Archive for December, 2010

For fashion conscious dudes who want to look sharp without busting their budget, drop by Esprit for their men’s collection. Here for the first time in Singapore, the men’s collection is designed for all you sensitive new age fellas out there. You’ll find not only refreshing silhouettes, brilliant play on prints and fabric, but basically [...]

For accessories that aren’t created from the same mould, you might want to check out homegrown designer Elaine Tan’s Amado Gudek line. Her latest jewelry collection entitled “pitcher: plant.” is inspired by the charm of the pitcher plant’s captivity nature and its beauty. Not surprisingly, some of the pendants take the shape of the pitcher [...]

Based in Berlin, Daniel Wang DJs, produces and creates beautiful chords and bleeps with vintage music gear. Expect some great classical-raggae and nu acid-disco sounds with this jock as you usher in the big 11. Daniel Wang plays The Rabbit Hole (The White Rabbit) on Friday, 31 December. www.myspace.com/dannydancer

Celebrate the passing of a great year filled with drunken madness and pumping music at The Butter Factory’s NYE special MASK-A-RAVE party! Put on your fanciest masks and join in the furore of crazy party anthems dished out by Andrew T at Bump and Dave Does & Shawn Livewire at Fash. The view of the [...]

Cloak & Dagger is like a sexy brooding animal borne of a perennial Fall/Winter collection, but that’s because its design ethos revolves around sombre themes of mystery and espionage. JR Chan, the label’s designer, has certainly gained a strong footing in the art of fashion design – one that combines his penchant of disseminating and [...]

The Raveonettes have had a good run taking care of noise pop’s unfinished business – reviving the sweetest ‘50s/’60s riffs and harmonies, only to rip them apart with a decadent spread of distortion – garnering critical plaudits, pats on back and the approval of at least half of Suicide. They definitely got ours when they [...]

In his 12-year service to radio, Tim’s been fronting Beats in Space, a New York-based format that unearths the best names and sounds in dance. Thousands tune in every week, so much so the show has travelled from AM to FM, and allowed its founder to stretch his other dance muscles – as a DJ, [...]

While you’re out scrounging around for the perfect pair of trousers, Phoebe Philo feels your pain. Which is why she’s designed five of those perfect trousers that will be permanently available at Céline. The silhouettes are that of a cropped tube leg, tapered leg, high-waisted wide leg, pleated tapered leg and men’s straight leg – [...]