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FOLIO.YVR

Celebrating West Coast Luxury Lifestyle | Elevated Consciousness

Category / ☆ Issue #11 – February 2020

laudree, beverly hills, matthew kenney, vegan, plantbased, helen siwak, vancouver, bc, vancity, yvr, ecoluxluv, folioyvr, luxury, lifestyle

FolioYVR Issue #11: Ladurée by Matthew Kenney is a Vegan Pastry Paradise

Having been tempted by Ladurée on Robson Street too many times to count, and having to endure meetings where my companions gorged on their famous French Toast, it was with exquisite delight that we discovered the Beverly Hills franchise was vegan. Finally, a Ladurée, where one would not have to cobble together a brunch meal...

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FolioYVR Issue #11: Elegant Getaway to LA’s Beverly Wilshire

Featured in movies such as much-loved Pretty Woman, classic buddy film Beverly Hills Cop, the enduring Clueless, the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills turned 92 this year. Now owned by the Four Seasons Hotel chain, this 395-room hotel was built in 1928 when Beverly Hills had less than 1,000 residents. This iconic landmark was designed...

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FolioYVR Issue #11: Cameron Silver, Legendary Vintage Curator

It was 2012, and a Schiaparelli blowfish walking stick made the Met Gala arrivals come standstill. Wearing a Nicole Miller ‘Ticket Print’ suit, vintage fashion purveyor Cameron Silver broke the red carpet. From Perez Hilton to the Hollywood Reporter, everyone was talking about Nicole Miller’s escort and his eccentric outfit. Founder of Decades Inc. and...

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FolioYVR Issue #11: Paolo Fazioli x Joseph Wu Collaboration: Fairmont Pacific Rim

In the din of the Fairmont Pacific Rim’s bustling Lobby Lounge, Paolo Fazioli weaves through a crowd of excited onlookers, accepting words of excitement and congratulations for his latest masterpiece. He is bespectacled, smartly dressed and gives off an air of excitement that overshadows the jet lag he must be feeling, having arrived from Italy...

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Folio.YVR Issue #11: Laurence & Chico: Love & Legacy of Largess

To many, the Laurence & Chico Café off Robson Street was their first invitation into the insane world that Laurence Li and Chico Wang created for themselves. Rubber ducks proliferate and oogly octopus tentacles abound, mop-top stools beckon, grotesque eyeballs roll, and exaggerated mannequins with giant wigs oversee all. The space is so fantastic that...

lylexox, lyle reimer, inform interiors, helen siwak, mua, vancouver, bc, vancity, yvr, luxury, ecoluxluv, folioyvr

Folio.YVR #11 February: LyleXOX: Head of Design Book Launch at Inform Interiors

The world is entranced with Vancouver-based Lyle Reimer and his alternate personality @LyleXOX. The internationally acclaimed multimedia self-portrait artist—with 150K+ Instagram followers—is fresh off collaborations with iconic brands Moschino, Gucci, and Victor and Rolf, when we found him holding court at Gastown’s Inform Interiors. The room is full as the much-anticipated launch of Lyle XOX:...

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FolioYVR Issue #11: For Children We Care Gala Introduces Andy, Jeff, Damien

On the east wall of the Rosewood Hotel Georgia lobby is an intriguing piece of art. Created by UK artist Patrick Hughes, the work with protrusions appears to recede, and the receding parts appear to protrude, an optical illusion on a 3-dimensional surface where parts of the picture which seem farthest away are physically the...

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FolioYVR Issue #11: REVEAL- The Greatest Show on Earth for Canucks Autism Network

Vancouver is in the midst of the glamorous gala season, and the hottest ticket so far has been for REVEAL -the Greatest Show on Earth. Presented by BMO Bank of Montreal and co-chaired by Clara Aquilini and Jill Killeen, the 4th REVEAL Gala raised an astonishing $1,0222,000 for Canucks Autism Network. With a ‘Big Top’...