The beautiful Dragon Dance, amid a Chinese New Year’s dinner at Phillippe Chow had me wondering all about the culture –once again. Serving classic Beijing style cuisine amid the luxury, tavern-like ambiance, glamorous crispy duck, carved out into perfection by the founder himself—Phillip Chow—walnut seasoned prawn, chicken satay, dancing dragons, and a golden specialty ‘yunbao’ cocktail […]
Shrouded in mystery, four designers and their collections travelled to New York from Turkey to unveil their first fashion week show. Little is known about the four: Buket Özkalfalar Barut, Gökhan İldeniz, Ece Kavran and Fırat Neziroğlu who did a group show under the alias Turkish Designers. This year Turkey was represented in two shows. […]
Perusing the candied portals and cosmic archive of over 70 top emerging and contemporary artists at Superfine! NYC 2018, an affinity for vibrancy and intricacy had me tapping on the shoulders of 4 remarkable artists; their works uphold strikingly relevant themes and interconnectivity: People, their relationship to the natural environment and memory. […]
