Gaspard

This petite boutique's curators are also the designers behind Toronto's twenty-year-old indie label Mercy Studio. They've spent their careers cultivating relationships with independent textile mills around the globe, so it's no surprise that Gaspard's racks are lined with quality fabrics from interesting places. Most of the collections carried here—by small designers from Japan, Italy, Finland and Belgium—can't be found anywhere else in Canada. There are digitally printed silk dresses, convertible fringed Oxford booties and whimsical, patterned apparel featuring toucans and cacti, all of which look right at home alongside the shop's avant-garde parent-label.