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Luxury Re-Seller Mine & Yours Hosts First Ever Diner en Blanc Preview [PHOTOS]

Helen Siwak, Luxury Lifestyle ObserverJuly 13, 2023July 13, 2023

To celebrate the 10th year of Diner en Blanc, the founders and producers of the world's most glorious all-white party, The Social Concierge, invited VIPs and media personalities to a...

☆ Issue #19 – Summer 2023

Catching Up with Media Personality Sonia Mangat in Toronto

Helen Siwak, Luxury Lifestyle ObserverJuly 7, 2023August 24, 2023

Following her strong values and positive approach, television and lifestyle personality Sonia Mangat lives life to the fullest every day. She leverages her sizable digital platform to highlight several causes...

☆ Issue #19 – Summer 2023 FoF ☆ Global Luxury Showcase Pianos Presents

Showcase Pianos Presents: Hedy Chan, Renowned & Award-Winning Soprano

Helen Siwak, Luxury Lifestyle ObserverJuly 7, 2023December 30, 2024

Award-winning Hong Kong-based Soprano Hedy Chan is a champion of nurturing and encouraging all to follow their passion. From a young age, she dedicated her life to achieving the most...

☆ Issue #19 – Summer 2023

Issue #19 – Publisher’s Message by Helen Siwak, EIC

Helen Siwak, Luxury Lifestyle ObserverJuly 7, 2023August 24, 2023

Welcome to Folio.YVR Luxury Lifestyle Magazine's celebration of SUMMER! Now is the time when we begin shifting our focus from the ever-present hustle to taking time away, whether just for...

☆ Issue #19 – Summer 2023

The VAG Launches Innovative & Celebratory ‘Fashion Fictions’ Exhibition

Helen Siwak, Luxury Lifestyle ObserverJuly 7, 2023December 30, 2024

Fashion Fictions is an ambitious exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery that explores experimental design practices at the intersection of fashion and other modes of cultural production. Featuring more than...

☆ Issue #19 – Summer 2023

Hublot x Takashi Murakami Collab Creates a Rainbow of Desire

Helen Siwak, Luxury Lifestyle ObserverJuly 7, 2023December 30, 2024

Hublot and Takashi Murakami have continued their creative dialogue with an exciting fourth collaboration. This collaboration has thirteen new timepieces, each paired with an NFT, fuse watchmaking innovation and contemporary...

☆ Issue #19 – Summer 2023

Tiffany & Co’s ‘Bird on a…’ Collections Bring J. Schlumberger to a New Audience

Helen Siwak, Luxury Lifestyle ObserverJuly 7, 2023December 30, 2024

One of the 20th century’s most gifted artists, Jean Schlumberger, created objects of unparalleled beauty during his tenure with Tiffany & Co. He was a man of refined taste—an artist...

☆ Issue #19 – Summer 2023

Demi-Couture Designer Stevie Crowne Takes Repurposing to Next Level

Helen Siwak, Luxury Lifestyle ObserverJuly 7, 2023December 30, 2024

Over a decade ago, a young designer started making waves in the Vancouver fashion scene. Armed with a bag of thrifted garments, scissors, spray paint, glue, thread, needles and pins,...

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Holt Renfrew in TO Launches Beyonce’s ‘Renaissance Flagship’ for Limited Time

Helen Siwak, Luxury Lifestyle ObserverJuly 6, 2023September 3, 2024

In celebration of Beyonce’s RENAISSANCE WORLD TOUR’s two-night residency at Toronto’s Rogers Centre – Holt Renfrew, Canada’s top fashion and lifestyle retailer, will welcome the ‘RENAISSANCE FLAGSHIP’ to the third...

☆ Issue #19 – Summer 2023

Maison Guerlain Taps Glass Artist Aristide Najean to Re-Imagine the 170-Year Old ‘Bee Bottle’

Helen Siwak, Luxury Lifestyle ObserverJuly 1, 2023December 30, 2024

Created in 1853, the famous so-called glass ‘Bee Bottle‘ is celebrating its 170th birthday this year! A testament to Maison Guerlain’s exceptional heritage, this piece fashioned from the very outset...