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Why Does Community Matter?

Female Singapore

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September 2020

It might be one of the words most overused in recent fashion history to help sell a brand or product. But if 2020 has taught us anything, it’s that shared beliefs and a sense of belonging can make an impact (and warm the cockles of the heart). Launched in the middle of the excess-loving ’80s, Cartier’s pasha de Cartier was a striking interpretation of the aggressively masculine sporty watches that were taking off at the time. Its case was sumptuously round when most designs on the market were geometric and its can’t-miss-it crown came with an idiosyncratic chain-link cap. This month, it returns to stores – available in 35mm and 41mm in handsome gold or cool steel. And to mark the occasion, the french maison has assembled an unlikely tribe of discipline-spanning celebrity ambassadors whose common denominators are their youth, success and non-conformist streak. Here, an exclusive look at – and message from – this radical pack.

- Keng Yang Shuen

Why Does Community Matter?

“WHO I AM IS VERY CLOSELY LINKED TO WHAT I MAKE. I’M JUST SAYING EXACTLY WHAT I WANT TO SAY AND EXACTLY HOW I WANT TO SAY IT. IT’S A LITTLE TERRIFYING BUT ALSO REALLY EXHILARATING. I’M REALLY PUSHING MYSELF TO EXPLORE THE EDGES OF MY CREATIVE PURSUITS.” Troye Sivan, self-made alt pop star

Malek, whose next star turn is in the highly anticipated Bond flick No Time to Die, wears a Pasha de Cartier 41mm steel skeleton watch on matching bracelet

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WARNING: CONTAINS GRAPHIC CONTENT

Besides bringing in some of the best movies from around the globe (nearly every one is “Certified Fresh” on Rotten Tomatoes), homegrown independent film distributor Anticipate Pictures is known for its hyper-stylish, often-cheeky scroll-stopping artworks promoting said flicks — after all, the company was founded in 2016, when Instagram was starting to seriously blow up.

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MAIN CHARACTER

Scene-stealing bags for every style and occasion

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2 mins

Vol 4 (Nov 2025)

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CINEMA PARADISO

The house of Chanel has been a committed champion of the film world since founder Gabrielle Chanel started dressing the actresses from the United Artists studio at the request of American producer Samuel Goldwyn in the 1930s. Besides styling stars on screen and off, the brand has been an active supporter of international movie festivals, institutions and directors (local auteur Eric Khoo was one of them); has helped to restore classics such as the enigmatic Last Year at Marienbad (1961); and often draws inspiration from cinema. For Cruise 2025/26, it pays homage to the glamour of the silver screen as well as Coco Chanel's decades-spanning friendship with legendary Italian filmmaker Luchino Visconti. Here's an exclusive closeup look at the collection and the many ways it's coded la dolce vita.

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4 mins

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CALLING THE SHORTS

The power of a short film goes beyond its ability to pander to shrinking attention spans. As Thong Kay Wee, the programme director of the Singapore International Film Festival, explains, \"the format is often more inclusive because of its lower production cost, giving space for niche stories and creative freedom to exist\", adding that \"historically, short films have always been an integral feature of local cinema\".

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17 mins

Vol 4 (Nov 2025)

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DISCOVER CINEMA'S NEW VOICES!

The largest and longest-running film festival on our shores, the Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF), is back and for its 36th edition, it’s putting new voices front and centre.

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1 min

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PORTRAITS OF LADIES ON FIRE

Launched in 2011, Miu Miu Women’s Tales is the longest-running platform supporting the creation of short films by women and about women – or, more specifically, femininity and its relationship with vanity. Its latest commission is helmed by the incisive French filmmaker Alice Diop, whose short Fragments for Venus is a powerful reclamation of identity pertinent to the times.

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1 mins

Vol 4 (Nov 2025)

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THE LIFE OF A GIRL

Every once in a while, a coming-of-age film with some serious punk attitude comes along and electrifies a generation.

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8 mins

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DAYS OF BEING WILD

It began life as the Golden Theatre - Singapore's largest cinema when it opened in 1973 – and was transformed 11 years ago by Karen Tan, Sharon Tan and Blaise Trigg-Smith into The Projector. A bold, indie institution residing in Golden Mile Tower, it challenged the rules of movie-going and became the beating heart of the city's alternative film scene. To survive though, The Projector had to be more than just a cinema - and so it evolved into a space for creative risk-taking, subculture and community. Living up to its tag line, \"Not Your Average Cinema\", it rewrote what a film venue could be. Three months on from its unexpected closure this August, co-founder Karen reflects on more than a decade of cinematic rebellion, cultural experimentation and what it meant to build - and lose - a space like no other.

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2 mins

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XTRA CULTURAL ACTIVITIES

Welcome to a new golden era of oddly specific hobbies. Want to make a book by hand? Have your most personal memories etched into a record? Or how about dressing like a 14th-century elf at a fantasy-inspired fair? These days, chances are that there's someone else who's just as into such activities as you are - and there are more avenues than ever here to find your people, fuelled by a craving for connection and a creative escape in a too-fast digital world.

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10 mins

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DESTINY CALLING

Since its creation in 1969, the Cartier Love bangle has always defied expectations.

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1 min

Vol 3 (Oct 2025)

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