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☆ Issue #35 - Summer 2025 Arts & Culture FoF ☆ Personalities

Jamie Mann: A Visionary Behind the Lens

Helen Siwak, Luxury Lifestyle ObserverAugust 2, 2025

Jamie Mann is a consummate artist whose eye for visual storytelling has established him as one of Vancouver’s most distinctive fashion photographers. From his airy Railtown loft overlooking expansive train...

☆ Issue #35 - Summer 2025

Helen Siwak – Issue #35 Publisher’s Message

Helen Siwak, Luxury Lifestyle ObserverAugust 2, 2025

Welcome to Issue No. 35 of Folio.YVR Luxury Lifestyle Magazine, where we continue our commitment to share stories that reflect the vibrancy, creativity, and ambition shaping Vancouver and beyond. Whether...

☆ Issue #34 - May 2025 FoF ☆ Personalities

Pierre Coupey: Shaping Canada’s Cultural Landscape Through Art and Language

Helen Siwak, Luxury Lifestyle ObserverJune 1, 2025August 2, 2025

Artist Statement "Only the imagination is real." William Carlos Williams "Three principles shape my practice and each emphasizes the open-ended process of making paintings and texts: development by transformation  (Stanley...

☆ Issue #34 - May 2025 FoF ☆ Celebrate

CELEBRATE: Nick Chau & SoWedding: Passionate About Storytelling

Helen Siwak, Luxury Lifestyle ObserverMay 31, 2025

In Richmond, BC, SoWeddings has established itself as a premier name in wedding photography and videography. Founded and helmed by Nick Chau, this creative team brings together a diverse team...

☆ Issue #24 - April 2024

Oakridge Park Announces Luxury Lessees Maison Margiela, Miu Miu & More

Kate PickeringApril 19, 2024December 30, 2024

Vancouver's Oakridge Park is Canada's most significant redevelopment endeavour, is set to redeﬁne the city's retail landscape, unveiling the inaugural brands that will be part of this world-class destination –...

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Luxury Industry Creative/Art Director Aradhna Singh Joins the ELL Comms Team as Associate Editor

Helen Siwak, Luxury Lifestyle ObserverOctober 28, 2023November 2, 2024

PRESS RELEASE: Vancouver, BC - October 24, 2023: Appointment of Aradhna Singh as Associate Editor at EcoLuxLuv Marketing & Communications Inc. (ELL Comms) EcoLuxLuv Marketing & Communications Inc, the publisher...

☆ 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,...

☆ Issue #18 - Spring 2023

Lyle XOX: I. THEY. MINE. YOURS… Gallery Jones Exhibition

Helen Siwak, Luxury Lifestyle ObserverMay 12, 2023July 1, 2023

Consumerist culture is filled with superfluous objects, many of which are passed the point of use. For Lyle Reimer, aka Lyle XOX, these discarded objects are more than their materials—they...

☆ Issue #13 - Winter 2020/21

Folio.YVR ☆ Issue #13 ☆ Pasotti Ombrelli : A Fantastical Weapon Against the Weather

Helen Siwak, Luxury Lifestyle ObserverMay 22, 2022May 22, 2022

Proudly bearing the Made in Italy label, Pasotti Ombrelli, the world's finest umbrella's reflects the hardworking artisan's skill and endurance. From his office in Castellucchio, Italy, Nicola Begotti reflects on...

☆ Issue #11 - February 2020

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

Helen Siwak, Luxury Lifestyle ObserverMarch 6, 2020April 20, 2020

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...