Asia Rising
We are living in the “Asian Century”— a proclamation we hear a lot, from business summits to entertainment awards. For the Singapore Tatler 37th Anniversary Ball in October, we paid homage to the rise of Asia by choosing “Chinoiserie” as our theme. Defined as the western interpretation and imitation of Asian traditions that became popular in the 17th and 18th centuries, influences of this East-meets-West visual movement is still going strong in decorative arts, landscape design and architecture to this day. Guests arrived at Capella Singapore in various interpretations of the theme, but as expected, cheongsamstyle ensembles dominated, as did the daring style moves. Carmen Ow arrived in an intricately embroidered gown by her go-to local designers Time
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