I’ve been a fan of Bottega Veneta for some time now. Their gorgeously crafted handbags that ooze chic without screaming “It bag” is a given, but they’ve really upped their game with their increasingly covetable ready-to-wear line. Now adding to that über-cool cache is the line’s first women’s fragrance, launched at a cocktail party in [...]

With the World Expo going on, Shanghai is the place to be right now. (They’ve gotten 10 million visitors since May!) Audrey contributor Janice Jann was just there as part of the Miss LA Chinatown goodwill tour. Hip New York-based indie band PaperDoll, headed by Chinese-Taiwanese-Thai American vocalist Teresa Lee Chaisiri , is in Shanghai [...]

Word on the block is that the multi-talented Jenny is now sporting conical hats, paper parasols, chopsticks and other very, very stereotypically “Oriental” knick-knacks in a new campaign for TOUS. The American Idol judge recently replaced Australian singer Kylie Minogue as the new face of the 90-year-old Spanish jewelry line. World-renowned photographer Ellen von Unwerth [...]

We told you fashion model Liu Wen landed an Estée Lauder contract back in April. Now we have a sneak peek of the behind the scenes photos from Liu Wen’s first major campaign with Estée Lauder, Wild Violet, available at Estée Lauder counters starting January 1, 2011. What do you think of her look? More [...]

We may be nearing the end of October, but that doesn’t mean breast cancer awareness stops here. The most commonly diagnosed cancer among Asian American women is something we have to be vigilant about year-round. Here, a personal story about one woman fighting for awareness in the Asian American community. “Asian women don’t get breast [...]