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In pursuit of stardom
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 08/07/2015
» The popularity of the first season of the Mint and Mew mini series led to its second installation of Mint and Mew To be Continued. In a nutshell, it's a comedic story of a gay man who falls in love with a very straight man. Ben Chalatid and Somchai Khemklad play the lead characters of lovesick gay man and ultra macho object of desire respectively. The second mini series has obviously picked up on the success of its precedent's over-the-top delivery as it has doubled the campy dosage.
The bag girl of Thai design
Muse, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 04/10/2014
» There's something effortlessly cool about Nasha Mekraksavanich, founder and creative director of Nasha bags. As a teetotaller, Nasha, 28, doesn't need to consume alcohol to blend in with the Bangkok's in-crowd and fashion royalty. She glides in and out of social functions and gatherings with ease, but never is unnoticeable thanks to her edgy, waifish looks and confident mannerisms
Cuisine comfort
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 24/04/2014
» Listening to Rattama Pongponrat talk about food can almost make your mouth water. The 36-year-old gastronomic director of Minibar Royale, food consultant, and author of Im Ook Im Jai Comfort Diary: Delicious Recipes Of Family And Friends retells food stories with intense passion, vivid comparisons and a glint in her eye. Not only can you detect her love for food through countless stories, you can actually taste such deep love in every single one of her dishes which hold warmth, balanced ingredients and hidden details.
Sretsis takes the spotlight
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 27/03/2014
» For the past 12 years the Sretsis sisters, Kly, Pim and Matina Sukhahuta, have unknowingly changed the face of the Thai fashion industry. Tell them this, and they bashfully giggle it off. But they have. With Pim at the design helm, youngest Matina handling the jewellery and eldest Kly tackling marketing, Sretsis, woven by intimate family ties, fantastical fairy tales and effervescent femininity, has turned many Thai girls’ shapes on to classic womanly silhouettes with subtle twists using crafted, printed fabrics and subtle details that hark back to old glamour. They have given girls a chance to wear their enchanted forest dreams and spiritual adventures on their appliqued sleeves.
The love of Siam ... and China
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 28/02/2014
» It’s been seven years since The Love Of Siam swept the cinematic world off its feet. It’s been seven years since Witwisit Hiranyawongkul unknowingly stumbled into the limelight as one of the lead actors from the critically and commercially acclaimed movie and it’s been seven years since Witwisit started slowly building his career in showbiz after his first big break led to his ongoing, surprising popularity in China.
A credit long due
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 20/02/2013
» National Artist Plern Promdan speaks exactly the way he sounds in his music. Known as the king of pleng pood, a particular style of luk thung music that incorporates witty spoken words and/or humorous dialogue into songs, Plern talks as if he is conducting the spoken parts of his pleng pood, the subgenre he co-created and popularised.
Change For The Better
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 10/12/2012
» As a founder of Change.org, Ben Rattray knows only too well that social activism and technology are a match made in heaven.