Toronto Star.com // Mary's mad about clothes as long as there black (and from West Queen West!)
Cabaret Vintage, Comrags and Magpie, some of WQW's destination of choice for
Mary Walsh!
"...There was a frisson when Mary Walsh walked onto the stage at the Panasonic to take her place with the four other stars of Love, Lost and What I Wore...."
"....“Check out those legs.”..."
"...“Where did she get those shoes?”..."
"...“I got them at Winners,” she says, sashaying into Cabaret Vintage Clothing boutique at 672 Queen St. W. on yet another pair of killer black stilettos..."
"...Cabaret is the go-to for Mad Men cocktail dresses, the latest retro fashion rage. In fact, Christina Hendricks (Joan in the series,) has been a client since she shot Kevin Hill here. Rachel McAdams and the DSquared twins Dan and Dean Caten are also regulars...."
"...Walsh totally rocks a purple silk robe with red lining from the ‘50s going for $325...."
"...Elizabeth Hannah, manager/buyer for the shop, sources stock from estate sales and private collections all over Canada and Europe. A Sergeant-Pepper Scottish militia jacket complete with epaulettes and tails, handmade in 1967 and stickered at $320 beckons “come to mamma.”..."
"...Actor/comic/writer/director/political activist Walsh has collected 18 Gemini awards and was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 2000...."
"...While studying theatre at Ryerson, she joined fellow Newfoundland Travelling Theatre Company alum Andy Jones, Cathy Jones, Tommy Sexton and Greg Malone in a play called Cod on a Stick at Theatre Passe Muraille, which morphed into the CBC sketch comedy series CODCO..."
"...In 1992, she created the satirical series This Hour Has 22 Minutes with Rick Mercer and former CODCO co-stars Cathy Jones and Greg Thomey. Walsh’s character Marg Delahunty regularly pigeonholes and humiliates politicians. She is working on Marg: The Movie with producer Denise Robert..."
"...“I still shop at Courage My Love in Kensingon; I also shop at Comrags,” she says. “I shop Holts for sales and I love J. Crew.”..."
“I am not girlie. My voice is too low — maybe if I went up an octave. I love any colour as long as it is black.
"...“The women at Magpie (on Queen West) make a lot of stuff for me. I say, ‘This is a little tight.’ And they say, ‘We’ll cut it out.’”..."
Cut, print, wrap it up.
