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Fall 2021 fashion issue
The most coveted pieces of the new season and a new generation of movers and shakers in Asia and beyond.
Updated: 28 Sep, 2021
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Ditch your pandemic neutrals: colour is fashionable again
This season’s fashion collections from Valentino, Versace, Jacquemus and others are full of vivid colours and saturated hues as we emerge from lockdown and can finally dress for an occasion.
27 Sep, 2021
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From baggy suit to Thom Browne, LeBron shows athletes’ fashion evolution
Today, sportsmen such as LeBron James, Neymar and Lewis Hamilton are as likely as musicians and actors to be fashion influencers.
26 Sep, 2021
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My brush with former Malaysian first lady’s spectacular shopping sprees
When a writer blogged about Rosmah Mansor buying 61 custom-altered garments from a Sydney-based designer, little did she know the backlash she would cause.
26 Sep, 2021
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Profile | Vivienne Tam on growing up poor in Hong Kong and dressing Jill Biden
The Chinese-American fashion designer talks about watching her mother sew in their tiny Shek Kip Mei flat, and the ‘great honour’ of picking outfits for US first lady Biden.
25 Sep, 2021
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Fashion designer’s Hong Kong atelier is an East-meets-West study in style
Marie France Van Damme’s stylish atelier in Kwun Tong is filled with surprises, and is a stark contrast to the industrial Hong Kong district in which it is located.
22 Sep, 2021
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Lebanon’s turbulent history etched in Beirut designers’ dramatic work
War, colonisation and 2020’s devastating port explosion have taken their toll on Lebanon, but its young fashion talent is among the most dynamic in the Middle East.
25 Sep, 2021
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Timeless K-fashion is the goal of TAV’s Korean designer, Nikki Lee
As a student in 2007, Nikki Lee Hyuna was one of the first in South Korea to jump into the world of e-commerce. Today, she’s the creative director and designer behind Hong Kong fashion brand TAV.
23 Sep, 2021
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Designer Grace Wales Bonner started in menswear, then Meghan wore her
The London-born designer, who won the LVMH Prize two years after launching her eponymous label, says of her collections: ‘I always try to bring some elegance to what I create.’
25 Sep, 2021
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Review | The meaning of make-up and why appearances really do matter
Author Rae Nudson dispels the notion that cosmetics are dispensable in her deep dive into beauty culture.
25 Sep, 2021
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The best fashion-themed exhibitions around the world this autumn
The Chelsea boutiques Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones shopped at in 1960s London recreated, American fashion through the ages – there’s lots for fashion lovers to see.
26 Sep, 2021
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Why painters can’t wear Crocs in their studios (it’s the holes)
We get closer to artists by talking about what they wear, says author Charlie Porter, who’s collected revealing threads about – and, crucially, photographs of – artistic attire and stitched them whimsically together.
26 Sep, 2021
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Opinion | How social media messed up make-up for the masses
From Instagram make-up to beauty hacks that are excessive at best, to endless celebrity and influencer product launches, social media has a lot to answer for.
24 Sep, 2021
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What A View | Gossip Girl’s Chanel, Gaga’s Gucci: the relationship between fashion and TV
From House of Gucci starring Lady Gaga to true-crime Netflix series The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, how fashion is portrayed on the screen.
26 Sep, 2021
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Then & Now | When hats were a linguistic marker, and fedoras were worn with cheongsam
Hats were usually chosen for practical reasons in Hong Kong – take the ones sedan chair bearers wore, their pattern indicating the dialect they spoke.
27 Sep, 2021
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When a ‘chance in a million’ was offered to young Hong Kong women
In 1966, an Australian businesswoman said she would turn one underprivileged Hong Kong woman into a top-flight model, with multiple big-name companies lining up to sponsor the winner.
28 Sep, 2021
