A COUPLE OF WEEKS before our cover shoot was supposed to happen, I began digging a little bit deeper into Ayden Sng the man, rather than his public persona. The interview was not the first time I had met the Singaporean actor. Our paths had crossed on several occasions months prior; at best we exchanged pleasantries — him as Ayden Sng the actor, and I as Kelly from Augustman. From our brief interactions, I had gathered him to be a polite yet reserved man. Charming, for sure; he is a celebrity, after all.
My first impression of him was not off the mark, either. There are snippets of him playing the er-hu, a traditional Chinese instrument that he is known to have mastered, between his fashion postings and muses. “A man of talents,” I had thought. Yet, it felt like looking at still water. Gentle, but with an inexplicable sense of unravelled mystery.
Again, I was not off the mark.
During the shoot, Ayden was all smiles to the crew. Having recently landed from China, he had been fulfilling his acting schedules, and was set to fly off to Seoul the very next day. I had joked about how he was Mr. International for flying all over the world — he had just attended Milan Fashion Week over a month earlier. It never seems to end for him. His life can sometimes feel like a series of departure timings to watch, but he shrugged it off with practised ease that loosened the awkward tension.
Passion For Fashion
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة Issue 200 من August Man SG.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة Issue 200 من August Man SG.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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The One That Started It All
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Return To Mont Blanc
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Manners Maketh Man
The Principle Of Style Is Character, And The Core Of Character Is Conduct.
Slow Travel In Switzerland
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A NEW DAWN IN SOLAR ENERGY
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THE POWER OF THREE
ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC IMAGES IN SINGAPORE TOOK THE FORM OF KOKILA PARVATHI, SITI AMIRAH (ALSO KNOWN AS CAMIRA ASRORI) AND SOBIKUN NAHAR ON THEIR WAY TO COURT. AUGUSTMAN SPEAKS TO THEM ABOUT THEIR IDEAS ON COMMUNITY ORGANSING, AND ABOUT RETHINKING OUR THOUGHTS ON POWER.
FLIGHT OF THE NARISAWA BEE
The esteemed Chef Yoshihiro Narisawa shares with us the intimate details of his brand's expansion into Singapore and what having the Mandala Club as its permanent address means to him.
DRINK THROUGH SPACE AND TIME
Preferably with a dram of The Macallan, in hand. The famed whisky maker celebrates 200 years of making perfection.
AND BUTCHER'S BLOCK MAKES IT THREE
SINGAPORE'S CHAPTER OF THE DOM PÉRIGNON SOCIETY HAS INDUCTED A THIRD MEMBER, RAFFLES SINGAPORE'S BUTCHER'S BLOCK, GIVING DISCERNING DINERS BETTER ACCESS TO THE EPICUREAN SAVOIR FAIRE THAT COMES WITH THE MARK OF THE SOCIETY.
AMERICAN SPIRIT
ROB SAMUELS, THE EIGHTH-GENERATION WHISKY-MAKER AND MANAGING DIRECTOR OF MAKER'S MARK, EXPLAINS WHY THE BRAND'S CELLAR AGED EXPRESSION IS A PEAK INTO THE FUTURE OF BOURBON.