[Image-1] Night Magic Fashions, a longtime pillar of Halifax retail, has unlaced its last corset downtown. The store’s entrance at 1711 Barrington Street has been locked for several days now, and window displays lay barren. Messages left for owner Pamela Theriault weren’t returned, but the company’s second location at 334 Herring Cove Road seems to […]
Night Magic Fashions
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More Night Magic
You know what they say, two sex shops are better than one. After getting the boot from its longtime location at 5268 Sackville Street, Night Magic Fashions has moved into not one, but two new locations. You can find the usual lingerie, costumes and wigs, sex toys, bachelorette party treats, massage accessories and various other […]
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Best Sex-toy Shop
Gold Winner and Hall of Fame inductee Venus Envy Silver Winner Night Magic Fashions Bronze Winner Indulgence Intimate Apparel Editor’s note: With its latest Best Sex-toy Shop win in 2013, Venus Envy was elevated to the Best of Halifax Hall of Fame. Best of Halifax is probably the only context in which one could describe […]
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Taz Records is moving to Grafton Street
The new year’s first big retail news targeted the corner of Sackville and Market streets, bringing word that Strange Adventures, Night Magic and Taz Records were all on the hunt for new digs. The search was propelled when the building the three businesses operate out of was sold and slated for some major redevelopment. Coincidentally, […]
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Best Sex-toy Shop
Gold Winner Venus Envy Silver Winner Night Magic Fashions Bronze Winner Pleasures N’ Treasures, Quinpool Road Obviously Venus Envy’s colourful selection of vibrators, dildos and butt plugs, array of lubes and lotions and bevy of books, both erotic and educational, are a serious draw for BOH voters and people in general. But may we take […]
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Best Sex-toy Shop
Gold Winner Venus Envy Silver Winner Night Magic Fashions Bronze Winner Naughty By Nature Stag Shop This summer was notable for Vibrategate at sex toy and education shop Venus Envy, when its vibrator advertisement was censored in the pages of *Metro*. “We got much more coverage and free advertising than we would have by just […]
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Night Magic celebrates 21 years
There are always plenty of special things in Night Magic Fashions (5268 Sackville Street, 420-9309), and right now there are special prices too, as the lingerie and sex accessories store is celebrating 21 years in business. The timing with Pride couldn’t be any better. Night Magic deserves a visit to best appreciate the variety, here […]
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Best Sex-toy Shop
It’s not every store you can go to and ask to see a line of dildos with no fear of embarrassment. In fact, the staff can offer insight in the dildos, depending on your needs. Butt plugs? They have those too, and are absurdly well-informed on their particulars. Venus Envy is also a bookstore, if […]
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Best Sex-toy Shop
People are looking for higher-quality sex accessories, says Venus Envy owner Maggie Haywood, who reports her business has had an excellent year, despite the recession. She calls them “luxury sex toys,” often made of silicon or glass, “very well and attractively designed, and often rechargeable,” she says. One of her most popular items is the […]
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Halloween: Everyone in costume!
Alice wondered what good was a book without pictures or conversations, and we wonder what good is Halloween without a costume. As it happens, Alice and a few of her Wonderland denizens will be out galavanting on October 31, if our highly unscientific poll results pan out. Andrea Bogle, supervisor at Glow Parties Costume & Party Superstore (3600 Strawberry Hill, 443-4569) reports that there’ll be a few Mad Hatters on the streets of Halifax this weekend, but most popular costumes for sale or rent in her store are characters from Star Trek. “The Spock ears are going fast,” she says.