Essays
Margaux Chetrit-Cassuto
Writer and strategic communications/ PR consultant
Canada
Socially conscious and fashionably late.
Read my latest articles to learn about the people and things that are making this world a better place.
Canada
Socially conscious and fashionably late.
Read my latest articles to learn about the people and things that are making this world a better place.
Essays
The estimated trillion-dollar cutthroat fashion industry showed a more compassionate side this past week, with Alice + Olivia debuting its “Be Nice or Leave” t-shirt-a haphazard fashion foreshadowing that welcomed Reshma Qureshi to designer Archana Kochhar’s runway. Qureshi is not your typical flawless blonde supermodel, nor is she the genetically blessed it-girl daughter of an 80s music legend. She is the daughter of a taxi driver. Her hair is dark and luscious and typical of her Indian...
If you don’t believe me, ask one of the many boys who have been robbed of their youth by trusted authority figures who molested them, or the girls who have been raped repeatedly and shamed into silence, or yet still, the young married couples who, ...
This holds true in this generation more than ever with the prevalence of CEO mom, the 2.0 version of “Super Mom,” (sleep not included.) A well-deserved shout-out to Sheryl Sandberg, the prototype for this model, who proves it is possible to raise two children and ...
Reviews
By now, everybody knows the name of the no-name hotel made (in-) famous by the estimated 10 million dollar jewelry heist that victimized Kim K earlier this month...For those of you that don't, it's Hotel de Pourtales. But the French, renowned for their discretion-and indiscretions-have plenty more secrets in their arsenal.
Just a stone's throw away from the beautiful shores of the Mediterranean Sea lies Tel Aviv's best kept secret: The Sea Executive Suites. This 47-room property, recommended to me by a friend, is Israel's answer to the chic boutique hotel trend taking the industry by storm. The building's exterior is not particularly impressive.
If there is a secret to being successful in the restaurant industry, Domo Sushi Bar owners and managers, Iris Arie and Khalil Mari have certainly uncovered it. Since opening nearly a month ago, Domo has established a regular clientele and promises a packed house nearly ...
Lifestyle and Culture
Nora, through her ongoing artistic commentary on the romantic zeitgeist, succeeded in imparting lessons and igniting debates on the state of love and relationships. She shook our conceptions to the core and left us uncomfortably aware of how truly clueless we were about the opposite ...
Dorothy Wang may be known for her affluence, but her identity is far more complex. She's a daughter, sister, friend, entrepreneur, world traveler, insta-celeb, reality star and more. Vulkan sat down with the budding starlet to get the inside scoop on what her journey has been like thus far.
Fall in love with this season's must haves, all from the comfort of your couch! Peep Vulkan's top pics for the best Canadian online stores, sure to help you bundle up this coming autumn!
She likes the finer things in life and so do you…so if the hustle and bustle of your new start-up schedule won’t permit a weekend away to Langhe, Italy for a truffle hunting expedition, bring the truffles to her. The Urbani family, among the most respected name in the very hush-hush industry, has created a tasting lab in the heart of NYC and you can have the experience delivered to your door with a box full of their delicious products.
The time is ripe to do as any environmentally-conscious Israeli fashionista would do: hit Tel Aviv's second-hand circuit. The city is brimming with creative responses to last season's closet castoffs.
Op-Ed
When diplomats are no longer safe, when embassies become targets, and when international norms are violated without consequence, we all lose something. The scaffolding that holds together fragile peace efforts, conflict resolution and cross-border co-operation begins to collapse. That collapse affects every nation, not just one.
As we reflect on these tragedies, we must confront uncomfortable truths about how society responds to hatred and dehumanization. In the name of protecting freedom and progressive values, society has too often turned a blind eye — not to free speech as naively believed, but to the free reign of hatred.
Tomorrow, a new crop of citizens will take our place. We have a choice: We can help produce the highest quality of future citizens by helping our children achieve and succeed, or we can stand back and let their potential, and ours as a society, remain unfulfilled.
International Women's Day, marked annually on March 8, is a celebration of women and their achievements. Although the list of reasons to celebrate is already long, with the support of the business community and policy-makers worldwide, the list could grow even longer. Today, women comprise roughly 36 per cent of the total number of entrepreneurs in Canada.
International treaties prohibit the use of children under the age of 15 in armed conflict, but I believe it to be equally immoral to engage children into war through other means. The current situation is leaving an angry generation, riddled with symptoms of post-traumatic stress ..