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Absolutely Fabrics

Toronto's tightly curated home for premium design

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Featured in The Best Fashion Stores in the World

Absolutely Fabrics is a young Toronto boutique making a name with a disciplined edit of premium and emerging designers, including Fforme, Diotima and Colleen Allen. Founder-led and highly selective, it has quickly earned the respect of the designers it carries for its supportive approach. In a city with few genuine multi-brand destinations, it offers a curation you'd expect from a much larger fashion capital. For discovering the right names in Canada, Absolutely Fabrics is one to watch.

Store Locations:Toronto

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TYPERetailer
ESTABLISHED2023
OWNERKaelen Haworth
HEADQUARTERSToronto

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