Innholdsfortegnelse for September 2022 i Luxury Trending Magazine

A petite frame, with traditional makeup and adorned in the height of Asian fashion, one might easily mistake Cindy Huang as someone’s trophy wife. Her success in business, academia, and uplifting others might even catch you off guard. Eminently polite, soft-spoken, and with an easy demeanor, Cindy puts everyone around her at ease. Her English is spoken slowly and through an accent, with an unassuming intelligence revealed in her choice of words. Cindy meets me outside of the Equitable Building in Los Angeles’s Koreatown, an icon of Asian American success in California business. Perched on the 14th floor, with panoramic views of a sprawling Los Angeles, is one of Cindy’s latest ventures. A high-end co-working space with affordable rates, Ethos Society is Cindy’s brainchild to create a physical space from…

For much of her artistic career, Katrina Cuenca has been interested not in describing the world, but in creating an alternate magical realm to it, in which the color combinations beguile the eye, the resplendent forms provide access to quiet and contemplation, and the simplicity of her painterly gestures unlock the deepest corners of the imagination. She extends further her commitment to this transportive place in her solo exhibition, Through the Looking Glass, organized by Pinto Art Museum for Artist Space. While referencing Lewis Carroll’s literary masterpiece, the exhibit provides a subtler introduction to phantasmagoria in which the viewer, just like Alice, may frolic and take everything in: sculptural biomorphic forms appearing to waver and undulate, paintings responding to light in a multiplicity of ways, flashes of projection swimming onto…

Rose Chung blossomed into this world planting seeds of love and serving with joy in her heart—a gift of hope. Beginning at seven years old, Rose looked forward to memorizing the annual Miss Chinatown poster that accompanied the Chinese Times Newspaper. The Miss Chinatown USA pageant was the highlight of the community during that era. The pageant was followed by special events, a coronation ceremony, a regal ball, and a glamorous fashion show. The festival ended with the queen on her float presiding over the grand Chinese New Year parade. Each Chinatown household had a copy of the poster and the ladies in the sewing factory would chatter and predict who would be the new Miss Chinatown USA. Rose’s mom, a widow, didn’t speak a word of English. She was…

Thirty years of marriage. 360 months of hugs. 1565 weeks of happiness. 10,958 days of together. 262,993 hours of love. 1 blessed family and countless happy memories. A never-ending love story. We renewed our vows on August 1st, 2022. Mayor Willie Brown performed the ceremony at the Palace of Fine Arts in front of 68 of our close friends and family. Followed by a reception at Via Veneto. Owned by our long time friend Massimo Lavino. We couldn’t go to Italy so we brought Italy to us. The theme for the anniversary party was come as your favorite movie character. Everyone was great… We had the Hulk, Green Lantern, Mia Wallace, Vincent Vega, Miranda Priestly, Vivian Ward, Maverick, Goose, Pink Ladies, Tbirds, and the list goes on and on. Who…

Waves of confidence cascade into the room as she enters. Adorned in a high end ensemble and genuine smile, she sits. Aromatic wafts of designer perfume dance in the air around her. But it’s not just her style that grabs and holds attention–it’s her happiness. Happiness radiates from world traveler and successful CEO Svetlana. This confident businesswoman is intentional about optimizing her life for happiness. And for her, happiness equates to color. “Colors connect us to the world. If there are bright vibrant colors, I think the world is a happier place to live.” Svetlana’s colorful home reflects the importance of joy in her life. Her personal style conveys an affinity for the finest things. And her fond memories of traveling the world, which is her all-time favorite thing to…

Since we were all curious to learn what Auntie Lucie’s secret is in achieving the fountain of youth, Danny and Menchu Montilla hosted a Merienda-Cena-Filipino inspired late afternoon snack at their lavish home in the Peninsula to celebrate Auntie Lucy’s 90th birthday. Family, friends, and loved ones gathered together to enjoy sumptuous food and overflowing, fine wine while listening to Auntie Lucie’s illustrious and adventurous journey from Manila to Italy and San Francisco. It was definitely a delightful, memorable afternoon—a celebration of life.…