Who doesn’t like progressive, bold-thinking folks whose ideas start cool cultural trends that make life better? To kick off the new year, Female and Chanel Fine Jewellery speak to five who check the box, and look set to do it again.
This outspoken 32-year-old is adamant that this interview does not focus on her style. After all, she’s one of Singapore’s coolest dressers, so much so that it often takes away from what she should really be known for: an intriguing blend of impeccable taste, business smarts, and a wildly imaginative eye.
It’s defined what she’s been sharing online since the 2010s, when she started getting noticed for her sartorial flair. The playful, thoughtfully art directed photos that reveal her stylish life and quirks; the homemade videos that could pass off as fashion campaigns (see them all on her Instagram @pooburr). But it’s with Sprout that she’s officially evolved from It girl with a creative eye to Gen-Y power woman.
Located at 41 Duxton Road, the nine-month old venture is as much a destination “for people to come disengage” as it is a salad bar. Specialising in wholesome yet moreish grain bowls, each with its own house-made dressing (conceptualised by Er and her team), the 26-seater is her world in cafe form (yup, she designed it too): a calm, modern mix of sandstone, marble table tops and gradient mosaic tiles, accented by a turquoise velvet settee and lamps shaped like origami cranes.
On the wall by the salad counter: a display of fun miscellaneous buys from Sprout totes to antioxidant brews to postcards featuring her own photographs, as well as her children’s T-shirt line, XIXIX, inspired by her two-year-old daughter Ara. “It appeals to consumer mentality,” she says. “Look at Colette or 7/11 – there’s all this stuff to browse when you’re queueing up.”
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The Party Edit
Club-appropriate hits from the Resort 2025 collections
She Calls The Shots
Since The 2000s, Rihanna Has Been Making Dance Floors Work, Work, Work With Her Infectious Electronic And R&b-inflected Pop Hits. For Another Side To Her "Queen Of The Night" Persona, There's Her Role As The Latest Face Of Dior's J'adore Perfume And Its Accompanying Campaign Film. Shot By Her Long-time Friend Steven Klein, It Features The Barbadian Baddie Striding Through The Gilded Halls Of The Palace Of Versailles Dripping In Gold. Here, She Shares More About How The Famously Feminine Fragrance Embodies Celebration.
GOOD VIBES
EVERY YEAR, CHANEL PICKS A PLACE ON THE WORLD MAP NOT ONLY TO INSPIRE, BUT ALSO TO SHOWCASE ITS ANNUAL CRUISE COLLECTION (IT’S A TRADITION THAT’S ROOTED IN THE MAISON’S EARLY YEARS WHEN COCO CHANEL PRESENTED A LINE OUTSIDE OF THE USUAL FASHION CALENDAR TO INCITE WANDERLUST FOR TOASTIER, MORE PICTURE-PERFECT CLIMES DURING THE WINTER MONTHS). THE LATEST DESTINATION: VIBRANT MARSEILLE – THE FRENCH CITY THAT RECEIVES THE MOST SUNSHINE; HOME TO AN ECLECTIC REPERTOIRE OF CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS AND LANDMARKS; AND A MAGNET FOR EMERGING CREATIVES WITH ITS MIX OF GRIT AND GLAMOUR, LAND AND SEA, AND YOUTHFUL BOHEMIAN ENERGY. THE RESULTS? A COLLECTION THAT MAKES US WANT TO LET LOOSE AND DANCE. NOELLE LOH REPORTS FROM THE PHOCAEAN CITY.
THE VIPS
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THE NIGHTS
ROUGHLY TWO YEARS ON SINCE THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, FOLKS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE ARE STILL TAKING IT UPON THEMSELVES TO THROW THEIR OWN INDEPENDENT PARTIES WITH MORE EXPERIMENTAL SOUNDS, AND MORE INTENTIONAL AND INCLUSIVE EXPERIENCES THAT INJECT A ROUSING UNDERGROUND ENERGY TO SINGAPORE NIGHTLIFE. KENG YANG SHUEN TURNS THE SPOTLIGHT ON FOUR OF THE NEWEST ORGANISERS ON THE SCENE AND TELLS YOU WHY YOU SHOULD HIT THEIR PARTIES.
THE SOUNDS
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A Not So Common Scent
For the first time, the singular house of Hermes has launched a chypre perfume fragrance type known for its complexity and dualistic nature a that comes in a first-of-its-kind bottle, no less. Keng Yang Shuen finds out more about Barenia, Hermes's latest scent that hit stores recently, from the brand's in-house perfumer Christine Nagel.
Strange Love
The six names in this story create wildly different works that tend to blur the boundaries among disparate disciplines. All have little in common except one thing: a certain wondrousness and sense of curiosity that inspire audiences to look at familiar things anew. Keng Yang Shuen reports.
The artist
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spirited away
Collaborations with the art world have become a trusted way of injecting novelty into fashion.
