May - June 2021

Vogue Singapore

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Editor-in-Chief Norman lan Deputy Editor Amelia Chia Watches and Jewellery Editor Celine Yap Chief Sub-Editor Jacqueline Danam Writer Chandreyee Ray Interns Amanda McDougall and Anoushka Gopaldas International Creative Fashion Director Daniela Paudic
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Editor’s Letter
It sounds like good advice: do what makes you happy. But it should come with a caveat: excess will cause stress. Hear me out. In its journey across our digital and physical realities—regrammed as artful poetry and rephrased as well-intentioned advice
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Editor’s Picks
Crafted from patent calfskin leather in a ready-to-fight-the-pandemic slime green, this structured tote bag from Bottega Veneta is big enough to carry your daily needs and shiny enough to repel any bad energy. $3,830 Inspired by skateboard grip tape,
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Silver Lining
Scan the QR code to see this look come to life with augmented reality. ■
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Daydream Nation
If you’ve ever had someone tell you that daydreaming about something won’t make it a reality, New York-based label Les Reveries is living proof that this statement is a fallacy. Started just two years ago by Wayne Lee and her sister Ai Ly, who is no
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Slow & Steady
Spring/summer 2021 marked the first season to fully take place in the throes of COVID-19 and has seen some designers migrating online, with others getting creative and going back to basics. To take stock: we were reintroduced to the analogue charm of
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Green Screen
Reality comes in many forms. At Louis Vuitton’s spring/summer 2021 show, it was all about virtual reality. Singapore’s first physical fashion show since the pandemic, the glamorous spectacle took place at the ArtScience Museum. The virtual reality ex
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Beyond The Veil
In 2013, there was a public outcry when Singapore’s government policy disallowed women who work in the uniformed public sector to wear the hijab. The issue of the headscarf in the workplace has gained notoriety over the years, but this time, the outc
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Coming up Rosé
Did you know that the Internet equivalent of energy needed to power each globe on a Hollywood-style dressing-room mirror is almost equal to one hour-long video stream on a phone? It’s true. Consider then, the lumens that would glow from the output of
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Super Base
Photography, Nyen; beauty direction and styling, Alli Sim and Dana Koh ■
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Fun & Function
Squish Beauty Cheeky Cherry Eye & Cheek Mask, US$20 for three sets What’s a little beauty if you can’t get gorgeous and have fun at the same time? These nifty hydrogel masks target puffy eyes and dark circles, and they also cool and hydrate the cheek
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Burning Out
Back in life BC (before COVID), feelings of burnout could be mitigated by varied forms of escapism, with travel, spa days and wellness retreats providing much-needed outlets for recalibration. Aside from the #relatable coping mechanisms such as wine,
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The Beauty Desk
Bringing out the big guns for yet another gorgeous reinvention of neutrals is Urban Decay’s Naked Wild West Eyeshadow Palette, $83. Think a dozen desert-inspired hues—from Whiskey, a rich brown matte, to Cowboy Rick, a warm silver—all velvety, ultra-
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Vogue Viewpoint: The Female Enigma
When it comes to matters ot the womb, women have often had to smile through silent agony. Excruciating period pain has been something to just be endured. Perhaps the stigmatisation of even uttering the word ‘menstruation’ has contributed to endometri
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The Strength In Our Scars
When hot oil exploded in her face, 23-year-old Charlene Chew hit the floor, disoriented and in searing pain. “I didn’t understand what was going on. I was just screaming and screaming,” Chew tells Vogue Singapore. At the height of the pandemic-induce
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Unboxed
There are over two million #unboxing posts on Instagram. If half of them are of beauty products-a reasonable estimation-that would make one million pieces of content that focus on everything but the efficacy of the skincare, haircare or makeup produc
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Beau Geste
“Inner beauty is ageless. It attracts people like a magnet. When you are comfortable in your own skin and accept who you are, you feel liberated, confident and empowered,” says shares 65-year-old entrepreneur, model and grandmother, Ong Bee Yan. “As
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Vantage Point
Hair, Jenny Kim; make-up, Benjamin Puckey; model, Ruth Bell; photographer’s assistant, Xavier Muniz; stylist’s assistant, Alex Picon; words, Dana Koh; location, Go Studios Penthouse New York City ■
