{"id":62201,"date":"2011-06-22T15:26:08","date_gmt":"2011-06-22T14:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/?p=23854"},"modified":"2011-06-22T15:26:08","modified_gmt":"2011-06-22T14:26:08","slug":"yyz-living-magazine-summer-issue-launch-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/luxsure.com\/fr\/blog\/2011\/06\/22\/yyz-living-magazine-summer-issue-launch-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Soir\u00e9e de lancement du num\u00e9ro d'\u00e9t\u00e9 du magazine YYZ Living"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.225202370841492.69493.160904833937913\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23856\" title=\"Soir\u00e9e de lancement du num\u00e9ro d&#039;\u00e9t\u00e9 du magazine YYZ Living\" src=\"http:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/wDSCN4295-630.jpg\" alt=\"YYZ Living Magazine Summer Issue Launch Party\" width=\"630\" height=\"473\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe rooftop bar of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ultratoronto.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ultra Supper Club<\/a> was packed a couple of hours earlier than usual last Thursday night.\u00a0 Lifestyle quarterly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yyzliving.com\/index2.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YYZ Living Magazine<\/a> was holding its eagerly awaited <strong>Summer 2011 Launch Party<\/strong>.\u00a0  If the insanity of the inaugural party that kicked-off their premier  issue last winter was to be any indication, this was going to be one  sick party.\u00a0 On a night that played host to a celebrity and sponsor  loaded <a href=\"http:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/2011\/06\/21\/of-beef-boys-power-ball-13-thirteenth-floor\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Power Ball<\/a>, YYZ held its own.<br \/>\nLe site <em>apex of luxury<\/em>,  YYZ (airport code for Toronto) presents a definitive vision of arts,  culture, and society from the Torontonian perspective.\u00a0 What is the  Torontonian perspective?\u00a0 That&#8217;s a great question.\u00a0 Toronto is a city  that has developed an unhealthy obsession with luxury.\u00a0 I&#8217;m sure we&#8217;re  not alone and to be honest, I can&#8217;t quite figure out when it all  started.\u00a0 My guess is that it was somewhere in between the blinged out  hip hop video programming of MuchMusic and the lunacy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1000774\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sex In The City<\/a>.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Plus...\" src=\"http:\/\/itsallstyletome.wordpress.com\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" alt=\"\" \/>It&#8217;s  become the norm in Toronto for men to sacrifice everything for a lease  on a car three times their annual take-home salary.\u00a0 The women are no  better.\u00a0 How many insist on shoes that are somewhere in the  neighbourhood of their monthly rent?\u00a0 OK, maybe I&#8217;m generalizing, but  this city&#8217;s appetite for luxury that has maxed out many a Toronto credit  card.\u00a0 It&#8217;s also spawned the birth of many local lifestyle magazines  and Torontonians love their lifestyle magazines.\u00a0 They offer us a window  into the world of 24-carat gold iPad cases, 120-carat diamond encrusted  cell phones, exotic space vacations, expensive European furniture, and  an insight to menus of the city&#8217;s top restaurants that few can afford.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23859\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23859\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/YYZTILES.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23859\" title=\"Concentrated Vision\" src=\"http:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/YYZTILES.jpg\" alt=\"Concentrated Vision\" width=\"630\" height=\"412\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23859\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Concentrated Vision: Photographed by Andy Lee, Styling by Amarsana Gendunova, Jennifer Lee<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nYYZ Magazine&#8217;s Summer 2011 issue is out on newsstands and bookstores  this week.\u00a0 Publishers Thomas Jacob and Nash Misir have pulled together a  great team that includes the talent of Editor-in-Chief Shivani Kumar,  Managing Editor Annie Lam, and Marketing &amp; PR specialist (and my  buddy) Theresa Kim.\u00a0 The cover was shot by commercial and editorial  fashion photographer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.duboisphotography.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Richard Dubois<\/a> who you may recognize from his work with ELLE Canada or his appearances  on Fashion Television, Project Runway, and Canada&#8217;s Next Top Model.\u00a0  Fresh out of college, my friend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wix.com\/amarsanagendunova\/styling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amarsana Gendunova<\/a> did an excellent job on her first off-figure assignment shot by Andy  Lee.\u00a0 The men&#8217;s combos (photo above) in particular were very  impressive.\u00a0 Great job Amarsana!\u00a0 The<em> Colourful Bloom<\/em> photo  editorial plays on the florals, crisp lacing, pastels and bright colours  &#8211; the magazine&#8217;s feminine fashion themes for summer.\u00a0 Shot by Dubois,  Sutherland model Kim Foulkes&#8217; bursts out of the page in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oliumillinery.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Midenc\u00e9 Oliu Millinery<\/a> headpieces painted in a rich assortment of pastels by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maccosmetics.com\/index.tmpl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MAC<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbandecay.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Urban Decay<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.makeupforever.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Makeup Forever<\/a>et <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dolledupmakeup.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dolled Up<\/a> brand cosmetics.<br \/>\nYYZ&#8217;s  not exactly your go-to magazine for fashion, nor are they trying to  be.\u00a0 Filled with great photo spreads, interviews, and features, is it  enough to give Torontonians their cathartic fill on the luxury lifestyle  they all crave?\u00a0 It&#8217;s a start.\u00a0 For event photos please visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.225202370841492.69493.160904833937913\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Page Facebook de It's All Style To Me<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.225202370841492.69493.160904833937913\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23862\" title=\"YYZ Living Summer Launch\" src=\"http:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/YYZULTRATILES1.jpg\" alt=\"YYZ Living Summer Launch\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.225202370841492.69493.160904833937913\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23863\" title=\"YYZ Living Summer Launch\" src=\"http:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/YYZULTRATILES2.jpg\" alt=\"YYZ Living Summer Launch\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.225202370841492.69493.160904833937913\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23864\" title=\"YYZ Living Summer Launch\" src=\"http:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/YYZULTRATILES3.jpg\" alt=\"YYZ Living Summer Launch\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.225202370841492.69493.160904833937913\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23866\" title=\"YYZ Living Summer Launch\" src=\"http:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Owen-YYZ-Event-Image-630.jpg\" alt=\"YYZ Living Summer Launch\" width=\"630\" height=\"419\" \/><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Le bar sur le toit de l'Ultra Supper Club \u00e9tait bond\u00e9 quelques heures plus t\u00f4t que d'habitude jeudi soir dernier.  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