Fashion from the Heart: Privy Interviews Cardiologist / Designer Roderick Tung

• PEOPLE
• by Privy Editor
• 8/15/2011

Privy Interviews Roderick Tung

Dr. Roderick Tung is a board-certified Cardiologist and a specialist in heart rhythm disorders. He is on the faculty at UCLA Medical Center as an Assistant Professor of Medicine. Always having a penchant for fashion, he decided to develop a fashion hobby by launching his first collection of men’s dress shirts in 2009, TUNG, debuting in two boutiques in West Hollywood. His shirts are manufactured in Northern Italy and the brand is based on quality, luxury, and exclusivity for the fashion forward man who appreciates details, boldness, and distinction. Unique features of the shirt include the incredible precision of the fitted cut, structured collar, cuff detailing, and luxury two-ply 100’s Egyptian cotton. The second collection was picked up by nationwide boutique SCOOP NYC and the 2011 Autumn-Winter collection is expected to be carried at Neiman Marcus. The brand is quickly gaining momentum, appearing in boutique shops in the major fashion markets including Miami, NYC, Beverly Hills, and more. What started as a hobby has quickly transformed into a burgeoning second career.

We sat down with the do-it-all Roderick Tung to discuss his clothing line, his career in medicine, and so much more.

Member Interview - LUCKYRICE Festival's Danielle Chang

• PEOPLE
• by Privy Editor
• 3/21/2011

Privy member Danielle Chang is the founder of LUCKYRICE, an integrated media and experiential marketing company based in New York that produces the LUCKYRICE Asian Food Festival. We were curious to hear from the multi-talented woman who has also been the CEO of Vivienne Tam and U.S. head of French ad agency Assouline, founded a venture-backed women's lifestyle media company and print magazine (Simplycity), directed art galleries and been a professor of art history, and worked for Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong and The New York Times.

Rihanna Cozies Up with Kumi Kookoon

• PEOPLE
• by Privy Editor
• 3/09/2011

This just in: Rihanna is the latest kumi kookoon lover. The silk products company, founded by Privy member Jennifer Chang, has been a hit with celebrities like Gwyneth Paltrow and Jamie Lee Curtis for years. Rihanna recently told Vanity Fair that her favorite sheets were kumi kookoon's luxurious silk sheets.

PRIVY PRIVATE EVENT - Grand Havana Room

• SOCIETY+EVENTS
• by Privy Editor
• 1/28/2010

Privy was recently invited to share an evening with one of our members, hedge fund manager/model agency owner Jeff Wong, who hosted a private dinner party for us at the Grand Havana Room in Beverly Hills. The private cigar club/restaurant's entrance was hidden inside another restaurant called On Canon. The moment Jeff said the word to the hostess, we were whisked up a private key-card-access elevator and into a cigar-smoking, whiskey-drinking sanctuary worlds away from 21st Century LA.