Gods And Party Monsters At Yazbukey’s Tenth Anniversary Bash
April 19, 2010 2:10 pm
Yaz Bukey and her sister Emel are Paris party girls extraordinaires, so their accessories
line Yazbukey’s tenth anniversary requires nothing less than ten parties to celebrate.
Yaz has a gift for revamping the classics—she designed a gift box for Paris’
primo macaronpurveyor Ladurée earlier this year, and created a mini collection of Barbie-inspired
Plexiglas baubles that will be available at Colette this May—and for her latest trick,
she made over the vintage Parisian vodka-and-caviar club Raspoutine into Yazpoutine.
The dimly lit, red velvet lair was stocked with Baba Yaga dolls, pictures of Russian folk dancers,
and ancient samovars. Jefferson Hack (pictured, with Laetitia Crahay and Josephine de la Baume),
Camille Bidault-Waddington, Mario Testino, Nicola Formichetti, Olivier Zahm, and Catherine Baba
stopped by for a “tableau vivant” performance by Paris’ House of Drama troupe.
(Emphasis on the vivant, not the tableau.) House of Drama’s Aymeric Bergada Du Cadet—
Bukey’s former design assistant—turned himself into a whirling dervish, assisted by the
troupe’s exotic dancers, before one and all fell to the floor for a moment of communal ecstasy.
Yaz herself joined the tableau as a deity of sorts, attired in a corset—her preferred stage attire.
But some things are apparently out of even a goddess’ hands. Bukey was scheduled to fly to NYC
the following morning to work with Zac Posen on the bags for his Z Spoke collection, but he’ll have
to wait until that Icelandic volcanic ash blows away from the European skyline.
Emel Kurhan is one half of the team of two sisters that create Yazbukey, a range of quirky, fun and beautiful accessories and jewellery. Emel was born in Cairo, an Ottoman princess and descendant of Mehmet Ali Pasha, King of Egypt no less! After a spot of globe trotting Emel decided to settle in Paris with her sister, Yaz. She worked with Christian Lacroix’s textile prints department for three seasons before studying at Studio Bercot. In 2000 Emel and Yaz launched Yazbukey. Their point of inspiration was dressing up the Little Black Dress – adding jewellery, shoes, bags, belts – anything that would make a classic piece fabulous! Emel and Yaz are inspired by a variety of eccentric and interesting sources – from old musicals and Tim Burton films to fairytales. Their current collection features otherworldly High Priestess medallions, cording and ropes and….Sebastien Tellier! You can buy Yazbukey at 
