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How Eddie Goh is succeeding, and honouring, his late brother, famed cheongsam designer Laichan

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Laichan's youngest brother, Eddie Goh, in his boutique at Mandarin Galllery on April 29, 2025.

Eddie Goh, Laichan Goh's youngest brother, at his boutique at Mandarin Gallery on April 29.

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SINGAPORE – Two weeks after the death of renowned Singaporean fashion designer Laichan Goh, considered the country’s godfather of the modern cheongsam, his eponymous boutique in Mandarin Gallery hums with quiet life on a Monday afternoon.

Customers – some familiar, some new – step through its doors, drawn by memories or newly sparked curiosity.

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