In this issue

Meet the creative talents who make Asia rule – from the region's most exciting emerging fashion labels and imagemakers, to cultural powerhouses like Blackpink's Jennie, Sacai's Chitose Abe and the one and only Joy Crookes.

Legends Of Tomorrow

Whether it's the award-winning Sri Lankan designer empowering his local community or the malaysian streetwear label blowing up on social media with its rave-ready pieces, the nine emerging brands here share two things in common. One: they all hail from the region. Two: they all present alternative ways of seeing and understanding identity through their clothes. .

8 mins

The Pursuit Of Happiness

With a one-of-a-kind voice and the grit to tackle social, cultural and personal issues on her own terms, joy crookes is a singer-songwriter queen who exudes power, warmth and sensitivity all at once. Keng Yang Shuen gets up-close with the half-Bangladeshi, half-irish superstar-in-the-making, ahead of the recent launch of her debut album.

5 mins

FULL LEATHER ALCHEMISTS

THE FOURTH AND LATEST EDITION OF T FACTORY – A SERIES OF COLLABORATIVE CAPSULES BY TOD’S – IS A CURIOUS CHANGE OF PACE. INSTEAD OF ROPING IN FASHION DESIGNERS LIKE BEFORE, THE ITALIAN LUXURY HOUSE HAS PARTNERED WITH ANOTHER NAME KNOWN FOR ITS ARTISANAL LEATHER ACCESSORIES FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GLOBE: THE CULT JAPANESE LABEL HENDER SCHEME. THE LATTER’S FOUNDER RYO KASHIWAZAKI GIVES GORDON NG THE EXCLUSIVE ON THIS EAST-MEETS-WEST UNION OF CRAFT, NOW OUT AT THE TOD’S PARAGON BOUTIQUE AND DOVER STREET MARKET SINGAPORE.

3 mins

Sacai's Chitose Abe On How She Keeps It All Together!

From Designing Haute Couture For Jean Paul Gaultier To Working On A Collection With Dior Men That Launches This Month, Sacai Founder Chitose Abe Has Been Keeping Busy. Gordon NG Speaks With The Japanese Designer To Find Out How She – One Of Fashion’s Most Gifted Collaborators – Keeps It Altogether.

4 mins

The ArtyCapucines Series From Louis Vuitton Is Back

While Only In Its Third Edition, Louis Vuitton's Annual ArtyCapucines Series That Sees Artists Worldwide Putting Their Spin On 'the Maison's Craftsmanship-focused Capucines Handbag Has Become Collectors' Gold (Each Design Is Limited To 200 Pieces Globally). It's Also Become Something Of A Rolodex Of Established And Fast-rising Art-stars-to-know, In Conjunction With This Issue's Theme, Keng Yang Shuen Zooms In On The Two Asian Names In This Year's Line-up Of Collaborators, Whose Creations Hit Selected Boutiques End-october: Huang Yuxing And Zeng Fanzhi.

2 mins

Individuals Who Reinvent And Influence How We Live Today

This year marks the 100th anniversary of Gucci, a house driven by creativity and craftsmanship. And what better way to celebrate than by meeting people who also give 100 percent effort? These rare individuals not only dare to dream big, they also reinvent and influence how we live today.

10 mins

June Yap Tells Why And How His Pioneering Spirit Remains 100 Per Cent Relevant

From dec 10 to next march, the National Gallery Singapore will stage its latest blockbuster show: Nam June Paik: the future is now – the last stop of a travelling exhibition that also marks the late South Korean artist’s first major retrospective in the region. The man was one of the art world’s earliest global superstars and is often considered the father of video art (tiktokers, eat your hearts out). Exhibition curator June Yap tells Keng Yang Shuen why and how his pioneering spirit remains 100 per cent relevant.

3 mins

Up And Coming Stylist Sabrina Elman Tackele Notions Of Malayness

For her graduating project this year, Lasalle College of The Art's fashion media and industries graduate sabrina elman directed, wrote and produced children of the soil a stylised short film that explores notions of Malayness. Malaysian modernist painter Latiff Mohidin was a key inspiration; traditional fabrics like javanese batik and songket feature heavily; ditto audio notes sampled from local malay films from the '60s - making for a stunning and powerful display that establishes the 24-year-old as one to watch. As with some of the most groundbreaking fashion designers and image-makers to emerge in recent years (grace wales bonner, telfar clemens and Kerby Jean-Raymond of pyer moss come to mind), conversations about race, history and identity are central to her work. Here, she tells Keng Yang Shuen why she - and many others will keep talking about them.

4 mins

SG Based Women Creatives Tell Us About Their Side Of Asia

The pandemic has kept most of us from travelling out of Singapore. It's also prevented many who've moved here from overseas to visit home. Here, seven women in the creative industry who hail from regional cities tell us a thing or two about their side of Asia.

5 mins

Meet Coolest Asian Models Making Their Marrone International Scene

All recently in Paris for the spring/summer 2022 Fashionovrek season, here are some of the coolest asian models making their marrone international scene.

3 mins

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