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Fashion People August 9, 2019

Interview With Couture Hat Designer – Heidi Lee

HEIDI LEE Swarovski ENDLESSECHOHAT Photo by Joseph Jagos

New York City based hat designer and NYU professor, Heidi Lee, has had her head-wear featured in VOGUE, the New York Times, MTV, New York Magazine, among many others. As the recipient of the 2012 MET Museum Costume Institute Accessory Design Award, Lee has an A-list clientele which includes Anne Hathaway, Lady Gaga and Jennifer Lopez. She is most notable for her “Endless Echo Hat” that is created with a 3D printer from a scan of her face. Tell me…

Epicure People July 22, 2019

Chika Tillman: From Wall Street Banker to Pastry Chef

“I really loved the job as a banker, but the first thing I checked every morning in the newspaper is not the stock market section but the restaurant section,” said Chika Tillman, founder and head pastry chef of ChikaLicious Dessert Bar. In the late 90s, when Tillman was working amid the hustle and bustle of Wall Street, in a suit and heels, she would attend the evening classes at French Culinary Institute after work. Having helped out in the kitchen…

Epicure People July 17, 2019

Chef Samuel Clonts: a Modernized Kaiseki Dining Experience at Uchū

Having come to realize his love for food at a very young age, Chef Samuel Clonts started down his cooking career by helping his mom out with everyday dinner. With a huge passion for food and the process of making food, it did not take long for Clonts to begin cooking professionally by attending a culinary program at high school while at the same time working as a dishwasher. The 15-year-old Arizona boy never expected that in five years, he…

Epicure Real Estate June 12, 2019

Moët Imperial Celebrates 150 Years at the Recently Renovated Château de Saran

Covering the chalk plains and hills of eastern France, Champagne, home to the most famous sparkling wines in the world, welcomed an A-list crowd with an exclusive sparkling soirée and a dinner prepared by two Michelin-starred chefs on May 22 in front of one of the grandest 19th-century homes. Alongside Roger Federer, Kate Moss and Uma Thurman, about 100 other guests had all come aboard a specially commandeered Orient Express train in Paris earlier that day for the unveiling of…