Archive for December, 2009

Gitman Vintage has been in the business of making shirts longer than you have been alive, so doubt not their craftsmanship, their authenticity or their taste. The label’s heritage-hugging shirts fondly reference their rich past, while boldly looking to the future – which means you get vintage detailing, stitching, chalk buttons and box-pleats, as much [...]

You’ll be hearing loads from and about Marina in 2010. www.marinaandthediamonds.com

School’s out – not forever, but for now. And Sentosa’s Wave House is getting right on the holiday trail its Spring Break party. Get yourself to the beach, where two-time DMC (NSW) Champ, DJ Stanley, heats up the decks with regional rap battlist Monkey King and FRESH resident DJ FM. FRESH Spring Break, School’s Out [...]

As you already know, our pal and avant-garde purveyor Front Row has shifted base out of Ann Siang Hill and into Raffles Hotel. And that new space is all kinds of spacious, bright and oh-so-plush. So if you’re looking up new supplies of Woods & Woods, Dr Martens, a.p.c, Karen Walker Eyewear or anything from [...]

At the Singapore Design Festival last month, not only did punters get a visual feast of local art and design, the refreshing taste of the Bombay Sapphire Collins was also on constant flow. Concocted with Bombay Sapphire gin, fresh lemon juice, soda water and sugar syrup, the Bombay Sapphire Collins proved to be an ideal [...]

The rave is alive at Junior Boys’ house. www.juniorboys.net

Not content with just hauling in the edgiest cuts and kits, Queen’s Couture will be launching The Denim Store, which, as suggested, will focus largely on denim collections from April 77, Cheap Monday, Hells Bells, Ksubi, Flathead and Skull Jeans. And for the very first time, Nudie Jeans Co. will get its own solo stand [...]

KEEPING THE FAITH She’s been a cabaret dancer, an actress and even a magician’s assistant, but it’s as a heartfelt songstress that we have now come to know and love Paloma Faith for. Not just a latter-day Amy Winehouse, Paloma’s jazz-blues-pop comes along with heaps of imaginative twists and one theatrical wardrobe to match. Just [...]