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Shopping with all your senses
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 30/03/2018
» It feels like there is an Hour Glass store at practically every main street corner in Singapore, but the Hour Glass store that rules them all is situated on Bideford Road, just off Orchard and right next to Paragon. Fashioned under the name Malmaison and having sat at that location since 2011, the opulent enclave of 745m² is largely under the radar to the common pedestrian, despite the fact that what is housed inside could well become your most lush watch-buying experience ever. Even a local tour guide confirms that most Singaporeans are oblivious to the lavish encounter that awaits inside.
Simply the best
Muse, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 18/11/2017
» Those outside the fashion loop may not have heard of Dry Clean Only. The fashion capitals of the world have long been shopping their embellished pieces by the wardrobe, and it would be a shame to miss out on one of the hottest local designer brands of the moment, as seen in US Vogue and other notable places.
Best of Big Apple comes to Bangkok
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 28/10/2016
» It's been a provocative year for Thailand's architecture scene. A handful of world-class superstructures have burgeoned onto Bangkok's skyline, while other ventures are on their way to attract world-class flak for blatant plagiarising. There's just so much to talk about. And the conversation is going to get even more compelling with the addition of 98 Wireless -- which is bound to literally turn the head section on Wireless Road into a slice of the Big Apple this November.
Sail away with the family
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 12/06/2015
» Even if awkward silences, nosey aunties and shameless pretentiousness is part of the package, it's still hard to not accept an invitation to an all-paid-for 10-day cruise to Greece. If anything, it's the much-awaited all-star cast of Dil Dhadakne Do (Let The Heart Beat) that makes you want to tag along, even if you want no part in their drama. Using an upper crust 30th wedding anniversary as the backdrop, director Zoya Akhtar serves up a condensed trip through every type of familial problem Indian families face in just under three hours.
Dazzling, dreamlike Cinderella
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 13/03/2015
» Good old storytelling and a bit of magic is what Disney does best (and should stick to). Let's all just sit back and be dreamy-eyed for a change — everything the Mouse House has churned out with a try-hard dark twist was terribly bland and forgettable (ahem, Alice In Wonderland) — or, in Maleficent's case, like watching an hour-long advertisement for Angelina Jolie.
You can always go Downton
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 15/01/2015
» On Monday, Joanne Froggatt of Downton Abbey fame won her first Golden Globe for best supporting actress in a series. I started to squeal, scream, cry and do a victory dance in my head as if I had just won the award myself. But because I was at work, I dutifully simmered down and continued with my enchanting office life.
Robbing from the rich, but giving to whom?
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 26/09/2014
» Life has meaning again, now that Downton Abbey has returned to our TV screens, its fifth season beginning last Sunday. Its otherworldly visuals continue to draw me in, with the upstairs goings-on of the aristocrats and the downstairs drama among the servants still as captivating as ever. I actually have to remind myself every time I watch an episode that people from another continent in this world of ours actually lived like this less than 100 years ago: that cooks had to dine separately from the rest of the servants in a stately home; that members of the upper class changed clothes as often as five times a day; that it was inconceivable that a proper lady or gentleman would have to perform actual work to earn a living.
Sinful style
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 31/07/2014
» We’ve been looking forward to seeing more masculinity from Pattamon Techanarong’s fashion brand Commit a Sin. Compared to last season, her second collection, “The New Heroine”, starts to inch towards the designer’s penchant for androgyny a little bit more distinctly, with dapper looks distancing themselves from the previously girly, flirty and flouncy. Of course, not all things feminine are thrown overboard — a girl’s gotta have skirts and dresses to choose from, too, but The New Heroine uncovers more slick and rakish sophistication.
Cartoon loonies
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 05/05/2014
» Thai characters have recently been making their presence felt on global chatting app Line. Life talks with two local artists about their roads to success and how their stickers don’t bring in a lot of money, but mostly memories of beloved comics
Elegant frills for summer air
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 13/03/2014
» Well-known local fashion brand Lovebird returns with a splash for a second season of pomp elegance after its official launch last October. The spring/summer 2014 “Princess Of The Sea” collection fittingly presents elegant frills for the pending arrival of warm weather.