Muskoka’s Brush with Fame & Fashion

Diane von Furstenberg can make or break a fashion career. Just ask Michelle Vella, a fashion illustrator with sentimental ties to summers in Muskoka. The artist is experiencing skyrocketing Instagram fame thanks, in part, to… yes, the diva of the wrap dress, New York designer Diane von Furstenberg (DVF). From her summer studio — a …

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Aerial Yoga

Nearly any view in Muskoka provides a form of decompression. But consider a view of a blue lake and rocky shore while suspended upside down from a hammock. In short, decompression takes many forms. Aerial Yoga — yoga assisted by the use of a silk or nylon hammock — has made its way to Muskoka …

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Oh She Glows Cookbook

For The Cottage Cook

MuskokaStyle means easy, fresh and flavourful entertaining — and these two Canadian classic cookbooks are made for weekends at the cottage. Oh She GlowsBy Angela Liddon New York Times best-selling author and creator of the wildly popular OhSheGlows.com and cookbook, Angela Liddon, shares a steady stream of inspiring healthy recipes and tips online and on …

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Locavore Muskoka: Fiddlehead Soup

It is known as the locavore movement — an effort to eat what’s harvested locally. In Muskoka’s case, that may mean cooking with ingredients picked direct from the garden in your backyard, or chosen from among the goodness presented by our local farmers at weekly outdoor markets. “If it grows together, it goes together.” — Robin Little This …

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5 Ways to Burst Into Summer

One antidote to a long, slow, grey winter: bursts of vibrant spring colour. Playful resort brights, sorbets, fun retro-pop florals — all make a splash on 2016’s Spring fashion scene. MuskokaStyle paused the presses to converse with Kaitlin, retail director at Island View, the Lilly Pulitzer Signature Store in Port Carling, Muskoka. Here are five of her …

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It’s a Wonderful World

It has been almost half a century since the late Louis Armstrong, known to millions as “Satchmo”, brought record crowds to Dunn’s Pavilion in the early 1960s. On Wednesday, May 25th, Armstrong’s love affair with Muskoka is going to be celebrated at the Gravenhurst Opera House Jack Hutton, an international ragtime pianist from Bala, will …

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Summer Reads | 5 All-Star Books

There are 5 new all-star books you can add to your summer reading list thanks to some rigorous debate by CBC’s Canada Reads. The 2016 literary competition placed Lawrence Hill’s The Illegal on the top of its list, followed by Anita Rau Badami’s The Hero’s Walk, Michael Winter’s Minister Without Portfolio, Salem Nawaz’s Bone and Bread, and …

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Pantone Colour of 2016

Cottage Colour of the Year

They are the colours of tranquility and inner peace. The Pantone Color Institute has blended two stress-less shades, Serenity and Rose Quartz, as 2016’s colour of the year. Considered the global provider of professional colour standards, Pantone says that now more than ever, consumers are seeking mindfulness and well-being as an antidote to the stress …

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Summer Reads | Book Preview: After You Die

With place names like Peterborough and Fenlon, we could mistake this tight summer read as a Canadian cottage-country tale. It’s not. Author Eva Dolan is an Essex-based writer whose crime fiction follows two detectives working the UK’s Peterborough Hate Crimes Unit. Still, what makes After You Die a prospect for an afternoon read on a …

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