Mi Watch Lite

Mi, My Watch And I

IN TODAY'S self-absorbed world, I'll want more things that tell me about myself. My smartphone, my space, my faves, myself. How am I doing? In a time of too much data...
Ben Kelly montage

Flapping Into Tortuous Existence

WITH my spying glass, I uncovered that Ben Kelly is potentially the focal point that threads together punk designer Dame Vivienne Westwood and Off-White Founder and CEO Virgil...
Gucci

Happiness Brings Greatness

GUCCI. I sat on it for a looooong time. First thought: so ugly! ("Come on, Lina. Is this a mere projection of sour grapes?" Zip it inner voice....) Everything or Nothing. That’s me...
Eastpak

Bag of Tricks — Pull Out The Cheap Prado

WHAT'S the "IT" bag of the world? We carry it home from the supermarket every other day and don’t notice their existence nor give a damn. It’s the ubiquitous plastic bag;...
Mah Collection

Let’s Make Christmas Great Again

SANTA isn’t kissing Mommy this year ‘cos of social distancing.  Yet the early reindeers brought a United Nations pop-up, like one of those old-fshioned greeting cards, to my attention...
rainbow lead

Beauty Comes Out

TODAY, I muse on universalism. It was the ’80s and I remember my secondary school friend K and I took the MRT for a day out. Cos he was LGBTQ+,...
Alexander McQueen, Louis Vuitton, John Galliano

Stitched Into Time…So Divine

ABSTRACT Expressionist artist, Jackson the Dripper Pollock once proclaimed that he knows when exactly a painting of his is completed. It is when he has the “sex is done”...
white towel woman

Kismet With A Fluffy Ending

“Watashi wa anata ni fusawashīi.” This is Japanese for “I am made for you.” Methinks there was once an ad that said so. Dope. Hiya. My name’s Towel-Chan. Barcode: 272318. I am...
perfume sniff

Sniffing Out A Perfumed Trail

GUCCI, Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent. These are some familiar perfumes that you can stick to and make sure you don’t have COVID-19. One of the first symptoms of contracting the...
Samaria Badt, espadrilles

Espadrilles — Tradition Marching In Step With Design

WHILE the online space is abuzz with many new brands popping up and offering a range of services, there are some retailers who still believe that a bricks-and-mortar presence...