HIDDEN FIGURE

The 1947-born Miss Dior fragrance is turning a page this year – first with an updated look and formulation; and second with the publication of a biography that tells for the first time the overlooked tale of the perfume’s namesake Catherine Dior. Author Justine Picardie gives Gordon Ng the exclusive on her place in beauty, fashion and a turbulent world.

Why Gabriela Hearst's Good For The Planet And The Fashion Industry!

In a world where things are spinning out of control (seen the wild weather grabbing global headlines?), Gabriela Hearst is making a different kind of mark with her appointment as Chloe’s latest custodian. Keng Yang Shuen reports on why it’s good for the planet and the industry.

Louis Vuitton Fall/Winter 2021

For Louis Vuitton fall/winter 2021, Nicolas Ghesquiere mines an eclectic range of historical references spanning greco-roman antiquity to the archives of 20th-century italian ceramic atelier fornasetti to forge a new fashion odyssey. Female pairs up with the french luxury maison for this journey towards brighter days ahead.

Where The Wild Things Are

With a love for nature, things from a time past and the surreal, Korean artist-slash-photographer Giseok Cho creates imagery in the pursuit of fundamental beauty. We asked him to conjure up a story for this edition of female centred around navigating the ambiguous state of the world today. His response: send us back into the realm of childhood dreams and nightmares where, with the power of imagination (and some of the season’s most fantastic clothes and fine jewellery), anything is possible.

Family First

A new era for the 96-year-old roman luxury house of Fendi is here: the debut ready-to-wear collection from its new head of womenswear Kim Jones. Gordon Ng reports on how the designer known for his forward-thinking ways is remaking history

The Girl Who Fell To Earth

Morphing effortlessly between her roles of honey-voiced chanteuse (she releases her first vinyl this month), actress (her next show: a zombie-themed miniseries also out in september), fashion plate and all-round cool chick, aisyah aziz has the art of daring reinvention down pat. So who better to embody miu miu’s fall/winter 2021 collection that puts a wryly romantic spin on mountaineer dressing to salute bravery in these tough times? Together with the italian label, female casts the powerhouse entertainer as today’s ultimate heroine.

Keeping The Faith

When you’re tasked to carry on the legacy of one of modern fashion’s most revered and revolutionary womenswear designers in the face of an industry in flux, sometimes the bravest move forward is to go back to its fundamentals. Gordon ng reports on the debut of pieter mulier at the house of alaia.

Higher State Of Consciousness

Bodycon returns to the runways though – in these times ripe for social change – it seems to be more about endowing a sense of strength and protection than outright seduction. Gordon Ng reports on the surprising ways designers have embraced the female form this season

A Mini Encyclopaedia Of Future-Proof Curios

AKA the fall/winter 2021 trends that foretell what’s going to matter most in fashion (and the world)

...BABY, ONE MORE TIME

IT’S SEXY (CROPPED TOPS, LOW-SLUNG WAISTS, MICRO-SHORT HEMLINES). IT’S “AESTHETIC” – THINK A MISH-MASH OF INFLUENCES, POPS OF COLOUR, AND IRREVERENT ACCESSORIES AND LAYERING.

Just Perfect

Eight of our favourite home-grown models show off the pre-fall collections in their natural beauty – no hairstyling, no makeup needed.

A Safe Space

In recent years, some of the local fashion labels that have found the most popularity and commercial success might seem to share some things in common: designs that are minimalist and practical, and an emphasis on versatility and comfort. In fact, so consistently do these terms pop up across interviews with their founders that we can’t help but think: is this the emergence of a definitive singapore style? Rebecca Rachel Wong finds out from four names putting their own spin on the genre.

The Joys Of Being Pure At Heart

The definition of “diversity” according to the Cambridge dictionary: “the fact of many different types of things or people being included in something; a range of different things or people”. In collaboration with chanel fine jewellery, female shows how the brand’s signature coco crush collection – now expanded to include pretty, diamond-studded toi et moi rings made up of two overlapping “c”-shaped bands with the line’s distinctive quilted pattern – stacks up.

So You Say You Want A Revolution?

For anyone who’s said that the local fashion design scene is staid and conservative, meet the emerging labels that are upending streetwear, how it’s retailed and the face of singapore style with their punk attitude – as sported here by their very own muses and fresh faces on our modelling scene.

