The Buy: Printed three button blazer

We love the printed cotton that this thee button blazer is cut from. Featuring a white, circular motif on a navy blue background, it has a sharp, crisp feeling that gives the jacket a great tailored shape. The blazer's half-lining keeps it lightweight though, making it perfect for layering over a great blue striped shirt in warmer weather.

A look inside our Toronto shop, open today!

The first floor of the new store is our concept space, an area to represent the new collection in a tightly edited way that gives shoppers a quick understanding of the fabrics, styles, colours and accessories we're excited about this season.

We're brought some favourite fixtures from our Burroughes Building studio to the store including the vintage mirror, our Molo stool from MADE and props from past presentations.

One of our favourite new/old finds is the vintage general store paper dispenser. It's mounted on a shelf made of douglas fir reclaimed from an old airplane hanger at Pearson Airport.

Six steps downstairs, you'll find the bulk of our stock and a pair of changerooms.

Handsome little shop if we do say so ourselves.

Here are our hours:

Monday to Wednesday 11 am to 6 pm, Thursday to Saturday 11 am to 7 pm, Sunday noon to 5 pm.

Photos by Michael Watier

Spring 2012 Lookbook

Photography by Mckenzie James

Styling by Alon Freeman at Judy Inc.

Hair and makeup by Claudine Baltazar at Plutino Group

Models: Oliver W and Katy at Elmer Olsen Model Management

Philip Sparks & Danier

They're here! Our capsule collection of travel-inspired leather bags and accessories has arrived at Danier. Scroll down to see which stores are carrying the line and the full lookbook.

Click HERE to see the collection lookbook.

Philip Sparks turns five today

Though Mr. Sparks himself is a few years older, the clothing and accessory company that bears his name celebrates five years in business and the debut of its tenth collection this week.

Over the past week-and-a-half, we've been looking back at some of our favourite moments from past collections but today is all about looking forward (by looking back again obviously). The image above is a shot of the corner of Ossington and Foxley circa 1920 from the City of Toronto Archives. The street looks a lot different in 2012 and more and more changes with every passing moment. We're excited to share more details about how we'll be a part of its evolution in the coming days. Stay tuned...

5th Anniversary Look Back - Spring 2012

On March 12, Philip Sparks Tailored Goods Inc. marks five years in fashion. Leading up to the big day, we're looking back at our favourite moments from past collections.

Danier has quickly become known for its amazing designer collaborations with labels like Greta Constantine, Mark Fast and Toronto stylist George Antonopoulos. So when they asked us to work with them on a capsule collection of men's bags for Spring 2012, we knew we were in good hands.

The line debuts this week at select stores and features a mix of messenger bags, duffels, small leather accessories and the backpack pictured above, all inspired by a vintage idea of travel. We designed the pieces to be as useful as they are handsome so you'll find lots of pockets and compartments sized to fit contemporary travel essentials like tablets and smart phones.

5th Anniversary Look Back - Fall 2011

On March 12, Philip Sparks Tailored Goods Inc. marks five years in fashion. Leading up to the big day, we're looking back at our favourite moments from past collections.

Footwear has been a big part of our brand since our second season so we decided to go it alone and launch a collection of independently designed and made boots for Fall 2011. The four styles, a brogue, a cap toe, a wool fleece-lined lace-up and a tall boot, debuted at our Ossington pop-up shop with I Miss You in early November and quickly became our best-selling footwear collection yet.

In the future, our focus will be this high quality collection of classic, leather soled pieces. And yes, styles for women are already in the works.