I Got It From My Mama

Dawn Koh and Ginny Ng may appear different in several ways but are actually more similar than people know, as SUHANA AB discovers during a chat with the duo about fashion, business and life.

- Suhana Ab

 HHUDDLED IN A quiet corner in a Japanese cafe in Paragon are two women. Each is distinct from the other in style, age and persona. The older of the two sports an immaculate bob and is dressed in a timeless black ensemble. The other, with tousled blonde-grey hair, wears a Gucci sweater that she accessorises with a teddy bear necklace. Such stark differences notwithstanding, they seem similar. Perhaps it is the way their faces light up when they smile.

The women in question are mother and daughter, Ginny Ng and Dawn Koh. Ng is a respected and now semi-retired veteran of the retail industry and Koh is cofounder of Chalk Farm, a bakery she started with elder brother Bryan Koh.

“My mum and I may be different in appearance but we are generally quite similar in our outlook on life. Of course we have differences but she raised me, so it’s inevitable that we’re also alike. The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree right?” Koh says with a smile.

On these pages, we find out the similarities and differences in their experiences while growing up, their love for the kitchen and their take on fashion.