The Lightness Of Being

And the award for the most bouyant collection of the season goes to...Issey Miyake with the debut of its new creative director Satoshi Kondo

Look Youthful For The Holidays

This Christmas, treat yourself to tighter, plumper and youthful-looking skin with Thermage FLX Skin Tightening treatment.

Scents For Every Personality

Make a statement with this range of unique fragrances from Ange Gardien Paris.

First Of The Gang

Before Ginette Chittick became the fashion-forward indie queen of the local creative scene with her playful textile art works, britpop dj nights and shoegaze band astreal, she was part of singapore’s first all-girl punk band psycho sonique. here she educates keng yang shuen on singapore’s early punk scene – and what it meant for women then and now.

A Star Is Born

Her music can be described as post-post-pop punk and she has such a non-conformist, fashion-it-yourself punk attitude towards her image that by the time you read this, she might be on to a whole new look altogether. Keng Yang Shuen attempts to get into the head of Singapore's most visually arresting art pop chanteuse.

Collective Minds

To fully express their creative vision, these youths are banding together with like-minded friends, gathering their own resources, and writing their own rules. Some might call them anti-establishment. We call them the voice that singapore fashion needs to hear more of now. Keng Yang Shuen reports.

This Is Us

It’s the italian luxury label that millennials can’t get enough of, and that might have something to do with its pan-generational, omnidirectional creative director’s fashion philosophy: that identity is a personal construct, and clothes and accessories indeed maketh the man. Imran jalal previews gucci’s f/w ’19 collection in bangkok and singles out the pieces with the biggest personality.

The Shape Shifter

If fortune indeed favours the bold, bottega veneta looks set to flourish under the helm of its young and thoughtfully reckless new creative director daniel lee.

The Artist Is Present

She's the independent luxury jeweller who previously refused to be photographed so that her unorthodox designs wouldn't be overshadowed by her pedigree. With her next project, though, avoiding the spotlight could get a lot trickier. Lauren Khoo gets in front of the lens for the first time with female and reveals a side that gives a new ring to her family name: she's pretty freakin' cool.

Shye

Introducing the self-taught 17-year-old making idiosyncratic, gloriously dreamy Pop Music out of her own bedroom and who is quite possibly Singapore's most brilliant gen 1 musician yet.

Master Class

As its name suggests, Dior’s Winter 2016 Fashion Show bag checks the box for fashion quotient with its ornate finishes. Female zeroes in onto its craftsmanship that makes it even more It.

Extreme Sports

It’s the Chanel watch that made it hip to be seen with a sporty ticker.Now, the J12 undergoes its most radical – and fashion forward – facelift ever. Imran Jalal discovers its cool cachet in Seoul.  

Gigi Whizz

California sun-kissed, babyfaced looks. A bombshell body. Celebrity lineage. A power posse (hey Tay Tay and Kendall). Oh, and 22 million Instagram followers. So what does Gigi Hadid know about designing a capsule collection for the everyday woman? Noelle Loh gets an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the Gen Z golden girl’s Tommy Hilfiger tie-up.

Global Standards

Three expat hair gurus have opened new salons in Singapore. Karen Tee fi nds out how each of them are bringing their international A-game to our hair scene.

Parallel Universe

To capture Loewe’s second collaboration with the legendary bohemian concept store Paula’s Ibiza, up-and-coming photographer Gray Sorrenti (yep, her dad’s Mario) grabbed her friends and ran riot in the streets of New Orleans. In an exclusive interview, the free-spirited 18-year-old tells Imran Jalal how she decoded the collection’s updated hippie vibe, and talks about her art, and being young, wild and free.

Golden Girl

NARELLE KHENG, ROLE MODEL MILLENNIAL, SHOWS OFF HER QUIRKY CHARM – AND TIFFANY & CO.’S SIGNATURES – IN PARIS.

Floral Magic

It’s made with a host of natural ingredients so it’s suited for even the most sensitive complexions, but what else makes Kiehl’s Calendula Herbal-Extract Alcohol-Free Toner the brand’s number one bestseller here? In collaboration with the New York beauty company, Female explains by the numbers.

A Practical Guide To Glowing Skin

Glass, accented, the Gigi – beauty’s take on fresh, radiant complexions today might call for its own encyclopaedia, but that's not stopped women and the fashion world from obsessing over them. Sofia Kim sheds light on getting the look right.

Gut Instincts

A major fad in healthy eating for the past fi ve years, probiotics is now becoming an It ingredient in skincare. Aileen Lalor zooms in on beauty’s growing obsession with good bacteria.

The Most Artisanal Pieces Of The Latest Dior Lady Art Project

For the first time since launching the annual dior lady art project in 2016, the french maison gets an all-female cast of artists to reinterpret its signature tote, the Lady Dior. Imran Jalal singles out the most artisanal pieces and the cool women behind them.

The Queen Of Cool : Nadege Vanhee-Cybulski

Anti-trend, anti-press and anti-categorisation, the artistic director of women’s ready-to-wear at Hermes is rewriting what it means to dress with confidence. Noelle Loh heads to Beijing for an exclusive introduction.

The Workspaces : Creative, Communal & Extra Cool

With features that rival the headquarters of Google and Facebook, Singapore’s new wave of co-working spaces is setting a new benchmark for office design. The best part? They’re open to all. Lucy Rees reports.

Miss Universe

The runways are awash with sci-fi influences this season and next. Keng Yang Shuen, self-proclaimed geek of the genre, wonders what this new frontier in space age fashion means for the times.

No Reservations

Michelle Garnaut’s famous M restaurants set the  bar for upscale dining in Asia. Well ahead of her time, the trailblazer was in town recently for the Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards. She spoke to Keng Yang Shuen on her favourite food trends, and why we’ll all be eating fonio soon.

Not Coming Clean

Any sort of bacteria is a dead no for our beauty editor (and resident germophobe) Moh Shuying, but a trip to Seoul to discover a skincare line that works on the microorganisms on our faces is making her rethink her biggest phobia.

Dua Lipa

She has been compared to Amy Winehouse, is starting to heat up the Fashion Week front row, and – even before launching her debut album – has already hit the one-million-followers mark on Instagram. Dua Lipa: millennial pop star, or a powerhouse diva who will stand the test of time? Imran Jalal gets up close.

Brilliant Facial

With Estetica’s new oxygen treatment, you can now literally breathe life into dull, sallow skin.

Matte Max

An iconic lipstick line known for its womanly sophistication now not only goes matte, but also grey, blue and purple. Female discovers the fashion-forward yet wearable upgrade of rouge dior.

Fifth Element

When a perfume has repeatedly smashed expectations over 90 years, how does one make it smell truly fresh? Moh shuying reports on the latest incarnation of channel no. 5 from grasse.

We're With Them

Who doesn’t like progressive, bold-thinking folks whose ideas start cool cultural trends that make life better? To kick off the new year, Female and Chanel Fine Jewellery speak to five who check the box, and look set to do it again.