the boho-minded girl behind accessories line Scout & Catalogue, a stay south of the border—Puerto Vallarta!—with her boyfriend in 2008 spawned a business.

“For the first five months, I went to Spanish school a little bit, read a ton, slept, and just kind of got over the amount of manic energy I had been putting into my career,” she says, reflecting on the job she left behind in Vancouver as creative director of Aritzia. But after that decompression phase, Breanna’s creative energy kicked into overdrive, leading her to explore the plentiful fabric warehouses in the area, to dive into dyeing, and to post her creations on a blog, Scout & Catalogue—as she explains, “I was scouting a new culture and then cataloguing it.”

Now based in Toronto, her project has turned into a full-fledged business, with hand-dyed scarves and custom-sewn leather pouches leading the way. What’s the aesthetic, exactly? “The idea of being a little bit rumpled,” Breanna says. “I think it’s just trying to capture that beauty in being undone.” —jackie varriano

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Emerging Thing of the Week: Herriott Grace

Ready for something more adorable than a father-daughter dance packed with first-graders in full skirts? Well, brace yourself: Nikole Herriot and her dad Lance live 3,400 kilometers (that’s 2,100 miles for us Americans) across Canada from each other, and when she made the move to Toronto, they started sending each other things. Lance had been collecting wood since the seventies and started carving spoons and bowls and all sorts of goodness to ship off to Nicole, and her mind was so blown that she wanted to share his creations with the world. So now Lance still sends his works to Nikole, only she styles and photographs them (stunningly, no shock), posts them on their e-commerce site for their company Herriott Grace, and mails them off to you. I mean, helllllo, Father’s Day present for the dad who cares more about cookin’ than fashion. JUST SAYING. —erica

Discover more new (ish!) things we’re loving here.

Kaelen

Now a converted New Yorker, Kaelen Haworth claims that the culture shock was minimal when she first moved to the “big, bad city” from Canada, where she was born and raised, but the six-floor walk-up? That did take a little getting used to. “I knew I wanted to work in fashion—it was more a narrowing down of what I wanted to do and where I wanted to go. It just made so much sense to go to New York,” she explains.

So she jumped from an English literature B.A. straight into Parsons and, a scant seven months after graduation, she showed her first collection at New York Fashion Week—yes, whoa. The decision to start her own line wasn’t an easy one to make, but her new home gave her a confidence that she could do, well, anything—even this. “There’s so much opportunity,” she notes. “Every single thing, every encounter could be extremely meaningful.”

At it since 2010, Kaelen says alluring for her isn’t your average bandage dress. “I like to be a little more modern and clean. I like things to have an interesting silhouette,” she says. And while she’s always been heavy on sophistication, her work has begun to take a more custom tone: She’s now working with a graphic designer to create prints, and she’s hand-dying fabrics and incorporating out-of-the-ordinary leathers to achieve what she calls “interesting sexy”—a vibe that would appeal to someone like Chloë Sevigny who really owns her look. “When she’s wearing something, it’s very natural,” Kaelen explains. “It never feels forced.” —jackie variano

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Kaelen’s Plugged-In Guide to Halifax

Just because she’s an NYC girl now doesn’t mean she’s forgotten her Canadian roots.

Kaelen Haworth is no one-town gal. Before attending Parsons and launching her appealingly challenging apparel line in NYC, Kaelen earned a degree in English lit from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia’s coastal capital. And while she has no intention of leaving her adopted hometown, there are a few spots she can’t help but miss. Here’s how to have a top-notch Halifax weekend with Kaelen as your tour guide. —jackie varriano



“The Press Gang was always my parent restaurant because it’s a classy joint. It’s got a really cozy, beautiful ambiance with millions of candles—which is nice if it’s the dead of winter in Halifax—and the best seafood. We always had oysters and whatever fish was the special that day. If you want to impress or be impressed, this is a gem.” (thepressgang.net)

“The Palace is the only ‘club’ open until 4 A.M. in Halifax. It doesn’t matter if you got split up from people earlier—you know if you want to find them at 3 A.M.: on the sweaty, drunken mess of a dance floor. Ahhh, youth.” (thenewpalace.com)



“Foreign Affair was my go-to store in the downtown area. They have Current/Elliott, Dannijo, Helmut Lang, Derek Lam—the list goes on. It was my happy place I went to when I was supposed to be studying. Given where I am now, I think it did further my education!” (foreignaffair.ca)

“The Lower Deck on the waterfront is a great place to get a beer (or 12) and listen to some good local music. It gets packed and pretty rowdy, but hey, it’s Halifax. Loosen up!” (thelowerdeck.ca)

See what the talented (and damn charming) designer made for us: a silk wrap that can do both dressy and chillaxed.

Tara-Lynn Morrison’s Killer Guide to Toronto

The designer shares her top spots to eat, drink, and shop in Ontario’s capital.

Tara-Lynn Morrison of Good Night, Day currently lives in Hamilton, Ontario, a port city about 35 miles outside Toronto, where she knits wool accessories perfect for anyplace that has a dead of winter. And while the peace and quiet of her locale helps her churn out scarves and hats at a shocking tick, she makes her way into the big city whenever she can. Here are the makings of a perfect afternoon in the Canadian hotbed, in her humble opinion. —liza darwin


Robber
“This store carries a lot of independent designers like Samantha Pleet, and they also carry my stuff. It’s very inviting—not pretentious at all—and the staff is very welcoming. I like it because they don’t mind if I try on a million things.” (robberstore.wordpress.com)


Café Bernate
“I like to do everything in the same area, and Queen West is where the good food places are, along with vintage shops. The back of this French coffee shop is decorated in a fifties/sixties style. The sandwiches are amazing. I usually get the chicken, brie, and fresh pepper.” (cafebernate.com)


Vintage Mix One
“There are a few vintage shops in the area, but this one is my favorite. Each tag has a description of the item—the era it’s from and occasions where you can wear it.”


