In line with the nation’s Jubilee birthday, Singaporean artist Y/X (real name: Chua Koon Beng) has just launched “光宗耀祖” (Light and Brilliance) – a public exhibition named after a Chinese idiom – at the atrium of Raffles City Shopping Centre, Singapore. Above: Every Drop Counts (一滴都不能少) The nine days long solo exhibition will see the fruition of his five-year…
Read More
Today, we travel back in time and revel in the poetic short film by Wing Shya, a renowned Hong Kong-based photographer who is famous for his cinematic approach in photography, as well as his exclusive photography works for Wong Kar Wai‘s films ‘In the Mood for Love’ and ‘Happy Together’, to name a few. Produced…
Read More
An insight into her fresh, spontaneous and organic works.
Read More
The annual BLUEPRINT tradeshow is something that my team and I look forward to every year. Held on 15 to 18 May 2014 at Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre, this year’s edition of the BLUEPRINT tradeshow was curated to host 350 dedicated visiting press and buyers, showcasing a conglomerate of over 200 local and international womenswear,…
Read More
On Saturday May 17, 2014, Couture Troopers had the privilege to witness the works of the graduating fashion design degree students from LASALLE College of the Arts – one of Singapore’s top art college in partnership with Goldsmiths, University of London.
Read More
#Fashionillustration –type that into any instagram search form and I guarantee that the number of posts you would get, pertaining to this topic, are dime a plenty. In fact, there are so many digital and traditional drawings out there as well as a seemingly rising fleet of illustrators, you can imagine how extremely challenging it is…
Read More
A discreet simplicity in avant-garde style is the recipe for VIVACITA, a unique independent fashion label that was created by Taiwan fashion designer Chia-Jen Chang. Churning out stunning collections after collections since his debut in 2011, the brand has since come a long way and is known for its array of fluid and androgynous silhouettes that…
Read More
(images courtesy of Art Plural Gallery) Last Thursday, Art Plural Gallery unveiled the opening of Chinese artist Qiu Jie’s show, featuring 30 latest works by the artist. Couture Troopers was present for the opening that day, and we were absolutely thrilled to see his works in person! Straddling Chinese aesthetics and Western popular culture, the artist deals in…
Read More
We have all been through 2012 and would know of the terrifying prophecy that the Mayan civilisation had for us – the impending apocalypse that inevitably spells the end of the world. Thankfully for all of us on earth, that didn’t come true! What came into fruition though, is a highly-exciting, upcoming collection from one…
Read More
Haute couture has always been one aspect in fashion that fascinates us to no end. How the theatrical, intricately detailed and somehow, full of grandeur interpretation of what a clothing can do, indeed takes our imagination and spirits to greater heights than we could ever imagine. It was undoubtedly the starting point of our love for…
Read More
COUTURE TROOPERS MAGAZINE 