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The scents of success
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 27/10/2023
» The luxury bodycare and aroma products all boast very traditional Thai scents like jasmine and lemongrass, but the flagship store they sit in is fashioned like a futuristic science lab -- with circular fluorescent haloes and an awe-inspiring line of glass columns filled with perfume.
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Lessons from the top
Muse, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 24/02/2018
» A conversation with renowned couturier Somchai "Kai" Kaewthong is usually sparkled with the names of khunyings and historical titbits. It is exceedingly difficult to get the man to talk about himself, even if he would be well justified in doing so having been named this year's National Artist. In fact, today is National Artist Day. And along with 16 other figures who have also been honoured with the title, Somchai will be going through the formalities of royally receiving his recognition pin and honour plaque on this very day.
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The virtuous one
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 14/04/2017
» Liam Cunningham is quite a funny bunny -- a stark opposite of the character he is best known for portraying: Game Of Thrones' dependably virtuous knight, Ser Davos Seaworth. While in Bangkok earlier this month, he unflinchingly munched the head off fried insects at the street stall and gleefully admitted to nicking tiny props from the set every year, be it the small wooden stag or coins from Braavos. He asks the props man first of course, and most of it ends up on his daughter's "wall of awesome" in her bedroom.
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The Rolex Way
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 22/09/2016
» The king of the sports watch, Rolex, and Cortina Watch have just opened the doors of a palatial boutique and permanent exhibition at Marina Square in Singapore. In the 513m² boutique, you'll be seeing lots of green, a very comprehensive display of the Oyster and Cellini collections (among other Rolex watches set with diamonds, sapphires and rubies) and a proper bar that could easily keep a party of 100 sipping all night.
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Claire Keefe-Fox on the historical fiction she reads when she's not writing it
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 14/03/2016
» French-American author Claire Keefe-Fox was recently in town to lead a historical-fiction writing workshop at Bangkok Edge and to launch her latest and first English-language novel, Siamese Tears (published in Thai last October). Having garnered popularity for her books about a Greek adventurer turned prime counsellor to King Narai -- Constantine Phaulkon -- her latest historical outing puts readers in the shoes of a young Brit-French belle who witnesses the intriguing games of colonial powerplay between the French and British in Siam in the late 1800s. Revolving around events that led to the Paknam Incident during the Franco-Siamese War, this book is a blend of fact and fiction that comes to life thanks to the author's scrupulous research in academic books, biographies and French diplomatic archives.
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Half-baked love story
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 04/12/2015
» The damsel is always in distress during her travels, but that's the way it goes with Bollywood. In Tamasha, when heroine prototype (Deepika Padukone) loses her passport and wallet on the sunny and idyllic isle of Corsica, hero archetype (Ranbir Kapoor) comes to the rescue, and we are thrust into the (life-ruining) delight of a holiday fling all over again -- no names, no strings and in this case, nothing but lies as well.
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It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that bling
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 29/10/2015
» 'More, more, more!" What else could you expect the feistiest hotshot designer of the moment to say, in reference to the bling that goes on the clothes he designs? If Balmain creative director Olivier Rousteing could have it all his way, the brand's collaboration collection with H&M would see "really, really high heels", shorter skirts and a lot more golden buttons. But thanks to the balance that H&M insists on, for universal appeal's sake, wearability is ensured, especially for us low-key folk who don't usually make it out alive on the high-fashion horse.
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Tied to a Sino past
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 04/05/2015
» The unavoidable and never-failing icebreaker -- do you have any Chinese blood? -- will always have its place in Thai society. Yet it's also something of an empty question, believes Singaporean author Jeffery Sng: "By the time Phibunsongkhram changed the country's name to Thailand, the Thais were already so mixed that it was hard to find anyone 100% Thai."
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Gifts from the zodiac for the giving season
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 21/11/2014
» One of the easiest and most foolproof ways to show that you didn't just grab the least-expensive thing you saw in the shop as a birthday present is to give something with a personal touch.
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Smells like clean spirit
Muse, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 16/08/2014
» 'But the image is so international! Wow, this is actually a Thai brand?"
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