These rompers give off the right balance with a combination of long-sleeves and shorts.
Three Fates
1394 Queen St. W., 416-901-1533, threefatesshop.tumblr.com
The Owner
Robin Vengroff
In a nutshell
This store is basically a "shoppable closet" that interconnects vintage with the latest trends.
The story
My grandmother was a bit of a clothes horse, and as she got older she started to realize how much she'd collected over the years, and so I started selling it. Even after offering my cousins first pick of everything, I still had enough clothes to do pop-up shops and flea markets. Each time I'd sell stuff I'd need a full rack, so I'd collect more clothes and it snowballed from there. After working for a Canadian designer for a while, my eyes opened to all the Canadian designers and I was inadvertently scouting different suppliers and vendors for my store. Then, while working as a buyer for Sears, my friends who own Philistine on Queen told me they were moving locations, so I jumped at the opportunity and opened my own store.
The stock
The clothes are a mixture of both new and vintage, as this way I have no limitations – sometimes it's hard to dress entirely in vintage, and so you need to pair it with a newer basic piece.
The philosophy
The name Three Fates comes from the feeling I have about vintage clothing. I feel like vintage clothing leads more than one life: As it travels to different people, it encounters different fates and destinies. My hope is that my store makes vintage approachable. I really want it to feel like an independent shop and part of that is my effort to remember people's names.
The buy
I really love these long-sleeved rompers we have. It illustrates my clothing theory of "give a little, take a little," so while it is shorts, it has long sleeves to give it the right balance. ($68)
This interview has been edited and condensed.