国际著名时尚杂志《Vogue》在今年9月号的杂志中发表了一份全球15条最时尚街道的排行榜，多伦多的型男潮女趋之若鹜的皇后西街跻身上述排行榜的第二名，扬名天下。
在多伦多的皇后西街，你可以找到最时髦的服饰以及最前卫的餐厅，而画廊、古董店和舞厅又为这条街道增添了不少艺术和娱乐气氛。
时尚杂志《Vogue》不仅盛讚皇后西街「拥有所有时尚的特征」，而且盛赞该条街道上特有的法式糕点、本地品牌和画廊。 该份杂志还提及了皇后西街上的两间精品酒店The Drake和Gladstone Hotel。
在上述全球最时尚街道排行榜上名列第一的是日本东京的下北沢Shimokitazawa社区。
Where is the world’s second coolest neighbourhood? Toronto’s West Queen West — according to Vogue.
The magazine posted its list of the world’s hippest neighbourhoods, and Queen Street West between Bathurst Street and Gladstone Avenue was second only to Tokyo’s Shimokitazawa.
The story that accompanies the list describes the area as “a verifiable artery on indie patisseries, homegrown labels and hidden-from-view galleries.”
For local businesses, the piece is a vote of confidence that money can’t buy.
“It brings recognition to the area and TIFF is happening — what better time to have this come out when the reporters from around the world are here, to hear about West Queen West?” said Rob Sysak with the West Queen West Business Improvement Association.
With its focus on arts, culture and fun, Vogue says, West Queen West has all the hallmarks of hipness — anchored by the hippest hotels, the Gladstone and the Drake.
“To be able to welcome a thousand people a day in through our doors and to know that we’ve become a monument on Queen Street, that’s pretty exciting,” said Mia Neilsen with the Drake.
In making the case for West Queen West’s hipness, the piece also mentions the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art and Graffiti Alley, “a block where street art is both 100 per cent legal and lauded.”
Here’s the complete Vogue list of cool neighbourhoods.
- Shimokitazawa, Tokyo.
- West Queen West, Toronto.
- Soedermalm, Stockholm.
- Tiong Bahru, Singapore.
- Centro, Sao Paulo.
- Canal Saint-Martin, Paris.
- Bushwick, New York.
- Brera, Milan.
- Wynwood, Miami.
- Zona Rosa & La Condesa, Mexico City.
- Fitzroy, Melbourne.
- Silver Lake, Los Angeles.
- Hackney, London.
- Kreuzberg, Berlin.
- Dashanzi Art District / Beijing.