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CURV: Enjoy Life in the World’s Most Luxurious Passive House

Throughout the world, the environmental challenge has given architecture a renewed sense of purpose. CURV, with its Passive House credentials, takes this to the next level. It is also the first building project in Vancouver for Montreal-based developer Brivia Group. Visually stunning, the undulating shape is meant to resemble a fresh, green shoot emerging from...

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Issue #17 – Publisher’s Message by Helen Siwak, EIC

Welcome to Folio.YVR Luxury Lifestyle Magazine‘s first issue of 2023 celebrating PASSION and the people, places, and products that feed our desires. Recently, I had the privilege of meeting this month’s feature ecoluxury activist Dominique Side at VWS in Los Angeles. This serial entrepreneur has her sights on translating luxury into ecoluxury for those who...

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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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Folio.YVR Issue #7: Hermès Flagship Unveiled in YVR Luxury Zone

In a cosmopolitan city where nature is bountiful, international luxury brand Hermès opened a new Vancouver location that takes cues from its surroundings. From its contemporary façade to the elemental features within, the space was designed to inspire and unleash imagination. On September the 12th, Hermès hosted the much-anticipated grand opening for their Vancouver flagship...

Folio.YVR Issue #8/9: TO’s Fashion Santa Slays this Holiday Season

Paul Mason lights up in a way only someone dubbed the Fashion Santa can. With an encompassing embrace in the lobby of the prestigious Four Seasons Hotel in downtown Vancouver, he greeted me with energy, warmth, and curiosity. The white-bearded man inside the suit is eager to let the world know who he is. In...

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

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, which was looking to tap into the burgeoning billion-dollar online luxury resale market. It was a new venture for owner and founder Alex Jane. From...