Type
“This magazine-and-book shop carries everything; I usually go there for hard-to-find stuff, like Lula or Gentlewoman or RUSSH.” (typebooks.ca)


Venezia Bakery
“I always get the custards here. They also have a bunch of Portuguese pastries and cheap sandwiches, which are all so good.”


Terroni Pizza
“This place always has such great drinks. There’s a huge amount of different pizza options, too—spicy white pizza, pears with walnut, that type of thing. It’s all very authentic.” (terroni.com)

Tara-Lynn wove a circle scarf (in two colors!) just for us up in Canada. Get it now.

Good Night, Day

“I taught myself to knit about five years ago out of sheer boredom—and because I didn’t like the patterns that were out there,” recalls Tara-Lynn Morrison. What began as a hobby—a fun activity to keep her and her pals up in cold, cold Canada toasty—has now grown into Good Night, Day, a full-fledged knitwear line that’s earned an enthusiastic following for its cozy hats, scarves, and tops.

At her house in Hamilton (about 45 minutes outside Toronto), Tara-Lynn makes every last piece herself from alpaca, merino, and cashmere-blended wool that she buys from family farms in South America. She’s determined to keep her hands in every step of the process, from obtaining the fair-trade yarn to knitting up to four designs a day, each named after a city in Ontario—yup, homespun.

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Meet Good Night, Day

The weaving pro unravels her story.

“I taught myself to knit about five years ago out of sheer boredom—and because I didn’t like the patterns that were out there,” recalls Tara-Lynn Morrison. What began as a hobby—a fun activity to keep her and her pals up in cold, cold Canada toasty—has now grown into Good Night, Day, a full-fledged knitwear line that’s earned an enthusiastic following for its cozy hats, scarves, and tops.

At her house in Hamilton (about 45 minutes outside Toronto), Tara-Lynn makes every last piece herself from alpaca, merino, and cashmere-blended wool that she buys from family farms in South America. She’s determined to keep her hands in every step of the process, from obtaining the fair-trade yarn to knitting up to four designs a day, each named after a city in Ontario—yup, homespun.

Given their wearability and obvious function—winters outside of Tara-Lynn’s part of the world can be damn harsh too, after all—it’s not surprising that Morrison’s customer base has exploded within the past few years. Even so, she says the idea behind the business remains highly personal. “I’d worked a lot of crappy jobs, and after getting laid off I was like, ‘I have to do this,’” she says. “So now I knit what I want; it’s exactly what I would wear.” —liza darwin

Score the sweet edition Tara-Lynn made for us! She knit each of our cushy circle scarves herself.

Caroline Ventura’s (Gut-Busting) Guide to Montreal

The designer’s French isn’t great, but her ability to uncover cool stuff conquers all.

Caroline Ventura, the designer behind the delicate gold jewelry line Brvtvs, is one of those people who seems to know everyone and everything. She just got back from Montreal—a city that makes for the perfect autumnal escape, especially considering all the pork fat and poutine—and is beyond eager to share her eight must-hits. Also worth noting: She went on the trip with her husband, a friend who’s a sommelier, and another who’s an editor at Food & Wine, so the meals were quite an affair.


Lawrence
“We actually went to this super-cute brunch spot twice! They have crazy-delicious fresh apple juice that is the most beautiful blushy pink color—like no apple juice I had ever seen. I asked them what kind of apples they used, but they looked at me like I was nuts.” (lawrencerestaurant.com)


Les Etoffes
“The owner of this shop, Diana, is the nicest, cutest ever. She stocks some harder-to-find brands like Apiece Apart and Christophe Lemaire. It’s a few doors down from Lawrence, so that makes for a nice one-two punch.” (lesetoffes.com)


Liverpool House
“This spinoff of Joe Beef has fare that’s a little—but not much—lighter. There is a chalkboard menu (all in French), and the pot de crème is the best I’ve ever had. I ordered two.” (joebeef.ca)


Jardin Botanique
“There was this crazy Chinese lantern show going on in one area of the botanical gardens. It was really strange—in a good way—walking around hearing everyone speak French but looking at very Chinese objects.” (ville.montreal.qc.ca/jardin)


Society of Arts and Technology
“A friend is opening a restaurant on the third floor of this center that is integrated with some of the shows they are having there. It’s serving really unique small plates. I particularly enjoyed the sign for the bathroom.” (sat.qc.ca)


Marché Jean-Talon
“Even though fall had already begun in Montreal, this farmers’ market had so much variety.” (marchespublics-mtl.com/Jean-Talon)


Au Pied de Cochon
“I might want to warn the vegetarians to look away. I almost fell on my ass three times while we were there because the floor is so slick with pig and duck fat, and I was wearing these new Dieppa Restrepo shoes.” (restaurantaupieddecochon.ca)


Scandinave Les Bains
“This is an amazing bath house. They have different soaking pools and a dry sauna, but I was all about the adult nap area— the U.S. needs to get on this trend ASAP. ” (scandinave.com/en/montreal)

Caroline made us an edition you don’t have to take off for airport security: an edgy-but-sweet gold bracelet. Check it here.

Of a Kind

Do not let the cool, downtown vibe of this parka trick you into thinking Muttonhead is just a straight-up fashion label. The line is as hippy-dippy—in a good way—as they come. This maroon wonder, for example, is 70% hemp. Heeeeey, sustainability. —erica