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Awkwafina
“I want my face to get out there. I want to make Asian Americans proud,” declared Awkwafina in Bad Rap. The 2016 crowdfunded documentary, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, is about four Asian American rappers at varying points in their ca
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Horizons
CGI artist, Willem Stapel; art director, Henry Thomas Lloyd; hair, Hiro + Mari/84 Artists; make-up, Laramie/ Home Agency; manicure, Honey/Exposure NY; model, Chloe Tang/Muse; casting director, Sarah Benjamin/ Streeters; producer, May Lin Le Goff/Rosc
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Enchanting Lila
Hair, Pierpaolo Lai/Julian Watson Agency using milk_shake; make-up, Georgi Sandev/Forward Artists; casting, Piergiorgio Del Moro for DM Casting/Exposure NY; model: Lila Moss/Kate Moss Agency; production, 2b Management; stylist’s assistants, Carlotta
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Hair, Louis Souvestre; make-up, Adam De Cruz/One Represents; manicure, Cherrie Snow using Bio Sculpture Nail Care; model, Aishwarya Gupta/Viva Model Management; stylist’s assistants, Conor Bond and Diana Sepulcri; digital technician/photographer’s as
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The Twelfth of Never
Hair, Michal Bielecki/Bryant Artists; make-up, Mayumi Oda/Bryant Artists; set design, Camille Lebourges; model, Jip Boxstart/Supreme Management; production, Mirror Mirror Paris; photographer’s assistants, Pascal Sachy, Antoine Quittet and Anna Jebnou
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From A Distance
There’s something about a starry night sky that draws us in and gives us hope. It could be that dizzying sense of the great unknown, coupled with the visceral gesture of looking upwards, which naturally invokes optimism. But what is certain is the in
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Yin & Yang
Voluminous pleats and languorous drapes. Frothy clouds of satin and muslin cascading down a sculpted bodice. Delicate embroidery adorns a powerful silhouette, a woman, whose touch is soft yet also strong. The body guides the garment, while colours ar
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Sparks of Romance
FACING PAGE Chloé column maxi dress; headwear, stylist’s own; THIS PAGE Max Mara satin knot top; headwear, stylist’s own Hair, Marc Teng using Kevin Murphy; make-up, Wee Ming using Dior Beauty; model, Aimee Cheng-Bradshaw/Basic Models; photographer’s
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Style Moderne
For her latest high jewellery collection, Histoire de Style, Boucheron creative director Claire Choisne went back to the Roaring Twenties and delved deeply into the art deco movement. But do not expect the pieces to simply replicate the glamour and e
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Ball & Chain
I have never wanted to design for a particular type of person. I love the thought of my grandmother having the same necklace as a cute guy who goes raving every weekend,” says Lorette Colé Duprat. At 27 years of age, the Parisian designer is making w
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Forget Me Not
Photographer’s assistant, Darrell Neo ■
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What Is The True Allure Of Hong Kong?
I grew up in a Chinese restaurant in Alberta, Canada, where I was born. It was a typical suburban Canadian Chinese restaurant, think hamburgers and lemon chicken, but it gave all of us a job. My entire family and our friends worked at the restaurant;
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Self-preservation
Content warning: This story contains mentions of suicidal thoughts and may be triggering for some. I really want to be able to scream. Properly scream. That’s not entirely true. I can still scream, in the classical sense of the word. But I’m a musici
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Crossroads
Some places endeavour to be a home. At Appetite, that connection forms before you notice—from the minute you slip in the door, having scaled a narrow flight of stairs and rung the doorbell you found waiting at the top. When a member of staff opens th
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Wunderkind
For Jessie Mei Li, life has taken a course she never thought it would. “I didn’t think acting would ever be something I could make into a career. I went to university thinking I’d maybe become a teacher or work for the UN,” she says with a laugh over
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Child’s Play
Faye Toogood has multiple facets that fascinate. Her surname has a winsome ring and personifies the artistic and construction quality of her creations. Every decade or so, an iconoclast emerges in the design world, rewriting aesthetic rules and funct
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Artist-in-residence
Scan the QR code to see the making of the sculpture. Nick Hornby’s sculpture, created just for Vogue Singapore, started life as an image by photographer Louie Banks. Then, he reimagined it in a new form, liquifying it and throwing it up on multiple s

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