Author: Leo Goh

Did you know that Dover Street Market is a project by Comme des Garçon’s founder, Rei Kawakubo? Honestly, I didn’t know too. Dover Street Market, if you don’t already know, is a Singapore boutique that carries a deluge of brands, from high end, up-and-coming designers to cult streetwear. It is a fashion haven for those who can afford it and an inspirational ground for those who can’t. Either way, Dover Street Market is the perfect place to shop for specially curated fashion goods. Two standout items from their latest collection would be the Gucci x DSM Women’s Hooded Laminated Jacket…

What a time to be alive. I don’t know about you, but I personally am so intrigued by the current state of modern fashion. With brands like Moschino, known for its parody-like designs on garments and accessories and Off White and its furniture line with Ikea, it’s high time that a food and high fashion brand collaboration came into play. In December 2019, it would be revealed that the unlikely collaboration would be between two globally recognisable brands. McDonald’s and Alexander Wang. The fast-food giant collaborated with the Asian American designer, Alexander Wang, and released the ‘Black x Golden’ collection.…

Duffy and Friends fans will be excited to know that their favourite characters have been plastered all over Tokyo Disney’s monorail! From the monorail’s exterior to interior, you can trust Tokyo Disney to go all out with the decor. The exterior greets you with Duffy and CookieAnn with sweet motifs on a white background with purple accents. The rest of the Duffy and Friends characters are also featured on the throughout the monorail. The sweets motif continues on the yellow patterned light panels and on the iconic Mickey-shaped windows. The interior of the monorail features pastel yellow flooring, seats and…

More Chinese New Year-themed products for 2020! Cotton On Singapore has released a plethora of new Mickey Mouse themed products up for customisation to ring in the Rat year this Chinese New Year. From this collection, there are four apparel choices and two bag options to pick from to personalise to your fancy. One of the of my favourites from this collection is the Classic Personalised Mickey T-Shirt. This customisable shirt comes in two designs. A white shirt with a gold outline of the iconic Mickey head and a dark navy shirt with an embroidered Mickey Mouse head atop a…

Spanish luxury brand, Loewe is committing to donate 15 euros for every product sold from their second collection of Eye/Loewe/Nature clothing. It is always nice to see whenever brands are socially aware and give back to mother earth. Eye/Loewe/Nature’s second collection sports beautiful vibrant colours apparent on their Eln Parka jacket which sports a bright bumblebee yellow as well as on the Eye/Loewe/Nature Messenger bag in a seafoam turquoise. If you are not one for in your face bright colours, Eye/Loewe/Nature also has more neutral-toned pieces such as their Eln Watercolor Print T-Shirt, which exhibits a charming watercolour painting of…

Not a fan of visiting during Chinese New Year? Here’s something you can do during this 3-day long public holiday. Running from 22 January – 22 March 2020, Euro Fun Park Carnival will take place in Johor Bahru (JB), a short drive away from our little red dot. If you’re one for rides, you definitely will not be disappointed as this amusement park boasts more than 15 attractions. From thrill-seekers who seek adrenaline highs from haunted houses to people who enjoy the views from ferries wheels, there’s something for everyone. Previously held in Pesta Pulau Pinang (about an 8-hour drive…

Arguably one of the biggest celebrations of the Chinese Culture – Chinese New Year. I love Chinese New Year, the spectacle of it all, the decorations everywhere, the decadent food served during reunion dinner, the exchange of mandarin oranges but mostly, the receiving of red packets. Traditionally, red packets would be given out by married relatives to their elders, like their parents or older uncle or aunties and their younger relatives i.e. younger cousins. In a recently released Nike China advertisement for 2020, Nike plays on the trope of the Chinese sensibilities of overt politeness towards relatives, Chinese New Year…

