Swiss luxury watchmaker Richard Mille is subverting expectations with its largest flagship boutique in the world, in Singapore – here’s a peek inside the ‘speakeasy’ concept

Teppanyaki used to be about chefs making extravagant displays of setting food ablaze. But it has evolved into something more subtle, with the focus on food. We look at restaurants in Asia leading the way.

Malay cuisine, its exotic ingredients and culture of foraging were centre stage when Khir Johari’s book tracing its history won the ‘Oscars’ of culinary literature. He praises the chefs reinventing and elevating dishes.

Chef Jimmy Lim’s JL Studio in Taichung is making waves in the culinary scene for showcasing Singaporean flavours using the best produce that Taiwan has to offer.

From Malaysia via France and California to Singapore, Kevin Wong is fusing all his past experiences into a cult restaurant that is 100 per cent him, and which has just earned a Michelin star and green star.

Seochon, in South Korea’s capital Seoul, mixes Instagram-worthy, K-drama-esque traditional ‘hanok’ houses with hip shops, stylish galleries and cool cafes.

Fuelled in part by the pandemic, collectors have educated themselves on the investment potential of independent brands and vintage pieces

The Paris-based creative has dressed Beyoncé and Kate Middleton, shows regularly at Paris Fashion Week and has a museum retrospective running – but how did he get where he is today?

Mathew Leong, executive chef at two-Michelin-star restaurant Re-Naa, is singularly focused on being the first Singaporean – indeed, Asian – to win the Bocuse d’Or world chef championship.

With languid beaches, rare wildlife and luxury hotels outfitted with well-equipped spas, the laid-back Vietnamese city of Da Nang is fast becoming a hotspot for well-being junkies

Cheung Siu-kong of the Michelin-starred Summer Pavilion – Singapore’s only Cantonese restaurant on the 2023 Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants long list – talks about how he showcases Hong Kong cuisine.

With a farm on the estate, hydroponics and even an in-house butcher, the Conrad Koh Samui in Thailand has set a high bar when it comes to farm-to-table dining in Southeast Asia.

The couple behind Singaporean label State Property’s architectural jewellery – loved by big names such as Taylor Swift, Michelle Obama and Nicole Kidman – reveal how they keep customers coming back for more.

Chef Yoshihiro Narisawa, of 2-Michelin-star Narisawa in Tokyo, on the new dishes and use of regional ingredients diners can expect from him and his team in their five weeks in Singapore.

Exotic skin handbags may have received a bad press of late, but demand for them remains strong even as some designers and brands experiment with alternative leathers.

& Other Stories, the cult label owned by H&M, is the opposite of a fast fashion brand. It makes clothes designed for a long lifespan, its managing director tells the Post.

The team behind The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2022 runner-up Central, in Lima, have begun a 3-month residency in Singapore, in which they’re putting the humble potato on a pedestal.

Restaurants in Singapore have revived old recipes from the city state and the other islands of Southeast Asia, conjuring diners’ nostalgia for dishes their grandmothers used to make.

Fashion designers in the Lion City have had a tough two years of coronavirus restrictions, and hope an influx of international customers to boost their bottom line.

Angelababy has one. So do the girls of K-pop band Blackpink. Women undergo procedures, even surgery to achieve a V-shaped face – but their fixation can perpetuate unhealthy ideals of beauty, some say.

Virtual influencers are on the catwalk, on Instagram, collaborating with companies like Tesla and gracing the covers of fashion magazines – are they taking over from human ones?

Beauty entrepreneur Kimberley Ho is building the next Johnson & Johnson – natural skincare label Evereden, which offers products safe for babies and children, and targets clean-beauty-conscious new mums.

Singaporean brand Makerly SG has been making a splash with its batik crop top made with a print similar to the one used for Singapore Airlines’ crew uniform.

Young Singaporean footwear designer Firdaos Pidau from Charles & Keith talks about the lessons he learned on his way to a dream career in the fashion industry.

Spas, aesthetic clinics and beauty salons in Southeast Asia have seen a rise in demand from local customers as lockdowns have eased. For some, having no social events to go to makes it the right time to have some major work done.

Singapore has seen a flowering of artistic output as its overseas-based creatives return home from coronavirus-ravaged countries, leading them to rediscover the city state’s unique characteristics and reflect on the pandemic’s effects.

Daniel Boey conceived The Front Row, an online fashion festival, to offer smaller, local Singaporean brands doing great work a digital platform in a time of reduced bricks-and- mortar shopping.

With stay-at-home dining all the rage, some of the city state’s coolest trendsetters have turned their hand to making food for delivery, and even opening a cafe. They may or may not go back to fashion.

As the world adjusts to living with the coronavirus, we need to adapt to new norms of behaviour, says Singapore-based etiquette consultant Astrie Sunindar-Ratner.

Ifeoma Ubby, cancer researcher turned fashion designer, launched OliveAnkara in 2016 as a side hustle when she could not find African fabric in Singapore.