Gregg Araki

If Betsey Johnson dropped acid, she might hallucinate a vision that is the apartment of Toronto fashion designer Kirsty McKenzie. Like something out of the Gladstone Hotel's annual Come Up To My Room, her top floor studio and living space is anything but the conservative west end street she dwells on. Although some might find her home to be a complete overload to the senses, Kirsty has clearly built the space to inspire, "It makes me feel creatively charged. It calms me. It's a fake world I've created." read more...