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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...

Perfect Yachts: Bringing the Dream of the Ideal Sea Journey to Reality

A partnership between Folio.YVR & Luxury Lifestyle AwardsAugust 11, 2021August 1, 2025

Imagine yourself stepping aboard a beautiful yacht amidst many yachts in the marina, preparing for a journey. The crystal blue waters of the Aegean Sea is calling. The gentle sun caresses...

☆ Issue #12 - October 2020

Folio.YVR Issue #12: Chanel High Jewellery Coromandel Collection

Helen Siwak, Luxury Lifestyle ObserverOctober 27, 2020February 7, 2025

Allow us to take a journey to the mystical faraway lands of mythical China, Imperial Cathay, and the Coromandel coast of East India, where a storied art form of lacquered...

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Folio.YVR Friends: Beefeater Colours Cocktails Pink this Season

Gerald GlavotaSeptember 8, 2020September 3, 2024

Beefeater is the top gin brand in the world, but that does not stop it from looking at world trends in drinking and leisure to address consumer demand for gin....

☆ 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...

☆ Issue #08/09 - Nov/Dec

Folio.YVR Issue #8/9: Chanel L’Esprit du Lion High Jewellery

Folio.YVR StaffDecember 15, 2019January 13, 2020

For Gabrielle Chanel, the mighty lion was steeped in symbolism. The magnificent beast served as inspiration in her work and her spirit, touching many aspects of her life. Chanel was...

☆ Issue #08/09 - Nov/Dec

Folio.YVR Issue #8/9: Cate Brown: Recycled Fashion & Reimagined Luxury

Helen Siwak, Luxury Lifestyle ObserverDecember 14, 2019September 12, 2024

You may never have met Coco Chanel, but now you can sit next to her. That is the tagline favoured by Cate Brown, an interior designer and founder of her...

☆ Issue #02 - May

Folio.YVR Issue #2: Angelo Caroli is Italy’s King of Vintage

Helen Siwak, Luxury Lifestyle ObserverMay 7, 2019December 30, 2024

Everyone in business has to start somewhere. For a teenage Angelo Caroli in the mid-1970s, it was offering styling advice on a local radio station which led selling secondhand American...

☆ Issue #01 - March

Folio.YVR Issue #1: Modaselle: Authentic Luxury Resellers

Helen Siwak, Luxury Lifestyle ObserverMarch 30, 2019December 14, 2019

In 2015, Vancouver-based online luxury handbag and accessory re-seller Modaselle opened a brick-and-mortar retail location on Seymour Street. This was only two years after the launching of an e-commerce business,...