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Be@r With Me
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 22/07/2015
» The toy craze is hardly anything new in Thailand, a country where most of us grew up bingeing on Japanese manga and animé. Hello Kitty and her Sanrio comrades readily spring to mind as they have been widely counterfeited on these shores, but for real connoisseurs, one of the most mentioned and collected contemporary toys of today would be none other than the Be@rbrick.
Off The Script
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 02/06/2015
» It all started with a boy band. Danny O'Donoghue and Mark Sheehan, childhood friends, were once in Irish boy band Mytown, but with the help of Glen Power on drums, awoke from their adolescent dream to form the popular pop rock band The Script.
The man who is everyone's type
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 04/03/2015
» Sean Freeman understands Thailand. He might have not known it before he arrived here, but his "Absolute Siam" art installation feeds right into Thais' pervasive, photo-obsessed, colour-enthusiast psyche.
M/Mad men
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 26/11/2014
» As soon as he sits down, Mathias Augustyniak pulls out an ink pen and begins to draw in his notebook. The end product is astonishing lines and delicate traces of a flowery woman.
Lazarus, paper-bound
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 29/09/2014
» For many years the notion that "print is dying" has been repeated over and over. Countless studies and articles detail how technology is robbing the world of its on-paper reading sources. But the advent of publishing house Salmon Books and its gradual rise in popularity has given print-lovers a glimpse of hope.
Bold, blonde and all alone
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 19/08/2014
» In a transformation that has taken over a decade, Gene Kasidit has gone from iconic androgynous frontman of the now-defunct legendary dance punk group Futon to a full-blown alternative gender-bending electronic rock diva. A lot has happened over the course of Gene's career, but his first full-scale solo concert last Saturday re-cemented his carefully crafted world of rule-breaking fashion, music and hedonism.
Fashion inspired by love letters
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 14/08/2014
» Apart from being Thailand's latest cool shopping centre, Central Embassy is also home to Siwilai, Bangkok's newest concept store offering selected items and special collaboration trendy pieces from every corner of the world, including local talent. Siwilai's latest addition is Sincerely Yours, a new accompanying line from Sretsis.
One of a kind
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 18/07/2014
» Matina Amanita has opened shop at Central Embassy, as well as introduced two new lines, “The Engagement” and “Love Tokens Unique”.
Enter soulland
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 05/06/2014
» Soulland looks set to bring a fraction of Copenhagen cool to quell Bangkok’s murderous heat. With help from UnCENSORED, the local high-end multi-label retailer, the ultra hip Danish menswear label has selected our tumultuous city as its preferred location for its second flagship store outside of Denmark and the first ever in Asia.
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.