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Confidence in Motion: Asia’s Next Top Model Cycle 4 Ep 4
Confidence can be a tricky thing, especially when you find yourself at the bottom during eliminations. Will you step up your game or will you succumb to your insecurities? This week’s episode will determine it all.
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The Faces of TOD’s Band Singapore
6 strong personalities, 1 band. TOD’s Band Singapore celebrates individuals who are inspired by life and create their own rules.
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Free from Gravity: Asia’s Next Top Model Cycle 4 Ep 2
Photos: May (Myanmar) via Asia’s Next Top Model Insiders As Asia’s Next Top Model Cycle 4 kicked off last Wednesday, viewers were once again immersed in the world of high-stakes modelling challenges, complete with sharp critiques and dramatic roommate dynamics. However, this week’s episode, which aired on 16 March 2016 on StarWorld Asia, honed in…
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Under the Sea: The Debut Collection from WERMDOGG, a label by Singaporean Illustrator Xinleh
Photos: Wermdogg WERMDOGG’s latest collection of bags and shoes revolves around the mystics of the deep aquatic world. Operating via her online store on peer-to-peer e-commerce website Etsy, WERMDOGG which is the brainchild of Singaporean illustrator Xinleh, is the sort of label that any artist would have been inclined to dream up out of their own imagination. …
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L’ARMOIRE: THE NEW SHOPPING ENCLAVE IN TOWN
If you are surfeited with the sameness of fast fashion, take a brave sartorial leap forward and check out L’Armoire, the new multi-label boutique that is bringing a host of avant-garde designers to the breadth of the shopping belt at Raffles Hotel Arcade in Singapore. What sets them apart from the rest is their intrepid curation of progressive designers from around…
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Louis Vuitton Series 3 Exhibition: The Spirit of Travelling in the Space of Time
The Maison’s touring showcase makes its last – and Southeast-Asia exclusive – stop in Singapore, inviting us to a sensorial journey between its heritage and vision for the fashion future. Louis Vuitton has been a byword for travel and excellence in craftsmanship since time immemorial, when the luxury house first started by making attentively designed trunks…
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News: Acclaimed artist Wu Qiong presents Post-pop and Neo Cartoons Artworks at Here and Now Exhibition in Singapore
Pure, simple and true by Wu Qiong, oil on canvas Amidst our busy and fast-paced lifestyles, isn’t it just blissful to have a day off, where you can head down to the beach, take carefree, breezy strolls and enjoy a bicycle ride with your love one whilst relishing in the stunning view of the sunset? You…
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Leather Forever by Hermès Exhibition travels to Singapore
You’d be familiar with Hermès Kelly bag, having modelled after Hollywood’s most precious princess, Grace Kelly, who has been the not-so-unofficial muse behind the bag. In fact, you’d probably even count the Birkin bag as your perfect carry-all bag, while pairing the smaller-sized Constance bag with your stylish weekend ensembles. Whether you’re looking for trendy or classic styles,…
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NEWS: Singaporean artist Y/X Launches ‘Light and Brilliance’ Exhibition at Raffles City Shopping Centre Singapore
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…
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NEWS: Moncler to open its first Southeast Asian Store in Singapore with the launch of its Fall/Winter 2015 Collection
French-Italian fashion and lifestyle brand Moncler will be opening its flagship store – the first in Southeast Asia – in ION Orchard shopping mall in Singapore. This new addition will be joining the brand’s network of 172 mono-brand stores, which Moncler operates globally. It will also be housing the ideal blend of traditional and contemporary apparels from the…
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A Conversation with Professor Tom Inns on the Learning Curves of Design at the Glasgow School of Art Singapore Graduation Show 2015
Nothing can stop the second cohort of graduating students from the Glasgow School Art Singapore, and their director Professor Tom Inns can attest to that. The Glasgow School of Art Singapore was initially conceived in 2012 as a partnership between the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) and Temasek Polytechnic (TP), delivering years 3 and…
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A Modern Cow Girl’s Escapade into the Wild West with Bimba Y Lola Fall/Winter 2015 Collection
What is the linkage between fashion and a hunter who kills buffalos? The obvious answer would be ‘nothing’. What Spanish-based label Bimba Y Lola does with its latest Fall/Winter 2015 collection was proving that there is always another way of looking at things that is more than meets the eye. Aptly titled ‘This is Buffalo Bill’, the collection takes inspiration…
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A dialogue with artist and fashion photographer Felly Loi on the ephemerality of the human condition
An insight into her fresh, spontaneous and organic works.
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Department store reinvented at Workshop by McNally & co.
The department store has been the subject in the recent context of fashion business, threading in precarious grounds in the 21st century. It’s relevance has been questioned. It’s ability to survive, as well, has been tested and challenged in all ways possible, especially with the emergence of the numerous online retail platforms. It is with this case study,…
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Kenzo opens its first flagship store in Singapore with a surrealistic mood
Kenzo’s flagship store has finally landed in Singapore! Boasting a 1,250 square feet retail space, the store, which is situated on the first floor of Marina Bay Sands Singapore opened with a massive grand opening party on Thursday evening (16 October 2014). The first flagship store in the country, it houses a full range of…
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Juicy Couture goes to Hollywood for its Fall 2014 collection
Hollywood — the ultimate trendsetting place that one could ever lay their eyes upon. For a venue that shines like the stars who dwell within it, Hollywood promises the fruition of dreams amidst a spectacular wave of non-stop entertainment and vitality whilst living the high life. The new Fall 2014 collection from Juicy Couture trails…
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Singapore fashion label DEPRESSION ventures onto villainous grounds this Autumn/Winter 2014
To some, black may be considered as a type of colour, of ebony and coal. And to others, black is defined as an absence of light. But to designers Kenny Lim and Andrew Loh of Singapore fashion label DEPRESSION, black is a hue that provides one with an obscuring and almost dangerous vibe, especially when transcending the dark…
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10 fashion labels and collections that we love at BLUEPRINT 2014 tradeshow
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,…
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More than just a musical: The costumes behind ‘A Singaporean in Paris’
It is true that staged show offer us the pleasures of clothing not simply as a material garments but a mode of dream. It fosters a feeling of expectancy, awakens the imagination, and maintains an incessantly renewed sense of novelty” (Diana Festa-McCormick in 1984 in Fashion in Fiction), and Sing’theatre Production’s latest offering, ‘A Singaporean in Paris’…
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