By Mari Gezalyan August 19, 2010, 4:46 pm
Real or faux? A question asked by many designers, consumers, and animal activists for years since PETA made animal cruelty a widely known fact. Stella does it, Oscar tried it, but Custo Barcelona surpassed it. Major couture lines started embracing this synthetic fabric made to resemble yet not...
By Mari Gezalyan March 1, 2010, 10:59 pm
Saturday, February 27, 2010 I found myself in an unexpected dilemma, one that I had no experience, knowledge, or even the slight notion of how to solve. Nestled deep in Palm Desert, Yerevan magazine’s photographers Tigran Tovmasyan and Armen Poghosyan were busy shooting the undefeated IBF...
By Mari Gezalyan February 5, 2010, 7:20 pm
For the past three seasons I have been madly obsessed with AMC’s original series, “Mad Men.” Not only has the ever so intriguing Don Draper replaced my Sunday evenings of “Sopranos,” but also I have found myself drawn to the classic, dashing, and timeless attire of the series. Costume designer...
By Mari Gezalyan November 30, 2009, 8:43 pm
“It had just began to drizzle and I was standing in front of the Louvre to, with the jardin des Tuileries to my right. I remember looking up at a tree and saw a small bud, I knew it was spring time in Paris.”
Coming from the small bustling city of Glendale, California, Gregory Zarian...
By Mari Gezalyan November 19, 2009, 9:26 pm
If there is anything that makes me cringe more than tapered trousers, it is rubber flip-flops out of season out of place. In a society where one is able to wear white after Labor Day, skip out on the dinner jackets, and wear sunglasses in a dimly lit room; it seems as though anything is...
By Mari Gezalyan November 13, 2009, 2:54 pm
Nestled in the beach town of Laguna, I came across the up and coming jewelry designer Carine Imasdourian’s custom, one of kind bracelets, CvI. Embellished with semi-precious stones, gold dipped leaves, and an evil eye to ward off bad luck; this handcrafted piece surely does make a...
Nearly five years ago, Nora Gasparian was tired of working in the corporate world, Ani Esmailian...
