Party Stories

Every celebration, whether it’s a product launch or a wedding, requires a huge amount of planning. NICK OXBORROW understands the challenges of running a fun, fabulous – and seamless! – event all too well.

You have a long Singapore connection; tell us a bit about yourself.

I was born in Singapore after my father moved here in 1968. Our family have lived both here and Malaysia, and while I’ve lived around the world – in the UK, Switzerland and the US – Singapore is home. Ten years ago, I came back to start my business after having lived in London for a few years.

Fabulation is a fab name! Tell us the story about your company’s name and what you were wanting to achieve when you started it.

A friend of mine had told me that I should call my business Fabulous because my parties she had been to were always exactly that! At the time, I thought it was just a fun thing to say but I didn’t take it too seriously. A few months later, I was sitting with a friend in a coffee shop in London and we were brainstorming names for my business and came up with Fabulous and Celebration – and together they turned into Fabulation. When I got home, I looked up the word and found out that it actually has roots in the word “fable” and it means “to tell a story with fantasy”. I see myself in many ways as a storyteller – I translate the way people want to celebrate into reality; so, this finally gave my idea meaning, and it decided the name for me.

What are your proudest moments?