Remember the snaking lines that surrounded the Pokémon Center when it first opened? It’s amazing how Pokémon has managed to cultivate such a strong fan base. I would not be surprised if their new Pokémon drops are sold out in a blink. From 11 January 2020, the Pokémon Center at Jewel Changi Airport will sell a bunch of new cute Pokémon products. The first of the new drop would be the Pokémon Mochi Bag Charms. The new small bag charms will be sold at S$15 apiece and feature seven popular Pokémon characters such as Pikachu, Mew, Snorlax, Lapras, Gengar, Jigglypuff and…

It is well known that the Nintendo Switch took the console gaming market by storm. With almost 37 million units sold worldwide, could Alienware’s Concept UFO handheld gaming PC live up to the Switch’s standards? Dell’s high-end gaming PC brand, Alienware, unveiled its Concept UFO handheld gaming device during CES 2020, a well known annual consumer electronics show held in the United States. As implied by its name, this device is a conceptual prototype that may or may not make its debut in the market. As such, Alienware did not provide a price nor a release date. Even though this…

I am honestly always looking forward to holiday-themed products. It amazes me at how despite the fact that these holidays have been celebrated over and over for so many years, companies will never cease to come up with new designs every year. Previously Christmas and now Chinese New Year, creativity truly never ends. In the spirit of the year of the Rat, Maybelline China has released a plethora of Disney’s Micky Mouse themed make-up. Four different products are released in this collection, a mini eyeshadow palette, lipsticks, foundation cushion and an eyeliner. The packaging of the products is consistent throughout…

Balenciaga, the Spanish luxury fashion house has launched the Balenciaga Ephemeral Shop in Singapore. From 9-12 January 2020, the Singapore Balenciaga store will offer on-site bag customisations. Look forward to cool customisations as these bags will be decorated by graffiti artists. Customisation options include the customers first name, initials or birthdate. Allowing you to have a unique and personalised one of a kind piece. Given the endless selection of bags from this luxury brand, I’m sure there will be many interesting combinations of bag and design that will be shown off on Instagram soon. Hat’s off to this luxury brand, as…

Now, this is not something you see every day. EZ-Link collaborates with Fengshui expert Joey Yap to bring you 12 limited edition Chinese zodiac EZ-Link cards. Just in case you have no idea what Fengshui is, Fengshui directly translated from Mandarin to English is air and water. To loosely explain it, Fengshui is Chinese geomancy, the belief that individuals can achieve balance in energy with their surroundings. Perhaps you’ll be on your way to achieving balance with this limited edition EZ-Link Card. Chosen by the master Joey Yap himself, these cards will bear the design of the 12 Chinese zodiac signs along with…

If you enjoy partying and 80s music, you will definitely be familiar with the lyrics: ‘Take On Me, Take Me On’. Norwegian band, a-ha, is set to perform in Singapore for the first time for one night only on 21 March 2020 at the Singapore Turf Club (Kranji). With Singapore as their only stop in Southeast Asia, this is a concert you would not want to miss. With classic hits such as Take On Me, Hunting High and Low, Crying In The Rain and The Sun Always Shines on T.V., fans and 80s music lovers are set for a great…

Our earth is dying, a well-known fact that everyone either is oblivious to or refuses to acknowledge in the name of capitalism. We have been living in a fast-fashion world since the inception of mass production. To think that before the industrial revolution, all things were bespoke and handmade. Bolt Threads is a company that makes sustainable materials with fungus and yeast. Mylo™ is a leather-like material that is made from Mycelium, the branching underground structure of mushrooms. Mycelium cells are then engineered to be made into a soft yet durable material that is biodegradable and can replace real and…

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. No, I don’t mean Christmas, I’m talking about Chinese New Year! Usher in the year of the rat in style with New Balance’s latest rodent drop, the Year Of The Rat Pack featuring 3 Made In UK models – 1500, 670 and 577. This latest version of Made In UK 1500 takes after the jet black rat with the silhouette of retro New Balances from the 80s and early 90s. Like every New Balance shoe, the Year of Rat Pack 1500 is carefully engineered with a premium pigskin upper, on top a…