12 Female-Led Style Brands To Shop Now

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Jenny Bird

The Toronto-based designer is adored for her modern, innovative jewelry designs. Celebrities like Ashley Graham, Mindy Kaling, Issa Rae, and Kendall Jenner love Bird’s sleek styles, which boast an architectural flair, and are statement pieces without being in-your-face bold. Bird’s hoop earrings, chain necklaces and bracelets are always fan favourites.

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Charlotte Tilbury

Darlings, if you’re not on the Charlotte Tilbury beauty train what are you even doing? Celebrity makeup artist Charlotte Tilbury has made red carpet glam accessible to everyone with her makeup and skincare line that’s all about the glow up. She built her brand on Instagram, and it’s the channel to tune into for all the latest beauty news and product drops—don’t miss a minute!

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OUAI

This cult haircare brand is the creation of celebrity hairstylist Jen Atkin. With years of beauty industry experience, Atkin saw a void in the haircare market of products that were effective, easy to use, and designed for all hair types and textures. Though OUAI began life as line of hair products in 2016, it’s now expanded to a full lifestyle range including body, hand, fragrance, and candles.

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Aritzia

Founded in 1984 by the Hill family in Vancouver, the company has been led by President and COO Jen Wong since 2015. Wong started at Artizia as a style advisor in 1987 and quickly climbed the ranks to assistant store manager, to manager, to vice-president of operations, to COO in 2007 then on to her current position. Wong shared in a recent interview with Forbes her employee team is 85% female. You already knew Artizia was one of coolest retailers in Canada, but fact it’s female-led COO makes it even cooler.

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Coles

Heather Reisman is the founder, chair, and CEO of Indigo, and has singlehanded transformed lifestyle shopping. What started as a bookstore has grown into a one-stop-shop for everything from home décor essentials and accessories, paper goods, games, and children’s toys. We have Reisman to thank for getting us reading and bringing pleasure back to shopping with Indigo’s stylish retail stores.

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BonLook

Montreal entrepreneur Sophie Boulanger founded her fashionable eye wear company in 2011 when she saw a lack of style savvy and affordable eyeglasses. There are now over 30 BonLook stores across Canada. We love that BonLook is always introducing cool new styles of glasses and sunnies every season, and that they’ve done some cool celebrity collabs with actor Abigail Spencer and Olympian Tessa Virtue.

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S’Well

Harvard Business School grad Sarah Krauss founded the iconic brand of water bottles in 2010, investing her own money to start the company out of her Manhattan brownstone. When O, The Oprah Magazine featured S’well, the business exploded, and it has become one of the most important and successful brands in the realm of sustainability today. As you likely know, you can never have too many S’well bottles, and they are a great gift to give!

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Tatcha

This cult skincare line was launched by Vicky Tsai in 2009. Tsai financed the company’s first product—the now iconic Aburatorigami Japanese Blotting Papers—by selling her engagement ring, her car and moving back in with her parents. Tatcha is now a gold standard in the skincare world and loved by celebrities including Meghan Markle and Maggie Gyllenhaal.

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Clothz

Clothz is dedicated to helping women look and feel good in the clothes they have in their wardrobe. Shop brands such as Saxx Underwear, Mavi Jeans, Silver Jeans, Billabong, Levi’s, Good American, C’est Moi, Dex Clothing and many more!

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LEVEL Laser Med Spa

Wellness has become more important than ever before as we prioritize self-care, along with our physical and mental health. Women-led spas like LEVEL Laser Med Spa are tapping into those needs and helping provide the right tools and options.

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Humble Roots Organic

 Humble Roots Organic, owned by Sarah and Tiffany, demonstrates how two holistic nutritionists came together to create delicious food for the body.

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Olive Oil Co.

Olive Oil Co., owned and operated by Denise, has utilized her corporate background to open three shops, which have garnered her well-earned recognitions such as New Business of the Year and Small Business of the Year.

Now that we have inspired you with the stories of these amazing female entrepreneurs and all that they do, check out our ShopNow feature to find the perfect fashion and beauty essentials for the season.

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