"It's been a long time since The Coal Miner's Daughter..."

Wonderboys. Anyone? One of my all time favourite books and movies. It is, however, completely unrelated to this lovely little boutique...

The Coal Miner's Daughter has a few locations in Toronto, and the one on Queen W is by far my favourite. A beautiful simple layout, lots of goodness made by Canadian designers, and a lovely staff.... more

Local designers, accessories. There are a lot of stores in the area with the same kind of focus. After going to three of them they all kind of blurred in my mind. There are some nice things in this store as well, but nothing that I was looking for. Things in this store seemed more on the quirky, casual side, probably for spring/summer. I didn't see any basics in here, I'm probably in the wrong... more

VIBE
I feel like a lot of boutiques are missing good layout and merchandising. Coal Miner's Daughter has great layout and merchandising. For instance, the cool antlers in the back where their jewlery hangs.

The owner is really friendly and genuine. For that, I will be back!

THE GOODS
Clothes are brand new (and not vintage/reused). I love the Canadian selection here (Daag and Stacey). That... more