Carmen Sin

Carmen Sin is a journalist on the style beat, covering fashion, beauty and culture. She is a former lawyer who joined The Straits Times in 2023 as a breaking news reporter.

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Singapore architect making ‘anti-corporate’ clothes goes to London Fashion Week

Kassandra Lim backstage at Flair Fashion Ignite Collective Runway in London on Sept 19.

Italian fashion brand Subdued opens second S’pore store at Bugis+

Subdued opens its second Singapore store at Bugis+.

Haze beauty survival guide: Do I have to change my skincare routine when air quality is bad?

The primary pollutants of the haze, the PM2.5 and PM10 particles, are fine enough to skip past the skin’s surface, lodge into pores and, on compromised skin, worm deeper still.

Art, craft, fashion, lifestyle: 5 recurring Singapore markets for retail therapy

Crowd shopping kawaii goods at Konbini’s June 2026 edition held at *Scape.

To market, to market: What is behind Singapore’s never-ending weekend bazaars?

Common Rare, one of Shanghai’s biggest creative markets, will debut its first overseas edition in Singapore in September.

On The Radar: Aomorie is the small Singapore brand turning coffee leather into jackets and bags

Apple Lau, the founder of Aomorie, with her coffee leather jackets and pleated Bloom bag.

Multi-million-dollar Singapore fashion brand Aijek relaunches after seven-year hiatus

Aijek founder Danelle Woo at her home studio.

Singapore fashion brands in Seoul for pop-up under new Singapore Fashion Council initiative

Singapore: Selects in Seoul has been timed to coincide with Seoul Fashion Week and art fair Frieze Seoul.

Fewer marriages, fussier couples: The wedding business in S'pore is getting tougher

Former bridal salon enclave Tanjong Pagar is now left with a few studios and many more Korean eateries.

More multi-label stores run by Gen Z are popping up. Here are three to check out

A growing class of Gen Z retailers are starting or pivoting to boutiques anchored by a selection of small international labels.

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