balenciaga Archives

Knotwerk by Ritchie Po: Surrealist Style Meets the Glennie Double x Onassis Knots

Knotwerk by Ritchie PoJanuary 16, 2025December 18, 2024

Is Dalí making you see double? Surrealist art has a way of doing that—challenging perception and inviting us to experiment, much like fashion. This week, we embraced the spirit of...

☆ Issue #23 - February 2024

Balenciaga Joins Vancouver’s ‘Luxury Zone’

Helen Siwak, Luxury Lifestyle ObserverFebruary 27, 2024February 27, 2024

Moving onto a busy corner, the notorious Balenciaga has replaced German luxury brand Escada (and a quaint coffee shop) and is the newest boutique to include on your upcoming visit...

☆ Issue #23 - February 2024

Issue #23 – Helen Siwak, Publisher’s Message

Helen Siwak, Luxury Lifestyle ObserverFebruary 27, 2024

Greetings and a warm welcome! It is with great pleasure that we present Issue #23, the first edition of 2024 of the Folio.YVR Luxury Lifestyle Magazine. As we enter our...

☆ 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...

FoF ☆ Fashion & Lifestyle Folio.YVR Friends

LXR Launches Pre-Loved Vintage Luxury Handbag Rentals

Helen Siwak, Luxury Lifestyle ObserverMay 8, 2022September 3, 2024

LXR, Canada’s premier socially-responsible omnichannel retailer of pre-loved vintage luxury handbags and accessories, is proud to announce the launch of their Rental Program. The largest rental program of pre-loved luxury...

☆ Issue #12 - October 2020

Folio.YVR Issue #12: Laurin David Rockets from Hockey Rink to Runway

Helen Siwak, Luxury Lifestyle ObserverOctober 28, 2020June 25, 2022

With the final runways of Paris Fashion Week fading fast in the rear-view mirror, the fashion industry has emerged hopeful for having pulled off an event thought to be lost...

☆ Issue #11 - February 2020

FolioYVR Issue #11: Cameron Silver, Legendary Vintage Curator

Helen Siwak, Luxury Lifestyle ObserverMarch 3, 2020April 20, 2020

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...