Somatic Therapist Chole Chotrani On The Healing Power Of Dance

The Manila-born, Singapore-based Chloe Chotrani is a practitioner of somatic therapy – an increasingly popular alternative form of healing that’s premised on how past traumas can inflict stress and pain on the body. She was also formerly trained in ballet and involved in the street hip-hop scene back home in the filipino capital for over a decade. Here, she tells us how dance can be good for one’s physical, mental and emotional well-being especially during manic times like these.

Fredrik Tjaerandsen, Catching The Eye Of World's Most Directional Luxury Fashion Houses

Fluidity, constant movement, no boundaries. Meet the Singapore creative who’s been catching the eye of some of the world’s most directional luxury fashion houses with her moves.

The Club Is Not Dead

The pandemic’s put a pause on nightlife here, making many hang up their dancing shoes for now. It’s hard to deny though how its institutions are also creative spaces where fashion, music, art and design intersect; and many influential ideas, collaborations and cultural movements have been born. Keng yang shuen gets industry veterans and scenesters from across generations to pay ode. Now, who’s ready to dance again?

Play '90s Guitar With Beabadoobee

She’s the Filipino-born British musician (real name: Beatrice Kristi) who – with only one self-written album and a whole lot of self-possessed cool – has helped to reintroduce the decade’s alternative sound and style into the mainstream. To think she was born only after it had ended, what with her turning 21 this month. You ready to rock?

Self Made

Self Made

DIY Style

Crafting (be it professionally or as a hobby) has become one of the biggest trends since the onset of the pandemic: we’ve been spending more time in; its elements of tactility and slowness soothe in a manic world; and have you seen the amount of crochet on the runways recently? Here, four Singapore artists – each with her own fashion-related discipline – share a project that lets one create something to add to the wardrobe at home.

Finding Fido (Sorta)

The great outdoors remain a respite in these times and Fendi’s latest capsule line Vertigo – a collaboration with the New York artist Sarah Coleman – seems tailor-made to quench that thirst.

Pick A Character

There’s a pragmatic quality to the trans-seasonal pre-fall 2021 collections, but inspiring some of them are figures – real or imagined – whose lives are the stuff of fantasy. Who do you want to play?

Cook From Home

In a year of work-from-home, private dining has become arguably F&B’s biggest and boldest movement. Keng Yang Shuen meets three of the chicest players here and gets them to each dish out a recipe for an instant taste of theirs.

Do The Catwalk...

...With Chanel’s super model of luxury timepieces, the J12. In collaboration with the french maison, female and our new (and similarly black-and-white) feline friend Jobi strike a pose.

Beauty Products That'll Guarantee You That Hot Girl Summer

From skincare essentials that help one’s complexion beat the heat to flirty makeup colours that get one into the mood, here’s a curation of new-in-town beauty products that’ll guarantee you that hot girl summer (even if you can’t hold that raging pool party).

The Quest For Bright Eyes

In the quest for younger- and better-looking eyes, dior has found a breakthrough: the new capture totale super potent eye serum. It’s got the brand’s highest percentage of natural-origin ingredients in an eye product ever, and boldly promises to make you look four years younger in just four weeks.

Search For ‘Cinderella's Slippers'

Did you know that Chanel’s two-tone slingbacks date back to 1957?

Kindred Spirits

From a platform connecting charities and social causes with creatives to a design studio which has mushrooms (yes, fungi) as its primary medium, the eight emerging creative names spotlighted here share the same pursuit as us: challenge the way people see and think.

By Your Side

Drawing on its knack for innovative shapes and effortlessly modern design when it comes to watches and jewellery, Cartier debuts the Double C de Cartier – a leather shoulder bag that proves that the maison might just also be a master of fashion. Ladies, take note.

Wonder Vision

The crystal specialist Swarovski celebrated its 125th anniversary last year with the bold announcement of the fashion plate Giovanna Battaglia Engelbert as its first-ever creative director. This month, the full range of Collection 1 – her debut comprising a dazzling 14 sub-collections – gets released here, along with a new unified brand (you don’t have to try discerning between its different divisions any longer) and boutique concept as bombastic as the jewellery itself. Gordon Ng gets her to share the marvel that she has in store.