The Surge
Grazia Maps a Celebrity-Fueled Mahjong Revival, and Its Price Tags
A new feature ties the game's social-culture moment to a roster of famous names and a tile-set market that runs from a few hundred dollars to five figures.
Grazia has published a feature on what it calls a chic mahjong revival, tracing the game's growing presence in social and dinner-party culture. The magazine names Julia Roberts, Sarah Jessica Parker, Blake Lively, Joanna Gaines, Drew Barrymore, Amy Schumer, Hoda Kotb, and Jill Kargman among the figures it associates with the trend.
The piece frames mahjong as the new dinner party, quoting the founder of the set maker Oh My Mahjong, and lays out a wide price range for tile sets. According to Grazia, offerings run from a Tiffany and Co. set at $18,150 and an Hermes set at $14,600 down to more accessible lines such as Oh My Mahjong at around $400 and The Mahjong Line starting near $375.
The article references the American game and its rules alongside other styles of play, a reminder of how broad the current interest has become.
Order of the Tile covers American mah jongg and is reporting this trend as news. OOTT is not affiliated with any of the brands named and does not sell tiles or sets.