Wear it well
Get parade ready with Dior — available are four Rouge Dior lipsticks and one Rouge Dior universal lip balm in a fabric case featuring the Toile de Jouy pattern that is inspired by its 18th- century textile archives. The iconic lipstick of the House of Dior comes in two finishes, velvet and matte. At the same time, the Rouge Dior lip balm enhances lips with its universal shade and leaves them naturally satiny.
Joy to the world
Fred’s Live the Joy spirit celebrates the joy of living and making every precious moment count. This summer, Fred gathers a cluster of stars and fashionistas from the Asia Pacific region — including Hong Kong singer-songwriter Tyson Yoshi, Taiwanese actor Sunny Wang, Singaporean actor Desmond Tan and Australian actress Francesca Hung — to interpret how they use a piece.
Instant fix
Staying out all day can wreak havoc with your make-up. For that, you will need the Lucky Glow Mist by Clarins. After make-up is applied, spritz the refreshing mist to set the make-up to give it a longer-lasting hold. This is all done with Clarins’ exclusive Anti-Pollution Complex that protects skin from free radical damages caused by urban pollutants. Enriched with aloe vera and allantoin, the product instantly moisturises and soothes the skin.
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Reuse and Re-Play
Le Pliage Re-Play is a collection that uses canvas left over from previous selections, resulting in a colourful selection that comes in three formats — a spacious vertical tote, a small shoulder bag and an on trend belt bag — each combining two different colours of end-of-the-roll nylon canvas with a third colour of Russian leather trim
Sunscreen
Keep the sun out of your eyes with this baseball cap by Loro Piana. This elegant six-segment baseball cap is made from a selection of the Maison’s fine and distinctive fabrics. The various models include the classic folding design in Wind microfibre treated with Storm System — a process created in 1994 to transform the finest materials into water and wind-resistant fabrics.
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Come clean
Scored tickets to watch the National Day Parade live? Do remember to take precautions and sanitise your hands. Esta — a locally developed, manufactured and designed brand — offers a limited-edition National Day hand sanitiser that gives you peace of mind as you sit with the crowds. The bottle specially designed for National Day features the national mascot the Merlion and comes in the classic red and white design, as well as a new colourway in black for a sleek look, with a pop of gold. Esta’s Merlion Pocket hand sanitiser is packaged in a portable bottle, making it convenient to slide it into your bag and handy to bring it with you everywhere.
Green with envy
Get the house ready to welcome guests this National Day and watch the parade and fireworks on TV with a selection of homewares from Frette’s seasonal hue Citrine Green. Silk decorative cushions add a touch of elegance to your home. For the bathroom, we suggest the very plush Unito Towel, WashCloth and Bath Mat in Citrine Green.
Great little bag
Move around with ease this holiday with the compact Amazona 16 Square bag, a small addition to Loewe’s Amazona bag family. With graphic squared proportions and a playful mini size designed to fit the essentials — a phone, keys and small wallet — the Amazona 16 Square offers small-scale functionality and a casual, youthful vibe. The Nappa calfskin leather edition arrives with a jacquard strap and is available in four colourways: Classic Black, Warm Desert, Avocado and Orange for a bold seasonal pop.
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Shine bright
Stan out in the crowd in a pair of Chopard earrings from the Precious Lace Collection in 18k white gold featuring 13.66-carats of diamonds, a necklace featuring 54.82-carats of diamonds set in platinum from the Haute Joaillerie Collection, or a ring from the L’Heure du Diamant Collection featuring 2.34-carats of diamonds set in 18k white gold and a “Vague” ring from the Precious Lace Collection featuring 1.32-carats of diamonds set in 18k white gold.
Eye protection
Get your shades on at the parade with the latest Burberry eyewear collection with its oversized frames. Details of the collection are inspired by Burberry icons such as the hardware featured on the classic Olympia bag. Made in Italy, the collection features frames and lenses created with bio-materials obtained from renewable sources like cellulose and castor oil,. The bio- acetate frames are also biodegradable
National pride
EZ-Link launches a set of exclusive cards celebrating homegrown artists to commemorate this year’s National Day. Artists Kelly Ser and Lee Kow Fong — the latter better known as Ah Guo — worked on a theme of “Stronger together, Majulah!” spotlighting iconic scenes of Singapore’s history and culture while featuring the districts of Chinatown and Joo Chiat along with pivotal national moments such as the unveiling of the Merlion in 1972 and the launch of the national flower Vanda Miss Joaquim in 1981.
After spending more than a decade as a civil servant, Kelly Ser decided to fulfill her calling and pursue arts full-time, eventually founding Kelly Ser Atelier. Through Ser’s collaboration with EZ-Link, she hopes to broaden accessibility to art in an innovative manner, with her works incorporated into different touchpoints in everyday life.
“I believe that art is something that everyone should be able to enjoy. It has been a pleasure col- laborating with EZ-Link for this year’s National Day cards, and I hope that they will ignite the sens- es of Singaporeans across accessible touchpoints of daily life,” she adds.
“These cards can brighten up their everyday moments and serve as vibrant reminders of Singa- pore’s rich history and culture, especially as these landmarks are often mainstays in the backdrop of commuters’ everyday journeys.”
Meanwhile, the second of the EZ-Link’s National Day 2022 special edition cards present selected works from Ah Guo’s Hawker series, showcasing Singapore’s diverse and often nostalgic food cul- ture. It also marks Ah Guo’s third collaboration with EZ-Link — following the launch of special edi- tion EZ-Link cards for Chinese New Year 2022 and Singapore’s 56th National Day last year — which showcased his illustrations of a brighter future for the nation. His series depicts a child visiting dif- ferent food stalls in a hawker centre, selling well-loved dishes like popiah, prata and nasi lemak. It also highlights the nation’s strength in diversity and was launched in 2019 — a year before Singa- pore’s hawker culture’s was inscribed on the Unesco Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
An artist and picture book creator who specialises in watercolour illustrations, Ah Guo first found fame during the “circuit breaker period”, when his illustrations of everyday scenes which are deliv- ered in his distinct, child-like art style.
Says Ah Guo: “I have always enjoyed using daily life as an inspiration for my art, whether it’s from the little moments or scenes of everyday life that Singaporeans can easily relate to. This series pre- sents our local hawker culture through a child’s perspective, to invoke the nostalgia associated with the hawker centres that many of us have frequented since young.”
