l'aviva travels

bishkek is not, even in the best of times, a city that wears its charm on its sleeve. to unearth its treasures, one must delve beneath the surface, through the twisting halls and corridors of its many dilapidated soviet-era buildings. and so we did just that, en route to visit kyrgyz designer aidai - whose studio is tucked into a cavernous building behind osh market…