Hermes P.S. I Silk You, Postcard for Charity in Singapore

The P.S. I Silk You postcard is both a celebration of individual style, as well as a way to remind your friends of how much they mean to you. The photograph on the front of the postcard captures your own unique look in Hermès silk, while the back has sentences left open for you to compose a personal note of friendship, love and encouragement to your family and friends.

Launch Party

Patricia Mok at the p.s. I silk you campaign launch by Hermes.
Model: Patricia Mok
Photography: Willy Foo
Art Direction: Wee Khim
Styling: Martin Wong
Scarves: Hermes

To start the ball rolling, 137 personalities, 21 magazines, 7 photographers and stylists got together with Hermès for the first ever P.S. I Silk You exhibition, on show from now till 15 November at the P.S. I Silk You studio along Orchard Road. The exhibition features photographic postcards of over 130 personalities such as Ashley Isham, Dick Lee, Jade Seah, JJ Lin, Kumar, Nadya Hutagalung, Wong Li Lin, as well as a personal message that each personality has penned to a loved one. The postcards are available for sale via a silent auction, with all proceeds going to Beautiful People.

Amanda Ling
Photographed for ELLE by Justin Jonah Ng

Allan Wu
Photographed by Dominic Khoo

Kumar
Photographed for Style: by Wee Khim


Visitors are also invited to play and experiment with different ways of wearing Hermès silk at the studio. Pick up some scarf tying tips from the team of stylists and have your photo taken either in the indoor studio or out on the open air upper deck, with Orchard Road as a backdrop. Photographs will be transformed into P.S. I Silk You postcards on the spot, at $50 for a set of 10. Once again, proceeds go to Beautiful People.

P.S. I Silk You postcard exhibition and studio

Location: Orchard Road, in front of Wisma Atria & Ngee Ann City, 30 October to 15 November, 11am to 8pm daily

F1 Singapore Grand Prix 2009 - Beyonce live in Singapore

Underworld, NERD, No Doubt, Linsay Lohan, Black eyed peas, Beyonce, Will.i.am., Samantha Ronson, Lewis Hamilton, and Nicole Scherzinger.


One word:

Gwen Stefani in what resembles Style Damsel's White Tuxedo Jacket.

Beyonce performing the song, " If I were a boy".

Awesome.


Still very much in shock that Beyonce was here, and did my all-time favourite song, "Smash into you". You'll notice that she brought along her world tour band and powerful lungs with her.

Thanks jethron5000 for the footage.

Kudos to the organisors for the Singapore GP, F1 Rocks, and Fuel Party.

Where to find good Fashion Books?

Over the weekend, someone who barely knows me gave this to me as a gift. It's one of those fashion-related books that you can rarely find on typical shelves of the bookstores here. So unsurprisingly, it was the last one standing at Kinokuniya (one of the better ones that brings in a reasonable range of good fashion books).

Dior by Dior The Autobiography of Christian Dior

We know it can be a pain looking for good fashion books in Singapore, they are either too commercialised, or overly reprinted and copied. But if you really love fashion books, try making a trip down to Basheer or PageOne at Vivocity, the offerings are quite impressive with the former giving discount to existing fashion students!

For Ages 4 and Up (A Solo Exhibition by Aiman Hakim)

In his first solo exhibition, Aiman explores the ‘absurd’ notion of self-individuation, in a culture where communal ideologies still dominate. His works involve the repeated use of iconic representations of ‘a perfect man’ in different stages of his life - various Ken dolls that have been generated over the years, ranging from vintage to the very recent. A personal friend of ours, Aiman has always been in love with his oil paints and canvases. Ages 4 and up marks a milestone in Aiman's artistic vision and identifies with his perseverance for leaving the corporate world to do what he truly is passionate about - Art.
This is an invitation to all Style Damsel readers to catch the artist's interpretation of an innocent world from the eyes of a child.

From July 30, 2009 to August 8, 2009
Location: Utterly Art, 229A South Bridge Road Level 2, Singapore

Dr. Martens Opens First Concept Store In Singapore

Look up, Doc Mart fans! Dr. Martens has announced the opening of its first concept store in Singapore. The 90 square-meter retail space, located on the third floor of the newly opened Orchard Central, will open its doors in mid August. (It's about time, isn't it?) The store will showcase Dr. Martens full collection of men’s and women's footwear available each season, as well as sneak previews of upcoming styles.

“We are delighted to launch our concept store in the heart of the Orchard Road shopping district,” said Ian Tan, General Manager of Dr. Martens Singapore. “Dr. Martens is experiencing a strong comeback worldwide and we are seeing growing interest and sales in Singapore in recent years. The opening of the concept store here symbolises a new beginning and hails the return of an icon. Fans of Dr. Martens can look forward to a fun-filled experience.”


Richly steeped in British heritage and tradition, the Dr. Martens concept store will present customers with a unique atmosphere and shopping experience. The exterior design of the shop, modelled after the Neal Street flagship store in London (see image below), sports a truly British street look. Adding to the ambiance is the distinct interior décor that uses furnishings closely related to English street culture. Expect to see Chesterfield sofas with deep-buttoned backrests, white brick walls and even a customised Vespa!

Dr. Martens Neal street store in London

To promote local creative talents, the concept store will include a regularly updated “inspiration corner” to showcase original works by invited artistes. Another section of the store will be dedicated to displaying charismatic and beautiful photos of fashionable patrons.

drmartens.sg

Jim Thompson opens Thai restaurant in Singapore

The textual semotics etched in my mind for "Jim Thompson" would be "Thai silk" and "beautiful printed textiles".
Now to add on the list, the Thai-owned textile firm recently opened a new Thai Restaurant on Dempsey Hill, Singapore.

