"Vain Glorious | The Spa at Trump Soho
Women's Fashion
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By JACKIE COOPERMAN
| September 6, 2010, 9:00 am
Trump Soho SpaCourtesy of the Spa at Trump SoHo
Who: The Spa at Trump SoHo
What: Hammam Bathing Ritual
Why Bother: At the new, elegantly appointed but awkwardly named the Spa at Trump, I couldn’t help but think I wasn’t in Istanbul anymore. True, the women’s lounge has candy-colored Turkish leather poufs, and Ivanka Trump hired a hammam expert to keep things somewhat authentic. For example, in the heated hammam room, the ceiling is domed and pricked with teeny lights, and the therapists use Turkish exfoliation mitts (called kese) and cotton soap bags (called torba), as well as castile soap made from coconut, palm and olive oil. Even the steps of the bathing ritual — wherein my therapist laid me on a marble “belly stone” heated to 105 degrees, doused me repeatedly with warm water, scrubbed me with the kese and then covered me in thick, foamy soap bubbles — echoed the steps of traditional Turkish hammams."
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