Mitch Darragh, 32

Label Killigrew (killigrewfashion.com) What A line of menswear with a business partner close to home — his finance-savvy mother Cleo

Why I was always looking for plain, highquality T-shirts but didn’t want to spend $22 on an American Apparel T-shirt or $150 on a designer one. One of my organic shirts for $61, I can wear it to go furniture shopping or under a blazer to go out at night.

Quit your day job? yes, about 2.5 years ago Has being a Canadian label affected the way

you shop? definitely. Just meeting a lot of people in the industry, talking shop, there are a ton of Canadian brands I didn’t know about before.

Shout-out Naked & Famous jeans, from designer Brandon Svarc, from Montreal. And rebus [a loungewear brand].

Outlook We’ve done the Project trade show in Vegas, and the Bread & Butter show in Berlin. A lot of people loved our stuff but it’s hard to deal with taxes and duties, so the next step is looking for an agent or distributor for importing in europe.

Coming this fall Three styles of sweaters, from a merino cardigan in 1960s Mad Men- inspired cut to a boldly retro burgundy houndstooth in baby alpaca.

Mitch wears … Peruvian Pima cotton polo Patch polo in scarlet by Killigrew, $92 at B-Spoke, Mr Wardrobe and Barclays in the GTA, Newman’s and Richard Davis in Ontario (killigrewfashion.com) Jean shorts by Montreal’s Naked & Famous Denim, Mitch's own Navy leather brogue sneakers (also in red), $248 at Roots (roots.com) Also shown: The Rushmore wooden clog sandal inleather, sisal and hand-carved pine by John

Fluevog, $265 ( fluevog.com)