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Look At Us
As public memorials face a public reckoning, there’s still too little thought paid to how women are represented — as bodies and as selves.
Two New Jewellery Collections Find Their Inspiration In The Human Anatomy
Two new jewellery collections find their inspiration in the human anatomy.
She For She
We speak to three women in Singapore who are trying to improve the lives of women — and all other gender identities — through their work.
Over The Rainbow
How the bright colours and lively prints created by illustrator Donald Robertson brought the latest Weekend Max Mara Flutterflies capsule collection to life.
What Is Love?
The artist Hank Willis Thomas discusses his partnership with the Japanese fashion label Sacai and the idea of fashion in the context of the art world.
The Luxury Hotel For New Mums
Singapore’s first luxury confinement facility, Kai Suites, aims to provide much more than plush beds and 24-hour infant care: It wants to help mothers with their mental and emotional wellbeing as well.
Who Gets To Eat?
As recent food movements have focused on buying local or organic, a deeper and different conversation is happening among America’s food activists: one that demands not just better meals for everyone but a dismantling of the structures that have failed to nourish us all along.
Reimagining The Future Of Fashion
What do women want from their clothes and accessories, and does luxury still have a place in this post-pandemic era? The iconic designer Alber Elbaz thinks he has the answers with his new label, AZ Factory.
A Holiday At Home
Once seen as the less exciting alternative to an exotic destination holiday, the staycation takes on new importance.
All Dressed Up, Nowhere To Go
Chinese supermodel He Sui talks about the unseen pressures of being an international star, being a trailblazer for East Asian models in the fashion world, and why, at the end of the day, she is content with being known as just a regular girl from Wenzhou.
Beyond The Plate
In Singapore, a new dining experience dishes up food for thought, with a curated, multi-sensorial approach.
The Zero Percent
Once trivialised and mocked, the world of nonalcoholic drinks is now seeing a renaissance, thanks to a new generation of diners and restaurateurs and a growing desire for mindful drinking.
The Fatal Meal
From blowfish to blue cheese, Western diners have become obsessed with the (often exaggerated) idea that our meals might destroy us — even though the act of eating has been perilous for most of human history.
A Man For Our Times
Ever since “The Talented Mr. Ripley” was published in 1955, the novel has become a cultural touchstone, a work by which we measure the current American moment. Now, on the eve of yet another cinematic remake, Patricia Highsmith’s mordant tale of self-invention has never felt more relevant.
Ulay, On His Own Terms
Examining the sprawling retrospective of the late performance artist and conceptual photographer Ulay.
The Incredible Lightness Of Being
The South Korean actor Kim Woo Bin makes his comeback with a new outlook on life and success.
People - Be A Man
Three Singaporean men tell us how they have grappled with differing ideals of masculinity through their lives — and how they are reinventing the concept for themselves and for future generations to come.
Softbois Are Dead, Long Live E-Boys
Masculinity on social media has a new face, and it is decked out in mascara, black nail polish and neon-coloured hair. In touch with their emotions and unafraid to talk about mental health and sexuality, e-boys are the latest evolution of the much-talked-about ‘softboi’. But despite their vaunted, new age masculinity, critics say that e-boys are not without issues of their own.
The Art Of Doing (Almost) Nothing
An itinerant hotel developer makes a home for himself in New Orleans by purchasing a crumbling, nearly 200-year-old Italianate house — and having the good sense to leave it mostly alone.
GEM IDEAS
Marco Panconesi has filled his Paris apartment with precious stones and trinkets he’s collected on his travels, and that inspire his own otherworldly creations.
Working Girl
Throughout our country’s history, there’s never been an artist who has captured America’s particular mythology — its dreams, its disappointments, its diversity of experiences — as completely as Dolly Parton. Now, more than 50 years into her legendary career, she’s proving there’s still something left to learn about her — and about ourselves.
State Of Grace
For the Chinese actress Liu Shishi, acting is a career that requires a lot of discipline, even though she makes it look easy.
The Perfect Fit
How the actress Vanessa Paradis experienced the couture process with Chanel for her jury appearance at the Deauville American Film Festival.
Notes On The Culture
Supermama's interpretation of Singapore Porcelain
The Custom Of The Country
On 1,200 acres in Chianti, Italy, a 15thcentury monastery is now home to the Venetian shoe designer René Caovilla and his family, who have made the history and traditions of an ancient region their own.
Songs In The Keys Of Life
The French-Georgian pianist Khatia Buniatishvili is a larger-than-life figure brimming with talent, ideas and a sense of urgency to introduce the next generation to classical music today.
Always In Control
Since her breakout in the 1960s as a girl from Brooklyn, Barbra Streisand has remained singularly influential not by chasing trends but by knowing from the beginning that the only way to change the world around her was by convincing people to listen.
The Sacrifice
In ‘cancelling’ cultural figures whose actions we’ve deemed irredeemable, are we exacting citizen justice — or just doing the dirty work for the institutions and overlords who actually run the show?
GLASS HOUSES
In a six-story building in the centre of Munich, Michael and Petra Mayer run — and reside in — one of the world’s oldest and most celebrated architectural glass and mosaic ateliers.
Eating Culture
This Singaporean photographer is reimagining local cuisine, one dish at a time.