The company has invested S$3.5 million and Jim Thompson’s extensive design resources to create a sumptuous interior surpassing any other Thai restaurant in the world.


Choose from fine dining, casual-chic dining, or Al Fresco style dining, be spoilt for choice with more than 80 classic Thai dishes to select from; including appetizers, spicy salads, soups, curries, main dishes, seafood, barbeque, noodles, desserts and more.

Location
No. 45 Minden Road Dempsey Hill, Singapore 248817(near St. George’s Church and Royal Tanglin Golf Course)


Contact information
Tel: (65) 6475 6088Fax: (65) 6476 5388Web site: www.jimthompson.com

inSing.com [Best places to go in Singapore]

After months, m-o-n-t-h-s, of sweat, shameless persuasion, and tight-lips, inSing.com (beta) is finally up. Brought to you by SingTel Digital Media, inSing.com is about bringing you the best street food, current dining and shopping deals, places reviews from all over the island all in one click. You will be so surprise on how the various promotions for every single shops within malls are up-to-date.

It was also through inSing.com that we found out cheesecake cafe opens a new outlet in Lau Pa Sat

Singaporean Rapper Chic tops Canadian Charts

Masia One is nominted for best rap video award in Canada, yet not many over here knows about her.

She was in Singapore last friday for the hennessy artistry event, which will be featuring our nation's indie darlings, The Great Spy Experiment and personal friend, Freaky Z on 10 July @ Dblo. RSVP here to get your complimentary tickets.

Student Discount only at River Island!

Isn't it cool to be a student?

Not only do you get to enjoy free entry to special exhibitions in the museums, you get discounted prices for Macdonald's student meal, travel on concession rates, engage in cheap mobile plans (plus free campus calls which was non-existence during our time), and all these on top of skipping lectures as and when you feel like it (unlike working...)





Now, you have one additional benefit being a student!








Fashion label, River Island, will be introducing their Student Loyalty Programme starting today (19 June 2009). All students will receive 10% off all merchandise when they present their student ez-Link card or matriculation pass at the cashier.

To celebrate being a stylish student, River Island has invited fashion choreographer, Daniel Boey, and his arsenal of stylists and models to give their best Back to School tips on the 27 June at the label's Vivocity store.

Find yourself coveting the casual elegance and the Upper East Side swagger worn so well by the cast of Gossip Girl? River Island brings that style within reach with ‘River Island In School In Style'.

So hurry down to any River Island store today to feed that inner geek with a brand new wardrobe.

Gossip Girl's Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick) posing for GQ

Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Taylor Momsen and Jessica Szohr at the CW upfronts, May 2009.

Image Source: gossipgirlinsider

River Island Locations:
Raffles City Shopping Center and Vivocity


For more information, visit:
http://www.riverisland.com.sg/details.html

Lady Gaga in Singapore

Lady Gaga is here in Singapore for Singtel AMPed's launch event happened just hours ago.

She constantly gets people guessing what she will be wearing. Perhaps she heard so much conservative stories about the red dot, that she ditched her bubble-girl and space suit outfit for a full black ensemble.

Somehow the snake-like headgear and enhanced lower lashes (she had a one-piece gaga shade before that) looked very good on her.

The U.S. singer was presented with a plague by Universal Music Group

Nike Singapore - Air Yeezy 3rd Colorway Release Event

Last weekend Nike dropped the 3rd and final colorway of Nike and Kanye West collaboration of Air Yeezy sneakers. A total of 220+ fans and sneaker fanatics gathered together at the Nike Flagship Store at Wisma Atria on June 6th to ballot for one of the 42 pairs of Air Yeezy sneakers.

Via: Freshnessmag

Audi Fashion Festival 2009 - Day 3: Marc by Marc Jacobs

Day 3

Marc by Marc Jacobs Spring/Summer 2009 Collection

Don't ask why they put the camera on a stool...

FJ Benjamin 50th Anniversary sale

Perhaps the only thing worthy emerging out of the current bleak economy is the ongoing sale organised by fashion houses.

And if you have special liking towards any of the labels under the umbrella of SGX-listed fashion company, FJ Benjamin, do look out for their 30% discount deals happening only tomorrow and Friday.

Uniqlo opens in Singapore tomorrow

Remember to put good use of the opening promotions tomorrow (Expect great crowd from the residence of Tampines).

(Added-on 12 April)

Here's the scene outside the store:

Bigger and Butter!

The new Butter Factory is officially opened!

And yes, they brought our cute friends over too!

Over at Fash, the view overlooked the skyscrappers and the half-completed Integrated Resort of Singapore. Familiar faces from local Poptart scenes were spotted behind the DJ console, while dancing to the unlikely tunes of DJ Sunderland, The Killers, and Whitney Housten.

The music at Bump was doped! If you love Kat Deluna, Ciara, Mos Def, Ne-yo, and the likes one after another, this is the place to be (But warning: You might not have enough place to stand!)

The couple of things that we probably didn't like was how terrible the queue to order any drinks at the members' area was; Terrible enough for the waiters to not come back with any drinks after taking your money - Twice. The smoking room was nothing like those in Changi Airport. There was no ventilation and indeed smoky; you'd rather take a puff at the connector, just before you turn into Forlino restaurant.

Nonetheless, the place continues to be our playground, Bobby and Ritz still play dress-up, while Adrian remains our fave:)

Images via: Butterfactory

Bobby and Ritz via: Noelle's FB