Top Ten Most Important Signature Lines

Here are ten of the most important and popular Signature Lines carried by Homefront. Of course there are many other prestigious and useful articles in our large inventory. We ship and our rates are as low as any available, especially when shipping from abroad. That's because our inventory is delivered in bulk.

Sophie Conrane Porcelain by Portmerion

Simon Pearce Glass

Michael Aram

Emma Bridgewater

Julia Knight (Art for the Table) 

Sabre Paris

Chilewich Utility Mats

Lampe Berger

Laguoile Knives France

TapisWave Floor Coverings Belgium

Please help find a cure for Courtney

The heart-rending case of 22-year-old Courtney Render compels us all to pause and try to help. Courtney suffers from Hodgkin's Lymphoma and although she has received much treatment, her disease continues to progress. Now to survive, Courtney must have an expensive operation only available in the U.S. The procedure is  known as an allogeneic stemcell transplant. Two cycles of chemotherapy, four weeks of radiation, an Autologous stem-cell transplant, and a trial drug in Detroit have sustained Courtney’s life. But these treatments have not cured Courtney. Bendamustine, the current drug being administered at a private Toronto clinic will not be the cure. The last dosage of this drug occurs in late May, as Courtney reaches the maximum allowable number of dosages. Two public spirited ladies, Carey Rosenzweig and Jennie Dale have organized a fundraising event for Wednesday June 13, 2012 at The Avenue Banquets, 1600 Steeles Ave. West. Anyone who is able is urged to donate today by going to http://thecureforcourtney.com/

Forest Hill kids have their Prom

Thursday May 24, 2012 was a day of excitement for the kids from Forest Hill  Collegiate Institute as their Prom was held at Liberty Grand Entertainment Complex at Exhibition Place. More than 200 graduates, including Matt Kruger and Erin Silver (inset) made this great scene. It was a day of celebrating with pre-Prom  dance parties held beginning at 4 pm.  Nice because parents can go to these. There were also post Prom parties after the dance with hotel rooms booked and monitored by parents.  For safety, llimousines were used as transportation, as they usually are.

Premium Outlets mall to be built near us

SmartCentres, owner of the properties on Laird Drive, is a partner with Simon Property in the U.S, to build the first Premium Outlets mall in Canada at a location in Halton Hills, near Oakville. Ground has already been broken on Toronto Premium Outlets which will mirror the many Premium Outlet malls across the U.S.  The site is adjacent to Highways 401 and 427 and is designed to draw traffic which might otherwise head to Buffalo. They are betting however that it will do a lot more than that. SmartCentres is an aggressive Canadian company with shopping centres nationally but it pales in size to the enormous assets of Simon Property. With 363 properties (as shown on the map) it has 5,000 employees and leases some 264 million square feet of retail space. 

China Machado carries on at age 82

It was with much joy and interest that I opened the May 2012 issue of Fashion and saw a major spread on legendary model China (pronounced Cheena) Machado. She was the first world famous Eurasian model and reported to be photographer Richard Avedon’s favourite muse, and subsequently graced many magazine covers worldwide.

I began modelling in New York in 1959 through the 60’s and one of my steady contracts, three to four times a month was working for two fashion co-ordinators named Edith and Louise. They were the “go to” team that produced the best fashion shows for all the major charities in New York. The result for me was that I met many stars and I got to work with China Machado.

At that time models specialised in Runway or Photography. For the time, we were paid well but not the millions they are paid today. China was shorter than most models and short wasted but when she hit that runway she was the most beautiful exotic woman alive with a presence that no one could match. More than that, she was incredibly kind and helpful to “us lesser mortals” with absolutely no narcissism or attitude.

So there she is in the spotlight again having a well deserved encore at 82. Bravo Fashion for telling her story.

Flashback to the hockey season of 2011

January 2011 -- Canadian grandmothers learned about hockey because their fathers played the game. Girls took hockey to be a man's sport. How could I have lived so long and understood so little. Even my daughter was limited to field hockey. 'Intellectually I knew things had changed. But I just shrugged and moved on. The emotional whammy hit when I went to see my granddaughter play real, honest-to-God bone-jolting hockey. Who knew women were so keen to throw body checks? One of the local hockey Coliseums is known as the Rinx, well known I'm sure to everyone but me. It's an incredibly primitive place with hostile signs like "No Public Washrooms.” How did they get that reality past Toronto the Good's Nanny State Licensing Board? Go to Rink Three we were told. But there must be a mistake. Rink Three is full of young men warming up for a game. "No, no," said a smiling mum. "Those are the girls." Our jaws dropped. Omygod! When did skates and padding make girls look like big guys? You have to identify your kid by her pony tail! And when I say things have changed, you know it. There after the game was a hockey father firmly lecturing his little girl about "engaging, engaging" and he didn't mean getting a ring on her finger --Trish

Esperanza Spalding -- Radio Music Society

Radio Music Society