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Peter Laurence oversees all window displays for Holt renfrew's five Metro stores
Peter Laurence oversees all window displays for Holt renfrew's five Metro stores

Peter Laurence oversees all window displays for Holt renfrew's five Metro stores

Date2/13/1978
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0129237F
Catherine and David Nugent, whose company distributes Alfred Sung perfume, with Holt Renfrew's director of boutiques, Krystyne Romer Griffin, right, holding a faux floral bouquet
Catherine and David Nugent, whose company distributes Alfred Sung perfume, with Holt Renfrew's director of boutiques, Krystyne Romer Griffin, right, holding a faux floral bouquet
5/9/1988
Little French suit: Left, Holt Renfrew's knockoff at $495 features houndstooth checks and slim skirt
Little French suit: Left, Holt Renfrew's knockoff at $495 features houndstooth checks and slim skirt
1/25/1991
Scott Craigie. To laymen they're known as window dressers. But aesthete Scott Craigie calls himself a display manager. As the man in charge of windows and in - store displays for exclusive Hazelton Lanes, Craigie creates ever-changing window fantasies for a dozen boutiques. Inspired by travel and unusual props - anything can be used as a prop, from newspapers to antiques - Craigie likes to create windows that draw attention to the merchandise without being distracting. [Incomplete]
Scott Craigie. To laymen they're known as window dressers. But aesthete Scott Craigie calls himself a display manager. As the man in charge of windows and in - store displays for exclusive Hazelton Lanes, Craigie creates ever-changing window fantasies for a dozen boutiques. Inspired by travel and unusual props - anything can be used as a prop, from newspapers to antiques - Craigie likes to create windows that draw attention to the merchandise without being distracting. [Incomplete]
1/26/1982
Renfrew's Ben DeWinter with Cynthia Brooks wearing Iynx fur valued at $17,000
Renfrew's Ben DeWinter with Cynthia Brooks wearing Iynx fur valued at $17,000
2/20/1979
Retrospective: Gucci design director Richard Lambertson, above, visited Holt Renfrew last week with display which included old bamboo-handled handbags from the '50s
Retrospective: Gucci design director Richard Lambertson, above, visited Holt Renfrew last week with display which included old bamboo-handled handbags from the '50s
5/2/1991
Biggest store: Though sales were flat chain-wide in 1982, Holt, Renfrew is planning to expand some smaller outlets so business can grow, says president Robert Herber (inset)
Biggest store: Though sales were flat chain-wide in 1982, Holt, Renfrew is planning to expand some smaller outlets so business can grow, says president Robert Herber (inset)
2/13/1983
Lenard Shavick, president of Holt Renfrew, outside $6.5 million store opens tomorrow
Lenard Shavick, president of Holt Renfrew, outside $6.5 million store opens tomorrow
3/9/1979
Edible bargains: John Pander, senior vice-president of retail operations for Dominion Stores, displays the wares at his firm's first Best For less store in the Toronto area which opens today
Edible bargains: John Pander, senior vice-president of retail operations for Dominion Stores, displays the wares at his firm's first Best For less store in the Toronto area which opens today
3/15/1982
Former Holt Renfrew vice-president Art Pierce, working on his backyard deck, gave it all up to become an executive head hunter.
Former Holt Renfrew vice-president Art Pierce, working on his backyard deck, gave it all up to become an executive head hunter.
5/28/1991
Sense of style: When too many people have the same look as me, it's time for me to change, says Ian Hylton, manager of the Cachet department at Holt Renfrew
Sense of style: When too many people have the same look as me, it's time for me to change, says Ian Hylton, manager of the Cachet department at Holt Renfrew
7/3/1989
Mr. Clean: Wally Power, of North Star Janitor Services, displays products at his cleaning supplies outlet. Power says an average size house in Toronto would start at about $500 for a basic cleaning of walls, ceilings, windows and floors.
Mr. Clean: Wally Power, of North Star Janitor Services, displays products at his cleaning supplies outlet. Power says an average size house in Toronto would start at about $500 for a basic cleaning of walls, ceilings, windows and floors.
3/18/1987
An event five feet tall, Harry (Bob) Voulgaris, a restaurant owner (right), is fitted for a sports jacket in a new clothing shop restricted to men no taller than five-feet-five inches. Shop owner Lou Brown, left, says short men, generally pay too much for clothes, suffer humiliation in some stores.
An event five feet tall, Harry (Bob) Voulgaris, a restaurant owner (right), is fitted for a sports jacket in a new clothing shop restricted to men no taller than five-feet-five inches. Shop owner Lou Brown, left, says short men, generally pay too much for clothes, suffer humiliation in some stores.
12/29/1977